The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-08
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WOUNDED MAN STATED THAT
& HE WAS NOT HIS AssAILANT.
THE WITNESS COULD NOT BE
FOUND.
SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER
TOLD SEVERAL REPUeNANT
sToRIEs-lTls is BELIEVED THAT
/. THE RIGHT MAN WAS IN GUS
TODY,

70 y FH.H - - J. # = 4
Yesterday man who witnessed the
stabbing OF Mike Polito. the court in.
terpreter who. was maliclously slashed
by an unknown man In this city some
few days ago, saw the man Oh the
streets of this city, and when he start.
ed totwatch him, discovered the man
walking along until he would get be.
hind some obstruction. and then when
acting as though he Were lighting his
cigar, lie would peep around the OBJ.
struction and intently watch up the
street on which Polito lives.
The man came and reported the
natter to Justice Amos and Chief OF
Police Buckley, and the man was
watcted for during couple of hours,
and was at last discovered and follow.
ed up. the street to a point near the
court house when he was arrested
on warrant signed by Prosecuting AT
torney Tusca Morris. *.
Chief Buckley and Deputy Sheriff
Thomas Tucker took the man before
Justice Amos, who closely questioned
the man, and 1t was found that he was
very untruthful, telling one story and
Immediately denying the previous
story blythe next one told. Hehsaid
that Ills name was James Nolfa. and
SLOWED the letters engraved on shis
ring as iirobf, but 1t was later ascer.
tanned that at he,aotel where he had
been stopping he:had given the name
Fof Ecknine, an Italian name. rs.
He claimed thai. he was no Italian.
but was Of German d escert, and that
His sissef had aiffetl 4an italian
He again said that he. had come to
this city on the 2Stht OF November,
then later he said the 29tll, and when
told that the stabbing occurred on the
night of the,,29th, stated that, he had
not come to this cltytuntil :on,the 3Oth.
which was Thanksgiving day. and the
day after the stabbing. while later he
brought In alwitnesst who swore THAT
he had come to this city on sDccem.
Der list. making four different tales he
told about this one point. 81
He said that he had come to this
city looking for work. but he wore cx-
cellently made clothes, a fancy We.
and an up to date hat. so this led the
police TO believe that he was not n
working man. while their suspicians
we've further carried out, In this by
the fact that his hands were very soft,
and not those ofa workingman.
The man said that he came to this
city from Richmond. Va. via Cincln.
natl, Ohio. and Clarksburg, w. Va,
and that another man had come with
him.
This also looked very suspicious rs
there were two men present on the
night when Polito was stabbed.
A witness who saw the man run
away on the night OF the cutting said
that he would swear that the prisoner
was the man who ran past him and
up the hill towards the cemetery jus,
tafter he heard ,polito yell.
Justice Amos sent the man to Po
llto's home In the custody OF Deputy
Sheriff Tucker and Cpief Buckley, blll
Polito said that this was not the nan
and the police released him, but Just
n short time after his release the wit
ness who had caused his arrest called
up on the phone and stated that he
would swear that this was the man
but he could not be; found. It Is
thought that he left the city immedi
ately. and Prosecuting Attorney Nor
rls is almost sure that the officials
had the right man in custody, but. al
lowed him his freedom. 5$