Evening journal., 1904-01-05
WILL ATTEMPT
TO PROVE ALIBl
defense Shows Its Hand in
the Curtis L. Samuels
Murder Trial
RAPID WORK WITH WITNESSES
Mrs. Susan Airy Was the First Per-
son on the Stand Today-she Told Of
Prisoner Borrowing Gun From Mrs.
Kane.

Prisoner Borrowing Gun From Mrs.
Kane.
Judging from the line OF the cross
examination Of Horace G.. Eastbun,
counsel for Curtis l.. Samuels. on trial
in the Court of oyer and Terminer.
charged with the murder Of Pasquale
Diabballe, he will attempt to establish
an alibi for his defense. All witnesses
are cross-examined closely as TO the
time they claim to have seen Samuels.
Such rapid progress has been made
i'm the examination Of witnesses that il
is now expected the case viii be con-
cluded before the end Of the week
The State viii conclude its side this
Afternoon.
Woman First Witness Today.
ness called today She corroborated
the testimony of Mrs. Kane given yes
terday In regard to Mrs. Samuels bor-
rowing "a gun from the latter.
Peter Diabballe, brother of the dead
man, testified that he saw the body
at the undertaking place and identi-
fed it as that Of his brother. Witness
said his brother sometimes was called
Parma Because he came from the
province Of Parma" Italy.
George 5artlett's Testimony.
George Bartlett stated he was a
cook in hut occupied by employees OF
Hughes Bros. & Bangs az Delaware
City. He testified that Snmuels took
d nfcI tfs
there. on the evening Of Tuesday
September witness said samuels
called at the hut between and 5
O'Clock and that Diabballe Went out
with him. Witness never saw dab
bale alive after that
Bartlett on cross examination testi-
I fed that S8muels was working on that
Tuesday and came into supper viii
the other men. There were about
twenty at supper and the prisoner wa,
the only American. When Samuels
returned to the hut that night he at.
tracted his attention by slapping his
hands down on the banister. Diab.
bale when he heard the sound got M
and went out. Witness said severa
strange Italians stayed an night in thl
hut either before or shortly after Diab
bale disappeared.
Diabele Last Seen.
Pietro Volcano who was interprete,
by Carmen Di Mare, said that Sam
uels came to the boarding house wher
Diabelle and himself lived and afte
some conversation Diabelle put on hi
coat and accompanied Samuels from
the house. He said he was sure i
was the Tuesday night before the dis
appearance of the murdered man, be
cause he did not so to work the mex
morning.
John Harris, another Italian. said H.
saw Samuels come TO the house pro
vided by Hughes Brothers & Bangs 70
their employees. He and the mai
under arrest exchanged helloes anl
Samuels went into the house. emerging
about three minutes afterward witt
Diabelle, who was pulling on his coat
The men went to the hotel and shortl.
lafter Samuels went up the main stree
and Diabelle went out "a small stree
; toward the railroad. He said tha
was the last time he saw him alive.
J James II. Bartlett walked up TN
street with Samuels from Reybold'
store on the night of Diabballe disap
peared as far as the postofice betwee
$50 and s o'clock. The men paused
. moment on the corner and Samuel
coRtinued on un the street. The mex
! night Bartlett went to the Hughe
Brothers & Bangs shack. The disar
. pearance of Diabballe was being dis
cussed. Samuels turned to the wit
ness and said I'VE met and parted las
night at the post Office. didn't we?"
Upon the stand John Cannon sal
Samucls overlook him on the street q
the night Of the disappearance of th
murdered man. He had a gun i'm III
hand and said he had gotten the gu
down at the dyke and was taking
home between and . o'clock.
Slmuols was seen by Joseph Shorter
the same night leaving Boyers store wi
a gun and went in the direction Of Il
r railroad station.
. Heard Shot and Cry.
O Tho most damaging evidence again
Samucls was brought out by Williu
Steel, who lives in a cabin on the riv
bank, near where the body Of Diabbai
was found Steel said he was chopin
wood at his cabin when Inc heard a sh
> followed by a cry of ION Sammy. dol
shool. don't shoo. j" This was follow
by three more reports. The witness afte
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