The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-04-08
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Michael Ricci an Italian Arrested
BY Police After Hard Run Had
Annoyed and Chased Elizabeth
Miles. Judge Wing Imposes Severe
Sentence.
Miss Elizabeth Miles, a waitress
at Hibbard's boarding house Monday
evening had rather peculiar eX-
perience, during which she was not
a little frightened. She entered a
moving picture show about 8 o'clock
and on coming out, noticed that
some one was following her only a
few feet behind. Looking backward,
she discovered that the person was
a man, evidently an Italian, who
seemed determined to keep up with
her. She started to go to her home
on st. Paul street, but seeing that
the fellow kept close behind her,
turned back and wandered over
Langdon street, bringing up at the
police station, without knowing
where she was, as she is compare
tive stranger in this city. On reach
ing the station, she stood with her
back against the front window,
while the Italian stood under the arc
light across the street. not daring to
come nearer on account of the men
in the office. Miss Miles happened to
look around and saw that there was
an officer in the station and imme
diately knocked on the window, at
which officer Connolly came out. She
tod him that an Italian was follow
ing her and no sooner had she got
the words out of her mouth than the
fellow, who had been across the
street, started on run out Elm
street to State and turned up tow
ards Main.
officer Connolly ran up LangdOn
street to Main, and saw his man just
turning the corner at Wheatleys
store; so he put on steam and
streaked up Main street at rate
calculated to distance st. Yves, Dor
ando, Longboat or any of the other
celebrities of the cinder track. On
reaching the Tomasi block at the
corner of Main and Barre streets,
the fellow turned to the right, run
ming down toward the U. s. Clothes
pin Company's plant, and here the
officer caught him. He was taken
back to the police station and war
rant being made, was lodged in jail
on the charge of breach of the
peace.
When arraigned in city court on
Tuesday, the Italian gave his name
as Michael Ricci of Graniteville,
having worked in that place for
about a year. He was unable to
speak English and it was necessary
to summon A. Tomasi, the fruit deal
er, to interpret the questions and
answers of the attorneys in the
case. The respondent pleaded not
guilty to the charge of breach of the
peace, and as trial was then in
order Judge Wing appointed Her
bert e. Slayton, who is studying law
in the Office of Harvey & Harvey, &C
defend him.
Miss Miles, the complaining wit
ness, was called to the stand by the
state and testified that the respon
dent was unknown her, although
she had seen him in Granitevillt
several times. She gave the facts o
the incident last evening, as ha:
been stated above, and said that hi:
attentions in the Palace theatoriun
were annoying in the extreme. anC
frightened her very much. She alst
stated that just before running owe
Langdon street to the police station
she noticed that Ricci had some thin;
up his sleeve, but could not se
what it was, and this frightened he
still more, as she remembered
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