Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-07-29
sToNINGToN MURDER.
.,o,vK BALDAssARI ARRESTED
MONDAY AT BANGOR.
,,oNEp YESTERDAY IN ELLSWORTH
,,rx,cIPAL CoURT-HELD FOR
GRAND JURY WITHOUT BAIL.

,'. week, was captured Monday at Ban
gor.
sAor;s MAYO. who has been conducting
-. search for Baldassari, learned Mon
..v morning that an Italian answering
Al. description had taken the steamer
r..,,ont at West Brooksville. He imme-
, si,tely notified the officers at Bangor, and
rhsu Baldassari left the boat there he
-. met by an officer. He at first denied
"a. identify, but finally admitted that he
the man wanted, and told his story
= Of the shooting
peputy-Sherif Carney went to Bangor
md returned to Ellsworth with the pris-
oner Monday afternoon. He is now in the
county Jail here.
HEARING YESTERDAY.
R.Idassari was arraigned before Judge
p.tsrs in the Ellsworth municipal court
yesterday afternoon. He was represented
by Edward P. Murray, of Bangor, and d.
+. Hurley, of Ellsworth. County Attorney
e H. Wood appeared for the State.
Baldassari pleaded not guilty to the
charge OF murder. Two witnesses, who
were in the camp at the time OF the shoot
ing. told their story OF the affair. Both
+ are cousins Of the accused man. Emedio
terretti testified that the trouble at the
csmp arose over a table which Frank, who
was getting his things together to move
ont, claimed belonged to him. Antonio,
his brother, told him the table did not be-
F long to him more than to the others in the
camp There were angry words between
F the brothers, and then Frank drew his
revolver and shot his brother through the
heart, killing him instantly.
The witness heard but two shots fired,
F but thought others were fired during the
excitement which followed the shooting,
when he and four others who were in the
camp grappled with Frank and finally got
+ the revolver away from him. The witness
thought it was during this struggle that
Pietro Baldassari, an uncle Of the Baldas-
sari brothers, received the bullet wound
| in the neck.
The witness further testified that there
had been trouble between the brothers for
some time, but he did not know what it
was about. He heard Frank threaten to
ham Antonio the sunday before the
sbootine
The other witness examined was Gue,a
Rsldassari n cousin NJ the prisoper and
son Of Pietro Baldassari, who was wounded.
He was not an eye witness to the shooting,
being in another room in the camn bnt
hearing the sbots he ran IN the main
room Of the camn where he saw three
men grano,iny with Franz R.,a.ssar;
who still held the revolver he Also
entered into the stru1gle. Altar the re-
volyer had been taken from him, Franz
escaped from the camp.
Counsel for the respondent waived fur-
,hsr examination. and Judge Peters held
the respondent for the October grand iurv.
without bail. Three witnesses
and Emed;a Ferretti and Gue,eo
Bsldssssri. are also held at the county ia;l
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p.as' ~heh ne started out TOWARDS
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that there was no boat to Bangor until
D. 'dofhihs.
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aw 0ws'
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