The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-05
LOVE AND LUCRE.
Yesterdays Would-Be MUIR
derer Tells His Story
Of the ARRAY.
SAYS he TRIED TO SHOOT HIMSELF
His Inamorata Had Proved Faith
less and the Others Owed
Him Money.

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of Cotilda Nicoletta. John De Luisa and
Ginovino De Tulsa. whom he shot in No. 1893
Third street. as told in yesterdays "Jer-
sey City News" was arraigned in the First
Police Court this morning and committed
without bail to await the result of the
injuries of his three victims, whom are still
confined in the City Hospital.
After .TheNews' went to- press yesterday
Chief of Police Murphy and Captain Far
rier, who had been unable to make a
thorough investigation of the Italian'c
murderous work and the causes which
led up to it, sent for Interpreter Filoramo,
the Court interpreter.
Fiore, after being warned that any
statement he made would be used against
him in his trial. told a peculiar story. He
was cool and self-possessed, and the willy
prisoner at once began to unravel a yarn
to show that the shooting was accidental
and was due to the interference OF the
three people when he was trying to blow
out his own brains. He also tries to show
that he was pretty roughly handled by
the people. who he holds were accidently
injured.
He has know the De Luisas for the past
three years. he says, having met them in
cuisines dealings while he was located in
No. sos Cortland avenue Che probably
means street,. New York. Two years ago
he came to this city and formed a partner
ship with John De Luisa, the father. They
embarked in the shoe-making and re-
pairing business in No. 8 Coles street.
For a time business was good and they
p~rospered. Fiore finally came to the con-
clusion that he wanted a wife TO help
him cayya and oniou bic rannau Ah011t
fourteen months ago he sent to Italy for
the woman Cotilda. He paid her passage
to this country and had every intention
of making her his wife. He was still in the
shoe business when she arrived.
She was a handsome woman, a decided
brunette. Her arrival seemed to nave a
bad effect on business. 1t also had a
bad effect on Flores peace of mind, as he
noticed with uneasiness that Cotilda was
a little inclined to bestow her affections
on young lie Luisa, who had a slight
claim to good looks. While he was well
provided with smiles Fiore had the money
and Cotilda stuck to him. The firm of
Fiore and De Luisa was dissolved. De
Luisa, too, it appears. had felt his part
ner's generosity, and he was loathe to
lose him. After considerable pickering
it was agreed hat a new partnership
should be formed. The new venture was
in the grocery and fruit business. 1t
proved a bowling failure. De Luisa re-
turned to this city. and with a little capi-
tai saved from the wreck and a little of
Flores money he opened ascobbler's shop
at No. 1876 Third street. and took his son
in business with him. He then rented
the first fioor of the r~amshackle tenement
No. 1893 Third street for living apartments.
In the meantime Fiore had opened a
shoe shop at NO. 1O4 Mott street, New
York. Business was poor, n with
uneasiness he noticed that his hard earned
savings We're dwindling away. He de-
cided to retrencn. Cotilda, who was still
living Villa MIN, out VINO ne nau neglected
10 marry, OBJECTED 10 ner ulvAuends being
cut on. Iney quarreied, ana seventeen
days ago, upon iearnlng that her pene-
ractor nad no more money, 'sne gave nini
the shake" n returned TO the DE
Luisas. When tiore learned where she
had gone ne transformed ms shop into
an arsenal and started out 10 square ac-
counts.
Yesterday morning while brooding over
his troubles in his shop he received a
letter. 1t was. ne pelIeves, an anony-
nous creation. II was signed Louisa,
look after his wife. Before starting on
his journey he put a six-cnamDer self
cooking revolver n five cartridges IN
his pocket He did SO, lie nov explains,
because he proposed ending his lire in
the presence OF his faithiess paramour.
When asked if he thought il would take
ten SS-calipre bullets TO give him his quie-
tus. he had nothing to say. The fact that
he armed himseir convinces the police
hat he had contemplated bloodshed.
Upon his arrival at the house ne was
side and entered the dirty, dark apart
ments. Old man De LuisA and his son
were there: Everything went smoothly
Until Cotilda began to caress yound De
Luisa. Her action almost caused a
fight, but the old gentleman settled the
sWhat do you people want with me
of my money; you have stolen my wife,
and what more do you want? | have only
my life left!'
for him and he was asked to stay for din
ner. He accepted the invitation. and dur
ing the meal Dominica Marrone, who had
dropped in, was sent out for beer to a
Tomby. Several cans were bought. and
the De Luisas became hilarious. Smarting
under the loss OF his money, and being
frequently reminded about the loss of
his girl, Fiore suddenly sprang from his
seat and whipped the revolver from his
hip pocket. His intention, he says. was
to- shoot himself, but before he could carry
ont his intention the De Luisas seized him,
and while the old man punched him in the
face, the young man tried to wrench the
revolver from his a In the struggle
young LIE Luisa wal shot twice. The
shots frightened the woman and the old
man, and they let go of Fiore. He adj
mits that he then fired two shots, but
was not aware that he had struck any
one until he saw the woman and the old
a fall. He made no effort to escape.
nor did he make any attempt to end his
tracted the attention of a greasy set of
Italians who were shooting craps on a
stoop a half block away. They rushed
to the scene, and upon seeing father and
son and the woman lying apparently life
less IN the floor in pools of blood, seized
Fi0re and detained him in the room. That
there would have been more bloodshed
did is a surety. Stilettos were conspicu-
Gus, and the excited italians We're notch
ing a chair to dig the supposed muir
derer in the ribs. He still held the re-
volyer in mis- hand when Nevin entered
the room.
Word was at once sent to Police Head
quarters that three people had been shot.
This news following SO soon after the
shocking murders committed by Young
Mackin. startled the police. The usually
calm Chief Murphy became excited for a
time, and ordered the reserves of the
First and Second precincts to the scene.
Ambulances were summoned, and the
wounded people were at once removed to
who were on the scene iBmediately after
the shooting were arrested by the police
and are detained as witnesses. Fiore
was removed under a strong guard to the
and to make sure thai he did not have a
weapon of any kind on his person he
was stripped and searched.
AS told IN yesterdays News" the
others. The ball which struck her entered
under the right eye. shattered the lInr,ar