Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-18
GRUESOME EXHIBITS
In the Cusumano Murder Trial Friday
At Plymouth, Mass.

| Plymouth, Mass, Feb. 11.-Seycral
gruesome exhibits, which included the
skull, portions Of the backbone, the
pelvis bone, one of the thigh bones
| and the collar bone. taken from the
| body of Frank Cusumano. with whose
murder Mrs. Lena Cusumano and En-
| rico Mascioli OF Hull are charged, were
displayed in court during the Friday
afternoon session of their trial. All
OF the bones bore marks as of an axe
or other such instrument, and the
marks were infinitely described by
Prof William r. Whitney of Boston,
| the prosecution seeking to show that
they might have been made by 4 fire
mans axe similar to that introduced
in evidence this morning.
Prof. Whitney also testified TO the
finding of particles of sand and pieces
of hair on the blade of the axe The
sand, he said, appeared to be of the
same quality as that in the spot where
the government alleges the body was
buried before being cast into the sea
He testified to finding two pieces of
hair which appeared under the micro
scope to be human hair of a dark
brown shade. One piece was half an
inch long and the other three quarters
Chief of Police Reynolds of Hull was
recalled to the witness stand during
the day and brought more exhibits in
Guiding some articles of clothing, a
piece of plaster from the Cusumano
house. revolver and a Ratchet He
was examined at some length in re-
gard to the arrest of Mrs Cusumano
and Maseioli.
Technical medical expert testimony
by DR.. George b. McGrath, one of the
Boston medical examiners, opened the
session. Dr. McGrath described the
wounds on CuSumanoS body and said
that they might have been made By
d flreinan's axe, which was produced
In court as an exhibit. When the axe
was brought out Mrs. Cusumano did
not even glance at il, but MaScioli
eazed upon 1t with apparent interest
On cross examination DR.. MCGrath
said that in his examination of Cusu-
lndnoS body he cid not notice any
sand On 1t. The government claims
| that the body was buried in the sand
| for sometime before it was thrown in
to the water. Later DR.. McGrath
said that the water would be likely
to wash all traees Of sand from the
body.
DIR. McGrath was followed on the
stand by John Goodwin. a Hull po-
lice officer who corroborated the test
| imony of the previous witnesses re-
garding the search of the CuSumano
house.
Chief Frank NJ. Reynolds of the Hull
police also described the search and
said that in the house he found some
wire exactly like that wound around
the body. He told of searching Mrs.
CusuElano and Mascioli after their ar
| rest. finding $lO3 en- the man and $40
on the woman. He said tina. Mas
cioli had told him that Lena Cusumano
had said that her husband had taken
$3.50 and gone away.
The he'd quilt that was so much in
evidence yesterday figured again to-
day. as Chief Reynolds described a
third degree" coup. The quilt, he
said had been taken by him and placed
| over a radiator one evening and that
the light was turned off. The chief
said that he took Lena CIsumano into
| the room where The quilt was and
| when he had placed her in front of
| 1t the light was turned on. When
| the woman saw the quilt, Chief Rey-
nolds said she said to the witness:
Honest to God; no mine"
at is yours" said the chief in re-
ply.
mo sir" persisted the woman.
The witness testified that he took
| from the Cusumano house several ar
ticles on which brown stains appear
| ed. He also found an old mattress in
a field across the street from the
house. A piece of the mattress had
| been cut out, but in a bundle found
! by Officer Goodwin there was piece
| that fitted the hole in the mattress.
SLOWLY SINKING.