Cameron County PA Archives Obituaries.....Freeman, Arthur O. July 9, 1910 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Virginia Schenck a014206t@bc.seflin.org May 26, 2025, 3:44 pm Cameron County Press-front page, Jul 14, 1910 Thursday July 14 1910- Cowardly Murder!- ARTHUR O. FREEMAN, a woodsman was fatally stabbed by Nick Perozzoli, an Italian, at Limestone, N.Y., at 11 0'clock, Friday night. Freeman was taken to the Bradford Hospital, where he died at 11 o'clock, Saturday morning. Freeman and a friend, Thomas Cunningham, drove Friday evening from Rice Brook, where they were employed on a woodcutting job, to Limestone. Perozzoli and Angelo Reco,Italians, who invited them to go to an Italian saloon and have a drink. Freeman refused and expressed his views of Italians in very forceful terms. Reco objected to the language of the woodsman and invited him to fight. Freeman was not adverse to a fistic encounter and the pair with Cunningham, Perozzoli and another Italian whose name has not been learned crossed the street to a dark spot for the purpose of settling the dispute. Freeman started to remove his coat and Reco stood directly in front of him, ready to fight. While Freeman had his coat partly off and was in a position where he was unable to defend himself, Perozzoli leaped at him like a tiger and drove a stiletto into his abdomen. One thrust was sufficient and the assassin without a word ran down the street and disappeared in the darkness. The cowardly thrust was delivered so quickly and unexpectedly that Cunningham did not know that his friend had been injured until Freeman started to run up the street, crying as he ran, "I've been stabbed!" The wounded man ran in the direction of the W.N.Y.& P. traction tracks and collapsed on the steps of Carey's candy store. P.J. Garin, the employer of Freeman was quickly notified of the stabbing and ran to the spot where the wounded man had fallen. He found him lying in a pool of blood and in a semi-conscious condition. The wounded man was given temporary relief and later was brought to Bradford and hurried to the hospital in Still's ambulance. He was accompanied by P.J. Garin and Thomas Cunningham. Dr. Hogan was summoned to attend the wounded man and found him in a precarious condition. The wound in the abdomen was a deep one and the severing of a large artery was causing internal hemorrhages. The man had lost a large quantity of blood and was in such a weakened condition that but little could be done for his relief. Saturday morning, District attorney G.W. Cole, Sheriff S.M. Wheaton, Under Sheriff G.L. Mosher and John Marsh, who is connected with the Erie railroad, arrived in Limestone. They at once placed Angelo Reco under arrest as an accessory. He was placed in the Limestone Lockup and when questioned exhibited the customary Italian reticence. He admitted hat he had seen Perozzoli wield the knife. The district attorney and sheriff accompanied by Mr. Marsh went to Bradford about 10 o'clock and went to the hospital, when they secured an anti-mortem statement from Freeman which practically substantiated the facts as stated as above. Earlierin the day the wounded man made a statement to Chief Murray, which, in detail, was similar to the one given to the Cattaraugus county officers. District Attorney Cole informed a reporter that Perozzoli had been employed in Limestone for about three years. Three weeks ago he went to Bradford and secured employment on construction work of the B.R. & P. railroad between Mt. Jewitt and Newton; very recently he was in Bradford and early in the evening, with Angelo Reco and an other Italian, went to Limestone and tried to get a job in the tannery. Perozzoli is about 25 years old. He speaks good English and had never been considered a dangerous man. The Cattaraugus county authorities are busy in efforts to locate the cowardly Italian. Arthur O. Freeman was a resident of Emporium, and an experienced woodsman. He was 24 years of age, and leaves a widow, nee Kathryn Raszman, of Shippen, and a daughter Helen, father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. E.B. Freeman, four sisters, Mrs. Anna White, Lottie and Flora Freeman, of Emporium and Ethel Freeman of Cleveland, O. Freeman was foreman for Paton and Garin on a woodcutting job, and was highly regarded by his employers. The body was removed from the hospital to Still's undertaking rooms. The parents of the deceased were notified of his death Sunday morning. The father and Miss Ethel Freeman brought the body to Emporium Monday night. The funeral was held from theresidence of A.O. Swartwood, West Fifth Street, Tuesday afternoon, at one o'clock. Interment at Rich Valley cemetery, Rev. Hall officiating. Additional Comments: Originally submitted 1999. This file has been created by a form at http://www.usgwarchives.net/pafiles/ File size: 5.1 Kb