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Assault in the Evening Journal, 1900 & 1920

Tricked, He Says, By Witnesses

Item

Title
Tricked, He Says, By Witnesses
Source
Evening World
Date
30-Apr-20
page
16
Identifier
Image 16 of The evening world (New York, N.Y.), April 30, 1920, (Latest Extra) | Library of Congress (loc.gov)
Crime
Murder
Subject
Trial
Gender of alleged offender
Male alleged murderer
Gender of alleged victim
Male alleged victim
Stage of the Legal System
Court
Length of story
87 words
Description
Testimony that may injure the Plate's case against Michael Rusciano, twenty five, of No. 4544 Richardson Avenue, the Bronx, on trial in the Bronx County Court on an indictment charging murder in the first degree in the killing of Dominick Risso, March 23, 1919, was given yesterday by the State's own witness. Through his attorney, William J. Fallon, Rusciano claims he acted in self-defense. The witness was William Amiano, of No. 4560 Gardem Place, he Bronx, who said he was with Rusciano the night Risso was killed.