Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1919-06-13
EXCITING TIMES In
BOARDING HOUSE
Thomas Pappigallo Rugged
Chambermaid, Assaulted His
Wife, Who tainted, and
Threatened Boarder. With
Knife.
That Was the Testimony In Court
Tuesday Morning

Thomas Pappigallo, an employe Of
the Manhasset Manufacturing Co,
succeeded in making lively time for
the other occupants Of the mill board
ing house shortly before noon last
Monday There was woman in the
case; also chambermaid of is years
II was due to Pappigallo's getting IA
miliar with the chambermaid that
caused all the trouble.
! According to Juliet Frappier, 16,
she came down from Grosvenor-Dale
three weeks ago to make the beds IN
the boarding house and do other work
+ that her boss" required her to do.
+ Monday just before noon, she was
/ performing her duties in room 2 when
( Pappigallo came across the hall from
the room he and his wife occupy, and
/ came in to said room 2 where Juliet
j was making ready for the next nights
sleep of the occupant. The door
was open, according to Julia, but
Thomas closed it after him and came
towards her and when he reached her
put his arms around her Thomas
said to her that he pitied her, using
few cuss words to emphasize his re-
marks He asked her if she was
afraid of him, and she said she was
and began to cry. The wife thought
it was time to see what was going on
and she entered the room, saying to
her husband: Aren't you ashamed
of yourself to be in here with young
girl?' The husband told his wife TO
mind her business and there was some
more quarreling between them.
Julia said she went down and told
the boss and when she went back up
stairs heard noise in the Pappigallo
apartment and went back and again
told the boss what was going on.
The boss, Mr. Malley, said he went
up to see what the trouble was, and
saw Mrs Pappigallo lying on the floor
unconscious He wanted some wit
nesses so called out: Men, come up
~
Richard Bower, who also told the
court that he saw Mrs. Pappigallo "
ing unconscious on the floor. He told
Mr. Pappigallo that he was brute
and ought to be shot. He had little
mixup with Pappigallo after that and
when Pappigallo came down stairs he
began calling Bower names and had
knife in his hand The boarding mis-
tress came out and took the knife
away from the man.
The boarding house keeper said he
telephoned for the police and also
doctor, and both arrived By that
time Mrs. Pappigallo, who is IN deli
cate state of health, had recovered
consciousness.
Pappigallo said that some of the
evidence was true but parts of 1t
were false He denied having knife
except jacknife in his pocket. he
said his wife wouldn't let him out of
the room and he pushed her and she
caught her heel against the leg OF the
bed and fell over He denied strik-
ing her and also denied shutting the
door in number 2, but admitted en-
tering that room. He said he did not
put his arm around the girls waist.
He said that the girl had said that she
wouldn't marry an Italian for thou
sand dollars.
Judge Geissler told Pappgallo
that he had better get out of the
boarding house as he apparently
couldn't get along there. He was or
dered to pay costs of $40 and the
ease was placed on file. The mans
wife was in the court room but did
not testify.