The Washington times., 1920-05-22

Seven witnesses gave their versions
OF the tragedy late yesterday. All eN-
cept one speaking a language OF
meaningless sounds to the Italian girl
sitting alone at the table With her
lawyers.
When the little child. Conchettina'
the nine-year -old daughter of the
dead sister, was led shrinking and
frightened to the witness stand, her
twenty-year-old aunt Marie covered
her cuivering face with her hands
and wept.
Case Is Outlined.
When the trial formally opened
Alfred J. Talley, chief assistant dis
trict attorney, arose and in unimpas
stoned voice gave this story to the
jury:
"a. . o'clock in the morning of
Ms-ch the defendant knocke2 on the
door of the Mascali apartment at 80
West Houston street, on the floor just
above that she occupied with her sis
ter, Mrs. Angelina CONT and asked
il one of the boys would go out with
her to look for her sister. While the
mother, who answered the door, was
looking for match, the girl told
Louis Mascalf that she had shot her
sister.
THE next day she gave herself up
to the police in Atlantic city, saying
she had killed her sister and giving
a reason for it. The prosecution viii
show that the story she told the police
of that city was not the true reason
for her act"
Mr.. Talley turned composed
Sphnix-like face first to the jury. next
to the girl, as he set about his grim.
cold task Of sending a woman, little
older than a girl, to die in the electric
chair. As his gaze fell on Miss Tucci
she twisted her handkerchief in her
hands, and her long lashes, heavy
with tears. dropped over her eyes.
Crumpies Mt Evidence.
But It took a careful gaze to detect
any sign of emotion in the slight little
figure sitting so pathetically there at
the long yellow table. Her smart lit
tie black hat held in place long
black veil, deeply bordered with crepe,
which fell over her face.
Mr.. Tulley put in evidence a white
pillow case clotted and stained with
blood.
The girl lifted her eyes to look
on the life's blood of her own sister.
She knew the hand that had shed that
blood. A little culver OF horror ran
through her. She crumpled. Her
hands grouped for the table and her
head fell upon them.
She Borrows Revolver.
Louis Mosuli testified:
"The morning of February ~ Ma
RE came up to see IL ! was ready
to 60 to work, as she sometimes did.
She asked me to let her have my re-
yoIyer. She said Angina always left
the door open and that she was.afraid
, somebody would come in and she
couldn't protect herself. She had
asked for the revolver once before,
giving the same reason. This time 1
| let her have it.
"About o'clock in the morning,
March 8. Maria came up to our apart
| ment. She said she and her sister
had ouarreled and that Angelina had
| gone out and wouldn't come home,
She wanted some one to go with her
to find Angelina. Mother and grand.
father. who lived across the hall, told
| me to 60 with her. Conchetina was
with Maria On the way down stairs
she told me she wanted to go to the
tube at Ninth street and sixth ave-
nue..
| "Conchetina kept asking where her
| mother was. Maria told her they
were going to look for her mother
We started for Newark. on the way
she said to me, I shot my sister
| Did you kill her" l asked. she an
swered that she didn't know.
"From Newark we went 10 Mont
clair. where her brothers. Salvatore
and Michael Tucci. lived. We go'
there about 4 o'clock In the morning