The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-07-06
FOUND GUILTY
JURY RETURNS VERDICT OF
MURDER IN FIRST DE-
GREE AGAINST GUG-
LIELMO.
Case Comes to Speedy End and
Defense Submits No Argument
Letter from His Sweetheart.
Other News.

Portland, July Portland Jour-
nal:-Unexpectedly at 4 o'clock, after
a brief opening argument for the
state by Assistant District Attorney
Adams defendants attorneys in
the case of the state against Frank
Guglielmo rested their case and
without argument left it in the
hands of the court and jury. Their
action came as surprise to Dis
trict Attorney Manning, who had
not expected that the case would
get to the jury until today.
| Interesting only in its sudden
ness, it was the sharp termination
of the trial of self-confessed MUIR
derer so plainly and indisputably
guilty that even the audience had
grown weary of the blunt and
bloody details of the crime. Frank
Gulielmo. young Italian saloon
keeper, was accused of the murder
of Freda Garacio, 16-year-old
daughter of an Italian laborsr re-
siding on Harrison street. Gug-
lielmo in f1t of jealous rage be-
cause she had withdraw wn her prom
ise to marry him, went to her house
and shot the young girl dead where
she stood working at the ironing
| hoard in her mothers kitchen.
Under such circumstances it was
not surprising that 30 minutes af-
ter the jury left the court room
word was sent in that they had ar
rived at verdict. At 10 minutes
{ after five O'Clock Foreman III. C.,
{ Coleman handed the jury's finding
to Judge Cleland, Guglielmo, with
( his eyes cast down, his left hand in
! his pocket and perspiration rolling
from his forehead, stood up and
! listened to the reading of the ver-
I diet, which pronounced him guilty
7 of murder in the first degree. The
only penalty is hanging.
His a. o Leys asked the court 10
days in which to move for new
trial, and this was granted.
In the number of witnesses for
I the defense yesterday afternoon the
y only surprise occurred when Muir
} ply called the accused to take the
y witness stand. Guglielmo complied
I His face took 90 dull red hue ashe
Z faced the crowd, and be could bare
Z ly speak in answer to questions by
4 his attorney. Repeatedly he was
( ordered to speak louder, bu,
4 throughout the examination Meth
4 er the court, the district attorney
nor the jury were able to under.
stand more than a fraction of wha'
be said. A number of letters from
= Freda was shown him and he iden
4 titled themas having been brought tt
: him by his messenger. Some o.
i, these letters his attorney read tt
\ the jury. All were filled with af
fectionate phrases. In one writer
few days before the writer's deatf
she used most endearing terms
declared she loved him and Away
would, and wished that he nigh
be with her all the time; that sh'
had spoken to her mother abou
his coming to the house and the,
both agreed that he should COM
! once week, on Saturday night
but that she would 60 out two O.
!, three times a week and they coult
! meet.
She referred to some one as al
"old FOOL" and said that Franl
should not come to the house Otter
owing to this unnamed persons op
, position. In another letter she re
, ferred to her sister Margaret as
, fool, and deplored her opposition t
Frank. With these exceptions th
letters were mild, loving and we'll
worded, and reflected only the pur
love of an innocent young girl
, Each letter was signed "Miss Ere
|, da Garacio." Attorney Murphy al
Z. ter submitting the letters as evi
Y dence without objection from th
D Estate, read them to the jury,
Il Portland, July 2.-Th
q steamer Oregona, the fine ne,
boat just built at the Portland Ship
: building Company's yards for th
Oregon City Transportation Com
! pany, has been brought down t
> the Taylor-street dock and thi
O. morning will make her Made
he trip to the Upper Willamette. Sh
lie. is built with an extremely ligE
draft and will be able to reach tt
upper points at almost any stage I