Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-11-14
pE1RlLLo sTRANeLEp.

Reason and Creates Scene on the | GallOws.
 NEW HAVEN, Nov 14-Angello Pet rillo was hanged in the Jail yard here his brother-in-law. The drop fell at 10:30 and in twenty-four minutes he was pro- nounced dead. The drop did not break Petrillo's neck and he slowly strangled to death.
 It was shortly before 10:3O when the murderer was taken from his cell. Up to that time he appeared cool and col lected. When he was being pinioned ready for his march to the gallows, he lost control of himself. His reason seemed gone and on the march to the scaffold he howled ''police, police," at the top of his voice.
 As soon as he was placed on the trap the black cap was drawn upon his head It was the opinion of those present that the man was insane. When the priest held up the crucifix for Petrillo to kiss he turned his head away and contin- ued to yell "police." There was a look of awful fear in his eyes and many turned away from the sight. In just three minutes from the time he as cended the scaffold the trap was sprung. In eight minutes the pulse began to weaken and in twenty-four and one-half minutes the murderer was pronounced dead from strangulation.
 The neck was badly chafed but the face was not discolored. The rope was drawn so tightly that it had to be cut. The body was taken in charge by friends and buried in St Lawrence ceme- 1 tery.
 THE LAST NIGHT.
 It was midnight last night when Petrillo lay down on the little cot in the cell where he has been under the eye of | the death watch for the past week Early in the evening his wife visited him and later, Rev Father Allussi. the Italian priest, who spent the night in the cell with the prisoner. Besides the priest only the death watch was present Petrillo slept soundly all night and awoke just before o'clock this morn ing. He was cheerful and even gay, laughing and joking with his guards and seemingly very happy. After bathing and putting on the suit of black which was provided for him he went to the chapel and assisted at the mass said by the Rev Father Allussi l On returning to his cell he ate hearty breakfast and smoked several cigars He was also allowed two small drinks of whiskey.
 When the sheriff entered his cell and read the death warrant he listened in. lently, but showed not the slightest feel ing. AS the sheriff read the words ''tc dead" he repeated them with loud hoarse' laugh. About 9:30 o'clock Father Allussi was joined by Rev J. F Corcoran, Rev Leonce Mayeur. Rev
 Father Martinelli and Rev Fathel SOvilla. Attorney J. P. Goodhart, who
 had been Petrillo's counsel, also visited him.
 Outside the jail, in the yard and on tn, streets near by, people began to gathe as early as eight o'clock and it required a large detachment of police to keel
 them from invading the inner yard O
 the jail. At 10 o'clock the office of tn
 jail was filled with reporters and depu
 ties who were admitted upon showing T their passes. They were not allowed t. enter the yard where the scaffold stooC
 until just 10, when the deputies too
 their places and the newspaper me- Q passed through the iron door and ou " into the yard. The street in front of tn . building was filled with hacks and cal 8 riages and just in front of the gate stoo } the hearse waiting until the executio s had taken place.
 TROUBLESOME PRISONER.
 Petrillo has been very troublesom
 prisoner and great care to the officials
 
 No ? he was constantly creating som s disturbance, and the officials had to | f on their guard every time they wer near his cell as he repeatedly tried { IT strike them with pieces of his bedstea if which he pried off from the fram, if While Flanagan, the murderer, wh O was condemned to death, occupied th n cell next to his, Petrillo was constant Q annoying him and reminding him of h cd rxyIf l. health, saved Flanagan from dying o n the gallOws, as he succumbed to col Isumption before the date of his eXecI
 tion.
 }. THE SCAFFOLD.
 The scaffold upon which Petrillo e:
 plated his crime, is the invention of I '1 Hillhouse and was built for the executiC O of John Anderson, the Swede, who mu 1T dered Horatio N. Hall in the wheel she n at Wallingford about twenty years az le Anderson was not executed. He wa e sentenced to imprisonment for Tiff 7, escaped and was captured in New Jerse y and finally died few years ago in tf 6 Mlddletown insane asylum. The fir >r murderer Hoyt of Bridgeport. It WI 'h later sent to Hartford for the hangir 'o of Hamlin, who murdered Deputy Wa 'o den Shipman at the state prison. The l. it was used for the execution of "Chil
 Smith, for the murder of Chief of Poli
 Hayes of Ansonia. It was used
 Bridgeport at the execution of Pallidil T. and Drucker, and at Litchfield a fe In months ago, when Andrew Borjesst " was hanged.
 na STORY OF THE MURDER.
 Petrillo's crime was a cold bloode
 premeditated murder. He was a gar
 bier and made a great deal of money O. being a very successful monte throwe 10 One of his victims was Michael Deme ke his brother-in-law, who kept a saloC re on Lafayette street. Petrillo WI g. money from him repeatedly befo
 Demeo realized that he was beil
 swindled by his brother-in-law. He
 solved to get even and win some of money back, so he engaged a proft TX sional gambler from New York to pl I', monte with Petrillo. The New York ne was far cleverer than he was and in O. Ve sitting won over S200 from hil 1u Patr1llO aftarwar6 laarnad 0f