Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-07-24
TRIAL OF A. BORELLO
ON A CHARGE OF ARSON
In the Destruction by Fire of the Summit Hotel,
on Suffer Hill.

of the four charged with the burning
of the Summit hotel near Sutter
Greek IN the early part of February,
was commenced Tuesday morning ana
has been in progress since that time
Ben I. Taber of Auburn, attorney TOT
Weber, who was charged with the
murder Of his parents, is associated
with Distict Attorney Vicini, while
Alfred II. Cohen and James q. Greedy
of Oakland are defending Borello, u.
b. Spagnoli having retired from the
case. All of Tuesday was consumed
in the examination of the jurors.
Twenty tour of the venire Of eighty
five we're called and examined, and OF
this number only ten we're chosen and
sworn in as Jurors. They we're James
Hamilton, THEODORE Lithgow, Geo. II.
Brown, Henry Bradigan, Art Keller,
j. G. Deaver, Emmett Gillick, A. Il.
Stewart and W. X. Mcfarland. That
night and during the rest Of the trial
the jurors will be kept in the base
ment of the hall of records. 1t re-
quired about two hours Wednesday
morning to secure the other two jury
man. Those who were finally sworn
we're L. d. Bacigalupi, and Frank
Blakely.
La opening the case Mr. Taber
stated that the prosecution intended
to prove beyond a reasonable doubt
that though the defendant was not
directly guilty of the crime Of arson,
yet be knew that such a crime was to
be committed, and that he had aided
in the comm issiun of it. That be
some time before the ire had a con-
versation with e.. Lepori in the office
of Bertini q Lepori in San Francisco,
during which Lepori stated that IL
the house was burned the defendant
would have no more rent to pay,
at which Bore;io stated that he knew
OF a party who would do it for 500,
in response To which he said that
Lepori told him to go ahead. Then
he stated that they would prove that
BOrello returned to the Summit
house and proceeded to ship part of
the goods, upon which there was
chatteI mortgage, to San FRANCISCO,
including cash register which was
found in his hotel in San francisco
after the burning of the hotel here.
The lease of the hotel by &. Il.
Vicini to Bertini and LeporI for a
term of six years at monthly rental
of $50 was introduced. W. l.. Rose
of Sutter Creek was called and
for 5000 on all the stock and furni-
ture in the hotel. Ruse drew up II
bill of sale from "a. Borello Of the
hotel business and stock, etc, to G.
Rossi, the date of this sale Eelng
October u, 1907, at which time an
other policy for $1,000 made out in
Borello's name expired. Loretta
Meehan, deputy recorder, was called
and identified the record book con-
tanning a record of a chattel mortgage
made by A. BorelIo to Bertini and
Lepori, the amount of the mortgage
being $500. G. =. Vicini was called
and testified that BoreIlo and Ferro-
cana were in possession of the hotel
until the bill of sale to g. Rossi. who
afterwards stated to Vicini that he
owned the place. James Bryant was
then called and considerable time
was consumed in examining him by
lived there at inter walls before the
fire, that he was in the habit Of CON
Quoting the correspondence for
Borellu and Keeping the books of
the hotel. That he had been thrown
out Of employment and had become
indebted to BorelIo III the sum of
about fifty dollars for board. He
testified that he and Borello went TO
Sutter Creek one evening in March
1907, and after spending more than
an hour i'll town, started on the re-
turn trip, While walking along
Borello brought up his financial
affairs, remarkIng as he had done to
Bryant previously, that he was going
behind and had to do something.
Then Bryant stated that Bore!lo said
that he had two policies tor $1,000
each on the furniture and stock in
the hotel, and that If it were burned
he would come out about even
According to the witness Borello then
offered to cancel his Indebtedness of
$50 and besides give him $500, saying
that he would go to jackson and get