The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-05-23

known in Kenosha county when he
slaughtered his wife Rosario Marchesi
and his cousin Pasquale Marchesi with
an axe on the 25th of last November
will go to prison for term Of from
two to four years, as the jury which
heard the evidence in the case brought
in verdict late Saturday night find
ing the accused man guilty of man
slaughter in the third degree and I'M
der the law the penalty for the crime
is from two to four years in the state
prison.
The attorneys for the defendant
fled notice that they would ask for
a new trial or consent to the sentence
of the prisoner and the hearing on
this motion was set for next Thursday
afternoon. 1t can be said however,
that the attorneys for the defense are
satisfied and that they win not seek
a new trial for Marchesi. Marchesi
himself was not satisfied with the YER
dict and he declared after he had
heard the finding of the jury that he
expected to be released.
1t was fortunate verdict for Mar
chest at that and at the same time
the attorneys for the state regard the
conviction of the man on any charge
as victory for them. The attorneys
for the state had gone into the, case
with both hands tied behind them.
The District Attorney had been con-
WINGED that Marchesi was insane and
had sought to have him committed to
an asylum in lower court. The ex-
perts for the state had testified that
Marchesi was insane and that he
should be confined in an asylum.
Coupled to this was the fact that the
wife of Marchesi had been unfaithful
TO him to a degree which made it a
hard matter to show to the jury the
full strength of the crime of which
the man was charged. In the words
of one Of the jury " Marchesi had been
getting an awful raw deal at home
and when he had appealed to the
courts to get the cousin out Of his
house he had himself been jailed. +"
Under the circumstances the District
Attorneys office is not open to great
deal of criticism but there are many
attorneys who believed from the start
that under the circumstances it would
have been but fair to the District At
torney and to the people at large to
have named special District At
torney to try the ease.
Marchesi has been tried on but one
of the indictmentslagainst him and a
similar trial might be demanded after
he has served the sentence imposed on
next Thursday but there is little rea-
son to believe that such second trial
will ever take place.
The jury reached verdict in the
case within five hours after the case
had been given to them. The instruc-
lions of Judge Halsey were unusually
fir to the state and to the defendant
aud the attorneys interested in the
case all declared themselves satisfied
with them.
The issue of the sanity of the de-
fen9ant was settled in short ordor by
tao jury and before the members of
the jury had gone out for their sup
pcrs they were agreed that Marchesi
had no reason to be released ON the
grounds of insanity They had also
settled the question that he should not
he found guilty of murder in the first
degree. After these points had been
reached in arriving at a verdict the
members of the jury split. They were
divided on what degree of manslaugh-
ter should be returned. Just after
eight o'clock they called the Judge
and asked for further instructions on
the two degrees Of manslaughter and
this gave an indication that they were
close to a verdict. Half an hour later
the verdict was ready. Judge Halsey
and the attorneys had been waiting
in the court during the entire
evening and it was just nine o'clock
when Marchesi was brought into the
court room. He showed no signs OF
anxiety as the court took the verdict
and recorded it in the day book before
turning it over to the clerk to read
but his understanding of English
seemed keen when the clerk read the
verdict and he smiled as he looked
about to his friends Joe Rose was
the. first of his friends to congratulate
him and it was certain that the Ital
ian friends of the defendant regarded
the result as victory for Marchesi
Considering the nature of the crime
they held that Pasquale had been 3
decidedly lucky man.
Che cost Of the trial Of the case tx