The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-19
COSTELLO MURDER.
SUSPECTS PUT
UNDER ARREST
Seven, Some Held as Witnesses,
Lodged in Jail
MOTIVE NOT YET DISCOVERED
Officials Unable to Discover Motive
For Saturday Nights Tragedy
at Soldiers Home Crossing

at Soldiers Home Crossing
Between noon and o'clock this after
noon three Italians, Frank Campanilo,
Cesero Nestico and Tony Tasano,
were arrested and lodged in jail under
suspicion that they may have some
knowledge OF or were implicated in
the murder of William Costello who
was shot near the Vermont soldiers
home crossing on the Bennington and
North Adams trolley line Saturday
evening
In the course Of their Investigation
the officers have interviewed a num-
Der of persons who passed over the
North Bennington road Saturday
evening. All of them were in the Vi
cinity of the spot where the tragedy
occurred between 8 and 10 o'clock and
all Of them report seeing two men
standing on the trolley track west of
the highway.
1t is presumed that the description
of the two men given the officers
tailed to some extent with the ap-
peaiances of the three men who were
placed under arrest this afternoon.
States Attorney Frank c. Archibald
was expected to arrive here during the
afternoon from Manchester to con-
tinue the investigation OF the crime
The funeral of the victim OF the
shooting was held from St Francis de
Sales church at o'clock this morn
in. ~
In their efforts to solve the Costello
mystery, the county and town officials
have thrown out dragnet and are
rounding up all suspicious characters.
Monday afternoon and evening two
men were lodged in the lookup and
this morning two more were placed
under arrest. Monday afternoon
George Bailey, stranger who has
been about town for several days, was
lodged in Jail. On the night of the
murder Bailey was found intoxicated
on the tracks of the Rutland railroad
north of the engine house by one of
the railroad company employees, Ed
ward Mcclure Fearing that the man
might be run over by train, Mcclure
took Bailey some distance from the
tracks The man is being held so that
he may give an account of his actions
during the night.
Monday afternoon Deputies John
Nash and Perry y. Gardner made an
automobile trip to Eagle Bridge and
Hoosick Falls in search Of man
whose actions were of a suspicious
nature. They traced the man from
Eagle Bridge TO Hoosick Falls At
the latter village the trail was lost
but early in the evening he arrived
in Bennington on trolley car and
was placed under arrest. He gave his
name as Morgan and told number OF
different stories. From his actions and
appearance the man is a broken down
wanderer, both physically and mental
ly, and the officials do not believe
that he could possibly have been con
| cerned in the tragedy.
This morning, Victor Young, d
painter living on County street, ant
who was one Of the last persons who
saw Costello before he was killed
was placed under arrest as witness
Costello accompanied Young home
Saturday night from the American
House barroom. According to all re
ports Young was intoxicated at The
time but Costello was sober 1t was
from the Young house that Costello
must have gone directly to the Yer
mont soldiers home crossing to NEE
his death The officers have not a
any time since the murder was com
mitted had the least suspicion tina
Young was in any way implicated il
the shooting. l.e was taken into Gus
tddy for the sole purpose OF obtainin!
Information that was desired by tn,
officers in following up clues.
During the forenoon a young tram
was picked up by officers who hav
been securing the country in automC
biles. Whether or not he will be abl
to furnish any information that vii
help in running down the murdere
can not be learned until after hear
ing has been held.
| Circumstances that have come {
light during the investigation OF tn
past "a hours only tend to deepen th
mystery that surrounds the crime
William Costello. an employe of th
Holden, Leonard company. left tn
house of Victor Young on Count
street after o'clock Saturday nigh
At $50 five revolver shots wer
heard by several persons who were 1
the vicinity An hour later Costello
body was seen lying beside the trolle
track of the Bennington and Hoosic
Falls line.
The puzzling feature of the case
the difficulty in accounting for tn
lapse of time. II must have been a
of 9l5 when Costello lef. :ho Youn