The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-24
TIE SCRANTON TR1BUNE-sATt1RDAY NOVEMBER a. 1900

| cloth. II was of 3S-calibre and con-
| tained five empty shells. 1t was later
ascertained that only two bullets took
effect in Mrs. Roses body and accord
| ing to Annie Moresco's story only three
| shots were fired. 1t could be seen
where one bullet had entered a pantry
window nearby, but no trace of any
others could be found.
CoRuNER's PosT-MoRTEM.
Coroner Roberts arrived early in the
| afternoon and made u post -mortem ex-
animation of the body. assisted by
| Doctors Thompson, Grant and Saltry.
| This examination revealed that the
bullet which entered behind the left
! ear had passed through the brain and
was lodged in the muscles on the out
| side of the skull on the right side Of
the head. The hair was scorched,
showing that the revolver must have
been held very close.
The other bullet entered under the
right arn-pit and passed through Doth
lungs. lodging on the right side of the
body. DR.. Roberts stated to a Tribune
man that either wound was sufficient
to have caused the woman's death.
Immediately after the autopsy the
coroner impanelled the following jury
and conducted an inquest: Charles
Teeter, William Young, Harry f..
Sykes. Joseph ID. Parker, Solomon
Miller and James +. Cleary. The in
quest was held in the front room of the
Moresco apartments and the only wit
ness examined was Annie Moresco,
who witnessed the affair.
She stated that her mother left the
house early in the morning to go to
the central city, leaving her in charge
Shortly before 10 o'clock Mrs. Rose,
who was great friend of the family
and for whose child Mrs. Moresco had
become the sodmother, came to pay a
short visit.
The girl says Mrs. Rose came in the
house at her invitation and sat down
on one side of the kitchen stove. They
talked together for few minutes and
then Mrs. Bevalacque was noticed in
the yard. Annie said she invited her
In and that she sat down on the other
side of the stove.
Almost immediately me two women
began quarreling, though the exact
nature of their quarrel the girl said
she could not tell, as she was fixing
the fire and not paying much atten-
tion. She said, however, that the quar-
rel suddenly became very violent.
MRS. BEVALACQUE ACCUSED.
The Moresco girl said that she re-
members Mrs. Rose accusing Mrs. Bev-
alacque ofnot having paid her for some
scrubbing which she (Mrs. Rose) had
done when Mrs. Bevalacque lived with
her in Dunmore. This enraged Mrs.
Bavalacque so that she sprang angrily
to her feet.
''She jumped up" said Annie. land
before knew what she was going to
do had drawn revolver. She came
close TO Mrs. Rose and fired a shot
right in her face ii seemed to me. I
was SO frightened that ran toward
the front of the house and as l ran
heard two more shots fired.
II got into the front room and locked
the door behind me. Before ! got into
the room / looked around and saw
Mrs. Rose running after me but she
fell at the third room. Mrs Beval-
acque came to the door and wanted me
to open it but was scared at first and
would not do so.
'She assured me that she meant no
harm and ] finally opened the door,
She took me upstairs to her place and
told me not to tell anybody anything
about the affair. She then went out
taking her child with her and that
was the last J saw of her"
The jury retired for only few min
utes and returned the following ver-
dict:
1--WE. the undersigned jury, find that
Mary Rose came to her death from pis-
tol wounds inflicted by one, Josephine
Bevalacque on November %, 1900"
An examination of the court records
reveals number of cases in which
both the murdered and murderess fig
uTe either as prosecutor or plaintiff
1t appears that the Bevalacule', for
merry rented part of ilcuse from
Mrs. Rose and her husband, the same
being situated at the corner of Morti-
,ner and Franklin streets Dunmore.
CAUSE OF TROUBLE.
On September % last, the Beval-
acques had Mrs. Rose arrested on the
charge Of assault and battery and ma
licious mischief. The warrants We're
issued by Alderman f. w. Cooney, OF
Dunmore, who held Mrs. Rose under
bail for court. The case came before
the grand jury at its last session and
a true bill was found against her.
On September 26, or four days later,
Pasquale Bevalacque had Mrs. Rose
arrested again charging her with
breaking the door of his home and
throwing his furniture out of the
house. The grand jury also returned
true bill lagainst her in this case.
On September %. Mrs. Rose had the
Bevalacques. both husband and wife,
arrested. She charged Mrs. Bevalac-
que with assault and battery, and
with pointing revolver, threatening
to kill her with it. She did not APP
pear before the grand jury until it was
too late, and the bill Twas accordingly
ignored. Her attorney, NJ. p. Cawley,
claims that she had the Bevalacque's
arrested before they had her taken
into custody, end that theirs were the
cross suits.
The fact that at that time Mrs,
Revalacque pointed a revolver at Mrs.
Rose and that yesterday when she
came into the house she had the wea-
pom in her pockets leads the police au-
thorlties to the belief that the mur-
der was premeditated.
The last case in which the two par
ties We're involved was one before AL
derman Millar on Nov s. At that time
the Bevalacques sued Mrs. Rose for
damage done their furniture, which
they, the Bevalacques, charged her
with throwing out. The alderman
gave them a verdict in the sum of
$50, but an appeal was taken and Is
still pending.
The alderman stated to Tribune