Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-07
TRIAL OF PAOLUCOI
ARGUMENTS TO JURY IN ORDER
THIS AFTERNOON.

i Oa triai IN criminal court NO. Dc1Ore
Justice Barnard and jury. was completed
shortly before noon today. The defense
| contented itself with the Introduction Of
character witnesses and evidence as to the
| affection OF Paolucci for the deceased. No
l testimony as to insanity was offered.
When the defense announced It's case
| closed recess was taken until 8, o'clock
| this afternoon to allow Justice Barnard
| to dispose of other business. The argu-
ments to the jury on behalf Of the. gov
| eminent will be made by Assistant United
States Attorneys Perry and Turner, and by
Attorney Thomas C. Taylor for the de-
Tense. The case Is expected to go to the
jury late this afternoon or tomorrow
| morning.
Dr.. Smith Ely Jefiffe, the New York
| alienist who is expected to testify tomorrow
at the Thaw trial. was present in court to-
day at the request of the government. He
| was held In reserve to refute any testimony
! offered by the defense to show Paolucci in
sane. The failure Of the defense to make
| such an offer precluded the necessity of
calling DR.. Jelifle to the stand.
When court convened this morning As
| sistant United States Attorney Turner an
nounced that the government had no more
| witnesses and would rest its case.
| First Witness for Defense.
The first witness called by the defense
was Joseph A. Terillo, who was present at
/
He testified to PaoluccPs treating the peo-
pie assembled there. He did not see the
| shooting.
Chauncey Hunter was next sworn. He
saw the defendant and Lizzie In converse
ton Just prior to the shooting. He heard
the first shot fired and saw the second one
He was only twenty feet away. He ran
The first character witness offered was
| Angelo Maggie, who had known Paolucci
| for seven years, and declared he had
good reputation.
| Attorney Taylor announced that he ex-
pected to prove Paolucct was monoman1ac
| on the subject of his affection for Miss
| Dodge.
| The good reputation of the defendant was
| attested by a number Of other witnesses.
| including Raffaele Matine, Salvatore 43ello,
| Antonio Ferillo, Antonio Gilardi. Sam
told Of hearing the defendant speak Of his
great love for the girl and his determine
| ton to make her his wife.
| inquire If Paolucci had not danced with
| Lizzie the night of their introduction. Mrs.
Dodge could not remember.
| The defense then announced its case
closed and a recess was taken until
o'clock.
Cross-Examniation Of Mother.
| The cross examination of Mrs Elizabeth
| S. Dodge, mother of the deceased, by At
torney Thomas c. Taylor, counsel for the
defense, was concluded yesterday afternoon.
Her testimony as to the threat made by
| Paolucci the night before the homicide,
| that he would return the next day and give
the daughter AL she wanted" was I'M
| shaken.
The witness admitted frequent visits
| made to her daughter by the defendant
| and that the deceased had on several oc-
casions accompanied the defendant alone
| to places of amusement and had often
danced with him at the home of the
Laverines, who were neighbors of the
| witness.
| Mrs. Dodge detailed again at the request
| of Attorney Taylor the happenings the
night preceding the tragedy, when Pao-
gone te@the carnival. She said defendant
| was angry and that Lizzie took from
her finger ring of Paolucci's WHICH she
/ had been wearing and returned it TO him.
| The daughter then requested the return
! of her ring by the defendant. Asked by
counsel If she did not know that the
mutual exchange Of rings between young
| ness declared that she never SO under
| stood it. She did not consider. she said.
Paolucei more than a friend to Lizzie.
| went out with Lizzie during the period
| from July to the date of the tragedy. Wit
denied that the the defendant an when he
/ II said Lizzie will be sorry when 1 am
! gone
/
| the autopsy which he had performed at
the morgue the day after the shooting. APP
] pearanees of the three wounds showed, he
! said, that the weapon had been close to
the body of the victim.
+ Testimony Of Policeman.
| Policeman Jacob E. Peterson followed
| DIR. Giazebrook ON the witness stand. He
| was at the corner of 9th and E streets
| northeast, and saw the shooting. He de-
| scribed the positions of the defendant and
i - k~1sr,
/ He hurried to the scene, and when the
/ ambulance from the Casualty Hospital ar
/ rived, helped to put defendant in the
! wagon, and saw him conveyed to the hos
| In response to his inquiry witness said
| Paolucc declared he had SHOT the girl
| because she had treated him like dog:
| He denied that the defendant had stated
| that he wished to die Witness declared
| the defendant, after the shooting, jumped
! from the ground, where he had fallen from
| the shock of the bullet entering his body,
| and ran across the street. Paolucci, he
| said, was grabbed by citizen when about
| in the middle Of the roadway.
! DR. Frank Romaine who was connected
| with the Casualty Hospital in September,
| was the next witness. He testified to the
| operation on the defendant, and stated
| that Paolucci at the hospital had declared
| he wanted to die, and that the girl had
| treated him like dog.
| Mrs. Victoria Lavsrine of 415 9Th street
l northeast, at whose house Mrs. Dodge and
1
lucci, next testified. She said the defendant
| and his victim had met frequently at her
home and she had often seen them together.
Morning of the Tragedy.
| The defendant visited her house the
| morning of the tragedy and in answer to
her query said he was taking holiday.
| Witness saw him again about noon walking
| up and down the street in front OF the
Dodge home. She engaged him in converse
| ton, in the course of which PaOlucci COM
planned of feeling badly, and remarked The
| wished he was an animal, because they re-
| ceived better treatment than humans. He
| declared witness said, that a girl in the
| neighborhood tried to make fool of him.
Paolucci also stated, according to the wit
ness that Lizzie was going to feel sorry
/ for what she had done. On cross-examina-
| ton the witness declared that joe had
| always acted funny.
| Michael l4averine, husband of the pre-
| ceding witness, was also present and saw
| the shooting He described the details SUBJ
stantially as did the other witnesses.
| Other eye-witnesses who gave testimony
| were Charles Dodge, brother of the de-
1 ceased: Bessie Bishop. Henry w. Hines.
William Herrler and Policeman Albert
1 Nantz. The latter declared that Paolucci