_ to Hospital where he identified Cipolla as his assailant but said that
he had never seen the other men, Cipolla was arrested shortly after-
wards in their room where he had already shaved off his mustache and
was making other efforts to change his appearance, Taken before Ci-
polla, he was once again identified and in a death-bed statement, Pi-
,raini accused him and two others of the mrder, At his trial for the
murder of Piraini who had died the day after the assault, Cipolla
maintained his innocence but Piraini's yding statement and other evi-
dence was so strong that he was convicted and sentenced to die, He
never admitted his complicity in the crime and his accomplices were
never arrested and tried for their parts in the murder, His convic~
tion was affirmed by the California Supreme Court on Appeal, and short
ly after 10 o'clock on the morning of April 30, 1909, he was hanged at
Folsom Prison , wearing a sardonic grin as the trap fell,. He never
lost his nerve as did one of the spectators at the execution who be-
came ill and almost fainted, and three hours before the death mardéh
began he ate a hearty breakfast. When the guards @mtered his cell
and began binding his arms and hands, he smilingly asked them why they
were doing that, stating that he had never killed anyone, and when
his Legs were being bound on the scaffold, he spoke his .last words
What's all right, boys." Cipolla had refused the services and coh-
solation of a priest and the last sacraments of the churche
100 PACIFIC 252; SACRAMENTO.BEE, Sacramento, Calif,, April 30, 1909
to Hospital where he identified Cipolla as his assailant but said that
he had never seen the other men, Cipolla was arrested shortly after-
wards in their room where he had already shaved off his mustache and
was making other efforts to change his appearance, Taken before Ci-
polla, he was once again identified and in a death-bed statement, Pi-
,raini accused him and two others of the mrder, At his trial for the
murder of Piraini who had died the day after the assault, Cipolla
maintained his innocence but Piraini's yding statement and other evi-
dence was so strong that he was convicted and sentenced to die. He
never admitted his complicity in the crime and his accomplices were
never arrested and tried for their parts in the mrder, His convic-
tion was affirmed by the California Supreme Court on Appeal, and short
ly after 10 o'clock on the morning of April 30, 1909, he was hanged at
Folsom Prison , wearing a sardonic grin as the trap fell,. He never
lost his nerve as did one of the spectators at the execution who be-
came ill and almost fainted, and three hours before the death maréh
began he ate a hearty breakfast. When the guards mtered his cell
and began binding his arms and hands, he smilingly asked them why they}
were doing that, stating that he had never killed anyone, and when
his Legs were being bound on the scaffold, he sppke his.last words:
What's all right, boys." Cipolla had refused the services and con-
solation of a priest and the last sacraments of the church,
100 PACIFIC 2523; SACRAMENTO BEE, Sacramento, Calif.,—April—30, 1909.
to Hospital where he identified Cipolla as his assailant but said that
he had never seen the other men, Cipolla was arrested shortly after-
wards in their room where he had already shaved off his mustache and
was making other efforts to change his appearance, Taken before Ci-
polla, he was once again identified and in a death-bed statement, Pi-
vaini accused him and two others of the mrder, At his trial for the
murder of Piraini who had died the day after the assault, Cipolla
maintained his innocence but Piraini's yding statement and other evi-
dence was so strong that he was convicted and sentenced to die, He
never admitted his complicity in the crime and his accomplices were
never arrested and tried for their parts in the mirder, His convic-
tdon was affirmed by the California Supreme Court on Appeal, and short
ly after 10 o'clock on the morning of April 30, 1909, he was hanged at}
Folsom Prison , wearing a sardonic grin as the trap fell, He never
lost his nerve as did one of the spectators at the execution who be=
came ill and almost fainted, and three hours before the death maréh
began he ate a hearty breakfast. When the guards @tered his cell
and began binding his arms and hands, he smilingly asked them why they
were doing that, stating that he had never killed anyone, and when
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solation of a priest and the last sacraments of the church,
100 PACIFIC 252; SACRAMENTO.BES, Sacramento, Calif,, April 30, 1909
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“CIPOLLA, Antonio
Cipolla, a 25-year-old white man, was a native of Italy who emigrated
to the United States and settled in Sacramento, Calif,, where he was
employed as a laborer, During the winter of 1908, he was unemployed
and, having no savings of his own, he was taken in by Joseph Piraini,
a fellow countryman who, though also an unemployed laborer, had mana-
ged to save $130 in gold which he carried in a money belt around his
waiste In addition to sharing his room located near a cannery on 6th
Street with Cipolla, Piraini also lent him the money with which to
eat. Cipolla.repaid this kindness by conspiring with two other Ital-
jans who were strangers to Piraini to rob and kill his benefactor,
On the morning of March 3, 1908, Cipolla told Piraini of a ranch owned
by Italians where he thought they might procure work and the two men
crossed the river and began walking up the Yolo Levee towards the
ranch, They were met by Cipolla's confederates who grabbed Piraini
and held him while Cipolla cut him all over his head and body, After
removing the money belt, they threw Pirain i into the river and fled
in opposite directions, Piraini, near death, managed to czawl from
the river onto the bank where he was seen by passengers on a steamer
and taken aboard. So badly was he cut that his intestines were pro-
truding from the gash across his abdomen and had to be placed back
inside his body before he could be moved, He was taken to a Sacramen~
| CIPOLLA, Antonio
Cipolla, a 25-year-old white man, was a native of Italy who emigrated
to the United States and settled in Sacramento, Calif,, where he was
employed as a laborer. During the winter of 1908, he was unemployed
and, having no savings of his own, he was taken in by Joseph Piraini,
a fellow countryman who, though also an unemployed laborer, had mana-
ged to save $130 in gold which he carried in a money belt around his
waiste In addition to sharing his room located near a cannery on 6th
Street with Cipolla, Piraini also lent him the money with which to
eat. Cipolla.repaid this kindness by conspiring with two other Ital-
ians who were strangers to Piraini to rob and kill his benefactor,
On the morning of March 3, 1908, Cipolla told Piraini of a ranch owned
by Italians where he thought they might procure work and the two men
erossed the river and began walking up the Yolo levee towards the
ranch. They were met by Cipolla's confederates who grabbed Piraini
and held him while Cipolla cut him all over his head and body, After
removing the money belt, they threw Pirain i into the river and fled
in opposite directions, Piraini, near death, managed to czawl from
the river onto the bank where he was seen by passengers on a steamer
and taken aboard. So badly was he cut that his intestines were pro-
truding from the gash across his abdomen and had to be placed back
inside his body before he could be moved, He was taken to a Sacramen~
CIPOLLA, Antonio
Cipolla, a 25-year-old white man, was a native of Italy who emigrated
to the United states and settled in Sacramento, Calif,, where he was
employed as a laborer, During the winter of 1908, he was unemployed
and, having no savings of his own, he was taken in by Joseph Piraini,
a fellow countryman who, though also an unemployed laborer, had mana—
ged to save $130 in gold which he carried in a money belt around his
waiste In addition to sharing his room located near a cannery on 6th
Street with Cipolla, Piraini also lent him the money with which to
Cipolla repaid this kindness by conspiring with two other Ital-
ians who were strangers to Piraini to rob and kill his benefactor,
On the morning of March 3, 1908, Cipolla told Piraini of a ranch owned
by Italians where he thought they might procure work and the two men
crossed the river and began walking up the Yolo levee towards the
ranch. They were met by Cipolla's confederates who grabbed Piraini
and held him while Cipolla cut him all over his head and body, After
removing the money belt, they threw Pirain i into the river and fled
in opposite directions, Piraini, near death, managed to caawl from
the river onto the bank where he was seen by passengers on a steamer
and taken aboard, So badly was he cut that his intestines were pro~
truding from the gash across his abdomen and had to be placed back
inside his body before he could be moved, He was taken to a Sacramen4
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