New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-26
A DOUBLE MURDER IN "CAT ALLEH"
AN ITALIAN HUSBAND KILLS HIS WIFE AND
THEN HER LOvER-THE END OF no.


AN ITALIAN HUSBAND KILLS HIS WIFE AND
THEN HER LOvER-THE END OF A no.
NANCE BEGUN BEYOND THE SEA.
italian vengeance was exhibited in familiar ieht
Yesterday morning when wronget husband Nned
his fuitnless wife and her lover In one
NJ the tenement houses In "Cat Alley at No. ID
Chcrry.st Six shots fired before the husbana
finished his bloody work. lie is Antonio Banchi. .
tailor thirty years old, who has lived at No. 10 MIL
berry-st Ills wife Theresa. twenty-five years
old and her lover was Gabriel BertOllno. twenty
six.
The three persons had been acquainted since the
time when they were children I'm Gelendo, Italy,
Theresa PerucciO pretty girl. and both blancm
and Bertollno fell In love with her. sne avoree
DertolIno who was the son of a well-todO merchant
and was handsomer than Bianchi. but BertohnoV
father sent him away from the town ana iorpsos
him to hold ans communication with the Nra. Lstes
TLeresa's parents compelled her TO marry biahcnA'
About three years ago Banchi came TO TINS Guy Y"
sake n new home for his wife. A few months nt1
he received letter telling him that he was the
father OF a baby boy. The next thing he heard was
that Bertolino was living with his wife. He wrote
to his wife To follow him to this city, sne asr'veS
here a little more than a year ago.
The woman apparently did not care much Tor ner
husband She deserted him suddenly about i've
months ago. taking her son with her. ana blancm
soon learned that she living at mousse In
Bayard-st with Bcrtonno. who had followed her 70
this city, Later the pair went to Cheryst v"
Wednesday Banchi went to the house IN Cne"S
st. and made q final appeal to his wife to return u
him. lie said he wished to take the cnho no"s VIZ
him for days, and his wife consented reiuc'anuy'
Pisnchi went back to the house In Cherry'st so"s
at a 10 a. m Yesterday. Mrs. Banclh was se~lnS
and talking TO Mrs Zanell the andady, In ha room
with Bertolino when the door was opened sudoeniy'
Bianch did not enter the room 1T first, but neio cns
door partly open and fired two so;s N his wlie VINO
confronted him. The woman fell OH the nof sho
becan to writhe in the agony Of death. Her husoana
then advanced into the room and fired repeatedly ~
Bertolno who ran about the small place In the enors
to escape but was hit by every shot, -Four nuiets
entered his body before he sank to the floor. Then
Bapchi ran down the stairs and through the alley
TO the street, throwing away the empty weapon y
he ran Policeman Hefierman, OF the Oak-1. sQueos
happened to be ut the entrance to the alley eps
! arrested Banchi. He led the prisoner back 70 the
bouse and ND stairs 10 the scene OF the shooe"'S.
Mrs Banchi was lying OH the floor. senseless ana
diving Bertolno was in half sitting position on the
floor and was able to speak and identity Banchi.
took bis prisoner to the police stauon sns
sent an ambulance the house. Mrs. BancM was
dead when the ambulance arrived. she nAo oeeu
shot in the neck and in the right breast. BertoLne
WINS taken TO the Chambers street Hospital. The
surgeons found bullet wounds In his abdomen, breast
back and shoulder and said that his injuries were
Statement tie died ut the hospital late last night,
Biancli was committed TO the TOmDs his c1ll3
Gill be- placed In the Of the Society for me fEe-
,ention VI Cruelty 10 Children.