Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-10-31
Joe Bill Is Convicted Of Murder.
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When John Zoccoli came to work FOL
you, did you have two letters In YOU
trunk?
Yes.
Where did you get them?
From my mail box.
When did you find out what those let
tiers meant? You can't read, can you?
No, I can't read. John Zoccoli read
those letters for me about the eighth OF
ninth of May.
Joe Bill then related the events OF the
18th of May, beginning with the con.
tinuance OF the divorce case at the noon
hour.
After the court, I jump on my team,
gone home to dinner.
Mr.. Hutchins said you had q talk
about a week before. What was that
talk?
Witness related signing q check for
Mr.. Hutchins.
Did you tell Mr.. Hutchins you was
going to kill your wife?
No, sir.
When you got home on the 18th of
May, what did you do?
NV clerk read letter from my uncle,
calling me down. That made me kind
of mad, but at the end it said, send some
money pretty soon, that make me feel a
little better.
Had you been trying to get some
money from your uncle?
Since last fall.
The eating of the dinner was related.
When she was clearing off the table,
she say, 81 told you I beat you" She
smile. She say, II can beat you any
time / want to-" I say, "Keep your
mouth shut" She keep it going. She
point to the baby, say, "You see that
baby? That don't belong to you. That
belong to Nick" Then / pull my re-
volver and shoot, just like that-and the
witness made realistic motion, like
flash, from his hip pocket.
Joe then related later events of the
day, but asked about some of the Incl
dents of the day, said, don't remember.
was crying, l didn't have my head, l
don't remember.
At the time your wife told you what
you said she did, had she ever before
made any confession to you that she was
guilty Of adultery?
Never before.
Do you remember seeing Mr.. Bisbee
on the way to the lookup?
/ think l did.
We're people asking you what was the
trouble?
think there was. I don't remember
who. OF course I excite. l think Mr..
Bisbee there.
The three letters in the case, and the
translations of them, were offered by
Mr.. Morey, and admitted.
Cross-examination by Mr.. Pattangall:
When did you get these two letters
that were in your trunk?
Well, couldn't say right. Some time
September or October.
Did you take them to somebody to
read?
l take them to somebody, and he
couldn't explain them to me.
Could he read ItalianP
Yes.
Could he read English?
I don't think.
Did he board with you?
He live up stairs.
Could you understand these letters9
Not much.
You knew one of them was from your
wife, and the other from Nicola9
Yes.
Joe was asked about other attempts to
read the letters, but said that nobody
was able to read them to him until John
Zoccoli translated them.
You had talks with Mr.. Niles, in the
lookup?
l believe talk with him little.
Did you tell him anything then about
what happened9
no remember I tell him anything
about it.
Witness also denied telling Niles any
thing about how this happened when he
was brought over to Jail.
Your memory is good, isn't it?
Sometime good, sometime not.
Joe denied telling Voter to bury his
wife in pine box.
Understan', said Joe, Mr.. Voter is
mad with me.
Asked why, Joe explained that he
gave job to Mr.. Howe instead OF
Voter.
Cross-examination went over a num-
Der of details, and then Mr.. Pattangall
asked Joe about where he had lived be-
fore coming to Lewiston. He had lived
in Boston, New York and Buffalo. He
went to Buffalo directly after landing In
New York. Left Buffalo in February,
1898.
How many shots did you fire at your
wife?
1 couldn't say whether 1 fire once, or
more than once.
Mr.. Pattangall questioned Joe sharply
as to what he needed of a revolver. Joe
explained that he went all round, with
quite lot of money, and needed to pro-
tect himself.