The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-12-10
Finding After Exhaustive
Hearing Exonerates
Her.
SHE TELLS Her STORY
Husband and Eight Child
rem Form Background
At Trial.
Husband and Eight Child:

Rosa Calibrasf was exonerated this
incoming at 10 o'clock rom all blame
IN connection with the death OF jan
uary Mike, which occurred Sunday
evening at six o'clock at the home Of
the woman In Monongah- A coro-
nerss jury sat in the County court
room this morning and 50 decided
The jury was composed Of the follow
ing men: W. z. Arnett, H. 7. Jones,
q. W .Utterback. Russell Linn, ]. C..
Burchina1 and 81. A. Jolltfe.
The court room was well filed with
friends of the woman, and Rosa her
self sat in the front near the jury
with one small child in her lap. Just
behind her sat her husband. Nick Cal
fbrasi, with two babies, one on each
Knee, and a line of youngsters on
each side of him made up the remain
der OF the eight little brtght-eyed 1tal-
ian children. These children were all
web dressed and every one OF them
cried at the same time and in the
same place. Rosa herself was not
quite so self possessed this morning
as she was yesterday, and the temper
ament Of sunny Italy was plainly TO
be be seen IN the smiles one moment
and tears the next Of this woman.
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
Charles e. Miller questioned the wit
nesses one by one, each Of them
/ strong for Rosa. A number Of them
testified through an interpreter, but
Rosa was allowed to tell her story in
SSler own way and her own words
The Jury, at noon, was not long alb
sent from the room, and the verdict
was read both IN italian and in Eng
Ifsh simply, with special emphasis in
Italian put upon the fact that prob
ably in no possible other circum-
stances could a woman be eXonerated
from such a crime. II was explained
10 Monongah Italian friends present
that had the woman been implicated
in any way in the affair, the result
would have been very different.
Just as soon as the Calibrasi family
Rrasped the fact that the wife and
mother was free, there was genera!
demonstration of joy. Rosa hUgged
the littlest CalibraSi even tighter than
she had been doing for the ten min
utes of suspense. The line OF Cal-
!. brasi youngsters in the seat beside
her. resembling strongly the Ruggles
sFam4Iy. cried softly in their handker-
chiefs. The bIack-haired father with
long. wide black mustache, was the
only CaIibrasf member who had no
tears for the occasion. He sat kissing
over and over again first the baby on
one knee and then the baby on the
other. The entire family received
congratulations Of friends with high
shrugged shoulder, much waving in
an directions of hands and that gen
eraI race individuality OF expression
so telling.
Rosa was dressed in plain blue
suit with jeweled pins and combs in
her hair. She is woman about IS,
with brown hair. Her features are
good; straight nose and well shaped
mouth, with clear olive skin. She
wore earrings and tossed her head
frequently.
Joe Fuccy. friend Of the family.
testified that Rosa told him last Sat
uTday night that January Mike had
threatened to break up her home by
Christmas. She said ne was going to
cnt up her face, and especially her
nose, which is remarkably pretty.
Both Rosa and her husband went to
Squire Price in Monongah Saturday
night for a warrant against Mike, but
3c was too late to get one. There was
never any trouble Of any sort con-
nected with the Calibrasi family, all
Of them bearing a good reputation
among Honongah residents.
.Cosimo Deidgfo testified through
an interpreter that January boarded
with himself and wife. and that Sat
uroay January came to a pool room
where he avs playing and said some
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