The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-05-20
A LOVH-CRAZBD Youth.
Pasquale Aurico Tries to
Kill a Whole Family
With a Hatchet.
THEY NARROWLY ESCAPE HIN.
He Runs Wildly Through Hobo
ken's Streets aud Wounds Sew
eral Persons.

There was an exciting time in the
streets in the lower portion of Hoboken
last night. The cause OF It was q frenzied
Italian boy with big hatchet which he
brandished at intervals. After clearing
out factory In which several women
were employed he ran amuck through
the streets and wounded several persons.
Finally he ran into the arms OF a police
maD and after struggle was disarmed
and locked up. At the station house he
acted like n mailman and worked himself
up into such stage or frenzy that he fell
In fit.
Pasquale Aurico is the young fellows
name. He Is but fifteen years old. He
formerly boarded with the LON bardi
family at No. 172 Madison street In the
family is a pretty dark-eyed italian girl,
and to her the youth made violent love;
She repulsed his advances, however, and
her mother upheld her. Despite the
girls dislike for him he was always at-
tentive.
one day about three weeks ago the
young girl aud her admirer were alone In
the house and Aurico insult
ed her. He threatened to
kill her If she told her mother. but she
did tell nevertheless and Aurico was
ordered from the house. On the day that
he left he is reported rs having said:-
II go now but viii be back and XII
the whole family
Yesterday was the day chosen by Aurico
to carry out his threat to exterminate the
family. He secured a keen-edged hatchet,
stimulated his wrath with whisky aud
then started out to kill.
A MAD PURSUIT.
Mrs. lombard aud her pretty daughter
are employed with several other wome n
| in the macoroni factory kept by Luigi
Lauri, at No. 16s Fourth street. Aurieo
went to the factory. 1t was just before
six O'Clock, and the women were prepar-
| ing 10 90 home when Aurico dashed IN to
| their midst with the hatchet over his
| head. Mrs. lombard and her daughter
saw him and ran screaming down stairs.
| The other women screamed aud ran
down stairs also. Aurico started In pur-
suit of Mrs. LON bardi aud her daughter.
| Thomas 4. Bruni, the bookkeeper of
| the factory, was below when the woman
| came running down. He saw the infuri-
| ated lad with the hatchet and grappled
with him. The Lad seemed possessed OF
extraordinary strength and soon over
| powered the bo0kkeeper. Tne Watchnan
/ at the factory tried to intercept Aurico
| and was felled with blow of the hatchet
| on the side Of the head.
! In the meantime the sere ans OF the fee
| ing women had aroused the entire neigh
bornood. Mrs. Lomoardi and her daugh-
| ter, their faces deathly pale, ran down
| Fourth street with Auric0 in hot pursuit.
/ Aurico was gaining on the women,
/ when, nearing the corner OF Jeffer.
son street, Angelo PaCretti, barber,
| blocked the ipfuriated lads way, but only
for moment. The lad aimed a blow at
| Padretti's head with the sharp side Of the
| hatcheu. Pa6retti put up MS arm and
| saved his life although his arm was
badly gashed-
CAUGHT AT LAST.
| Aurico continued on his mad career.
| He was more like some wild animal than
a human being. His eyes mad a fixed ex-
preston and his teeth were firmly set.
| Nobody dared bar his progress. A great
crowd followed him, bnt kept at safe
| distance.
At the corner of First and Jefferson
streets Policeman Haw was standing
| when he saw Aurico and the crowd. Haw
/ stepped one side. and when Aurico came
along he hit the hatchet with
| his club and knocked IL from Aurico's
| hand. Aurico then picked mp some
stones and kept the.crowd, including the
| policemen pretty busy dodging them for
a few moments but he was finally over
powered and brought to the station
| house.
Then he said that he lived at No. n
| Mulberry street. New YORK, and that he
| Intended 20 kill the entire Lombard
| family the first chance he had
He raved and swore until finally,
| in bi. of exhaustion, he
! fell to the floor. DR.. Helfer was sum
/ moned, and administered restoratives,
and the prisoner revived. This morning
he was sent to the County Jail.