The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-06-14
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ADDED TO HER SORROW.
| Her bright-face little babe, a child
of 3 years, toddled about the court
room cumming with whomever she
chanced to encounter, trying to clam
Der on the laps of the spectators. the
chairs or jury railing. and once hud-
ding up OH the floor against the moth
| er of the woman her mother had killed.
| Most of the time Mrs. Beviacuua was
on the stand. however. the child played
about the witness box. Once the lit
| tic one nestled her head on her moth
| er's knees and dozed there for several
| minutes. The mother did not seen, to
notice her until the babe, who evident
| ly had fallen fast asleep slid from It's
resting place and rolled u the iloor
The mother opened her eyes. looked
at the rabe, gave start md then
,a.In Gu the symp' oms OF aop .oachng
.r'na.
The interpreter. who was tanning
her all the time. redoubled his efforts.
Attorney Jones hastily brought some
water and tried to get her to drink,
but she only stared straight ahead
into vacancy, with every muscle SEEM
ingly dead. Her husband came hur-
riedly over with a cup of water and
small vial containing a stmulant that
Jail Physician Saltry had prescribed.
A few drops from the vial were placed
in the cup and some of the mixture
poured between her lips. If she swal-
lowed any of it the act was seemingly
done invountarily. 1t failed of it's
purpose for she sat stock still. staring
straight ahead, hearing nothing and
not responding even to her husbands
queries.
When several minutes had passed
and there were no signs of her revival
1t was decided to question her no far
ther for the present and the interpre-
ter was told to inform her that she
might leave the stand. She gave no
indication of hearing what was said
to her. and the interpreter took her
by the arm to lead her from the box.
Still she sat like as if dead. Her hus-
band. the Interpreter and an italian
friend gathered about her, raised her
up tenderly and carried her to her
chair at the defendants table. AS
soon as she was seated, every muscle
in her body seemed to suddenly relax
and she sank limp and motionless into
the chair.
CORONER TREATED HER.
Coroner Roberts hurried to her side
and tried to administer some of the
which had been prescribed
for her at the jail, but by this time
the facial muscles began to twitch and
before the mixture could be made. her
lips We're firmly compressed in a fright
fully distorted position.
1t was feared she was dying, and
Judge Halsey directed that she be re-
moved to the law library and given
medical attendance Two tipstaves
carried her out in the chair and Cor
oner Roberts sent for some medicines.
This was at 3.15 o'clock. At
4.30 she was brought out of the
swoon and carried back to Jail. She
was reported. last night, to be i'm
proved and will likely be able to be
taken back to court in the morning.
AS a murder trial can only be pro-
ceeded with in the presence of the de-
the case had to be adjourned
the moment Mrs. Bevilacqua swooned
as in the eyes of the law unconscious
ness is equivalent to absence.
What little testimony was adduced
from the defendant proved that while
the crime was wholly unjustifable
there was a side to the story other
than that told by the commemorative
witnesses. In effect it was as follows:
Mrs. Bevilacqua and her husband
came to this country three years ago
last June. and went to live in the
same house with the Roses, on New
York street, the Roses occupying the
upper and the BeVilacQuaS the lower
apartments. An cnmity sprang up
l,, y.,,,
Of a trilinG incident. The Roses kept
a vegetable garden. The Bevilacquas
kept chickens. The chickens scratch
cd up some tomato plants and the
trouble began. Mr.. Bevilacqua offered
Mr.. Rose s. to settle the damage, but
Rose would not take it, The next
day two of the chickens were found in
the Bevilacqua yard with their heads
wrung off. Mrs. Rose picked one of
them up and exhibiting it to Mrs. Rev.
ilacnua said: That's what I'll do to
your neck. too"
GOT INTO LITIGATION.
The quarrel grew apace until, finally. |
they got into litigation. This tended |
to make matters decidedly worse. One |
day Mrs. Rose threatened to kill Mrs. |
Bevilacqua with an AK. Mrs. Bevl- |
acQua was in constant dread of Mrs. |
Rose, and just short time previous |
TO the last mentioned incident, made it |
A habit, when she had occasion to go |
cut in the yard, to slip into her skirt |
pocket a revolver which was kept in |
4 trunk, used Jointly by her husband |
and his brother. When Mrs. Rose |
,ame towards her with the ak she |
lrew the revolver and displayed it |
% Mrs. Rose to scare her off. She did |
not point it at Mrs. Rose, she said on
ross examination.
So threa atenng did Mrs. Rose become
hat the Bevilacauas finally resolved
o leave the premises and move to
some other house. One day while the
were out looking for 9TH
~ quarters, Mrs. Rose invaded their |
,partments with AN AK and broke up a
OF of their furniture.
They finally secured a house on the
'ther side of the street and moved
hither, hoping to be free from the
of the Roses But they
eckoned wrong, Mrs. Rose would come
lown to Bevilacqua's house and berate
md threaten Mrs. Bevilacqua by the
lour. More litigation was all the time
intervening and, although Mrs. Rose
vas bound over to keep the peace to-
Yards Mrs. Bevilacqua, she seemed to
My grow the more annoying, the more
he was arrested.
A very few days at their new home
atisfied the Bevilacquas that they