Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-21
SAYS PlITINt WANTED
TO KILL THREE MEN
Sensational Testimony Made by Wit
ness in Murder Trial Today.


did Pettine tell you thai he in
tended to kill three men. Benedetto
Berardinelli, Caesar Grande and
Charlie Grande, but had not been
able to get the three of them to-
gether?"
This question propounded this
morning by Attorney H. B. Ferguson,
of the counsel for the prosecution in
the Pettine murder case, to Luciano
Campanoli, a witness offered by the
prosecution in rebuttal. brought all
the attorneys for Pettine to their feet
with protests this morning at 10:30
o'clock, and the arguments that fol-
lowed were probably the most heat
ed of the entire trial. The prosecu-
ton fought to get the evidence be-
fore the jury and the defense made
strenuous effort to prevent 1t. The
prosecution won, however, and Cam
panoli answered yes"
Campanoli, who is a shoemaker at
Santa Fe, said that Pettine came to
his place after he had secured bond,
and told him that he had intended
| to kill the three men mentioned
labove but had not been able to get
he admitted that Pettine had never
been to his place before nor after he
told him that he had intended to kill
| the three men. The defense greatly
weakened the statement of Campanoli
| by showing that there could have
been no motive for Pettine max ng
him such a statement. Pettine had
no other business at the shoeshop.
| klzn stu nd
was asked the same question but de-
! MED making it. He said that ne did
not know CampanOli previous to the
trial, but he knew him now.
On cross examination, the prosecu-
tion attempted to make Pettine tell
what he did the day of the killing.
1t will be remembered that the shoot
ing took place about noon, in a CEN
trally located part of the city but
| Pettine made good his escape on foot.
| District Attorney Clancy asked him
where he was before he went TO San
( ia Fe and gave himself up.
'In New Mexico" was the answer,
What part of New Mexico?"
'In several places"
! where did you go Immediately af-
| ter the shoot.ng?"
I
did you go into hiding?"
"If l was on the road l was run
ming or walking"
The defense apprehended the pur-
pose of the prosecution and objected
to almost every question, but the OBJ
jections were not necessary. Pettine
was a very wary witness. He was
alive TO every movement made by
any part of the court. While there
were two interpreters, one in Span
ish for the jury and one in Italian
for Pettine, ne was ready TO answer
(every question propounded to him
before the interpreters had finished
them and listened very closely to
what Interpreter Montoya told the
jury. He did not tell how he es-
capped from the city.
The prosecution attempted TO show
by Pettine that he had been disap-
pointed in love with daughter of
Caesar Grande, niece OF Mrs. Ber-
ardinelli, and that the men of the
family had prevented him marrying
reasons why he killed Berardinelli
and probably wanted to kin the
Grandes, but could not get the evil
dence in. Pettine denied that story
The prosecution offered the testi-
mony of Architects j. L. La Driere
and e. b. Cristy as TO the charact
os .BerardInelli
The case win probably be given TO
'the jury this evening.