The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-24
ATTEMPTED MURDER
Italian Badly Slashed as Result Of
Dispute Over Strike Settlement.

Dispute Over Strike Settlement.
AS an outcome of the strike trouble
and the splitting of the Italian vote,
enabling the cutters to carry the ac
ceptance of the proposition Of the
manufacturers an Italian lies seri-
ouly wounded Sunday night as the
result of a murderous attack upon
him by a member, or members, of
the Anarchist society in Barre. The
trouble occurred at IL o'clock and
the police were called shortly, but
owing to the crowd which collected
and the secretiveness of the Italians
the assailant could not be found and
consequently no arrest was made, al
though the woud-be murderer was
hunted for all night by Chief Faux
ner's men.
The fight vas first not ced by
George Noyes of Montelier who was
at the corner of Granite and Main
street sand heard the cries Of the te"-
rified Italian down in the dark near
the steam railway crossing. He has
tened to the scene and found two
men struggling in the center of the
track with the snow about them
da1kened with the blood of the in
jured man, who was being s!ashed
numerically on the head with a dag
ger. Hoycs did not wait nor call to
them to get up but grabbed the under
man by the collar and with t1e pull
yanked him to his feet and away from
his assistant. who made one swinE
for him and then ran.
By this time several others who h9c
heard the row, appeared upon the
scene and one of them ran for the
police, so that within a short time
two officers arrived and the injured
man was taken care of. While one o.
! the officers was taking the man tt
the nearest doctor, which happened
10 be DR.. Edward Ghidella, on Mail
| street, the other patrolman made {
search for the man who tried to com
| nit the murder, but he could not "
! iound, 1t was learned however, he " }:
| Ricco Maggini, an anarchist, the mar
who shot Conductor Perkins a few
years ago on slight provocation, an(
who later served four years in th'
House Of Correction for the offe1c9
/ AS it was he was allowed to leav'
before his time was up, on accoun
c[ good behavior and has still eish
months to serve. 1t was thought b,
the authorities that he was bidder
by some Anarchistic companions.
The injured man, when examine,
ty Dr.. Ghidella, was found to be SUI
| fcring from many slashes abou tn
head and soulders and from bite
Gil the face and hands, which goes Il
show the desperate fight which mus
have taken place before assistanc,
arrived. The back of his head wa
terribly gashed and cut, with wound
| several inches in length, as was hi
| face, while the marks of teeth show
| cd plainly on his cheek. His finger
were also bitten, one of them almos
Of presumably when the wounde,
ran had tried to protect himsel
by pushing Magginfs head away. u
Chidella took what stitches wer
necessary and after allowing the maj
to rest he was taken to his room il
the Italian quarter of the city. Fh
LClice stated that his injuries wer
very serious, but word was receive,
from the physician that he woul
probably recover.
1t was learned Monday tina
the dispute started in a boardin:
house, in which a great number o
Italian workers in the granite indus
Try lived, and that the trouble aros
ever the injured man, who could not
Or would not, give his name, votini
! IN the affirmative at the meeting
Saturday afternoon, which settle
the strike. The fight then led to tn
street and later to the railroad tracS
but it was considered peculiar by til
authorities that the men in the h)us
did not follow the fighters, and whic
| leads one naturally to believe tina
they had knowledge of the aifal
and We're in measure agreeable Il
| Ii