Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-02-05


bout 1920 before Dreger was kill
ed. Seven Italians owned the ten
barrels Of wine and all were pres
ent. Salvatore sdi MARITIME was one
/ of them. All drank. The witness
/ did not learn of the arrest OF the
mnrderers until eight days after
ward, when his wife wrote to him
| in st. Paul He went to ST. Paul
first through Baraboo, then to New
York on another line after about
ten days. Fifteen days ago he re-
turned to Madison.
Mrs. WHALE Expects Stork
Mrs. Frank Vitalo is expecting
1 Dr.. Stork and is not able to be in
court
! James WHALE, Madison, uncle OF
Frank Vita1e, and brother of Joe
/ Vitale, was the next witness and
told of the wine party. When he
went away both Of the accused
were still there. He did not see
them go or come to the house dur
ing the evening.
(From Fridays Daily
On the preliminary examination
James WHALE said he went to bed
about 8 o'clock the night of the
wine party and murder but in
Baraboo he, said the time was
11:4O at night. Frank Vitale, age
q Is, remembers when the two men
were arrested. After school he
remained at his fathers pool hall
until closing time. He was at the
4 wine party until about midnight.
He testified the two alleged murd-
erers were there that night and
did not leave until late.
II Salvatore diMartini, took the
oath through an interpreter. He is
%, has been in this country about
is months, and has. worked in a
pool hall and bakery shop. He re-
called when arrested, the Gay OF
the crime, he was hunting with
shotgun. From two guns in court
he picked the one used which sep
arates into three pieces. The
hunting was done on a farm on 'the
fish hatchery road. He killed one
rabbit. shooting five times, ten
shells. two at time. He said he
brought no loaded shells back with
him.
The gun in question is supposed
to be the one used at the time OF
the murder. After the arrest OF
the witness on the night Of the
night of the crime he tried to hide
a piece of the gun, the hand guard,
in the automobile taking him to
the police station.
Arrested Before
While testifying it developed
he was arrested last August on the
charge of driving an automobile
while intoxicated.
After returning from the hunting
trip he went down town with
Frank Vitale as previously narrated
In the evening he joined these at
the wine party He said his head
was upset and that he was more
than half drunk. He testified he
sat down all the time, was not able
to walk. He denied that he shot
Policeman Dreger. He had q re-
volver with him. He recalled 60
J ing to Frank Vitale's door and
asking him to take MIN home; also
the arrest. He had no recollection
of any shooting. He was sick after
one of the officers hit him on the
: head at the time of the arrest He
claimed he did not know Dreger,
never had a quarrel with a police
r man, and never made any threats.
2 He also related about himself ana
the officers going to the bakery
for the gun as previously related.
DiMartino admitted he was ar
rested on August 80, 1924, on the
charge of driving. an automobile
/ while intoxicated, but was not sure
that officer Dreger made the ar
/ rest. He said he paid a fine Of
, 5000 in federal court and when
asked Through an interpreter if
| it was for violating the national
prohibition law said he did not
know what that meant. (Smiles in
the court room.)
! This closed the testimony of the
/ accused defendant.
Burt o. Raddatz, who resides on
the farm, on the Fish Hatchery
{ road, Madison, owned by the Ital-
t ians, testified that Salvatore oil
) MARITIME came to the farm on Dec
ember 2, got a drink of water, and
wont over the hill, where shots