The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1922-12-14
WOMAN N MAN
HANG FEBRUARY Il
END OF RUM TRADE IN ALBERTA
SEEN AS HANGMAN'S MOOSE
AWAITS THE PAIR
Execution of emperor Pick" and
Young Italian Matron Believed to
Sound Doom Of Bootlegging, as
Law is Making Rum-Running Too
Unsafe to Take Chances.

In their cells in the Fort Saskat
chewan jail, Emilio Picariello, motto
r1ous international bootlegger and
condemned slayer of Constable Steve
0. Lawson of the Alberta Provincial
police at Coleman, west of Leth-
bridge, September 21 last, and his
youthful accomplice, Mrs. Florence
Lassandro, also sentenced to die for
the crime, await in dread February
Il, 1928, the date of their execution.
Sentence was passed on the two by
Justice Walsh last week, after the
Jury had brought in a verdict of
guilty of first degree murder, follow
ing six days Of trial, a trial which
will go down in the judicial annals
of the province as one of the notable
legal battles of its history. The at
torney general personally laid the
charge; A. A. McGillivray, X. c., of
Calgary, and one of the foremost
criminal lawyers in the province, rep
resented the crown, with an equally
notable jurist, j. Mckinley Cameron,
K. c., representing the accused,
whose fortune, accumulated, it is
said, in his gigantic rum-running en-
terprises of which he was the pivot,
was thrown into the fight for life.
Woman Weakens
When the jury brought in a verdict
of guilty, a Sitting stiffness fell over
the crowded courtroom. The clock
on the wall could be heard to tick, as
Judge Walsh prepared to speak.
Picarielle stood unmoved and stolid,
as the of his life span was
counted. When the judge fixed the
date of his execution, the Italian
turned pale, clenched his hands and
dropped into the dock beside the wo-
man. She was Immediately sem
fenced, being supported by the prison
matron, the terrific tension of weeks,
coupled with the fate awaiting her
in the future, completely breaking
down the girl. A low moan escaped
her lips and they moved as though
to speak, but she said nothing.
Forty witnesses were called by the
crown, Judge Walsh stating that they
had completely established their case
against the accused, who acted in
and with design when they
'et out on the evening of September
last to "get" Constable Steve Law
ION, the terror of the bootleg ring
If the Pass.
Lawson, the story of the crime
went to the door Of the police
quarters unarmed, walked over to
he car, and in the melee that fol-
owed he was shot in the back by the
,ir1, according to her confession, with
.38 caliber revolver. Picariello, or
Emperor Pick of the Pass" as he
5as known, carried an automatic, the
of which flew wild, breaking
be windshield of the death car and
unching a hole in the speedometer.
he widow of the constable and his
tots were among the witnesses
Dr. the prosecution. The woman's
enouement was dramatic.
Did Not Expect Death
Picariello had no idea that he
ould go to the gallows, 1t appears,
,r he refused dinner the evening of
le closing day of the trial. While
lie jury was out deciding his fate,
joked with his guards, stating that
> and his counsel would stage a
In the Palliser hotel, Cal
Try, where the a was tried on