The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-08
In Windsor County Court
Against IaccObucci
WOMAN PUT ON STAND
She Says She Was Not Married to the
Man Who Is Accused of Killing
Dominica Schittini but Lived
With Him as Wife.

! Woodstock, Feb S.The trial Of
Pompelia Iaecobucci for the alleged muir
der of Dominica Schittin is attracting a
great deal Of attention in Windsor coun-
/ ty court, the court room being jammed
with people during the taking of testi-
mony before Judge Waterman
The first two witnesses were Arthur
Totse and Joseph Bullion, pulp mill
workers at Wilder. Their testimony
was in substance that on November II
they We're out hunting for skunk holes
aud setting traps when they found a
skeleton partly covered with leaves and
with coat and trousers hanging on the
bones. IL was about 300 feet from the
railroad, four or five feet from the high
way on the road from White River
Junction to Wilder.
They notified +. J. Palmer, known as
the Mayor of Wilder" He is a for
mer town officer and takes the part of
guide and assistant for foreigners in
Wilder who are employed by the pulp
company. He notified First Selectman
Hugh O'Neil of Hartford. He told the
latter the men were much scared and
excited when they came to him. O'Neil
called Health Officer DR.. Stanley Of
White River Junction and the party
went back to the body
When the bones were lifted they fell
apart DIR. Stanley took some papers,
bag of tobacco and a cheap gold watch
from the pockets and these were sealed
up. They were in court yesterday and
identified.
Palmer said the body was lying with
the face on one side and that there was
no flesh on the bones. When asked ii
he had touched the skeleton he replied
emphatically mo sir" A wheelbauow
was found about 30 feet from the skele
ton. Mr. 0'Neil said DR.. Stanley was
the only man who handled the skele-
ton. He said he gave orders for Tn.
dertaker Irving Johnson of White River
junction to take care of the body.
In the afternoon DIR. Stanley and the
undertaken were on the stand and cor
roborated the evidence given BY the
other witnesses in the morning.
Antoinette WHALE, the reputed wife Of.
Iaecobucci was then placed on the stand
She is not, it is claimed, the legal wife
of the man, but testified they had lived
together as man and wife in White
River Junction from May to August OF
last year. She told Of the last supper
they had in Vermont. after which lacco-
bucci and Dominica Sehittini went out
together. When Iaccobucci came back
she was in bed. lie told her he had re-
ceiyed word that his brother had been
killed by a train and that he must 90
at once. He made her get up TO ac-
HIM She acknowledged that
before the grand jury she had said that
Iaccobucci told her some men had tried
to kill him and had finally killed Schit
tint
There was no blood on him, but he
had a cut on one finger which he said
was made by razor in the hands Of /
Schittini. She said Iaccobucci drew some
money from the bank in White River |
but she did not know how
much They went to New York on the /
same train and lived there month
after which they went to Jamesburg, y |
j., where they remained three months. /
One night some men came to the house /
and talked with Iaccobucci after which |
he disappeared and che did not see him
till he was brought to the jail here,