The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-06
Pietro Garelli F >wSl Guilty
of Simpl assault on
F.SsS.le Capt.
SENTENCE DEFERRED
IN COUNTY COURT
Trial of r. Mastriami for
Impeding an Officer Is
Now Being Heard

Guilty Of simple assault was the ver-
dict brought in by the jury yesterday
afternoon in the case of State VS.. Pietro
Garelli of Barre, charged with assault
with intent to kill Eugene Capt. last
summer. The case was completed at
ll:40 o'clock in the forenoon, and three
and one-half hours sufficed for the jury
to reach decision. Sentence was de-
ferred in Garelli's case, as it was in
several others tried this term, and the
respondent was released under bonds.
At 3 o'clock, jury was empaneled in
the case of State VS.. Raffaele Mastrami
of Barre, accused of impeding an officer
in the village of Mortified ON the even
ing of May l3, 1915. States Attorney
Gleason is conducting the prosecution,
and the respondent has Attorneys Sem
ter and Lord for counsel.
The information charges Mastriami
with impeding and hindering Special Of
ficer William o. Pride of Mortified,
while the latter was executing the duties
of his Office, namely, while ejecting one
Giuseppe Tympano from Guild hall,
Northfield, for creating disturbance
during a religious meeting
Henry w. 0rser, clerk of the village of
Mortified, was the first state witness,
his testimony consisting of showing by
records and knowledge that William o.
Pride is and was on May l3 duly
authorized special policeman, appointed
by the village trustees.
The special officer followed Mr.. 0rser
on the stand and gave an account of
the alleged trouble from beginning to
end. The witness still carries mark
claimed to have been made during the
encounter with Tympano and Mastriami,
in the shape of crooked nose.
Officer Pride described the entertain
ment which was held in Guild hall the
evening OF the disturbance, moving pic
lures being shown under the auspices of
New York Bible company, free Of
charge, and religious music was played
on a phonogaph. He was directed to
attend the affair to keep law and order,
and almost Immediately after he arrived
was called upon to keep number of
boys silent in front of the hall. He tes-
titled that the respondent came in after
the show had started, and Tympano was
with him.
They stood near an entrance TO the
hall, and at the finish of a hymn, which
was sung by the congregation, Tympano,
said the witness, shouted: "Hallelujah,
Hallelujah; good, all right" in loud
voice The witness asserted that he
requested the man TO keep quiet several
times, but he persisted in repeating
those or similar words. Finally he 1.-THE
officer grasped hold of him and started
10 put him out of the hall. Then il
was that Mastriami played the part
which resulted in his subsequent arrest.
The latter struck the officer, according
10 Mr.. Pride's testimony, in the face,
not once, but FIVE or six times, all of
the blows landing near the nose and
under the eyes. The officer retained his
hold on Tympano, notwithstanding the
rain of blows directed in his face, and
succeeded in ejecting him from the hall
When he turned 20 look after Mastriami,
the latter had disappeared. The witness
testified that his nose was fractured by
the blows; and he turned toward the
Jury 20 show that the organ was not
straight His eyes were discolored at
the time.
This forenoon the state put on three
more witnesses. Messrs. Teller and In
gals. witnesses Of the affair, they hay-
ne been standing in the hall entrance
N the time. and Chief Of Police Jerry
NJ. Donahue of Mortified.
Prom the line Of questions asked by
me respondents attorneys, il IL inferred
hat the defense viii be that Mastriami
uas a stranger in Northheld, cannot un-
ierstand the English language and vas
unaware at the time that he was strlk-
ng an ofiicer Of the Law.
The defense put on only two witnesses
md rested its case just - court took
recess at mono to-day until O'Clock
Monday afternoon. The witnesses for
.he defense were Tympano and Mastri-
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