The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-09-21
SLAYERS OF WOMEN
Vltro Romano's Wanion
Murder of His Pretty
Wife of Whom He
Was Jealous.
SEEKING HIM In HOBOKEN.
There Was No Ground for His Sus-
piclon-A Little Mystery
In Boston.

NEW YORK, sept. Il, lo94.-Annie
Romano, twenty years of age, was shot
| and killed by her jealous husband, Vitro,
early this morning. Vitro is twentythree
years old He was employed by the
Street Cleaning Department. Both are
of Italian parentage, but were born in
New York. The motive for the crime was
jealousy. Vitro Romano went to work.
at ten o'clock last night, intending to be
home with his wife in their tiny apart1
ment in the big tenement, No. 299 Mots
street, at three o'clock this morning. He
was very jealous of his pretty wife, and
only two weeks ago assaulted with an
axe man whom he suspected of maxi
ing love to her. Last night, however,
they parted on good terms. Vitro feared
arrest or the vengeance of his comrades
for the attack upon his compatriot, and
has been earring revolver and keeping
out of the way as much as possible since.
He told his wife, therefore, when he left
her, that If he should not be at home ON
time, she had better go to the house of
his brother Pedro Bartholdi, at No. 26
Prince street, and inquire for him. An
ME promised that she would, and her
husband after affectionately kissing her
goodbye left for his work.
A SHOT IN THE DISTANCE.
He was not seen again in the neighbor-
hood until shortly after four o'clock this
morning Then, just as the day began to
dawn, a comrade named James Da King
met him on the corner of Mott and Hous
ton streets, walking quickly homeward
He told Da King ne was going to bed
and have long rest until five o'clock to-
night. He turned the corner to go into
the tenement and Da King went on
along Houston street inthe direction of
the Bowery to go to his work. He had
got block away when he heard a shot
behind him in the distance. Turning
around he saw Vitfo Romano walk
quickly around the corner and up Hous-
ton street in the direction of Broadway.
He still had on his red flannel shirt and
the hat and uniform coat he wore as a
workman under the Street Cleaning De-
partment, but there was nothing hurried
or excited in his gait.
HE'S SHOT A WOMAN.
A minute afterwards an excited man
rushed out from Mott street He saw
officer Muller and pointed to the dis
appearing form of Romano, shouting
stop that man: he's just shot II
woman"
Muller started after Romano, but he
escaped. Policeman Muller then went to
look for the injured woman. Lying on
the floor of the dingy Mott street apart
ment he found Mrs. Romano. who was
plainly dying. A bullet had penetrated
her back below the left shoulder, and
she was evidently bleeding internally.
He sent in hurry call for an ambulance.
One arrived in a few minutes but after
examining the woman, the ambulance
surgeon said he could do little for her.
The bullet had pierced the kidneys, and
she was rapidly bleeding to death.
Already the woman had become uncon-
scious, and she died few minutes be-
fore seven o'clock, without having
spoken.
CAUSE OF THE SHOOTING. :
The story of the shooting, and its ap-
parent cause, was afterwards told to the
police by Petro Baritone, the stepbrother
of the murderer. About half-past three
Mrs Romano had come to his house in
Prince street in accordance with the ar
rangement made with her husband on
the night before and had asked where
he was Baritone told her that he had
not seen Vitro and offered to go with
her in search of him. They went out to-
gether. and first went back to the Mott
street apartments to see whether he had
come in during her absence. Mrs. Ro-
mano, when she left, had ordered Nicolo
Copperini, little boy who was staying
with her, to lock the door on the inside.
He was asleep when they reached the
room and they were obliged to go
I!1.. of "a
neighbor and to climb in through the
window by way of the fire escape
INSANE HASTE.
AS Baritone and his sister-in-law stood
together in the room engaged in question:
ing the boy as to whether Romano had
come home, someone tried the door from
outside, and finding 1t locked, knocked
loudly for admittance. Baritone opened
in and on the threshold stood the miss
ing husband. He looked from his wife
to his brother and his face paled. Then
striding into the room without a word
he drew his revolver and grasping his
wife by the arm, cooked it. She gave a
little scream and tried to turn away,
but as she did so he fired. The bullet
struck her in the back and she sank
groaning to the floor.
SEEKING THE MURDERER.
Baritone and the boy, Nicolini. fear
ing to be the next victims, fed into an
adjoining room, but the murderer, re-
placing the weapon in his pocket, quietly
left the room. He passed through the
midst of the startled tenants, who came
pouring up the stairs before it was fully
realized who had done the deed. 1t is
believed that the murderer has fed to
Hoboken, where he has relatives and
| Officers Muller and Shields have been
sent over there to look for him The
murderer is described as being of medium
height and of brown complexion. He
wears slight sandy mustache and walks
with a peculiar quick, jerky movement
His uniform consists of q brown straw
hat and thick black coat with the in
Iitials of the New York Street Cleaning
Department on the lapel rough cloth
trousers and brogan shoes.
The Quest I'm EFoboIen.
Three New York detectives were scout
ing in Hoboken all day for Romano
The murderer was traced to a Barclay
street ferry boat about six o'clock by
the detectives. The boat was a hundred
yards ont when the detectives reached
the ferry house. BY the time they reach
ed Hoboken half an hour had elapsed.
,rhav asked Chief Donovan to ASSIGN