Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-11-15
the CRIME.

Chicago.
PITTsBURG, November 1.-The Chroni'
cle-Telegraph has the following account OF
the Caruso murder:
The crime for which the dead sentence
Of TIE law was to-day enforced was one
which, for coolly plotted design in diabol'
ism, has never be equalled in the criminal
anpuls Of Chicago. On the afternoon Of
the lst of May, otthe present year, a trunk
was pat Of q train at Pittsburg, Pa,
which emitted such au offensive, nausea
ting stencil that the suspicious OF report
er, who examined the trunk, were aroused,
and he called the attention of the
railroad officials to 1t, when the coroner
was notified to investigate it. The trunk
vas opened and in it was found msss, Of
human hesh packed and jsmmed into its
narrow confines with cold.blooded brutality
The legs had been broken and tied tightly
TO the trunk. The arms also were tightly
lashed down, aud the body was wrenched
and distorted as though the merciless
brutes had stamped it down with their
boots into the chest. about the throat was
the livid welt Of q cord, and there were nu.
merous sbrasions where the face had
scraped along the side of the trunk.
Save the fact that the trunk aud its con-
tents had been shipped from Chicago,
there was absolutely not the ghost of a
clue to inhumsn Wretches whose crimes
had been brought to light. The case wss
given in charge of Detective Bonifeld and
one slender thread, and then another, wss
followed up until the tangled skein waS
straishtened out. Diligent search IN.
esrthed the store where the trunk had
been purchased. An enterprising reporter
traced its movements on the morning Of
the purchase to Il Tilden street, right in
the heart of the Italian colony. Twelve
hours siterward the chain Of evidence was
strong enough to Justify the arrest Of 6t-
teen natives of the sunny cline. None of
them could speak word of English, nor
were they familiar with the ways Of this
country.
Before they had been under arrest day
all were eager to tell the revolving story OF
the crime. Out OF the host Of confessions
sufficient evidence was obtained to war
rant the framing Of indictments against
the three condemned men, and Antonio
Mercurio aud Ignszio Bova. The trials
tsok place about ak weeks ago and lasted
over O week.
The unfortunate wretch whose little
hoard ofresdy cssh aroused the RvaIiee OF
his Italian mates was
FTIIPO CARCSO.
Causo was fruit peddler, some tSenty-
eight years cf age, industrious and econom-
ical. and of frugal habits, be had succeeded
in saving about 5000. This became known
TO his murderers. To them II represented
a princefy ,ortune, and they planned the
murder in order to obtain the money. For
two weeks they we're occupied in laying
the wires. Caruso, with the money in his
pocket, on bis way TO the suburbs to find
an available point TO set up in business.
dsopoed, at ten o'clock on the morning Of
April S0th, into the room occupied By
the mur5erers. SilYestri vas shaw
ing his mates, and Csruso took his turn in
the chair. While be was being lsthered by
Silyestri, GilaTdi snesked stesltbily behind
the poor devil defly slipped moose over
his head, snd Silvestri and Azari pulled at
the rope while Gilardi jsmmed the shaving
brush down the victims throat, in order to
prevent Gn outcry. No sooner was the
victim dead than they rsnsacked his room,
secured the money, went out and bought q
trunk and finished their dsvilish cruelty by
packing the body in it and shipping it 10
Pitsburg. Mercurio came in while the
,--sss vas being done and stood guard al
,bs don, G;s I; &cnn.tta, V9s due to his
,nrrinv States evidence. Bovs came in
sitter the murder aud bis only crime con-
sisted IN keeping quiet.
GIoyANI AZARI
was the Oldest Of the three murdertrs. de
was born in Trabbis, Italy, thirty yope year:
avo. and had been married nine years. His
wife and ols child still reside in Italy
where he left them year ego While q
came 10 seek his fortune in the new world
BE was Eve feet ten inches in height and
weighed I4T pounds. he hsa 81 the dis
t;nSuishing characteristics of the Italian
race, black hair. sSaSthy akin snd oaIi
brown eyes.
IGSAzIo sILvEsTRI.
He wss O cousin Of Azari, and came TO thiI
country q year ago, leaving behind him
wife who has recently given birth to child
| He was feet 81 inches tall, weighed IL
pounds, had the curly dark brown hair
DARK eyes and complexion Of his Fase, bG
had been Americanized to the extent o
hav pg Chicago" aud "Ameriea" pricks.
on his arm in Indian ink.
A real sweet young map vas
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