Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-07-15
Alleged ASSaiIantS With Flock
OF Witnesses Absolutely Re-
tute Story of Assault toI
Kill.
FOUR ITALIANS ARE ALL
DISMISSED BY JUSTICE
Plaintiff Sticks In Main to
Former Story, While De-
PENDANTS Riddle Entire Tale
of Alleged Attack.

The hearing yesterday of the foul
ltahans charged with assault witt
intent to kin. G. Sganzini, the wei
known Swiss promoter of an irriga.
tion project in Tijeras canyon, result.
ed in complete eXoneration, by evi.
dence. of the defendants. their i'm.
mediate dismissal and the deepening
OF the mystery surrounding the eXper.
fences of the plaintiff on Saturday
morning, July ). All the evidence
save that of Sganzini went to show
that his story of an assault was Il
fairy tale; on the other hand II is in
conceivable that Sganzini should hay,
framed up out OF whole cloth such a
remarkable and sensational narrative
That something was seriously the
matter with Sganzini Saturday morn
ing Is plain not only from evidence
adduced yesterday but from the fact
that such g case was in court at alt;
yet the defendants, telling what ap-
peared to be an absolutely straight
story, corroborated at every turn by
many witnesses, knocked SganZini S
allegation higher than kite.
II was nearly six o'clock last night
when, after an all day hearing, JUS
tice of the Peace George II. craig OF
precinct 26, dismissed Louis and Paul
Giacomelli, Louis Rafanelli and Peter
Rodda, charged by Sganxini with as
sault upon him with intent to kill, Sat
urday morning, July 3, in the rear OF
Louis Giacome HIS store on North
FIRST street. The hearing was held
( in the vacant store room of the Gioch
Ter building at the corner of Gold
avenue anu fourth street IN oruer %
aCcoilihouate ihe l'.se hunper Oh
Witnesses "hu .i,e auulehce Inc near
ing pesah AT ~ u H. ana lasteu All
uay WIN the exception oi snort m
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cit,, ana visitad the Ciacomalli store
hatween and 10 a m Ititching his
team outsido and entrrinp the Mace
~ .ays Ciaco,nelli anyagod him IN
conversation ana finalv led him Ia
~ ro,r - tho s,nro niolyod M a
ON, and n docnment ana nolntinp the
- al coan,int toId hin, no could not
"at Az Until no sIgned ma nannr
cganxin, cid poui ciocomeIti tbnn
cave IN and told him "you hotter sip,,
that naner---vou cof a family 10 take
c,re pf.', and mat T,onie Rnfonelli and
pate poddo vvnre standing nnor him
on tba STAND no said no refused 10
sign the paper and then remembered
no more until he found himself IN a
south FIRST street hotel the loiioWrI
ing Sunday afternoon s
Sganzlni said he could not remem-'
ber being hit, that statement being In
conflict with his previous one that he
felt two blows on the head Cross ex-
amined by Attorney Francis E. Wood
for the defense, Sgan2ini said he did
not know what the paper was, had not
time to read 1t, but knew II was not
O. legal document He declared he
never drank to excess and drank moth
ing Saturday morning
Tho defense. by "A large number OF
witnesses. showed that Rafanelli had
n complete alibi. being at his post OF
bar tender in the MGntezuma saloon
All the morning. and that there was
nothing to show that the other de-
PENDANTS had made anv assault upon
Sganzini save the latter's testimony.
pete DineIli ana other testified TO see
ING Sganzini come out of the Gla-
comelu place and get into his buggy
ana driva off In an apparently ration
al and uniniured condition. The nc
cused denied tho whole story OF either
threats or assault
story o' 'he "'"o"'''''"s'
The story told by the Giacomeilis
was an apparently straightforward
one, well supported by evidence all
the way through. Louis Giaeomelli
in substance testified that he was n