The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-28

| lne mouse was surrounded Dy tnlrly
| patrolmen. The man was very ugly
and spoke threateningly to Sergeant
| Mcbride, who flashed the rays of a
| lantern directly into the face of the
Italian. Sparano is looked upon with
strong suspicion. He was locked in a
cell. An hour later NloswitZo was
taken from the very same room where
he had slept during the night beside
| Sparano At 10 a. m. Marano was ar
rested at Is Union street by Patrolman
Daniel McKiernan. Sparano claimed
he went to bed at s O'clock Saturday
night but Marano said yesterday that
Sparano was with him in Giavano Api-
cella's saloon at IS Union street until
just before midnight
| All of the men arrested We're brought
and that official feels confident the
right man is locked up. After the in
quiry, which lasted until nearly 1870 p.
m, a charge of murder was put against
Sparano When Fitzgerald was helped
into the patrol wagon a heavy cap
was picked up and thrown in after
him. The impression prevailed that
| the cap was his and it was even sent
to the morgue with the body.
The mistake was discovered later
through certain evidence the coroner
will not divulge. However, the cap
was sprung on Sparano and in an un-
guarded moment he admitted it was
his. A cap supposed to be F'itzgeralds S
was found on Whiting street, just be-
/ low Meadow street, the direction the
suspected man would take to reach his
home, Another important thing the
police are making strenuous efforts to
solve is whether Brown and Fitzgerald
We're stabbed with the same knife.
Ten minutes before the crime Fitz-
gerald purchased a porous plaster in
| Woods drug store From there he
went across the street and spoke with
Patrolman c. j. Eagan who endeav-
ored to get rid of him. He told the pa
trolman he was on the way to the depot
to catch the ITO train for Meriden
After a minute he walked down
| Meadow street and just before reach
ing Whiting street was stabbed. The
police have considerable damaging evil
dence they will not yet give out For
example, a razor blade was found on
one of the Italians, but which one they
will not tell. 1t is said that in all
probability it was this blade that cut
Keenan,.
James H. Fitzgerald was the second
son of James Fitzgerald, who lived for
fully thirty years at lis Lafayette
street, and died about seven years ago
He left real estate valued at $1,000 to
| his wife, whose demise occurred three
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which her husband built just before
his death. Mrs. Fitzgerald divided the
property between her two sons and
grandchild, son Of the murdered
man. Fully twenty-five years ago
James H. Fitzgerald married Miss
Martha Rohan, daughter of Matthew
Rohan of Putnam street.
They did not live long together A
SON was born to them and he lived
;, with the Rohans during his early
years. He is now twenty-one years old
and is engaged in the plumbing busi-
ness in East Hartford. He was noti-
/ fled of his fathers death early yester-
day morning and arrived in New Ha-
ven last night. After separating from
her husband Mrs. Fitzgerald went to
Bridgeport to live and then to New
York. Only a short time Ago she mov-
ed into Brooklyn. She was telegraphed
the news of her husband 81 murder and
her father expects her in New Haven
to-day.
/ Thomas Fitzgerald brother of the
murdered man, lives on Dean street in
Brooklyn and will arrive here this
morning. He is well known here and
was once a clerk in the town clerk s
office. He removed to Brooklyn sew
eral years ago, where he is in business
as machinist. He married Thomas
Callahan's daughter of Gilbert street.
James H. Fitzgerald was once q tai
ented organist and played at st. Johns
and st. Mary's churches. The Difficult
ties with his wife somewhat undid
him and he took to drink. He lost good
positions and was compelled to take
odd jobs, playing the piano at dances
and at summer resorts.
About six months ago he removed
to Meriden, where he worked as a
painter. Everybody that knew him
spoke of his good nature. He was his
own worst enemy and might have been
a man of influence and money had he
not become discouraged. He came to
New Haven from Meriden to spend
Christmas with an old friend. The crime
stands unparalleled in the history of
this city and the police headquarters
was besieged yesterday with curious
crowds.
Meriden, Dec. 2L-Thomas F. Fitz-
gerald, the musician who was murder
ed in New Haven early this morning,
had been in this city for six months,
doing cdd jobs at painting and playing
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