Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-22
JEALOUS DAlRYMAN ATTEMPTS
DOUBLE TRAGEDY
GIRL JUMPS FROM WINDOW
Intended Victim Escapes by Plunging
From q Second Story Room
to the Street
Below

After spending several weeks In an
| endea vor to persuade the woman he
loved to turn from life of shame and
marry him. Pietro Marcani. a dairy
man, became desperate yesterday af-
ternoon when q final refusal was made
by the woman and chased her from a
room in the Eden cafe on Also street.
firing at her as she leaped from the
window. Marcani then turned the
weapon upon himself and fred a bullet
through his own head.
Marcani arrived in Los Angeles from
San Francisco about week ago, ac-
companied by the woman, who gave
the name of Laura Williams The
couple stayed at number of cheap
lodging houses on Main street and
rented a room at the lodging house
above the Eden cafe at Alameda and
Also streets Monday afternoon.
Tuesday afternoon Marcani ordered
number of bottles of wine and went
to his room with the woman. A short
time later passers-by on Also street
heard terrified shrieks, accompanied
by revolver shot.
Woman Jumps From Window
At the same time a scantily clad
woman threw open a window of a
room on the second floor of the build
ing and screamed for help. A few feet
below her a long, slanting porch roof
extended the length of the building,
4t..z IT, ~, ret
and rolled to the edge, falling fifteen
feet to the gutter below, where she
lay in semi-consciousness.
AS she leaped from the window
second shot was fired at her from the
room, and then the window was closed
and a few minutes later two shots were
fired in the room.
The woman was carried to the
French bakery until the ambulance
arrived which bore her to the receiv-
ing hospital.
Following the sound of the shots, an
officer arrived at the cafe and endeav-
ored to enter the room where the
shooting occurred. The door was
locked and braced on the inside and
the officers were compelled to climb
from the outer porch to the window
before forcing an entrance.
Bullet Through Door
Marcani's body was found on the
floor beside the bed. He was dead and
a bleeding wound in the right side of
his neck just below the ear showed
where his shot had taken effect. The
door on the opposite side of the room
had been perforated by a 3S-caliber
bullet similar to the ones used in the
weapon in the dead mans hand, and it
is thought that in his excitement Mar
cani missed the first shot in his sui
cidal attempt
At the hospital the woman sobbed
out her story. She had arrived in Los
Angeles with Marcani, who formerly
lived at 511 Broadway. San Francisco,
a week ago last Sunday. Marcani pro-
posed marriage. To this the woman
would not consent and a quarrel en-
sued.
Yeste erday afternoon Marcani in
sisted upon a final answer to his prop
osition of marriage. The woman re-
fused and the man spent some time
in scribbling on piece of paper. When
he had finished he turned upon her and
drew his revolver AT sight of the
weapon the woman leaped to the cor
ner Of the room and threw up her
arms to shield herself. In doing so she
warded off the revolver and pushed
4 l. cir rd cnnHinor tho hI1llpt
into the ceiling. The man staggered
back and, grasping at the slight chance
of escape, the woman leaped from the
window.
Il could not hold onto anything so
rolled to the edge where my cloth
ing caught in tie gutter" she said as
she told the story TO detectives.
Heard Whzz Of Bullet
LAS l lay there, / heard second
shot and heard the sing of bullet as
it passed over me and then 1 slipped
and fell over the edge to the curb
ing, about fifteen feet below"
When the woman was lifted from
the ground she said: Let me get
away quick; | want to get away from
here" At that moment the two other
shots were heard and she was told
that her companion had committed sui
eide. She again begged to be allowed
to depart in spite of the fact that she
was bleeding profusely from the cuts
and abrasions on her face and body
Unless internal injuries develop 1t is
thought that she will be able to leave
the hospital in few days.
Begs Forgiveness
The only property found belonging
to the dead man consisted OF two
watches, his revolver, 60 cents and his
note of farewell to the world The