Putnam patriot., 1910-10-28
s.asbias Aitray on Elm Street.

As the result of a stabeing affray Thursday night Angelic Rsmella lay in the Day kimball hospital in q critical condition Friday morning fron, a razor cut in the neck which severed an artery causing great loss of blood, Sabbantio Damau is confined in Brooklyn jail charged with assault, with intent to kill and murder waiting the determinaticu whether Ramells will live or die, in which latter case the charge will be changed b murder. The police, e In all such affsirs. are handlcappe<ipy dearth ofinformsticn, fellow counsxymen of the victim being loash to give any clews, either through fear, of In she hopes that the assailant may 60 free and allow them b ssek redress by sahlng ths law Into their own hands. 10 waa only by the most p,omps action on she pert of Captsdn Murray, sereeans Hayes and special officers, McGuire and O'Brien that Damasi was rounded up within four hours Of the cutting.
 It was between seven and eight o'clock Thursday evening that word reached the police that a man had been stabbed on Elm street. Sergeant Hayes went to investigate and Captain Murray quickly followed but the wounded man had been rushed to the hospital in carriage. Two pools of blood upon the sidewalk on the East side of Elm street opposite Richards grocery store bore silent witness to the crime, while curious crowd had gathered at the place and questioned one another as to what had happened.
 How many men were in the crowd when the quarrel took place that led up to the assault cannot bc ascertained but 1t is known that one man has left town. Captain Murray and assistant prosecuting Attorney Bradford went to the hospital to see what could be learned and after considerable ques- tioning the Captain left with the in- formation that Sam, the boss, was the man he wanted. More Investigating and questioning put the officers in pos session of description of the boss and they were soon securing the city for him. The Captain came across the hunted mans brother coming from the direction of the lrailrord yard and stopped him but could get no satis. factory answers from him. He then sought officers Hayes and McGuire and told them to go ID the railroad tracks with latern while he watched the house where the brothers lived as he was working on the theory that the brothers would try to meet. He had not long 10 wait before Hayes and Mcclure came along with their man. They had met him coming down the railroad. bank east of the old Methodist church building. An ugly looking i,s caliber &un was found on the prisoner but no knife or razor could be dis covered either on his person or where the crime was committed.
 Ramella's relatives had been in- formed of the affair and were taken 10 the hospital to see him swearing ven- gance all the way. All of the men concerned are employed on the sewer construction.
 Damati was brought before Judge Fuller in the city court Friday morn- ing safter he had been taken to the hospital and identified by Ramella as the man .who stabbed him. Damati plead not guilty and the case was con tinued two weeks and he was com mitted to jail in default of 5000 bond. Attorney Torrey has been re- tained as counsel by the accused.
 Coroner Bill was summoned to the hospital Friday night and obtained an anti-mortem statement. The aneri- cans employed in the sewer construe- ton express great surprise that Damati is the man charged with the cutting as they say he was always very quiet and a good workman.
 Ramella died Saturday afternoon. Damati was brought to the city Mon day morning. He was re-arrested on the charge Of murder. A coroner's in- quest was held Monday in the city court room, all except witnesses being excluded from the room. The hearing was continued Tuesday.
 Funeral services for Ramella were held in St. Mary's church Monday afternoon. Burial WIS in Bt. Mary's cemetery.