Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-08-16
FATAL SHOOTING
IN LABOR COLONY
Wilmington Italian Held Under
Bonds of $4,000
Saws He Intended to Shoot Bird, but
Accldently Hit Notwithstanding In
Municipal Court Aug. 27.

Saws He Intended to Shoot Bird, but
Accdenty Hit Neighbor-Hearlns in
Municipal Court Aug. 27.
Receiving a charge of shot full in the
heart, John Perterzoli of Wilmington fell
dead upon the veranda OF his house in
Wilmington Sunday afternoon. Antonio
Rossi, who lives in an adjacent house,
has been charged with manslaughter in
causing the death of Perterzoli, and he
is under bonds of 5000 to appear be-
fore Judge w. r. Daley of Brattleboro In
a session of the municipal court in Will
mington Aug. 81.
Rossi is an Italian and Perterzoli was
an Austrian. Both were employed. at
Mountain Mills wood working shop in
Wilmington. Rossi is 35 years old and
has a wife and children. Perterzoli was
10 years old and unmarried.
No claim is made but that the Austri-
an was killed by charge from shot
gun in the hands of Rossi, but the lat
ter claims that the shooting was acci-
dental. Conflicting stories are told, how
ever with respect to some of the de-
tails, and just what the testimony In
court will be is not known. States At
torney Frenk E. Barber of this town
has the case in charge.
Both men lived in a colony near the
Deerfield river, above the mills. The
houses there are small and stand very
close to each other. Rossi claims that
between 70 and / o'clock Sunday a bird
lighted on the ridgepole of a house near
those which he and Perterzoli occupied.
He says that he picked up his gun and
went. out to shoot the bird, but that
just as he was about to fire Perterzoh
shot the bird and that with the gun
still pressed against his shoulder he
turned towards Perterzolis house to see
who did the shooting and that his gun
accidently was discharged, the shot
striking his neighbor in the heart.
The wounded man died almost Instant
~ Two persons were on the veranda
with him, an Italian man and an ltal-
ian girl. States Attorney Barber de-
clines to state whether he has evidence
to show that Rossi and Perter%pli were
not on good terms.
soon after the shooting DR.. L. T.
Page of Wilmington was notified and
Deputy Sheriff A. L. Curtis of that town
arrested Rossi Mr.. Barber was notl-
fled Sunday night and he and Deputy
Sheriff C. f. Mann went to Wilmington
Monday morning with an Italian inter-
prefer, Miss Edith Piccioli of Montpe-
lier. DR.. B. II. Stone and DR.. c. #. Dali
ton of the state laboratory of hygiene
in Burlington came here Monday after
noon and went at once to Wilmington,
where they performed an autopsy on the
body.
An information was filed by states
| Attorney Barber Tuesday forenoon.
charging Rossl with manslaughter and
he was arraignel before Judge Daley
| in Attorney o. L. Butterfeld's office. A
plea of not guilty was entered and bail
was fixed at $4,000 for a hearing in Will
mngton Aug. 81, Prominent citizens of
Wilmington, Eli II. Porter, DR.. l.. 7.
Page. w. NJ. Vogel, ii. III. Fox, o. o.
Ware, Amasa Grout and Franz Schuster,
became bondsmen for the respondent,
| They regard him as a peaceable citizen.
He has been a resident of the town -
| years.