The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-26
How TeIeppo Escaped.

When Teleppo ran from tae lawn
in front of the Dewey residence after
the commission of the crime alleged
against him he hurried over Union
street in a westerly direction, crossed
South street and ran through the
alley in the rear of the Drysdale De
ington street he ran southerly up
street and out upon Put
nam street Mrs. Fred Woodland saw
him jump the fence in the rear of her
house. Crossing the fields he was
seen by Mrs. Daniel Barber on the
Griswold farm. He was still running
and was later seen TO cross the Hol-
den lot and disappear in the woods at
the base of Mount Anthony.
Organizing the Search.
AS soon as he was notified of the
occurrence States Attorney w. ].
Meagner at once took charge of the
search for the missing man. With
the assistance of Sheriff Fred God
frey, Deputy Sheriff Nash. Chief of
Police Brazel, Officer Hurley and vol
unteers the pursuit was organized
In a short time the states attorney
realized that Teleppo had reached a
rough section of territory and that
more men were needed to beat the
woods. While the states attorney
placed himself in communication with
the authorities in other towns within
a radius of so miles the officers Sc
cured searchers TO scour the thick
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All Outlets Guarded.
1t would have been difficult for
Teleppo to have escaped from the
country had he attempted to do so.
States Attorney Meagher worked the
telephone on lines leading out of
Bennington as rapidly as possible.
Chief of Police Dineen of North Ad-
ans had men at work searching every
train that came into that city, the
officers at Hoosick Falls were also
out in force, the authorities at Troy
were on the lookout as was also the
case in Albany and Schenectady. The
Rutland railroad line through Shafts
bury was also patrolled and every
possible avenue of escape was cut
Off
Posse on the Mountain.
Early in the evening posse of half
a hundred men was organized and
sent into the woods on the foothills of
Mount Anthony. The country was
thoroughly threshed over but no
trace of Teleppo was found. There
was story of fresh tracks running
INF I1l
den estate which has never been fully
explored but little credence was
placed in the rumor
II is strongly probable that Teleppo
from ais hiding place on the noun
tain saw the members of the posse
searching the woods and like all for
eigners not thoroughly acquainted
with the methods adopted in this
country feared that he was in danger
of bodily harm from the searchers.
In his fright he imagined that he
would be in greater safety in the
hands of the officers than would be
the case should he fall into the hands
of the posse. This is the only way to
account TO his decision to return to
the house where he lived.
Shot in the Back.
AS Cinello lay upon the ground on
the lawn yesterday afternoon only one
wound was visible and that was al
most directly in the center of the vic
TINS chest. DR.. Wilson, who made
the brief examination before the body
was taken to the Walbridge undertake
ng rooms, observed but one bullet
hole and 1t was generally presumed
that the two men were facing each
other when the fatal shot was fired.
People living in the vicinity of the
spot where the crime was committed.
however, insisted that there were two
snots and this fact was substantiated
by the autopsy which also proved that
both bullets passed through the young
mans body and that either one would
have caused death. While not abso-
lutely conclusive. as the details of the
autopsy have not been made public,
it is generally understood That both
shots were fired into Cinello's back.
Autopsy by Or. Stone.
Under the existing statutes DR.. B..
ii. Stone, pathologist at the state lab
oratory of hygiene at Burlington, is
required to conduct autopsies in the
cases of all persons who come to a
violent end in such a manner as to re-
qulre action on the part of the author
tiles. With his assistant, l.. p.
Sprague, he arrived on the midnight
train and in the early morning the
autopsy was performed at the Wal
bridge undertaking rooms.
While the findings will not be made
known until the preliminary hearing
at least and perhaps not until the case
comes before the grand jury when IT
meets at Manchester next Tuesday n
Is. known that both the bullets alleged
to have been fired by Teleppo passed
through the victims heart
One bullet, it would appear mus,
have struck Cinello directly under
the shoulder and ranging downward
passed through the heart. The Other
bullet struck lower down on the bach
but ranged upward and like toe f1rst
mentioned pierced the vital organ.
Drs. Stone and SpragHe completed
the autopsy at an early hour this
morning, turned over the Young ItaI
ianS clothing and other offaots a.