Amador ledger., 1903-09-04
FATAL AFFRAY
AT DRYTOWN
Thomas Ferrari Hits Antonio Sampio
Over the Head With Bottle and
Death Ensues in Ten Days.

Drytown was the scene of row over
a game of cards two weeks ago, which
eventuated in charge of murder being
preferred against one of the partici-
pants, in consequence of the death from
violence of the other party thereto.
Antonio Sample is the name of the
man who was killed, and Tom Ferrari
is the slayer. The affray occurred
about midnight on the 18th of August,
at the boarding house of M Cavalero
in Drytown. The two men were en-
gagged in card game for money. Wine
was called for, and the bottle stood on
the table while the playing was in pro-
gress. The back of the boarding house
was the scene of the gam bling, and a
lighted candle threw a sickly glare
over the scene. The men imbibed of
the wine cup as they played. At length
one of the players is alleged to have de-
tected the other in the act of cheating.
A grab was made for the stakes.
Sample struck at Ferrari with his fist,
but failed to hit him. Thereupon Fer
rari seized the wine bottle from the
table, and struck him heavy blow on
the forehead over the left eye. The
blow ended the fracss. 1t did not
knock Sample down, nor render him
unconscious. Little was thought of
the affair at the time. Sample retired
to bed. The blow was heavy enough
to cut hole through the felt hat which
the injured man wore at the time.
Both men were Italians employed at
the Fremont, and they showed up for
work the following day. Sample work.
ed two shifts, and then requested the
foreman to grant lay off, as he was
sick, and displayed the spotin the fore
head where he had been struck. He
was examined by DR.. w. A. Norman
of Plymouth, who at once saw that the
man was in very serious condition,
suffering from Inflammation, the result
of fracture of the skull produced by
a blow. He took to his bed, and
gradually grew worse, and died at the
boarding house on the morning of Fri
day, August %.
A man named A. Gazzero was the
only eyewitness of the quarrel between
the two men, which ended fatally.
AUTOPSY.
Coroner Huberty went over to Dry
town Friday, and conducted an inquest
over the body. Up to this time the
fact of the quarrel and its outcome had
been kept from the officers. 1t does
not appear that the attending doctor,
called in at the eleventh hour, was
made aware of the manner in which his
patient came by his injuries. An
autopsy was made by Drs. A. M. Gall
of jackson, and w. A. Norman of Ply
mouth. The skull was found to be ex-
tensively fractured. Death was caused
by diffused Inflammation of the mem
braneous lining of the skull, extending
over the left sphere, and part of the
right, caused by a blow from some
blunt instrument. The coroner's Jury
was composed of the following citizens:
Fred LeMoin, John N. Mute, A. Matu-
Itch, G. w. Walker. Bony Better and
F. S. Isaminger. The jury returned
verdict in accordance with these facts,
holding Ferrari responsible for the
mans death.
FLIGHT AND CAPTURE OF FERRARI.
The day before Sample died, Ferrari
was told that he was in bad way, and
would probably die. Ferrari went to
bed at the Cavalero boarding house as
usual on Thursday night. The condi-
tion of the bed indicated that il had
been occupied. The next morning
Ferrari failed to show up for breakfast.
He had decamped some time during
the night. Phillip Cavalero, son of
the boarding house keeper, left that
morning for the Bridge House, in Sac
ramentO county, where his father had
been working in the hop fields. He
went down for the purpose of bringing
his father back. 1t was at first thought
that the fugitive went with him, but
this was afterward disproved.
Sheriff Norman started out for Sac
ramento on Friday evening, as soon as
he heard of the flight of the accused.
Word was also sent ahead to the Of
6cers of Sacramento to be on the look
out for the wanted man. The sheriff
at various points on the road found
that man answering Ferrari's de-
scription passed on foot toward Sacra-
mento. as far as the Bridge House.
There it seems, Ferrari got ride in a
wagon and proceeded to the city. He
was captured by Sacramento officers
before Norman's S arrival, at the board
ing house of Luigi Caffero, on Second
street. Norman brought him to jack
son Sunday, and lodged him in jail to
await trial.
Both victim and slayer are recent
from Europe. They had been
in Drytown about two years, having
reached that town in company with a
colony of twelve or more from Italy.
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