The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-26


russo, defendant with. Joseph ]. Ettor
and Arturo Giovannitti on trial for
the murder Of Anna Lopizzo. victim of
the Lawrence textile strike riots. was
declared by witnesses today to have
! been present when Policeman Oscar
Benoit was stabbed and the Lopizzo
girl shot, on the evening of January
| 20 last.
Edward Marshall. a policeman, who
was with Benoit on that night. testi-
fled that Caruso. accompanied by Sal
vatore Scuito. now fugitive. stood
directly behind Benoit Immediately
before the shooting and stabbing. Be-
mott himself testified that he had seen
Caruso, armed with club. few
minutes before he received the knife
wound.
Marshall, under cross examination.
said he took hold Of his fellow officers
arm and said:
Get out Of here, Oscar. Look out
for yourself"
One of the strikers had just called
Benoit a vile name. Marshall said, and
it looked like trouble. as the two had
by the mob. ....
"There were two men behind Be-
mott and two in front of him. one Of
whom had sworn at him." said Mar
shall. Just then J. heard shots. and I
took hold of Benoit and turned him
around. It was at that moment that
he was stabbed"
The witness described the two men
who had been standing behind Benoit
and said one was Scuito, and the 9TH
or, "in his opinion" Caruso.
Officer Benoit. when cross examtn-
ed said he and Marshall who had been
left alone at Garden 'and Union streets
were endangered.
What was there to be afraid off"
asked Caruso's attorney.
1.-The mob was all around U.S., Be-
mott said. "Ofiicer Marshall had just
told me to look out and had turned
me around when I felt a blow in the
back. Then saw fash and seemed
to feel heat. heard the report Of q
revolver also and Just at that moment
I saw a. woman on the opposite SIDE
Of the street fall"
Other shots were fred in rapid sue
cession, Benoit said, but he could not
swear that the shot he felt whiz by
him was the shot that killed Anna
Lopizzo.
Asked about his recognition Of Ca
russo among the strikers Benoit said:
''Caruso was one Of the men at the
head of the crowd which rushed upon
us. He was one Of the men who ap-
preached me just before was stabbed,
and before the shooting"
Several militia and police officers
were examined during the day and
closely questioned both by prosecution
and defense as to whether any shot
was fired by soldiers or patrolmen.
All denied that any order to shoot had
been given. or that any shots were
fired by men under their command.
Police Sergeant Walter Spranger
admitted that at one time he had or.
dered his men to get their guns ready.
but said they did not fire.
II was In charge Of squad of po.
licemen which was driving tho crowds
at Garden and Union streets that
night" Spranger testified. I'VE had
been resisted by strikers. repeatedly
had been pelted with missiles and had
driven the people time and again with
our clubs. When we heard the shoot
ing we were about a block away. u
ordered the men to rush to the scene
and as we were proceeding told them
to get their guns ready. There was no
such order until the shooting was all
over"
Just before adjournment Equine
brother Of Detective Chas.
corroborated the latters les
timony relating to the speech made to
strikers by Givsnnitti. advising them
to "prowl like wild animals at night
for the blood OF the scabs.'