Evening journal., 1910-01-18
RUSSO HELD
FOR MURDER
Italian Became Excited In
City Court at Mention Of
a Revolver
CORONER'S INQUEST
BLAMES ITALIAN

Carmine Russo, charged with the
murder OF William J. Kidd, was ar
raigned in City Court this morning. On
recommendation Of Assistant City
Solicitor Chaytor, Russo was held
without bail for the upper court.
Russo's excitable nature was demon
strated during the hearing Of a Pol
ander charged with disorderiy conduct,
who, II was testified. had a revolver.
At the mention of revolver Russo. evil
IDENTIFY believing the witness was testi-
flying against him. arose suddenly in
the dock and exclaimed vehemently In
Italian:
That man wasn't there"
He was directed to remain quiet by
Carmine Di Mare. the Italian patrol
man.
Inquest Last Night.
The coroner's jury empanelled last
night to hear evidence I'm the case OF
William J. Kidd. who was shot and
killed by Carlnine Russo, returned the
following verdict.
Resolved, That the said William
Kidd came to his death at Sixth and
Adams street, in Wilmington, New
Castle county, Delaware, on Sunday,
January 16. 1910, from hemorrhage
caused by a gunshot wound from a
pistol In the hands of Carmine Russo"
Russo is held without bail for his
appearance at court. and will be taken
to the workhouse this afternoon.
At the end Of the inquest the ac-
cused Italian made the statement that
the witnesses who had testified were
not witnesses Of the shooting and that
their testimony was false. He inn
mediately turned around and picked
out four Of these same witnesses and
said that they had drawn revolvers
and pointed them at him, after which
he drew his own weapon and shot 10
scare them. He said he had no inten-
tion of killing anybody.
This statement was received with
jeers by the big crowd which thronged
the city Court room where the hear
ing was held.
Patrolman carinine Di Mare was the
first witness called. He testified as
follows:
Yesterday, about $50 o'clock. I was
called in from my district by Captain
Evans. and he and I. with omcer Con-
ner. went to the cell in which Russo
was confined. and he stated 70 me that
he had fired tile shot because they
threw snowballs at him. He stated to
me that he did not intend to kill any
one. but simply 10 scare them away.
He said that he thought the crowd was
going 10 fight him. He told me that
he did not kill anyone. and when told
him that the boy was dead he went
down In a heap"
Story o fan Eyewitness.
A clear statement of the shooting
was made by Harry Graham, of No.
si6 West Ninth street, who was stand
ing with other young men at the cigar
store OF Charles Hawkins, at Sixth
and Adams streets. when Russo and
his Italian companion approached the
crowd. Kidd, he said, was inside the
store when the two men first came
up.
The witness testified;
zone of the fellows came to the store
and said the Italians were chasing
some small boys and we all ran to the
door and watched the boys. They came
from Fifth to Sixth street, along the
west side OF Adams. Then when the
Italians kept coming up Adams street
the boys ran down Sixth to Monroe.
The Italians then came over TO us. One
OF them was the prisoner. and the other
was a smaller man with a moustache
The latter went up to Mitchell, who
was standing IN front OF the rest. and
felt over him and asked something in
Italian which I thought meant to ask
him If he had any snowballs. Mitchell
just stood there and made no resist
ance TO him. The italian then knock
ed Mitchell out of the way and called
him a vile name.
kidd came up just at this time and
: asked, Whats the matter here?" Then
he stepped between them and separ-
, ated them by brushing them apart with
, the backs of his hands. this way (in-
dicating). Then this man. the man In
the dock there, pushed the small man
out Of the road and grabbed Kidd by
the lapel OF his coat and pressed the
revolver to him and shot him. That
is the man who did II Indicating
Russol. Kidd then staggered out into
the street and fell in the snowbanlS
! Kidd made no motions either against
the small italian or the larger one. He
held the revolver about half a foot
from Kidd's breast"
Others Tell of Shooting.
David Mitchell Of No. 521 West Sew
enth street, detailed how the smaller
of the two Italians came across the
street 70 search him for snowballs and
then pushed him into Kidd. The
prisoner then came along and grabbed
Kidd by the coat, and after exchang.
ing some words with the smaller Itsl.
ian in their language, he drew his
revolver. IT did not see him SHOOT
Kidd but heard the report" he said.
The testimony given by the remain
ing witnesses was practically the same
Those who testified were Joseph Eber-
. hardt. No. eoS West Fifth street
} Joseph s. Mammele, No. 400 Adams
! street; Charles I. Mullin. No sos Var
Buren, street; Charles T. Knots. No
} 1871 West Fifth street; Frank Balllng
No. 1912 West Fifth street: Becker
Flanagan. 1895 Jackson street; and
Frederick Morrison, No. 911 West Sew
enth street.
, DIR. Joseph w Bastian. coroner
J physician. testified that the cause o
death was hemorrhage following
gunshot wound in the left side, abou
one inch to the left Of the center o
, the body.
Officers Hahn. Conner and Samue
NJ Ford told of the arrest.
! The funeral Of Kidd viii be held oi
Thursday morning at II o'clock iron
his late home. No 1911 West Mint