The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-22
is NOW in HOSPITAL
With CHANCE or LIFE

eiSS ANUS eCOuTt "Wednesday, tnOuBn
the trial yesterday was brought to a
close before he had a chance to pro
duce 1t In evidence. The two women
we're in the kitchen washing the dish.
es and Rocco had gone into the kitchen
to bid them good bye when the OH.
Ger came in. Mrs. Spinelli accompan.
led the party to Fairmont and Is the
mysterious woman In lavender" re.
ferred to in the accounts of the trial.
Cuccarese engaged Attorney E. F.
Morgan to prosecute the charge nnd
Attorney John w. Mariani was re.
tanned by the defense. The trial was
begun at two o'clock yesterday after.
noon and developed rapidly into, a
complete fiasco, Cuccarese and his
witnesses being able on the stand to
bring no evidence in support Of his
allegation. Attorney Morgan abandon
| ed the case within an hour after tho
first witness took the stand, stating
as his reason that his client and his
clients witnesses were not telling tho
same story on the stand that they had
told in making their representations
to him.
Cuccarese was seen by represent
tatiye of this paper soon after the dis.
missal of the case and appeared great.
ly disappointed at the outcome. From
his talk then, and before the tria. as
well, he had expected to send both
his wife and Angostino to the peni.
tentiary for long term of years The
newspaper man charged Kim with be.
ing badly In love. with his wife, but
this he emphatically denied Il smash
her face when ! get her. he asserted.
Nevertheless his smile rocked forced.
and he was evidently suffering great
ly from his defeat. Mr.. Mariani
seemed to have some precedence of
last nights event and as he left the
courtroom warned the officers to
keep an eye on Cuccarese and his
friends. Constable Walker and Chief
Findley, of Monongah, shadowed Cue.
carese for time but as he showed
10 disposition to follow his wife, gave
over their surveillance.
About 6:45 Cuccarese left crowd
of his friends in Friedman's saloon.
saying that he had some business"
to attend to and that he would Join
them on the Monongah car later. Fiji.
teen minutes afterward, as Giovanella,
Tony Yanero's wife, was washing her
! supper dishes in little tumbled.down
summer kitchen adjoining her house
on Pike street, Cuccarese came down
a flight Of steps leading from the
street into the kitchen, and asked
where Tony was. Giovanella replied
that he was in another part Of the
house and told Cuccarese to call him
Cuccarese said never mind and start.
cd past her toward another door lead
ing out on side street. His wife
was standing outside the door talking
TO Mrs. Spinelli and an Italian who
had stopped on his way home from
work to hear the story of the trial.
Cuccarese upon reaching the door
pulled revolver from his pocket and
shot his wife. Then he turned and
ran back through the kitchen, up the
steps, and down the street. The
wounded girl staggered through the
kitchen and into the next room, where
she fell to the floor. It Is perhaps
worthy of note that as she fell she
called "Angostino! Angostino!" ano
Emoaned that she was about TO die.
The ambulance was sent for and she
was removed to Cook Hospital. Word
from there this afternoon was to the
4 effect that she was doing very we'll"
The bullet had not yet been extracted
! Shortly after the shooting wild.
eyed woman in a lavender gown came
running into Magistrate Amos Office
and gasped out the story. 1t was Mrs
Spinelli, of course. Constable Walk.
er was in the office and started imme.
ldiately. for the scene, picking up Dep.
fpty Watson and Chief Morgan on the
way. The fugitive was traced to tho
H point Where he took to the fields. q
Eboy Informing the officers that he
4 wentrover the hill toward Monongah,
The officers returned to town and
Look the Mononeair car. and the rest
| of the night was for them the story
of futile search.
Father DAndrea told the reporter
who talked with him this morning
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