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'DECLARES THAT HEEALONE WAS CONCEBNED IN THE
munoss or ms FAlTHLESS WIFE.
'MADWITH RAGE AND JEALOUSY.
IMPOSINO GUIDED HIM -TO THE “ACCURSED SPOT”
' AND WATCHED D" THE BRIDGE WHILE THE
AWFUL CRIME WAS COMMITTED.
Giuseppe Fuda, the muldel e1 who is
to pay the death penalty at the State
pl ison in Wethersfield, December 3,
has made a voluntary confession, and
steps are now being taken to save Nic-
odemo Imposino from the gallows. Im-
posino is sentenced to be hanged De-
cember 17, two weeks later.
Fuda’s confession was made to Rev.
Father Flannery of Hartford, his spir-
itual adviser, the afternoon of Novem-
"bel 5, in ‘his cell at the State prison.
The confeSsion literally translated fol-
lows:
‘clay, Nov. 5, 1897. When I married
this woman ’she was planted in my
heart. I did not let her want for any
comfort of life; then I wanted to come
to America. She was willing. Then I
left all'my goods and came, and within
five months I saved and sent her 637
lire; she did nothing but sold my goodS
and my house, spent the -money with
her lovers who received 250 scuti.
“Afterward she grew ashamed to re-
main in‘ a place which was up against
her; she left quietly by night and'came
here. She wrote to me from the bat-
tery, I go and receive her with so much
love; I did not believe 'what my par-
ents wrote me. I brought her to Stam -
ford. Then I was a witness of all her
doings. I went to work and she passed
her. time {in pleasure. My neighbors
told me all, and afterwards she told
me with her own lips that she intended
to go to New York to live a public life.
I said to her: ‘What is wanting to you
in my house ‘9 ’
“She paid me no attention. She was
woman with a vile tongue at all times
and I blush to walk with Christians to
be treated with insult. (Di cornuto.)
Then the thought came to me to kill
her going through the village. I told
it to Imposino and he answered: ‘If
you will do this, I will conduct you to a.
place far away where none will see.’
I being mad, hearing so many things,
said first ‘Yes, 1% us go.’ He went to
see what time the train left in the
evening. We boarded, and arrived at
that accursed spot. Imposino says: ‘I
will go and see if anyone is on the
bridge, and when I say all right, you
will kill her.’ 1 He said all right and I
mad as I was killed her AND RUN
_TO JOIN IMPOSINO WHERE HE
STOOD. We went to Stamford. In,
the morning I go to New York, Sat-
urday they arrested me and I, stupid,
did net tell the truth and thought to
. . say that it was IlnpOsmo,believing both
would escape with a life punishment.
BUT HE IS INNOCENT ONLY THAT
HE CAME WITH ME.
“HE DID NOTHING IN THE MUR:
DER. BECAUSE HE MUST DIE ‘I
IN CON SCIENCE PARDON HIM BE-
CAUSE I DID IT ALL. I PAY IT
.ALL.
“But from what thatwdman made
wme‘sufier I ought to pay not with
death, 'but with life punishment. A
young man of 29 years Who was asham-
ed, disgraced, who was a man to be
{called horned (cornuto,) who was of
,' good family and of asgood conduct as
’,,any in Italy; for the couduct of that
woman do not take (should not receive)
more than ten or fifteen years; because
I left nothing to her case of life. She
did even as she liked. She even left
the keys of the house and the property
to her lover in Italy. She left them
all, and I, poor young man. worked for
them. I, in the end, became mad, I
no longer knew what to do. I was
without sense and thought to do that
deed, to take her life. But no matter,
we are all born to die, I poor and rich,
on earth for evel, but' 1n the fear of the
Lord.
And she was so wicked a woman,
, they should have given me my life to
“I, Fuda Giuseppe, by way of, con-'
‘fession, declare my whole story as I
» can from the time I married up to to-
work for the state; she was not a good
woman and to betray her I told her
she was a woman that ruined a decent
family and dishon01 ed it and not being
able to remain longel in that country
and she fled all alone by night ,to ruin
me. This young man (Imposino) did
nothing to her. I declare it as my con-
fession and this is my whole story.”
‘.‘I can do no more(this is the misfort-
une of my life) ; twenty-nine years,
and never an hour in prison and now I'
but try the prison when I go to die.
But I have recourse to the Blessed
Trinity, they who are J udges and Mag-
istrates are to a just heart and to the
afflicted who depend upon Him for jus-
tice in Heaven and on earth, and they
have over all. I will not depart. I
must die—yes—but my God who rules
in Heaven and on earth and Judges
of this state open their hearts for and
give me life for all woman did— .
“Traitoress—but I have told my story.
"My confession—and I send greeting
to go who may read this and to the
judges and I sign myself in sorrow.
' “FUDA GIUSEPBE.. ’1‘
5 November, 1897.
SENT IT To GOV. COOKE.
- Father Flafinery, to whom the con-
fession was made, is a noted Italian
scholar. AAfter securing the confession
he forwarded a copy to Governor
rin A. Cooke. He kept it from the
public. ’A Reporter saw Father Flan-
nery in Hartford yesterday and asked
him what prompted the confession.
“The hope to repair the injury done
ImpoSino on the witness stand and the
wish to make known the true story of
Lor-
the crime. ’_’
“Have you put the confession to any
use ‘5’” was asked. 1
' “After taking legal advice I sent it
to Governor Cooke. He replied that
it was not in his province to pardon or
commute in the case. It should prop-
erly come before the board of Pardons,
and he kindly offered to send the docu-
ments to the chief justice of the Su-
preme court. I requested himto do so.
“This morning I visited Fuda and
' also gave Warden ~Woodbridge a copy
of the confession. He asked me about
it. The confession is written by Fuda
himself, and is in the peculiar dialect
of the prdvince of Italy from which he
came.
It rests now with the authorities at the
state prison to take action upon it. 1"
all must Come to it, no one remaining -
It differs from the pure Italian. I
V
“Do you think it will be of any ser-
vice to Imposino ? ” .
“I cannot tell. I do not know enough
about law to say if Imposino’s co-o'pera-
] to the death penalty for having accom-
panied Fuda.’
“Is this Fuda’s
sion ‘3 2’
“Of course not.
speaks of those who may read it. ”
sacramental confes-
You will see he
IMPOSINO DOESN’T KNOW OF IT
“Does Imposino know of the confes-
sion ? ” ,
‘ "No. There is no need of telling
him, pelhaps only to dash his hopes
aftelwalmd ’
“Do you think Fuda’s motive suffi-
cient to cause him to plan the crime
and execute it ? ” l
“I certainly do, and any one who
the disgrace which follows in the opin—
ion of his fellow countrymen, will read-
ily see how his first thought was to re-
mOve the woman who had caused his
shame.” .1
AGREES WITH IMPOSINO.
The confession of Fuda tallies with
the evidence which Imposino gave at
the trials. On the witness stand Impo-
sino exclaimed: “How could I kill. her?
I was on the bridge.”
The confession makes this point clear.
As the board of‘Pardons comes in the
first Monday in December, it is likely
that some effort will be made at that
time to save Imposino, but it will [be
after Fuda has paid the death penalty
for the crime.
ment, had it been made at the ti ial of
either himself and Imposino, might
have saved ImpOSino from being sen-
tenced to be hanged.
The murder for which the men are
to be executed occurred at East Nor~
walk February 17 last, when 'Marie
Carmella Fuda, wife of Guiseppe Fuda,
was killed and her body left on the rail-
at the time.
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Gaught in the Shaftlng.
Henry Staib, aged 23, employed at
Durrant & Anderson’s hat factory in
Bethel narrowly escaped fatal injuries
by being caught in the shafting yester—
day afternoon. He had taken hold of
a loose bolt that. was dangling and was
drawn over the pulley and caught be-
tween the shafting and the ceiling.
()ne arm was badly mangled and he
also received a severe scalp wound, be;
sides a number of bruises. When taken
to the Danbury hospital it was believed'
that his injuries would prove fatal, but
it is now thought that he will recover.
AMUSEMENTS.
“ Alabama.
It is is said that probably no play has
met with greater success and worn
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of southern life written by Augustus
Thomas, author of “In Missoul i,”
“New Blood,” etc. Mr. Thomas wrote
this play Seven years ago. It is a- sim-
ple home story of the Sou-th- after the
strength. With its charactels and
scenes aregiven all the tone charac-
south of the Mason and Dixon line. It
is claimed that the cast will be-found a-
fully‘ capable one.
at Hoyt’s' Theatre Monday night.
The Star Gazer.
large audience at Hoyt’ s Theatre yes-
chestra being sold. In the evening the
tending who otherwise wpuld.
play was just as funny as ever and kept
ing both performances.
DAHIEN
Miss Elsie May Kellogg who' 1s visit-
. ing friends in Ansouia, is expected
home.on Monday. .
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Mackey
spent Thanksgiving day at his home in
_Winnipauk. . I \ .
Mrs. Julia Hitchcock" is visiting
friends in New Haven and Grown.
'——Atl‘1fertls‘e 1n THGAZEA‘SE-x
tion in the crime makes him amenable.
knows the horror with which Italians-
11egard the crime'of unfaithfulness and .
Fuda’s present state- .
road'track as published in the GAZETTE
bette1 than has‘ Alabama,” a romance
war, and in .its sim licity lies its,
teristics of that section of the country ,
It will be presented-
Joe Ott in the Star Gazer dlew a'
terday afternoon, every seat in the 011', '
severe storm prevented many f1 om at- ‘
The .
the audience' In a roar of laughter dur- j
ROBBERY CLAIMED.
Dan Hanlon Claims $75 Was
Abstracted from His
Pockets.
“Micky ” Murray Arrested in'We lport on
Hanlon’s Complaint.
Constable Allie Allen, of VVestport,
was in town this morning for the pur-
pose of exercising the authority vested
in him‘by the State of Connecticut.
“Dan” Hanlon had preferred a com-
plaint that while in Westport he had
'been robbed of $15, and alleged that
“Micky” AMurray had abstracted that
amount from him. . -
It was very much in evidence yester-
day afternoon that “Dan” was consid-
erably under the influence of liquor-
He was in company with Murray, a
fact that perhaps saved him from a11-
rest.‘
Both visited diffelent
t0wn, and: later went to South Nor-
walk. It occurred to one or both that
a carriage ride would be in order, and
saloons in
securing a team drove to Westport,
where they indulged in more drinks.
They put their horse up at Williams’
place in that tovin, and after getting
filled with intoxicants went into the
barn and laid down for a sleep.
.On awaking, Hanlon felt in his pock-
et and soon after claimed that his com-
panion had robbed him of $75. He went
yet further and swore out a camplaint
which resulted in the arrest and in-
carceration of Murray by Constable
Allen as before stated.
The ' arrest was
o'clock.
Theconstablc searched his prisoner
and found about $11 in his posSession,
for the having of which amount 1he '
gave no other excuse than that Han-
lon had given it to him. I
Hanlon insisted on. the holding of
Murray and said that he would appear
against him in ccuit.
Constable Allen was he1 e this mor n-
ing to see that Hanlon lived up to his
agleement, and was armed with the
necessary papers to cause Hanlon’s ap-
pearance. ,
A hearing in the case will take place
before'Justice G. B. Smith- in West-
port at 2‘ o’clock this afternoon. ,
The opinion seems to prevail that
Murray is more sinned against than
sinning, but then the court will decide
inithat' matter.
.7
. Charles N. Baker was fined $5 and
costs for intoxication, by Judge Greg-
ory this morning. Execution of Sen-
tence was suspended long enough for
- Baker tolmake tracks towards Provi-
. deuce, which he claimed as his home.
Atransfolme11 of the waalk and
South Norwalk Electric Light com-
pany burned out on Washington street
this morning, causing the extinguish-
ing of several incandescent lamps in
South Norwalk. The trouble was
caused by a crossing of the wires.
Mrs. J. B. Fairchild is visiting her
sister Mrs. Bigeldw 011 Lexington ave-
nue New York.
. The condition of Rev. J. J. Ful long
of St. .Mar y’s church is 11-ep01ted as be-
.ing somewhat improved this morning.
invitations are out for the marriage
;, 'of Dr. George Henry Noxon and Miss
Annie Brady, in the .Darien Congrega-
tional church, Tuesday, Dec. 7, at noon.
f—Advertise in the GAZETTE.
. scene.
made about 7 :30-
7 Allen is reported. as being about the
F1111: ill DAHBUBY.
A Farmer Thought to. Have Been Con-
sumed in the Ruins.
The family of John Kirk, a well-to-do
farmer, living in Mill Plain, was
thrown into great excitement last
night by a fire which destroyed the
barn, and, as it was thought at first,
consumed Mr. Kirk in the ruins. After
the barn had been wholly destroyed a
search was instituted by the police
and neighbors among't-he ruins to find,
if possible, Kirk’s remains, but after
they had about given up the search
Mr. Kirk himself appeared on the
How he managed to escape
from the barn, and where he had been
is said that he returned somewhat
under the influence of liquor and soon
after going out to the barn one of his
boys discovered the barn on fire. The
fire was in the hay loft and the young
lad tried in .vain to reach it to rescue
his father, whom he believed to be up
there. The flames. however, drove
him back, and it was believed by the
family that the father was burned to
death. ; Mrs. Kirk completely collapsed
and in the excitement the house also
came near being burned. The loss is
about $1,500. 1
Churches.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.—
Rev. Thos. K. Noble pastor. Services at
10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. The Pastor
will preach morning and evening
Morning subject‘ ‘Sowing and Reaping.”
In the evening in accordance with the
request of the American Board there
will be a Memorial service in honor of
"Marcus Whitman, an un-honored hero.
sunday school at 12 111. Intermediate
C. E. at 4:30 p. m. Senior C. E. at 6:30
p.111. Junior C. E. on Fidday at 3:30 p. 111.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH—F. E. Reb-
bins Pastor. Sunday morning the pas-
tor will speak on “The Saloon Power
in Great Britain and its effect upon the
United States.” In the evening Mr.
Robbins will preach on “A Vision of
Hell” a sermon for young men and
women.
GRACE CHURCH—Sunday services-—
Holy Communion 8 a. n1. Morning
prayer, and sermon 10:30. Sunday
school 12:15. :p.. m. Evensong and
sermon 7:30. Rev. J. McClure Bellows,
rector.
NORWALK METHODIST CHURCH. ~—
Rev. Frank A. Scofield past‘or. “Naomi,
or Bitter. Waters and Deep.” will be
the topic of the sermon at the morning
service. In the evening the special
topic will be “Joseph a Captive,” 011
.“How to meet Temptation. There will
be special music at the evening service
by the regular choir.
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FRATERNAL NEWS.
Sherman Council, Royal Arcanuln
held its regular meeting. last night.
Business 'of especial importance was
transacted.’ The newly organized
Ladies’ Auxiliary will hold its next
regular meeting on Thursday evening,
Dec. 23.
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The condition of Mrs. . George H.
same to-day. She is dangerously ill.
-~-Get your Sunday tulkey at (111.0—
Oly’s market, No 19 Water street.
Rev. F. A. Scofield will p1eachin the
West Norwalk chapel Sunday aftel-
noon.
Wilbur Ferris, of Woodbury, and
Miss Dora Pattenden, of North Stam-
ford were married at_the residence of
the groom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
0113118315. Ferris, of Silve1mine, on
Thursday.
Victor Smith is the proud possessor
of a new watch which he was rewarded
by a firm which like s- lively and active
agents. f
——First class poulll y at Gre001 y ’5
Market, No.19 Wall street.
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during the fire, he failed to explain. It .
NM, 000 SGHOONER
A New Craft to he Built, and:
Norwalk is Interested.~
The Keelrlo he Laid Next Week and the
Vessel Launched in May.
The keel for a new schponer, willbe
laid next week at Bath, Maine, and in
which several Norwalk business men
will have more or less capital inVested.
The craft will cost something like "
$45, 000, of which amount Norwalk ship
owners will perhaps hold a fair p1 opor-
tion
A party very much interested in the
building of the vessel is Captain L. J.
Stevens, of the well known schooner
Eva L. Ferris, and it is stated that he
will be in command of the same when ‘
i
it IS finished,
The schooner when completed will
have all the modelu improvements and
a freightage capacity of 1,800 tons.
John Lane Dead.
John Lane, formerly of Winnipauk,
died in Washington, D. C. on Tuesday.
For a number of years the deceased
has successfully conducted a marble
yard on Maryland avenue in Washing-
ton- His funeral took place in that
city this morning. The deceased had
a number of relatives residing in Win-
nI-pauk. I . '
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The Nichols Case.
A hearing was held in the matter of
the insolvent estate of George H. Nich-
ols, before Hon. Levi Warner, ‘ this
noon. It is claimed by the trustee that
Terry & Co., procured a bill of sale-
from Nichols of all of his property and
that the sale was fraudulent. as to his,
other creditors. The hearing is still
11in progress.
EAST Non-wow.
E. E. Gorham and family, have re-
turned from a visit in Katonah.
Miss Libbie V. Day of Betts place,
has been visiting in New York.
Mrs. C. L. Paddock of Maple avenue,
has beenSpending a few days at the
home of Rev. C. M. Pegg at Port
Washington, N. Y. , 1'
Mr. and Mrs. James 0. Davis of
Port Jefferson, L. 'I., have been guests
of Mrs. C. H. Rider of Cottage avenue.
The Weather.
C‘old wave, temperature will fall
thirty degrees by Saturday night.
Rain turning into snow, clearing to-
night, Sunday fair, decidedly colder.
MARRIAGES.
BARSKE- COUGHLIN—In Bridgeport,
Nov. 25, John Balske and Miss Cathela
ine Coughlin.
BENEDICT—MORRELL—In South, Nor-
walk, Nov. 24, by Rev. Gerald H. Beard
Harry Benedict and Miss Matilda Mor-
rell, both of East Norwalk.
FALLON—LIGHT— In Broad Rivel.
Nov. 25, byRev. F. E. Robb1ns,M1chael
Fallon of South Norwalk, and Miss
NaOmi Light. .
LYLE—SPRAGUE—In East Norw alk,
Nov. 25, by Rev. A. J. Smith, Miss
Bel tha Sprague and Elmer Lyle.
MAHER—CLEARY —— In Bridgeport:
Nov .25, William Maher and-Miss Bea.‘
Zle Cleary.
MURRAY—GILL—In Bridgeport, Nov.
25, P. W. Murray and Miss Elizabeth
Gill.
SHERWOOD— TOMLINSON—In Bridge-
port, N0v.25,Elme1 A. Sherwood and .
Miss Minnie C.
Bridgeport.
WHITE—ABELL—In Bridgeport, Nov.
24,- Michael W. White and Miss Gel-
tr ude Abell.
WARREN—HINEs—-in South Norwalk,
Nov. 25, by Rev. John T. Winters,
Thomas M. Warren of New York, and
Mary Ann Hines of South N orwalk.
Tomlinson, both cf
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'DEATHS.
COLBURN. —-In Southern Pines, N. C‘.,
James C. Colburn. ,
CLARK— In Brid eport Nov.
William Clark, aged 8 yeals.
CULHANE. —In Bethel, (Wildcat dis-
trict) Nov. 26, Mary J. Culhane. daugh-
ter of Cornelius and Hannah Culhane,
aged 17 years, 8 months.
CURLEY.—In Bridgeport Nov. 25th,
Cathetine, daughter of James and
Bridget Curley.
SPENCER. .———In
Elaine, daughter of Walter
25,
Norwalk, Nov. 1.4.,
G., and
' Ella Spencer, aged 4 years.
WHEELER. —In Easton, Conn. ., Nov.
25, Sarah .TVheeler, widow of the
late Henry heeler, aged 58 years.
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