Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-10-04
GIRL ELOPER FOUND
WITH THROAT CUT

Philadelphia, Sept. 2S.-With throat
cut from one side of the neck to the
other n blood streaming over the bed
clothes, a beautiful young Italian girl,
who gave her name as Jennie Garledo.
her bed, at 2930 Germantown avenue
a few minutes after the man with
whom she had been living as husband
and wife had left her.
When the police entered the apart
ment, she shook her head When asked
IF the man had made the attack upon
her. she nodded ~afiirmativel! Then
she became unconscious, and was taken
to the hospital. Last night it was said
she had a fighting chance TO live.
Suspect Is Married Man.
The suspect who, the police believe,
committed the crime is Vincente Siiesio,
also an Italian from Paterson. He Is
supposed to have a wife in the New
Jersey city. where the woman Is also
supposed to have a husband. Accord
ing to a statement she made last night,
they had eloped and had come to Phila-
'delphia. That was virtually all she was
able 10 say to the police.
That he woman was discovered in
time TO give her a chance for life was
due to the man himself. Silesio had
been out all day at work, and returned
late Mt night. The family of Harry
Libby, from whom the pair lad rented
rooms, said he went upstairs n re-
Imained for half an hour, and during
that time there was no sound or COM
motion TO indicate a deed of violence.
Gives Alarm Himself.
At the end Of that time he descended
n stairs. Meeting Sarah Libby, a
daughter, he stopped long enough to
tell her that some one had murdered
his wife. The man did not seem to be
unnerVed, according to the young WON.
AN, but upon her asking a question,
Seemed TO be suddenly taken with ter
,ror, and dropping his suitcase, ran out
of the house and down the street.
Frightened. Miss Libby gave the
alarm. Policeman George Wilde. of the
Park and Lehigh avenue station, re.
.sponded to her cries, and entering the
house, broke open the door of the room
which the pair had been occupying
Upon the bed, nude except for a pair
of stockings, lay the woman, while on
the pillow beside her was a quantity
Of light green powder which il is be.
dieved was paris green.
Examination of the suitcase which
the Italian dropped behind him in his
flight disclosed, in addition to a guam
Pity Of clothing, a razor and a knife,
the latter covered with blood.
Drops Divorce Papers.
According to the Libbys, Silesio had
come to them three days before, repre-
senting the woman with him to be his
wife. She is only IS, and has long gold
en- hair and blu eyes. NeighbOrs say
she is beautiful. They applied for
rooms, the Italian saying they had
come from Paterson, n. J. This state
ment was borne out last night by the
woman at the hospital.
During the time they had remained
ut the Libbys there had been no indica-
ton Of unhappiness IN the part OF eth
er one. In the suitcase dropped by
Silesio were paper preliminary to di-
vorce proceedings, which Silesio was
bringing against his wife.
These, the police believe, were against
he wife he is supposed TO have left in
Paterson. n not the woman whom he
brought to Philadelphia.
When he left the Libby house, Silesio
wore a dark sack suit. a straw hat
with a mixed plaid band. He is de-
scribed as being fair skinned, about 80,
and weighing 100 pounds. He is a
weaver by trade, and during the time
he had been in Philadelphia he got
employment in a Kensington mill.