Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-09-26
JEALOUSY THE CAUSE
Terrible Tragedy in Prov.
idenCe Yesterday.
HUSBAND KILLS HIS WIFE.
A Little Son Witnessed the Awful
Deed Of His Father.

PROVIDENCE, Sept. 23.-Another brutal
murder occurred In the Italian colony of
Spruce street, Federal Hill. yesterday
afternoon, making the third tragedy in
that immediate neighborhood since Thurs
day morning The victim II time Is
Angelina Caluori Lanni and the assassin
h. Mattoo Launi, her husband. The mur-
der was pcrpetrated with a large double
edged dirk.
For long time the police could obtain
no information concerning the cause OF
the killing,as the Italians were too excited
to tell anything After some time con
nocted story was obtained. The Lanni
family reside in little cottage In the rear
of l65 Spruce street. He was employed as
laborer on the big sewers now being con-
structed by the city. lie is 10 years OF age,
and his wife was about five years younger
Their family consisted Of six children, one
of whem is le years of age and is In Italy.
Tho others are Joseph, aged Is; Raphael,
a 4 7; Celestie, aged 3; Annie, aged 3,
and Rachina, aged year.
Up TO two weeks ago the household also
included young unmarried Italian, who
had boarded with the Lanni people for
two years.
Matteo became Quite Jealous
OF the boarder, but, so far as can be
learned, md the oldest boy Is the best au.
thority, he had little ground for suspect.
Ing his wife's infidelity. So hot did the
husbands temper become, and 80 per-
sistent were his insinuations that his wife
was enamorcd of the boarder that the lat
tee deemed it best to withdraw.
,lNgo-)h. the oldest son aaid that pait hav
his father on mother had had anything to
drink yesterday morning and that they
appeared 10 be on excellent terms. They
were I'm that frame Of mind when he left
tho house at noon TO go out for a walk.
When he returned at o'clock his mother
was dead and his father had disappeared.
From the other children he learned that
the father left the house shortly after 2
O'Clock aud that the mother came out TO
the sidewalk at o'clock 70 get breath OF
fresh air. About 30 the father came
home and found his wife on the street. In
engry tones he ordered her to return TO
the house This she refused to DO, where
upon he became exceedingly angry and
cursed Grand TO save making any further
scene his wife went into the house and
took up her youngest child.
While she was walking about the little
kitchen. Lanni came In, and, cursing hes,
drew
An Ugly Looking italian Dirk,
and stabbed her The first wound was
under the arm which was holding up her
youngest born. The steel sunk deep into
the heart, and death WAS instantaneous
The woman plunged forward, falling upon
her babe aud then rolling upon her back.
The infuriated husband now stood over
her, and again and again plunged the steel
into her quivering flesh.
The maddened brute being now satisfied
chat he had slain his wife. threw his bloody
dirk away, and, dashing out Of the house,
ran down Spruce street to tho railroad
cut, down tho steep embankment and up
the track, where was lost to sight among
the hundreds OF freight cars between
"Shoo Fly" village and the freight depot.
An alarm was at once given and posse OF
police began to scour the city for the muir
derer
Another Version of the Murder
is that Lanni came home from his walk,
found his wife hanging out Of window,
and believing that she was conversing
with the boarder whom no caused to leave
the house, assaulted her from behind.
The children stick ~ their story as the
correct one.
Ianni has heretofore borne very good
name, and IL well known among the col
onists. Mrs Ianni has been an exemplary
wife, 80 her Italian acquaintances assert.
The police secured the services Of several
italians VINO are competent interpreters,
and they are assisting in the search for
Iauui