Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-07-23
GREEK mURDERER ARRESTED

the building.
GREEK MURDERER ARRESTED.
Gathered Pond Lilies at whitney
Lake for a Living-A Fugitive From
Justice-xyanted in Greece for Par
Shipboard Cleverly Captured in
This City.
Last Tuesday morning George Velonao,
a Greek, went out to Lake Whitney to
gather pond lilies. He intended to sell
them in this city and make little money
for his subsistence. He was met by La
gonedas Vourgares and Arthur Fourtone,
who asked him where he was going, and
then proceeded to beat him numerically.
He escaped to neighboring house, where
he found refuge. He had also told his as
sailants that he was to meet Paurgot Bal
cos at the place where they were to get the
lilies. Vourgares and Fourtone went look
ing for Balcos. They found him and beat
him terribly. In fact, they battered his
head and face and dislocated his shoulder.
Vourgares and Fourtone were jealous of
the other two, who were running the bust
ness of selling the lilies by competition.
The assaulted men met and went to sta
ton 2, where they told their story. They
| could not speak English very we'll, and the
police there thought that they had been
beaten by some farmers on whose land
| they trespassed, and as the place where
| the assault was committed was in Hamden
| the police were powerless. Velonao show
| ed o knife wound on his head.
The Greeks saw that they had not been
| understood and they went to the Greek So
/ az IN, VorH
bers of the society there put the matter
| into the hands of J. M. Fuller of Fuller's
| detective agency. Detective Fuller says:
"On Wednesday afternoon a representa-
| tive of the Greek colony in New York
called at my Office and stated that two
| Greeks had been murderously assaulted
at lake in New Haven by two other
Greeks and that the colony had decided to
| place the matter in my hands. An inter
prefer was secured for me and we began
to look into the matter. It was stated
| that the principal assailant was fugi-
| tive from justine in his native land, where
he was wanted on the charge of murder
1t seems that in March, 1886, this man,
who is Vourgares, accompanied by
four others, engaged themselves as
sailors on a Greek ship that was
owned by Greek whose first name was
John. His last name we do not at present
know. He lived on the island of Andres
and from this place set sail. The crew
with Vourgares engaged themselves with
the avowed intent of numbering the cap
tain and capturing what specie was on
board. On the day before the vessel
reached Constantinople these men drove
the rest of the sailors into the forecastle
and locked them in there. Then they went
to the captains cabin and demanded his
money. He began to parley with them in
the hopes of gaining time, but they did
not want to talk.
They rushed into the room and stabbed
him to death and took 1900 Napoleons,
about So 900, and sailed the ship into port
and made their escape. But only ono of
them got very far. The murderers had
overlooked the cabin boy when they had
locked the other sailors up, and he had Sc
cured himself over the stern of the ship
vessel reached port he slipped down the
side and told his story to the authorities.
| All but Vourgares were caught, tried and
| within three months executed. Vourga-
res escaped on a sailing vessel to Asia and
| from some Asiatic port shipped to America
| on an American vessel. He landed in New
York and lived there about year. He
got into some difficulty and left for New
Haven. Here he has lived between four
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ding fruit, and always during the season
he gathers pond lilies at Lake Whitney and
| ships them to New York. His residence
here Ia 100 Wolcott street. Such is the
description of the principal asssilsnt.
Thursday afternoon Detective Fuller
| came to New Haven and secured the CO.
operation of Detectives Reilly and Dennehy
| of this city.
Dennehy took Velonao with him Thurs
day evening and the two watched near
| Frank S. Platt's flower and seed store,
where the pair were likely to appear.
| About $50 Fourtone put in an appearance
and Dennehy at once made a run for him.
Fourtone started, but the detective was
too fast and Fourtone was captured at the
Court street bridge by the heet-footed
officer.
From him it was learned that Vourgares
had gone to Bridgeport in an oyster boat.
Driver Poronto of station told Detec.
tive Dennehy that a man named Your
cares lived on Wolcott street. Dennehy,
together with Officer Kelly and the driver,
who by the way is very sharp one, went
to the place on Wolcott street. It was
thought that probably Fourtone was lying.
The place was searched, but nothing of i'm
portance was found except trunk. This
was sent to the headquarters, station 1.
The detectives, accompanied by q
Bridgeport officer and an interpreter,
searched several boats in the Bridgeport
ha1bor yesterday and found Vourgares in
eailboat which was about to sail for New
York. He was brought to this city by
Detective Reilly, and at O'Clock yester-
day afternoon was tried in the justice
court at Hamden for assault with intent to
kill. Vourgares denied that he was the AS
sailant, but Balcos identified him. His
trial there will hold him until the Grecian
authorities move in the matter.
A CONFESSION OF THE MURDER.
The trunk was opened at the headquar
tiers and the interpreter read part of some
manuscript found in it. The details of
the murder were written in sort of mem
orandum style. The manuscript also
showed good deal of the mans travels
since the murder.