Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-10-25
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parently intelligent Italian, was we'll
dressed, and appeared fairly composed.
Mr.. Wright and w. H. CULVER of Port
land appeared for him.
i A number of witnesses were called,
both for the state and the respondent,
but only a part of them were heard.
Judge Cornish desired only such an
amount of information as would give
him the substance of the affair, and he
has a good faculty of combining the ex-
animation to Just what is necessary, SO
that in two hours he doubtless had as
good an idea of the actual situation as
could have been gained from jury trial
lasting for days. The story was told In
the Democrat at the time, substantially
as related in court, and is briefly sum-
marized here.
The three Pie;rantonio brothers,
Rinaldo, Giuseppe and Carmelo, were
running the store shack at the Magallo.
way dam works, where large number
of Italians are employed. The killing of
Vincenzio occurred on Monday, June IL,
about O'Clock at night, nearly in front
of this store. There had been trouble in
the camp on Sunday, and Deputy Sheriff
A. w. Hart, who is on duty at the dam,
had tried to find out What it was, but all
the information he could get was that
they were going to finish Tomorrow"
At about 6 o'clock Monday night,
Vincenzio sat on some beer kegs in front
of the store, singing and made dumb
show of picking a guitar on stick
which he held. The witnesses for the
state and the defence differ as TO what
his song was, those for the state saying
that he was just singing pleasant songs,
while those for the defence say that he
was singing songs against the Pietran-
tonic brothers. Rinaldo Pietrantonio
came out from a building near by and
went up to him. The witnesses differ
also as to what happened after that.
Those for the state say that Rinaldo
took the stick away from Vincenzio and
struck him with it, while the Others say
that Vincenzio struck him first, and then
Rinaldo took the stick and struck him,
breaking the stick into three pieces.
After this, it is alleged by the Pietran-
tonic brothers, Vincenzio picked up a
large stick, about six feet long and three
inches in diameter, and struck Rinaldo
with it, not only knocking him down,
but also Carmelo, who had come along
and stood just behind. The states wit
nesses did not see this. There is no dis
agreement, however, that at this time
Giuseppe appeared from the door of the
store with long aud wicked looking
knife in his hand, and stabbed Vincenzio
with it. The place where Vincenzio
fell was about sixty feet from where the
ARRAY commenced, indicating that
Giuseppe followed him. There were
three stabs in the dead man, two in the
arm and back which would not be fatal,
aud one in the abdomen which severed
| the intestines, and was fatal. He lived
about an hour.
The three Pietrantonio brothers i'm |
mediately ran into the woods, because as
they say they were afraid of the other
Italians, and were stopped about two
miles down the road.
There was considerable testimony for
the defence of threats uttered by Vim. !,
cenzio on Sunday and Monday, he say
ing that he was going to burn the
Pietrantonios' store and kill them, etc.
After Mr.. Gulliver and County Attor- +
ney Parker had presented their views of
the matter, Judge Cornish said his mind
was pretty clear as to the facts. He re-
viewed the evidence briefly and stated
his opinion that the killing was absolute
ly unjustified. He remarked that the
Italians are a hot-blooded race, but in
our country they arc under cold blood
ed law. A sentence of eight years in
tate prison was then imposed, which
Giuseppe took quite calmly.
SIX YEARS FOR PUIIA.
The next case was that of CarmelO
Puiia, an italian who had pleaded guilty
to manslaughter in the killing of Charles
Bombush, a Polander, in the Oxford
paper mill at Rumford, on the oath of
September. Mr.. Mccarthy and Mr..
Swasey appeared for Puiia. The prison
er is 90 years Of age, and is not par
ticuarly intelligent looking man.
To relate the story briefly, as it ap-
peared in the testimony OF the few
witnesses, Bombush was an oier in the
mill, and Puiia a sweeper. On the day
of the affair, Puiia appeared to the fore +
| man of the wood room where he worked,
Thomas C. Oldham, and told him that
Bombush had struck him. The fore
man told him to go back on the other
floor where he belonged and go to work,
and it would be all right. A little later
Puiia again appeared, with wound on
his scalp, from which the blood was
running freely, and again told the fore
man that Bombush had struck him. The
foreman told him to 60 and wash up,
and he started to look for Bombush. He
went through the basement, and then
along the other floor, coming up behind
Bombush near the corner where Puiia's
closet was. In the meantime Puiia had
washed up and changed his clothes at
his closet, and as Bombush came along
to that corner of the room Puiia shot
him with revolver, just as the foreman
overlook him. Puiia fired three or four
shots, one of which went through or
near the heart of Bombush, killing him
instantly.
Puia then left and took to the woods,
but was brought in two or three hours
later by Charles Lapham, who found
him in the road, and he was locked up
and the wound on his head was dressed.
DR.. Stanwood, who attended him, said
that he then appeared somewhat dazed
Puiia on the stand said that Bombush
struck him, first with his fist on the
chest, and later, while he was going up
stairs, with the heavy oil can which he
carried, cutting the cash 10 his head.
He explained the revolver as one that he
happened to put in his pocket the night
before, and had forgotten to take out,
and said he was afraid of Bombush, who
had threatened him. There was also
, testimony to the effect that Bombush
had once before assaulted an Italian and
inflicted injury upon him.
Judge Cornish commented upon the
fact that the Italian always seems to
have either knife, revolver or a razor,
the presence of which can be easily ex-
planned. The killing in this case was
absolutely without justification, though
not without provocation. He imposed
, sentence of six years in state prison.
VARIETY OF SENTENCES.
: The forenoon of Friday was fully
occupied with the two granddaughter
: cases, and in the afternoon the sentenc-
ing of the other prisoners was taken up
, and proceeded quite rapidly.
will Morrell, James Lery and James
O'Connell, convicted OF pocket picking,
were sentenced to three years in state
prison. Mrs. Lsry, mother of James,
spoke to the Judge in his behalf, and was
badly affected when the sentence was
pronounced. Her crying could be heard
in the court room as she followed the
I officers when they took the prisoners
back. through the whole length of the
. corridor.
D p;obord IT Greene of Everett. Mass.