The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-01-11
CARDS LED TO KILLING.
RAPHAEL DELGREGO MURDERED
 IN 4 HILL STREET SALOON.


 Game of fCards-Delgrego Lived but Forty
 five Minutes After Being Stabbed.
 John Delgregos saloon at 54 Hill street was yesterday afternoon, about o'clock, the scene of a murder, the victim being Raphael Delgrego, the twenty son of the pro- prietor, who was stabbed to death by Lorenzo Caruso, another Italian. The latter immediately made his escape and Up to a late hour last night had not been captured. The stabbing and mur- der was the outcome of a row over 8 game of cards.
 During the afternoon party of nine or ten Italians were in the saloon engaged in playing a Italian game of cards known as "Three Seven. ," Shortly before 4 o'clock three or four of the players dropped out of the game, leaving six playing at the table. Soon two of the Italians, who were playing partners, were discovered in the act of cheating, having dealt to them selves eleven cards instead of ten, as required by the rules of the game. This action caused a dispute between the players nd a free-for-all fight re- suited.
 While the men were fighting over the game Raphael Delgrego and Peter Morelli, an uncle of Raphael, who is also @ partner with John Delgrego in the saloon business, started to put the fighters out of the saloon. Both these
 md NxT6 "a row occurred. started in to separate the men. The two men who were fighting were Lorenzo Caruso and an- other Italian known as ''Lucca."
 Among the men who were ill the saloon were Joe MatteratEa, lame Italian. When Caruso was resisting being put out of the saloon Mattaratzo hastened to the assistance of Delgrego and Morelli. Matteratzo had succeeded in pushing Caruso out of the saloon. Young Delgrego was Immediately be- hind him.
 As Caruso was being pushed out of the door he pulled long, pointed knife out of his pocket and made a lunge at Matteratzo. Delgrego seeing this ran to the latter's assistance and just as he reached the door sill, Caruso grasping the knife in his left hand reached over Matteratzo's arm and plunged the knife into Delgrego's left breast. just over the heart. The knife went in horizontally and punctured the top of the heart. After plunging the knife into the breast the murderer twisted it in the wound, which caused it to pass horizontally between the ribs. Had he not turned the knife around Delgrego would probably have escape serious injury, as the blade of the knife was too broad to pass be- tween the ribs.
 The knife with which the crime was committed was long and keen and shaped like dirk. It was eight inches in length and the blade was about three-quarters of an inch in breadth After Caruso had stabbed his victim he hastily pulled the knife out of the wound and hastened away. Delgrego did not realize that he had been stabbed until his attention was called to the blood issuing from the gaping wound by Matteratzo. Then crying out m dead" he fell senseless to the hoor. He was tenderly picked up and carried flo his room upstairs over the saloon' where he died about forty-five minutes after the prime had been commltteo'
 Caruso immediately after staoplng Delgrego made his escape, and up to late hour last night mad not been cap tired Iucca, who was also engaged Tn +he fight which led up to the staoping' made his escape. When Caruso ran out of the place after the stabbing he was followed by Malteratzo. Caruso. made a bee line for the railroad tracks ana ran down the tracks. Te last seen or him he was rapidly disappearing to- ward Orange.
 The police were notified immediately after the crime had been committed ana Officers Grant and Loughlin were de- tailed upon the case. They were driven to the scene of the crime, but the mur- derer had made his escape. They suc- ceeded. however, in obtaining an excel lent description of the man, and last night this description was sent to the several cities in the state, also to Bos- ton and New York.
 As soon as the stabbing occurred DTS Bernstein and Mailhouse were called, and upon their arrival at the scene mn mediately notified Coroner Mix and Medical EXdInlneE w ulLes ANFitiiCA O- the latter, however, arrived until after Delgrego's death, which occurred at 4:45 o'clock Coroner Mix after his ar- rival ordered the body removed to Lew is & Maycock's, but the relatives of the dead man objected and it was necessary to send a squad of officers with the am bulance in order to secure the body. It was finally, however, secured and re- moved to Lewis & Maycock's, where an autopsy will be held at 10 o'clock this morning.
 Caruso, the murderer is about twen- ty-four years of age, five feet five inches in height, stout build, dark complexion, dark curly hair, small black mustache and slightly cross-eyed. His victim was twenty-one years old and worked for Hoggson & Pettis. He is highly spok- en of by all who knew him and bears an excellent reputation. On the other hand, Caruso bears the name of being A rough, and has spent a term i'll jail.
 ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL. Colonel Ianders of New London the Man to
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