Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-06-21
Charged with Murder.
An Italian Accused of Causing
Death Of Fellow Countryman.
AFFAIR OCCURRED AT THE MAeALLo
WAY DAM NOW BEING BUILT.

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WAY DAM NOW BEING BUILT.
Two Italians, whose names are givel
as Giuseppe Pietrantonio and RinaldC
Pietrantonio, brothers, were committed
to Jail Thu sday, one of them charged
with assault and rhe other with the
murder of Vicenzio Gatenaccio, fellow
country man, at the site of the new dan
on the Magslloway River.
As Is generally known, the Andres
coggin Reservoir Company is engaged in
building large dam for the purpose Of
water storage, a little above Aziscoos
Falls on the Magalloway River, in Lin
coin Plantation, in northern Oxford
County. About $50 men are now EN-.
ployed there, including large number
OF Italian workmen.
Three Pietrsntonio brothers, the two
now in Jail and one other, run the store
at the dam which furnishes supplies to
the Italians. Deputy Sheriff A. W.
Hart, who lives at Wilson's Mills, and is
constantly on duty at the dam, was
aware that there was bad blood between
some of the Italians, but had not been
| aOle 10 locate IL Qeunitely.
AS gathered by the officers, the story
of the affair is as follows:
Monday night, the 18th, about
O'Clock, at place out doors near the
cabins, the man now dead had a stick of
wood in his hand, and in pantomime was
using it as a fiddle bow, meanwhile i'm
promising sort of song which was CAL
culated to rouse the ire of some of the
others. He dropped the stick, and
Rinaldo Pietrantonio, who is a large,
powerfully built man, angered at the
song, picked up the stick and struck
Gatenaccio with it. The fiddler picked
up a heavier club and struck back.
Giuseppe Pietrantonio appeared from
one of the cabins with long knife, and
stabbed Vincenzio Gatenaccio twice in
the back. Gatenaccio ran, and Pietran-
tonic followed him up and gave him an
other slashing cut in the abdomen. Dur
ing the fracas he also slashed with his
knife at another man who attempted to
interfere, but did not hit him. Gaten-
accio lived about twenty minutes.
When it was seen how badly the man
was hurt, the man who had done the
stabbing started into the woods, and his
two brothers followed him, having some
firearms with them. Sheriff Hart, who
was on the other side of the river at the
time, was on the scene in few minutes.
He promptly went to the telephone, and
had men out watching, most of them
armed, down the line. There is only
one road by which escape can be made
from the scene, and that runs down the
riyar hnuf twn p,ilao apJ hale la-o
the river the fugitives, having left the
woods and taken to the road, were held
up and stopped by Moses Ripley and
Lawrence Littlehale, who drew guns ON
them. The Italians made no resistance,
the others having the drop on them.
Facilities for the execution of the
laws so far back from the towns are not
particularly good, and proceedings were
necessarily rather slow, especially as
none of the Italians speak English fluent
ly, and some not at all. There was no
secure place where the prisoners could
be locked up, and it was necessary to
keep them under close guard, for their
own protection as we'll as to hold them,
for in the opinion of Sheriff Hart, if the
men had been set at liberty, their fellow
mary vengeance upon them.
III. L. Elliott of Rumford, deputy sher-
if and coroner, arrived Tuesday night,
and the next day held an inquest, a YER
dict being returned that the deceased
came to his death by reason of wounds
il fiicted by Petrantonio as stated above.
A hearing was held before Trial Justice
w. W. Linnell. Giuseppe Pietrantonio
was held without bail on the charge of
murder, and Rinaldo Pietrantonio was
bound over for assault with intent to
kill. The other brother was discharged,
az it appeared that he had nothing to do
with the frscas which resulted fatally.
Three other Italians were bound over as
necessary witnesses.
Sheriffs Hart aud Elliott brought the
prisoners to South Paris, arriving here
Thursday afternoon. They also brought
the three witnesses. 1t is rough on the
last named, but the probability is that
they will be unable TO secure bail, and
will have to stay in Jail until October.
Rinaldo PietrantoDio was on Saturday
admitted to bail in the sum of $500,
sufficient sureties beipg furnished.
Deputy Hart has anticipated trouble
with the Italians, from the disposition
TO lawlessness which they have shown.
The knife with which Gatenaccio was
killed is n wicked looking affair, and
was made from file on Sunday, the day
before the killing.