The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-05
AN ACCESSORY TO
THE ROSSA MURDER
That Charge Now Made Against Pas
quale Bevelacque Whose Wite
Killed Mrs. Rose.

Pasquale Beve!acque. the husband
of Josephine Bevalacuue. who now
awaits II ia! in the county Jail. on the
charge OF staying Mary Apaulde Ros-
sd. Nov. %. was arrested yesterday
and committed to Jail. on the charge OF
being accessory to the crime. He j.
accused of having purchased the re-
volver with which the shooting WAS
done. and giving II to his WIFI with
instructions to kill Mrs. ltosSa
The Information on which he was
arrested was sworn TO before Alder
man Howe by R0cca I'atistu, the
father of the dead woman.
At the hearing yesterday afternoon
Antonio Bntista. II brothe, of the slain
,womun. testified that some months aga
Bevulacuue told him that he had pur-
chased a revolver with which som"
day both Mr.. and Mrs. EosSa would be
shot Antonio RoSsa husband of tn"
dead Mrs. RosSa. told OF having had
frequent uuulrelS with the Bevai-
acuues when they boarded at his
house in Dunmore. and to PaSGuales :
having on various occasions threat
cned his life.
Since his wife was arrested Beval-
acuue has given up housekeeping and
County Detective LeNshon. who has
been on the lookout for him. had dif-
fculty in ascertaining his exact where
abouts. Yesterday morning. however.
he came TO the court house to gain
somc information regarding couple
of cases on the criminal docket, which
We're to have come UP Thursday In
one of these Mrs. RoSsa was charged
with malicious mischief by Mrs. Jo-
sephine Bevaacque, and in the other
PaSuuale acts as prosecutors. ana lOfc-
ible entry and detainer is charged.
At the hearing the prosecution was
repre- sented by Assistant District Attor-
ney W. Gaylord Thomas and Attorney
c. Il, Daniels. The first witness called
was Antonio Batista. The testimony
given by him was about as follows:
"On Sept. u, | met Pasquale BeN-
elucuue down near Cnssesse's saloon,on
Lackawanna avenue. While talking
with him he told me that he had had
trouble with the Rossn family, and
I asked him If he had been quarreins
with them as a result of not paying
his rent promptly. He said that 1t
wasn't on account of that, because he
paid his rent promptly every month.
"He then said that his wife had a
revolver with which she was going TO
shoot Mary
Did he say anything about how his
wife came into possession of the re-
volver"" interrupted Attorney Thomas,
and the witness promptly answered.
| "Yes, sir. He said that he gave her
the revolver to do the shooting with,
and he also said Tony will get 1t too,
some day, meaning Antonio Rossa.'
Attorney Frank Boyle, Bevelacque's
counsel, who was not present When
the hearing was begun, enteret the
| room as the witness concluded his tes-
timony. He waived the right of cross
| examination and Antonio Rosa was
called. He told that the Bevelacques
formerly rented rooms from him, while
living in Dunmore. They were delin-
ouent in payment of their rent, and ON
several occasions quarreled violently
! with him and his wife.
He furthermore said that Pasquale
| had n very disagreeable habit of ham,
merng on the door of his (Rossa 81
he'd chamber, late at night and utter
ing threats against his life and that
of Mrs. Rossa. He also told me-"
declared the witness, that he woul
give his wife revolver to shoot me
and my wife with
Attorney Boyle objected to the pro-
ceeding, claiming that merely threats
had been shown, and Bevelacque had
already been arraigned before Squire
Cooney, of Dunmore, on that charge,
Alderman Howe ruled, however, that
subsequent events converted the de-
fendants actions into those of an ac-
cessory, and as such he held him, The
defendants counsel then declared that
application would today be made for
a writ of habeas corpus, and another
hearing of the case in court.