The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-09-13
CHELSEA
Louis Gregis Taken to the House of
Correction Saturday.

q CORRECTION SATURDAY.
recess session of the June tern
4 OF Orange county court was convened
on Tuesday, Sept. 7, at 2 o'clock TO
the purpose of disposing of the case o
State vs.. Luigi Gregis, who was helC
IN jail on an indictment found by tn,
grand jury in July, charging him will
the crime of assault with dangerous
weapon with intent to kill one Fran
cesco Tironi. Thirty-two jurors were
drawn from which to select the pane
of twelve TO sit on the case and from
this list the following men were Sc
lected: James w. Tyson of STAFFORD
Leo 4, Mcclure and Wilmer +. Towle
OF Bradford, George c. Flint of Brain.
tree, Oscar Lamson and w. o. Austin
OF Brooktield, Joseph Lord of Corinth
Moses l.. Brock of Newbury, Jerome
Ross and f. III. Totman of Tunbridge
Warren B. fuller of Vershire and John
II. Daggett of Thetford, and James
w. Tyson was appointed by the court
paneled. Judge Fish instructed them
as TO their duties as jurors, after which
the taking of the testimony was COM
menced. A greater part of the wit
uesses were Italians and their, testi-
mony was taken through Ugo Carusi
(! of Barre, as official interpreter.
The evidence tended to show that on
! the 9th day of June, which was Sun
, day, the members of the Italian gang
! who were working on the federal road
construction job at Farlee obtained
! a supply of hard cider from New
! Hampshire and brought il into their
camp and proceeded to celebrate the
/ day and the occasion by unrestricted
indulgence of the fermented apple
iuice. which resulted in several free
forall fights. in which one Francesca
! Tironi, a husky son of Italy, became
turbulently aggressive and established
himself as the bully of the camp and
it was during the third fight of the
afternoon when the said Tironi was
beating tattoo with his clenched fists
upon the facial anatomy of his pros
trate victim that Luigi Gregis, light
weight, but nevertheless active scion of
the same sunny cline, rose to the point
of order and interposcd an objection.
then and there demanding his former
friend and fellow countryman to cease
the brutal attack he was making upon
his prey, whereupon Tironi acquiesced
but immediately turned his attention
and attack upon Grcgis, Testifving in
his own behalf, Gregis claimed that he
retreated as far as it was possible for
him to do. and fearing that he was in
great danger of bodily harm or tina
his life was in great danger, having
already received several well directed
blows on the head from Tironi, which
sent him staggering into corner
where escape was almost impossible.
whipped his iackknife from his pocket
and in self defence struck his assail
ant. indicting wound penetrating one
lung and which nearly proved fatal.
This was the last act in the after
Moons spectacular drama. The individ |
uals who were involved in this finale |
went directly to their rooms for tho
night. and sometime during the night
friend of both Gregis and Tironi
came to the formers room and in. |
formed him that he had seriously |
wounded Tironi and that Tironi had |
requested him TO notify him of that |
fact and also To request him TO run
away, which request Gregis. the next |
day, complied with. going to Boston
and from there to Rhode Island. where i
he was a shobt time later located by
Sheriff George 4. Tracy and brought |
back to Chelsea and lodged in jail
Following the ARRAY Tironi was tax.
en- to the hospital at Hanover, n. H..
where he was treated for about two
l.. L. a. IL 1
and next day was taken to Chelsea by
Sheriff Tracy 10 appear as a witness
before the grand jury, and after APP
pcaring before the grand jury he was
taken to the Barre City hospital. where
he received treatment for four weeks
and then returned to Chelsea, where
he has been an inmate at the jail. be-
ing held as an important witness. Dur |.
ing his stay in Jail he and Gregis APP
pearcd friendly and conversed good ma
turedly each day.
States Attorney John c. Sherburnc
presented the states case in a manner
which showed careful preparation and
the respondents attorneys. Judge f.
T.. Scott of Barre City and Hale X
Darling, left no stone unturned to save
u ttsslbtts tntlf Nlttui itDtTlNs out
the jury evidently felt that the use
Of a dangerous weapon 10 repel such
an assault as was made upon Gregis
by Tironi was unwarranted, and they
returned a verdict of guilty Of assault.
The court imposed as r sentence that
the respondent be confined at hard Ia
Dor in the house of correction at Wind
sor for term of not less than one
year nor more than one year and six
months and pay fine of $500. and ex.
,eptions were taken by the respondent.
Sheriff Tracy committed Gregis 10 the
house of correction Saturday and III
-oni, who has nearly recovered from
his injury. has returned to Fairlee,
where he viii do light work on the
Dad job again. Final adjournment Of
he June term of court was taken Fri
law morning, after which the court mo-
ored TO East Randolph to hear a case
which was entered for trial by the
curt in vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs r f. Peaslee Of Man
hester. y. II. were recent guests at
he home Of Mr.. and Mrs. L. HI
Mr.. and Mrs James r. Kennedy. who
ave been visiting relatives and friends 4
n town. have returned TO their home T
D Bridgeport, Conn, where Mr.. Ken
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