The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-02
Nobody Hit but Hole Was
Bored in Piazza
Floor
2 MEN ARRESTED;
l TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
Brook and nth Seminary
Streets e Scene of a
ST. ay Rumpus

Cum s IS the result of a quarrel ove
cards : "A Brook street late Sunday
afterh- and the violent use of bottle,
and chairs landed Pasquale Cola in tn,
City hospital and Solomon Alverici in
cell at police headquarters. Cola is un
der arrest on charge of shooting will
intent to kill and during his period OF
Iconvalescence at the hospital an officer is
constantly by his bedside. This morning
Alverici was arraigned on breach of the
peace charge, to which he pleaded moi
guilty and hearing was set for Thurs.
day morning at Q o'clock. Bail of 800 in
Alverici's case was furnished.
Police headquarters got hurry-up
telephone call for a quarrel on Brook
street at O'Clock last night. Chief Sin
clair and Deputy Chief Gamble set out in
an automobile and as they swung into
North Seminary street they gimpsed a
man hurrying over the brow of the hill
to the east. They gave chase and caught
Cola. Meanwhile Officers Dineen. Muir.
ley and Henderson were investigating al
u
gunplay is alleged to have been staged
Cola was brought to the police station,
where DR.. w, d. Reid fixed him up and
sent him to the hospital. The middle
finger of Coia's left hand was nearly sew.
cred by piece of glass or an edge tool
and blood was streaming from a savage
looking wound on the scalp. Alverici
was uninjured.
Much of the investigation that is cal
culated to bring out the facts in the case
is still under way. Grand Juror William
Wishart kept the officers on tke hunt
last night and to-day every effort was
made to locate the eight or ten men who
were present during the card playing;
also the woman who answered Coia's
knock at the front door, l4s North Sem
mary street, and got her petticoats and
iress singed by shot gun discharge for
her pains.
Stories told by Alverici and his alleged
lssailant, Cola, vary in many of the de-
.ails. II is said that the trouble started
Ipon Alverici's allegation that Cola had
card in his sleeve before the
huffie When Alverici, disgusted with
he tactics, pocketed his Hoyle and start
d for the door, Cola intercepted him, it
5 said, Alveriei, the police claim,
-rabbed chair and continued to belay
ola until he reached an outside door,
Then Alverici went home, home to las
seminary street. north.
The next chapter, the police say, came
ghen Cola, still enraged over Alverici's
caught up hunting bag
oaded with cartridges, took shotgun
rom the wall and left the house. He
made his presence known next at the
ouse where Alverici stays. A woman in
he house heard knock at the door and
'hen she swung open the screen Cola is
LEGGED to have levelled the weapon at
omeone inside The woman screamed
nd Cola, it is claimed. pulled the trigger.
hole of considerable dimensions was
ored ir the floor of the piazza, powder
nged the woman's skirts and vagrant
nots scattered in the kitchen. Cola
iade off and was next seen when the
fficers turned into Seminary street. A
ter investigation disclosed the shotgun.
double barreled weapon, in the chicken
ard at Alverici's house Alverici did
ot protest his detention at police head
Iarters and Cola appeared willing to ac-
'mpany the chief and deputy uptown,
e was suffering from loss of blood and
II time after his arrival at the hos
tai his condition was regarded as Sc
ous Physicians attending the man said
at he could not leave the hospital until
morrow or Wednesday. When he is
leased the officer in whose custody he
wv remains will take him into Magis-
ate Seott's court.