The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-06-13

was given yesterday by the wit
| nesses for the Commonwealth.
| Through 1t all the defendant sat al
most motonless. with bent head and
downcast eyes. only looking mp and
| around when q new witness came to
| the stand. Those who knew her be-
| fore her arrest and who have seen her
| during the past few days. declare that
| she is only Il shadow of her former
| self. She looks pale and weak and
| the general opinion is that she has
| not long to live though the law should
not intervene to shorten her days.
| The principal and first witness Of
| the day was Mrs. Anna Moresco
Neuta. who was the only eye-wit- :
ness to the shooting. She has been
| married since the time of the killing.
1t was in her mothers apartments
| that the killing took place. The
| Bevilacquas lived in the same house.
| occupying the upper apartments. Mrs.
Moresco. Annals mother was God
| mother to Mrs. Roses child.
Mrs. Neuta told her story in a
| straightforward manner that carried
with it every evidence of it's being
truthful. The Commonwealth had
| feared that on account of her youth
| and surroundings. she might be in
! i'uenced to be an unwilling witness.
| If not something more undesirable
| from the Commonwealth's standpoint
| but If any effort was made by the
| Bevilacquas to influence her it proved
| Enavailing. She told the same story
| yesterday that she told to the news
paper men at the time of the shoot
| ing.
|
| MRS. NEUTA'S STORY.
| When directed by Mr.. Jones to pro-
ceed with the narrative of the killing.
| MSs Neuta said:
| IL was sitting in the house with my
! mother at I o'clock on the morning
| when the murder was committed. At
| that time one of my little brothers
was also there. My mother went
down town about $50 o'clock and af-
| ter the children went to school. Mrs.
| Rose came in between and s o'clock
! and was sitting in the kitchen with
| me.
| at was nearly o'clock when Mrs
| Bevilacuua came in. She lived up
| stairs over us. She sat down in the
| kitchen on one side Of the stove. Mrs.
| Rose was sitting on the other side
| of the stove.
Mrs. Bevilacqua had to do her cook
| ing on our stove because she had
none. | went to rake the stove and
as | did Mrs. Bcvilacqua asked me
| for some potatoes. | went and got a
! pan full and offered them to her. but
she said then she didn't want them
and put them on the table.
"Then | began to rake the stove
| again. There WAS no one in the house
| then except Mrs. Rose. Mrs. Bcvl-
| acuua and L. AS T started to rake
| the stove I heard Mrs. Bcvilacqua
| say To Mrs. Rose.
| what are you naming me for all
| the time"
Mrs. Rose said: Who's naming
| you?'
Mrs. Bcvilacnua said; You are.
| You said you worked for me and
| | never paid YOU?
Then Mrs. Rose said: Yes, | did
| work for you. ! scrubbed for you and
you never did pay me-
GRABBED THE REVOLVER
Then Mrs. Bcvilacqua got up and
| began moving her hands around and
| feeling for her pocket. | don't know
| if she had IA pocket, but she was NOV
| ing her hands around her dress. and
| all at once she took her revolver. Sh.
grabbed it With both hands (wtness
| illustrating and pointed it at Mrs
| Rose. Then she fired.
AS soon aS | heard the FIRST shot
| | ran into the front room and put
| the catch on the door. When | got in
| there | heard another shot.
THAT was two shots | heard Mrs.
| BeVlacuua fire at Mrs. Rose. I didn't
| see anything, and / cried and
screamed all the time.
while ! was in there | heard an.
| other noise, don't know what that
was.
"Then Airs. BeVilacqua came To the
| door and said: Annie. open the door.
was crying and was afraid, and did
not to open the door. Then she asked
me again to do it.
IL opened it then ana she came in
and asked me if she hurt me. told
| her no. Then she took me upstairs
| 10 her house. | was crying all the
| time, and she told me to shut up. |
couldn't and she got mad.
Then | went over to Mrs. Sykes
| house. Mrs. BeVilacqua went over
| before me. Then We went TO another
| house whore Il man came for Mrs.
| BeNlacqua"
In answer To further questions by
| Mr.. Jones. the witness said that she
did not see Mrs. Rose do any thing
| in the kitchen except what she had al.
| ready described.
CROSS SS-ENAMINED.
ON cross-eNamination, Mr. Comegys
brought out that Mrs, Bevilacqua was
i'll at the time of the shooting, having
| only short time previously given
birth To a child.
The next witness, Mr.. NJ. Rafter, a
Times reporter, told of the finding of
the revolver. lie with the police off-
GERS and other newspaper men We're
hunting about the house for the revol-
Yer, when he came across it under an
apron lying near n trunk. in room in
the upper apartments in which Mrs.
Bevilacqua lived The revolver was
still warm the smell of recently
burned powder could easily be de-
tected on ii, and it also bore evidence
OF having been recently oiled
Mounted Officer Bloch. to whom Mr..
Rafter gave the revolver, testified that
IL contained five empty shells that
ii was still warm when he got it; that
ii smelled of burned powder. and
was oily. He also told of finding a
box of cartridges in bureau drawer
in one of the Beyilacqua bed rooms.
These cartridges, he said We're of the
same size and character as those that
We're in the revolver Officer Bloch
was shown the revolver and cart
ridges which the commonwealth al
leges were the ones found i'm the Bevil-
acqua apartments and identified them
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