The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-17
Gartano Ciane Badly Injured in
a Sunday Morning BraWI
with a Fellow Countryman
in North End.
IA HEAVY BIND FIXED
FOR THE ASSAlLANT 7
Effort Made to Reduce It So
His Friends Can Secure His
Release Wounded Man Is
Much Improved.

Salvatore de Gianni. q nice looking
Italian who has been Q resident OF
Richmond for I'VE years and half
and who has not before been in SER
ious trouble. was arraigned in police
court this morning on q charge of AZ
sault and battery with intent to kill.
Preliminary examination was waived
by Wilfred Jessup. who appeared as
attorney for Gianni. and an effort will
be made to secure bond for the ac-
cused man. The court fixed the bond
at $1,000. Attorney Jessup contended
that $1,000 bond was too high and cit
ed a similar case in the circuit court,
that in which AL Parton made an as
sault on Marshal Dan Drischel at
Cambridge City. cutting him badly
and in which the court fixed the bond
at $3.50. later raising it to $500. Us
ing this as q precedent Mr.. Jessup
thought it would be fair to fix the
bond of Gianni at $3.50 and he thinks
this sum could be raised by Gianni's
friends who seem to hold him in high
esteem. Further Investigation will be
made as to what the law is in such
cases, and in the meantime the $1,000
bond will hold. It is the plan of Gi-
anni's countrymen to make the bond
up In cash. each contributing as much
as he can afford from his personal
holdings. Quite number Of the Ital-
ians appeared In court, showing their
loyalty to Gianni, who does bear the
appearance of being q mean" man.
They probably can rafse nominal
sum for bond. but not $1,000.
Cause Of Trouble.
The trouble that brought Gianni
into police court this morning occur.
red Sunday morning at SAG North
Thirteenth street in a room that is oc-
cupied by number Of Italians. and
the victim was Gartano Ciane. In the
fight that took place Gianni is charged
with having used a razor and he
welded It SO effectively that Ciane
was at first thought to be seriously in
jured, but DR.. Charles Marvel. who
attended him. testified this morning In
court that the man had a good chance
to live. His wounds are two long cuts
on the left side of the head and in the
left side Of the neck that came near
severing the. jugular vein. Ciane'l
escape from death was a very narrow
one. There were other minor cuts
Ciane is>being cared for at Reid hos
pital to which he was taken as soon
after the trouble as 1t could be done
Soon after the police got news OF
the fight the ambulance was sent fol-
and Officers Heble. Little, Longmar
and Bundy were detailed on the case
The investigation that followed show.
ed that liquor had been at the bottom
of the trouble and that while under
it's influence. Gianni had drawn a raz
or and used 1t with telling effect
There seems to have been a general
fight but Ciane was the only one to
suffer severely from the mixup Soon
after the trouble Gianni disappeared
and it was not until some hours later
that he was located In q box car by
Omcers Hebble and Little and lodged
in the city Jail. Gianni was found in
car in the east yards and 1t was only
by chance that he was discovered
perched on some coal that was in the
car. and apparently badly frightened
and In generally deplorable condi
ton. Gianni offered no resistance to
the ohicers. A bloody razor was found
in his possession and will be used al
evidence against him.
NeoIset Wounded Man.
What the circumstances were that
led up to the dimculty are known only
to the several Italians who were pres
ent at the time and it would be dim
cult to secure q consistent story from
them. 1t Is understood that the lght
really took place about IL o'clock, but
that no effort was made on the part
Of any one there to report to the au
thorities or to give the wounded man
any greater care than to wrap a tow
el about his neck in an effort to stor
the dow Of blood. It was o'clocl
Sunday morning before the police re
ceived notice Of the ARRAY and 1t il
regarded as remarkable that Ciane
had not bled to death in that time
one Of the cuts on his neck havins
laid the bones bare. When the ON
GERS arrived they found the italians
huddled in one corner Of the room
the wounded man with his neck wrap
ped as above stated, and the offender
against the law missing. Information
that aided In the capture Of Giannl
was furnished the police by AL Kriete
an employe Of the Pennsylvania com
pany. who saw an Italian in the yards
and gave this clew. After Gianni was
arrested he was taken on q yard en-
gine to Twelfth street where he was
placed in the patrol wagon and
brought to the city building.
Gianni himself tells . story some