onment. Semione was resigned to his fate and when a last minute
effort by his friends to obtain a commutation of sentence was unsu-
cc essful, he was electrocuted at Sing Sing Prison on Dec. 6, 1923,
His last words were: "I am going to die but I do not feel that [
should have to while the other man is allowed life imprisonment,"
BUFFALO COURIER-EXPRESS, Buffalo, N. Ye, Dece 6, 1923; Febs 3, 19233
August 26, 1920; August 27, 1920
138 NORTHEASTERN 98, 500
onment. Semione was resigned to his fate and when a last minute
effort by his friends to obtain a commutation of sentence was unsu-
ec essful, he was electrocuted at Sing Sing Prison on Dec. 6, 1923.
His last words were: "I am going to die but I do not feel that [
should have to while the other man is allowed life imprisonment,"
BUFFALO COURIER-EXPRESS, Buffalo, N. Ye, Dece 6, 1923; Feb. 3, 1923;
August 26, 1920; August 27, 1920
138 NORTHEASTERN 98, 500
onment, Semione was resigned to his fate and when a last minute
effort by his friends to obtain a commutation of sentence was unsu-
cc essful, he was electrocuted at Sing Sing Prison on Dec. 6, 1923.
His last words were: "I am going to die but I do not feel that I
should have to while the other man is allowed life imprisonment,"
BUFFALO COURTER-EXP HESS, Buffalo, N. Ye, Dece 6, 1923; Feb. 3, 19235
August 26, 1920; August 27, 1920
138 NORTHEASTERN 498, 500
SEMTONE, Fmilio
Semione, a:36-year-old white man, lived at 91 Dante Place, Buffalo,
Ne Y. Late on the evening of August 26, 1920, he and two other men,
Joseph DePaulo and Luigi Campagna, left Campagna's residence, also
located on Dante Place, to go for a walk, Around eleven o'clock, two
policemen, standing on-a nearby bridge, observed two men AHXEX knock
a third to the ground and repeatedly drop a 25 pound concrete stone
on his head at a spot on Carroll Street near Louisiana Street. ‘then
they arrived, Campagna lay dead, his head smashed to a pulp, and both
Semione and DePaulo, who were covered with bhood and had Campagna's
purse containing $j0 in their possession, were taken into custody,
_ While robbery was considered one motive, it was believed that there
was a deeper one because of the savagery of the attack and it was ru-
mored, though never werfified, that Semione had been the injured party
in a love triangle in which Campagna was the successful rival, Both
men told and maintained separate stores, with DePaulo claiming that
Semione alone had murdered Campagna and Semione claiming that the
three of them had been attacked by four stzangers while they were
walking and Campagna killed. Both were convicted at separate trials
and the State Court of Appeals affirmed Semione's conviction while it
reversed that of DePaulo, At a subsecuent retrial, DePaulo pleaded
guilty to second degree HHRHE murder and was sentenced to life impris-
SEMTONE, Fmilio
Semione, a:36-year-old white man, lived at 91 Dante Place, Buffalo,
Ne Y. Late on the evening of August 26, 1920, he and two other men,
Joseph DePaulo and Luigi Campagna, left Campagnats residence, also
located on Dante Place, to go for a walk, Around eleven o'clock, two
policemen, standing on-a nearby bridge, observed two men @AXEX knock
a third to the ground and repeatedly drop a 25 pound concrete stone
on his head at a spot on Carroll Street near Louisiana Street, ‘hen
they arrived, Campagna lay dead, his head smashed to a pulp, and both
Semione and DePaulo, who were covered with bhood and had Campagna's
| purse containing $0 in their possession, were taken into cubtody,
| While robbery was considered one motive, it was believed that there
' was a deeper one because of the savagery of the attack and it was ru-
mored, though never werffied, that Semione had been the injured party
in a love triangle in which Campagna was the successful rival, Both
men told and maintained separate storfes, with DePaulo claiming that
Semione alone had murdered Campagna and Semione claiming that the
three of them had been attacked by four stzangers while they were
walking and Campagna killede Both were convicted at separate trials
and the State Court _of Appeals affirmed Semione's conviction while it
reversed that of DePaulo, At a subsecumt retrial, DePaulo pleaded
guilty to second degree MHHMS murder and was sentenced to life impris-
SEMTONE, Fmilio
Semione, a-36-year=old white man, lived at 91 Dante Place, Buffalo,
Ne Ys Late on the evening of August 26, 1920, he and two other men,
Joseph DePaulo and Luigi Campagna, left Campagna's residence, also
located on Dante Place, to go for a walk, Around eleven o'clock, two
policemen, standing ona nearby bridge, observed two men MHXEX knock
a third to the ground and repeatedly drop a 25 pound concrete stone
on his head at a spot on Carroll Street near Louisiana Street. ‘hen
they arrived, Campagna lay dead, his head smashed to a pulp, and both
Semione and DePaulo, who were covered with bhood and had Campagna's
purse containing $0 in their poseession, were taken into cubtody,
While robbery was considered one motive, it was believed that there
was a deeper one because of the savagery of the attack and it was ru-
mored, though never erffied, that Semione had been the injured party
in a love triangle in which Campagna was the successful rivel, Both
men told and maintained separate storées, with DePaulo claiming that
Semione alone had murdered Campagna and Semione claiming that the
three of them had been attacked by four strangers while they were
validng and Campagna killed, Both were convicted at smarate trials
reversed that of DePaulo, At a subsequent retrial, DePaulo pleaded
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