St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-15
THREE OF KIND.
A'aIian Trunk NIufderers Pay the
Penalty of Their Crime.

THREE OF A KIND.
AtaIian Trunk Mufderers Pay the
Penalty of Their Crime.
CHICAGO, Nov. 14.-Gilardo Azzaro and
oyiVestro' the three Italian murderers, were
oAecu'eo al noon to-day in the county Jail,
lle drop railing at precisely -. There was
ho ueiay III carrying out the program pre-
viously arranged, and the carving out of
Iie extreme penalty of the law was done in
pehtelig manner. At IL o'clock the rem
iooo sa si Vi the press waiting in the
~ olice were allowed to take their seats
-, ioiO Va .iio saioWs. With the reporters
came number OF Italian residents ~ 49,
city and several county and cit,, +'s 81 'no
making crowd of about tiftv Thn none
/ fold was painted a deep black. From a.
beam overhead depended the three romeo
with Which 1T was intended to CHOKE H.
guilty wretches. The ends of ali th ,.,e
ropes rested on three cane bottom chairo
placed directly over as many traps Racp
of these chairs, at distance of about ron
feet, was an oblOng structure about thrice
the size of big dry goods box, in which
was stationed the men whose duty it was tn
spring the trip. About fifteen minutes be-
fore tire condemned were marched in the
coroner's jury appeared and took seats in
the front row. At 11:45 the condemned
men, with their spiritual advisers, were
taken to the jail library, where
their death warrant was read.
While this was being done
they betrayed no great emotion, having ap-
parently become reconciled to their fate
On arriving at the spot of execution the
condemned were at ance
PLACED IN PROPER POSITION
on no fror csl
tanned an especially brave demeanor as did
SylveStrl, but Azzaro kept his eyes closed
continuously and was apparently on the
verge of breaking down. After the PRAYERS
were finished Jailer Foltz adjusted the
ropes and the white caps and shrouds were
quickly placed on the men, after the nooses
mad been placed about their necks. A few
minutes after this was done prearranged
signal was given and the trap sprung at ex.
actly II. 1t was all over for Sylyestro and
Gelardo at once. their necks being broken
in the fall. A more fearful death was de.
creed for AZzaro. The moose slipped when
the rope stretched and the knot lodged IN.
der his chin. The poor wretch drew I'D his
legs, shoulders ran through his frame and
his conVulslve gasps were terrific to see.
he was slowly stranging. The crowd
pressed forward. The medical men sur.
rounded the quivering body, while expires.
sions OF horror came from those who could
see it. For fully four minutes the witch
ing lasted. while the gasps at longer inter.
walls, gradually ensuing between each. did
not cease until five and half minutes had
elapsed. 1t was seven minutes before the
pulse ceased to beat.
Inc crime for which these three men to-day
suffered the laws of extreme penalty, was
committed on the Both day of last April in the
city OF Chicago. Caruso was 20 years of age
native OF Sicily, and by occupation lemon
peddler. He lived with an elder brother,
Francisco, at 70 Tilden avenue, in room on
the top floor. Filippo was Industrious and
his savings, amounting to several hundreds of
dollars, it was his custom to carry concealed
about his clothing. This money tempted the
cupidity of Giovanni Azzaro. He concocted
plan to strangle Caruso for his money, and
induced Augustine Gilardo and AgnozZi Syl-
yestro to assist in the murder. They lived to-
gether in room in the upper floor of "a Til
den avenue. This apartment was almost
bare. A chair or two comprised the furui.
ture. Thursday, April 80, Caruso left his
home about 3 O'Clock in the morning and
visited his countrymen at "a Tilden avenue
He was seen going upstairs by tweve-year-
old child named Mamie Moran, whose parents
lived in the apartments below. When he en-
tered the room the three men who were to
take his life were present. Gilardo greeted
him pleasantly and asked him to sit down.
Gilardo was stroppng razor. The Italians
have custom of shaving each other in turn
G lardo, after stropping his razor, asked
Caruso to shave him. Caruso did this and
then took Gilardo's place to be shaved.
CarusO sat well back in the chair, elevated his
feet and allowed his head to fall back so that
the operation OF shaving could be readily
done. Gilardo made thick lather, which he
spread up and down the throat of his unsus.
pecting victim. Steathily reaching for
stout cord made into moose, he dexterously
let it fall over Caruso's head. Instantly Az.
FARO bounded from his seat and seized hold OF
one end of the cord while Sylvestro snatched
the other end. Gilardo, with both hands held
Caruso's mouth shut, preventing any cutlery.
Azzaro and Sylvestro with all their strength
| jerked the moose tight. Caruso's eyes
started from their sockets. The cord
but into his neck. In minute he was dead,
Two days later the body, horribly discolored.
was found in trunk at Pittsburg. The IA
ted moose was ahoLt the dead mans neck
The remains were rapidly decomposing. Fol-
q long time the case baffied the Chicago de-
tectives. but finally it was discovered that on
the day CaruSO was last seen trunk was car
ried down the stairs OF 81 Tilden avenue
Tie police concluded that the murder had
been committed by the Italians upstairs and
arrested the lot. Mercurio was the first to
break down. He implicated Azzaro Glardo
and Sylvestro, but protested that neither him.
self nor Bove had anything to do with the
crime. Presently the three principals began
to talk. Each sought to put the blame on
the others. At length they broke down and
confessed N q