The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-17
Witnesses Testified As to Beer
Party at WebSterviIIe
PRECEDING McAULEYS END
Several Persons Place McAuley as Going
Also to the House Of Staples in Web
sterville = DR.. Stone Told of
the Marks on the Body.

Events on the night preceding the
murder of John McAuley at Websteryille
last July were told in Washington coun-
ty court to-day in the trial OF John
Turley, one of the two men who is
charged with murder. The first witness
on the stand this morning was Robert
O'Heron, whose testimony was not com
ple ed when court adjourned last night.
0'Heron testified that he boarded at the
same place at Turley, and he was with
Turley at supper on the evening of July
II, sand after supper they went to the
house of Frank Primavera, the other
man accused, and had six or seven
glasses of beer together
O'Fleron said he left Primaveras NJ
about nine o'clock, leaving Turley on
primavera's piazza. Soon after leaving
he met McAuley, who was on the railroad
track above the Staples house He
talked with McAuley few minutes.
On resuming the stand this morning,
0'IIeron identified the prisoner as the
man he was with on the night OF July
II. He also said he saw Turley the
next morning, meeting him at the board
inghouse. O'HerOn said that prior to
this one visit TO Primayera's house be
had been there but once
At this point in the trial five Italian
witnesses were produced and sworn In,
the oath being interpreted by Deputy
the oath being interpreted by Deputy
done with, Edward Mcdonald was placed
on the stand He said he lived in Lower
and was at Primavera's on
the night Of July IL; took jug there
to be flled and met Primayera at the
front door, where Primavera refused 20
serve him, telling him TO 90 around to
the back. He then went around and
met Primayera back OF the house. The
next morning. witness said, he walked
back TO Primavera's and had two glasses
Of beer He testified that he walked by
the place where MeAuley's body was
found, twice, but did not see any body
there
James Todriff Of WebsterYille was put
on Che stand next. He said he lived AZ
q
beer party near the Wells, Lamson quar-
~ on the night Of July Il and saw Tom
Staples and some others there. He was
unable to say whether McAuIey was
there or not He testified that a man
named big Jim" sold him some liquor;
he didn't know the mans other name
On cross.examination Todruf admit
ted that he did see MeAuley at the party.
Two other witnesses, Alezzio Mangini
and Antonio Mangini, testified to seeing
90 BY their house, which is next
10 Primavera's, and up to the Staples
house. That was between 1880 and p.
n. Of July H. After that they did not
zee McAuley.
The testimony of Nunzio D'Palao, Vim
emo Mangini and Donata D'Palao was
IF no great Importance. They were
living in the vicinity of the Primavera
md Staples houses Lenardi Michele
testified that he lived at the house OF
primayera and that he slept on the
piazza of the house that night, Prima-
iera coming later from the Staples house
md sleeping with him.
This afternoon Michele was recalled to
he stand, and he then testified that
lside from going to the post Office about
$3.50 on the evening Of July IL he re-
NAMED on the Primavera piazza from
upper time till the next morning, when
le went up stairs to bed as sleeping
IN the piazza was too cold.
Primavera. he said, returned from the
staples house and laid down beside
lin on the piazza and went to sleep
When he. the witness, awoke the next
morning at $50, Primavera was out in
he garden putting up stakes for some
leans