However, shortly' after- ,that oconrrenoe she fled to Hew York State. BirrioloV .relations with- herandhis extravagant' gifts to her .constituted aboneof contention between him and his wife and chiL drain, leading to 'furious, quarrels which ; ;'abmetime8 .ended in crtiel violence on.: hiB part. 'Mrs, Jroea testified!,.among many other things, to her fear, of-the. man and that she had begged him that. tlieir intimacy might- cease because of . the trouble itcausedin his family.'Birriolo and bis wife appear to have been alone when her clothes Were ignitr ed, Her cries of agony ’before and after she broke -from the house, tearing' her-burning. clothes off, brought a number of neighbors, to her: aid, most :of whom testified at the triaL '•.•The. suffering woman waslt;almost nude before thetor-' •turibg.flameB ,were quenched. -BliHoloV ..daughters, Itelleraont: and; AngelJa,.wbo' -were absent on: errands at the time of • the burning; soon returned -home, entering' the house after, the neighbors had done.stf; They were shortiyfollowed by