The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-03
A WOMAN KILLED L0MBARD0
ELLZABETH'S MURDER MYSTERY FART.
IL CLEARED AUlE
Mrs. Servi Hated Him, bnt she Say. he
Came 10 Her Door and Insuited Her, and
She Then Drove a titilettO TO hls Heart.

Mre. sServi Hated Him. bnt she s",. he
Came 70 Her Door and Insuited her. ana
She Then Drove "a tstiletto 10 his Heart.
| The Elizabeth police havo cleared AWAY tina
I.ombardo murder mystery Mrs. Servi. they
think. is tho one who killed the gardener. 'ho
| Is locked UP. She has made no comics ion.
| but the police have learned from her husband
! and from PasQuclle Carvallo that some Years
| ago she was very intimate with LON ,Iro.
| and that the latter ono day when inloyi-
| Gated. Dragged OF this to her hus-
band. Servi accused his wife aud told
| her his informant. From that momcnr
she hated LON bardo. and sworc to be reven :cd.
| Her first act Of retaliation was to have Lum-
bardo arrested a couple of months later n a
charge Of stealing her jewc!sy. He wa, in
| dicted by the Union county Grand Jury. tried
and acquitted.
This made Mrs. Servi furious. and then she
and her husband began persecution Of LON
bardo to drive him out OF the apartments he
| occupied at O9Fourth avenue. the same house
the Servis lived in. Last Tuesday night as
Lombardo was passing through the yard he
was assaulted by Servi's wii.. who threw
bricks and stones ut him. Lombarlo had to
run into the house. and on his putting his head
out Of tho window. Mrs. Servi Hung II brick
through the glass just over his head. and
!
his hearts blood"
On Saturday night Mre. Servi was visiting at
Pasquelle Carvallos. 80 John street. where
she drank some beer. She started to 60 homo
at 10 o'clock Nearly three hours later she
came back very much excited and wanted to
know whether Carvallo had seen her husband.
Carvallo said he was drinking in Pacolos
saloon near by. and Mrs. Servi told him to so
there and tell Servl she wanted him. as she
had had trouble with Lombardo. but she
cautioned Carvallo not to mention this to any.
body else.
When he returned with servi she informed
them that Lombardo had been hammerins at
her door. and when she went to see who was
there he insulted and tried to take liberties
with her and she struck ut him twice with
stiletto. He gave cry and ran across the
fields toward Mathews's woods. and that was
the last she saw Of him. serd remarked: '-
Il wish you had killed him"
Some beer was then sent for. and after drink.
ing it Carvnllo accompanied the organ grinder
and his wife to their residence, Next day.
Mrs. Servi became terribly scared. and putting
the sti!etto in her pocket she took it to Car
boarder. to throw it into the Elizabeth River at
the foot OF John street. 1t will be dredged for
Chief Tenney did not believe that the muir
dered man ran from Servi's stoop. where he
two blocks distant, with "a knife wound in his
heart He thinks that the body was carried
locked up n' besides the servis. PasquaIie Car.
vaIo his daughter. Madeline. Augustine
Bocco. and two other Italians. who are held as
witnesses.
Michael Scrvi some years ago was suspect
ed of numbering Frank Fermanell whose body
Newark. Servi fed to Italy. and remained
away six years; He was not prosecuted on his
him. He brought suit for SANDER in the Es-
sex County Court against Matthew Wade. q
Junk dealer, who had ACCUSED him of making
for Wade. who sent them to Newark to get
some stuff, and on the trip Fermanell disap-
Servi sued for $4,000 damages. but the Jury
decided there was no cause for action.