The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-20
MUCH INTEREST
IS SHOWN IN
THE RACY CASE
Crowds Listen
To oUnprintable
e Testir1lony


There Is no abatement in the in
terest manifested At the trial OF
the aliased rapists. The court
room Is fllied with auditors eager TO
hear the story which mas neen too
racy to go In type. Zine Mike finish
ed her testimony yesterday afternoon.
She passed through the ordeal all right.
1t was almost quilting time when Zinc
got through and with the close of her
Testimony the State rested It's case.
The defense Is now wen started.
George Naseth. an Assyrian store
keeper at Monongah. was examined
yesterday afternoon. Zine Mike had
been staying at his place since the first
day of March. BE knew Zine Mike
in the old country he knew her hus-
band. Bls name was Abraham Ferris
and sometimes he was called Mike.
Zine waited two hours for her broth
er to come. She told the witness all
about the encounter. She asked him
to come to town. to sue the defendants.
He was in the prosecuting attorneys
office on the morning or March Q,
when the prosecuting attorney asked
Zine II Sam Brlzzino was one OF the
men that outraged her and she said
that h. was not. Mr.. shaw asked tho
witness II he did not hear Mrs. Mike
say three times that Sam Bruzzino
was not one Of the men. but the wit
ness said that he only heard her say
It once. Mr.. Shaw asked the witness
II three Of. the four men that we're ar
rested OF the night Of March wnIca
Zine Mike identified as the men that
OUTRAGED her. we're not turned ont of
jail. The witness did not know whcth-
er this wes true or not. He knew that
another man had been arrested.
Dominick Romoiae was examined.
The witness acted as interpreter on
the night Of Mike verto.s arrest. The
witness said that verto said the night
of his arrest that he grabbed Zine
Mike and took hold Of her in fun. The
witness was asked If he could under
stand the dialect that Mike verto
speaks. He said that he could. Tho
defendant, Mike verto. said that night
that they were drinking beer and were
drunk The witness said that Mrs.
Mike identified Mike verto by scratch
es she made on his neck.
Zine Mike was recalled and conclud-
ed her testimony in the case. Nearly
all of her Testimony was too much to
be printable. She stated that Angotti
offered her SIZE % Withdraw the suit
against the defendants. Here the
State rested It's case and the Witness
es for the defense were card.
Giuseppe Gararascio was the first
witness called for the defense. He is
an Italian OF 20 years and has lived
In CASTOR three years. The witness
said ted,t'he knew Zine Mike. that he
had seen her peddIing about Gasto=.
for nine or ten months and she came
there sften. She stayed at the WIZ
ness house. The first time she stayed,
all nis',. at his house was about TIN es
months ago and about a month and a
half ago she and her brother stayed
all nigat at his house. The witness
had t.ik with Mrs. Mike at Monon-
gah ard she gave him coffee. The con-
yersaticn was carried on in the house
where she was staying. She promised
to take the men out Of jail. She said
that the men. Mike yerto and Sam
Bruzziro, she wanted to take them
out. but.did not say that they did not
do anything. She wanted no money