The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-10
MANsLAUGHTER
CHARGE MADE
AGAINST BOY

Lieut. Toole and Sergt. connors of the
Fourth police station last evening ar
rested. at his home on Cedar street,
Thomas Salvatore, II years old,on a war
rant charging him with manslaughter. by
throwing stone that hit his companion,
Luigi Carroccia, aged 8. and fractured his
skull
Coroner Eugene III. Lincoln late yester-
day afternoon filed his finding with the
clerk OF the superior court. declaring that
Thomas Salvatore did felonlously kill
and slay one Luigi Carroccia."
This morning Salvatore was arraigned
before Judge Rueckert In the Juvenile
court and through his counsel. Judge
Henry h. Lyman. pleaded not guilty;
waived examination and was held I'm 5000
bonds for the superior court.
According to the police young Car
roocia died Oh Aug. y last. Some time be-
fore that he and young Salvatore were
playing together and tho latter threw a
stone that struck Carfoccia on the head
At the time not much was thought or the
matter and the little fellow appeared to
suffer no III effects.
Not long after the accident young Car
roccia was In the street. and In some
manner. according to the stories at that
time, vexed storekeeper, who violently
assaulted him, Carroccla went home COM
planning: and IL was but short time
following that he died.
II was thought that the assault by the
storekeeper was responsible for his death; {;
and the man hearing the rumor and fear
ing that he would be arrested, left the
city,
Upon examlna ton, however. II was
found that the boy had received a frac-
tured skull by a blow from some heavy
object. The stone throwing episode
a.A hA
and Coroner Lincoln began an Inquiry
into the matter, which was conducted
with the utmost care, every witness pos
sible 10 be found being called upon to
make a deposition.
Coroner Lincoln in his report says; "Tho
testimony shows that the wound In the
scalp healed and the boy was out ct
play every day an usual and made no
complaint to his relatives Of feeling any
III effects from his injury.
"A few weeks later the boy took an ap-
pie from fruit dealer in the neighbor-
hood and the dealer seized him and, 1t Is
said kicked him In the bowels and banged
his head against a building. Three days
later, the child told his father no felt sick
and complained OF having been kicked In
the stomach BY said dealer.
"A physician was then summoned and
discovered an infected wound IN the back
OF the boys head also a depression OF the
told the father to bring the boy To his of
fee the next day The father, however,
neglected 10 do this for several days.
THE doctor again went 10 the house
and saw that the boy had cold and
breathed as though afflicted with tonsili-
It's At the same time, the doctor discov-
cred stiffness and rigidty In the boy;
and from the wound in the head pus was
exuding.
The doctor then treated the boy for
the cold and called the fathers atten-
ton 10 the rigidity OF the boy and told
the sister that the stiffness came from
meningitis and To have the boy taken TO
the hospital.
'"The father said the sickness was from
the kick in the bowels but the doctor said
meningitis could not come from kick in
the bowels, but came from the wound In
the head.
The child was then removed to the hos
pital. where Il was thought by the ply
sicians that he was suffering from de-
pressed fracture OF the skull and tenta-
mus and after an operation the child re-
vived and talked with his father nearly
up to the time of his death"