People v. Campagna

The plaintiff in error, upon a trial by jury in the circuit court of Stephenson county, was found guilty of the murder of Felice Casata and sentenced to the penitentiary for fourteen years.

The deceased, Casata, was employed by the Illinois Central Railroad Company at Freeport to tend the lamps used on the semaphores and in other places in the railroad yards. In order to provide a place for him to work and keep the oil necessary for use, the company had located a railroad box-car at the side of the tracks and turned it into a workshop. In this car were two or more oil tanks holding…