Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-29
VI D MAN THOUGHT
HUSBANDS GHOST
CAUSE OF N 0lSE
Fair Haven Boarding House
Keeper Testifies in Trial of
Giovanni MarinO for Al
legged Murder.

Rutland April 2S.-The State put In the
most important part of it's case in Rut-
land county court to-day in the trial Of
Giovanni Aftrlno Of Fair Haven, under
Indictment for the alleged murder Of
| Angelo Glolo by stabblng at Mrs. Luigla
PettPs boarding house on February 8,
1918. The jury heard the evidence of
Mrs. Petit and her daughter, Mrs.
| Philomena Carroll. who were at home on
| the morning of the stabbing, and state
I inents OF other witnesses of nearly equal
! Importance.
number of photographs of the SUR
roundings were introduced in the case
and the jury was shown Gioio's heart,
twice pierced by knife, and now in a
! preservatiVe in a transparent glass jar.
The first witness to-day was Charles
Wood a neighbor Of Mrs. Petit. He
testified to seeing footprints on the roof
Of a shed connected with the rear Of
the boarding house. He was there on the
morning of February and Mrs. Petit
told him that they (Gioo and Marino)
| had had trouble He saw Gioio after he
was dead.
Merrill Gibbs of Fair Haven told the
! jury that the respondent bought n knife
! ON February al the Norton store in
Eair Haven, where the witness is clerk.
| tiuisepp Gioio son of Angelo Gioio,
! testified that while Sitting ashes at Pettis
soon after the death of his father he
! found the remains Of long knife which
had been through fire.
HEARD NOISE FROM SHED.
Mrs. Petti's statement was in part as
| follows. \ Ieft ic
at Scotch hill slate quarry on the morn
ing Of February g. last, at about 61o
o'clock. At $50 I heard noise out on
/ The top of the shed. It sounded like
somebody rolling something. l looked
! into the shed and saw nothing. 1 was
frightened and thought it might be the
ghost of my dead husband l was busy
working at the time in the kitchen and
/ front room.
AT seven O'Clock Marine came down
stairs from his bedroom. washed his
face and went back up. Soon l heard
noise at the head of the stairs and saw
Gioio and Marine coming down, the
former ahead. They passed through the
/ kitchen and Gioio went outdoors Marine
stood looking at him through the win
dow I saw Goio come up on to the
! plttILd / Hen DtCanl0 lTlSnteneQ ana
went into my bedroom, which adioined
the kitchen. where my children were
Mrs. Garlic. who had sat near the kit
chen stove rocking her baby, closed my
door and locked it.
In few minutes she opened my door
and saw Gloio crawling in on his hands
and knees. There was blood on his
clothes. went for a doctor and when
I returned in ten minutes Gioio was dead
| 81 did not see Gioio enter my house
after he had gene to work exrept the
time he crawled in. I do not know how
he got in the first time
The witness denied that she told a
neirhbor who called on her that after
noon that Gioio had hidden in Marino's
closet while the respondent was washing
his face, or that she had said. that she
was glad Gioio was dead because he
would have killed her and her daughter
had he lived She admitted that she
had said that Gioio went into Marino's
window by means of the shed roof. after
removing his shoes.
SAW KNIFE PLAY.
Mrs. Garlic, daughter Of Mrs. Petit,
gave the most damaging evidence of
the day against Marine. having, wit
messed n part of the knife play. She
testified in substance as follows.
soon after 7 o'clock on the morning
of February l was sitting in the
Kitchen rocking my baby, being in such
a position that could see the stairway
leading upstairs. I heard noise took
two steps forward and looked up. see
ing Gioio and Marno coming down.
stairs, They bad hold Of each other
ana both seemed to be pulling to break
loose. Marino had n knife In his hand.
He held 1t in such way that the blade
was concealed UP his sleeve. I saw
him use it on Gioio while on the stairs,
l do not know whether he stabbed
once or twice"
| Mrs. Garlic then corroborated the
evidence given by her mother as to
Gioio going out into the yard while
Marino looked out of the window at
him
Mrs. Rose Van Anden, q neighbor,
testified that on the morning of the
affair she saw Gioio in the yard back
of the petti house. He was shaking
his fist in the Vicinity Of the house.
She saw him go onto the piazza and fall.
1t appeared as though somebody pulled
him into the house