The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-04
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ANOTHER TRAGEDY.
An Italian Shoots Two Men
and One Woman This
Afternoon.
FOUGHT OVER AN OLD BILL
Would Be Murderer Claims That
His Victims Swindled


Another bloody tragedy was enacted
in this city today. This time, two men
and one woman were shot All are lying
in dying condition condition in the City
Hospital.
The would-be murderer is an italian,
who describes himself as Androsa Fiere.
He is an italian shoemaker and halls
from No. 104 Mott street, New York. His
possible victims are Clotilde Lando, a
woman % years old. shot in the face, the
ball tearing the flesh in terrible man
ner and lodging behind the left ear.
Geronimo Delonie, 55 years old, shot in
the left breast directly over the heart
.Delosa Delonie, his son, % years old, shot
in the left jaw bone. shattering it. the
ball lodging at the base of the brain
The shooting was done with a sS-cali-
bre English bulldog revolver. The scene
of the shooting was in 3s9 Third street
which is in the heart of the Italian quar-
ter.
Faeres murderous attack was made at
about two o'clock.
After seeing his victims fall the prob
able murderer walked out of the house
still carrying the smoking revolver in his
hand
The shots, which were fired in rapid
succession. attracted hundreds of ex-
cited Italians to the scene. Shouts of
Lynch him. were heard Fere faced
the angry crowd and with the revolver in
his hand held them at bay until he was
seized and haEdcuGed by a policeman.
He made no effort to escape, and offered
no resistance to his arrest.
The shooting was reported to the Greg
ory street station within five minutes af-
ter it occurred and patrol wagon, load
ed with reserve policemen and derec-
tives, hurried to the house. The angry
crowd Of Italians was first dispersed
then began the arrest of witnesses to
the terrible affray.
In the house the scene was a revolt
ing one. The floor was covered with
blood and tables and chairs were over
turned promiscuously. which leads the
police to suppose that there was a fight
and terrific struggle before the would
be murderer did the shooting.
In osse corner lay the woman. her head
resting against a stove. Blood flowed
freely from her wound
Under an overturned table with his head
in a pool of blood lay young Delonie. Be
side him lay a can, in which there had
been beer. The cid man although dan
gerously wounded was rushing about
xxrbo
To check the flew of blood from the
wound in his breast he had used q towel
1t was saturated with his life,s blood
me ambulance from the City Hospital
arrived first and the injured people were
bundled into it and removed to that in
stitution.
The injured people were placed in the
same ward where double murderer John
Mackin is lying under police guard.
Maurice CoEnors, Mackins fathnr-in-
law, whom Mackin made desperate eff
Tort 10 Kill, is an occupant of the same
ward.
Fiere. the would-be murderer, was re-
moved Immediately after his capture to
the Gregory street police station.
stand or speak English. He is about
thlrty-four years old. and has shSrp
ledtureS. he wore dark suit a white
ulster and a blue cap.
He was frightened when taken into
tne station house He turned ,Ieathlv
pale and would doubtless have tainted
mad not Police Commissioner John p
Feeney given him glass of water. An
Italian VINO knows Fiere says that he
Went to the house with the full inten-
ton CT killing the people whom he shot
According to a statement made bv Film
pi Tamby. proprietor of saloon at No.
Ss9 Third street, the Italians had been
drinking considerable beer.
F'iere formerly kept a, grocery store at
No; go Cortland avenue. New York. The
Delories lived in the neighborhood ard
traded with him. Theirs was q credit
traffic and few months ago they NOV
ca 10 this city, leaving unpaid long
bIll for groceries A number of similar
debts ruined Fiere's busn ness and he
failed
Several times he called upon the De-
lories in this city with d view to callect-
ng lng @ some q the money. They put him
isss but still good feeling prevailed,
He received letter from the elder De-
lofie asking him to come over todav. n
answer to this he did call on them This
morning. His host was very cordial and
brought the growler'' into play in enfer
tanning him. While his hosts son was
the last of these pints Delorie
ard Fiore got into an alteration ami
when the younger man returned a free
fight resulted.