The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-29
FITZGERALD MURDER CASE
F4CTS CONCERNING 1T BEING FAST
CLEARED UP BY Police.

CLEARED UP BY Police.
| Antonio Sparano is Looked Upon the
Guilty Man-WiH be Given n Hearing
Thursday or Friday, by Which Time
| Coroner Mix Expects to Present Good
| Case.
| The facts attending the murder of
James H. Fitzgerald are gradually
believes that in two or three days the
whole truth will be known. He said
last night; 1--WE fully believe the right
man has been captured. Circumstances
lead us to suspect Antonio Sparano,
and in all likelihood he will be brought
| before the court on charge of mur-
| der. At present he is held for
the crime without bail, and will be
given a hearing Thursday or Friday.
! We still maintain that the case is one
! of mistaken identity. There is not a
| shadow of doubt about the cap found
near Fitzgerald being that of the sus-
pected Italian"
The coroner continued: "Sparano ad-
mitted in my presence that the cap was
his, and that he lost it Saturday night
l have strong circumstantial evidence
against the man that l cannot now di-
vulge. l cannot say anything about
the knife. If you understand we have
! traced it to Sparano, well and good;
| but you will excuse me- from expressing
| any opinion. We are we'll satisfied
with the work accomplished. We have
| two persons that We're eye witnesses of
the deed
One is George Otis Kingsbury, a stu
dent and the other a Miss Thayer, who
recently came to New Haven from
Hartford. Mr.. Kingsbury was walk
ing along Meadow street when his at
tention was attracted by scuttte in
front of Dr. Mailhouses office. He saw
a man stagger and fall and two men
run away. This was told to the coro-
ner at Sundays inquiry, and good
deal more than cannot be ascertained.
! Miss Thayer was near enough to dis
I Germ the fight, but, it is said, cannot
/ positively identify the men. The police
will not tell Sparano's side of the story,
| He is kept in a cell and no outsider is
allowed to see him. A priest from st.
Michael's r. C. church called at police
headquarters shortly after p. m. and
wished to give religious comfort to the
suspected man, but even he had to be
| denied.
| EfGpnIln1G ptfnFtc hnip "a
| learn more about the knife that was
! plunged into Fitzgerald. Considerable
work has been done along this line, and
the amount of success met with may be
| judged from the smiling countenances
of those detailed on the case.
Medical Examiner White yesterday
made a verbal report to the coroner
concerning his autopsy on the body of
the murdered man. He found as stat
ed in this paper yesterday morning,
| that the nine-inch blade entered the
| pleural cavity, and penetrating the left
lung, caused internal hemorrhages, re-
sulting in almost immediate death.
| DR. MailhouSe has been seen by the
police. He says that about 1890 Satur-
day night, which was ten minutes be-
| fore the murder, he was talking with
| his wife in their private apartments,
when he heard hurried footsteps COM
ing down Whiting street, which were
Immediately followed by a scuffle3 in
front of his house and also d heavy
thud. This is only important in so far
| as it goes to corroborate previous
statements to the effect that the Ital-
ians were in hot pursuit of Frank M.
| Keenan, and Hugh Brown, the brake
men.
What became of Keenan, and Brown
after their fracas with the Italians?
| This question is asked from one end of
the day to the other. Coroner Mix or
Superintendent Smith can tell, but they
| won't The brakemen it is alleged,
have handicapped the police by show
ing an unexpected hesitancy to furnish
! clear descriptions of the three men they
| had trouble with just before the crime.
| They are also reluctant to identify
Sparano as one of the Italians. Spara-
no has a police record. On September
5, 1893, he was arrested on three
charges-one of drunkenness and two
of breach of the peace. His description
at that time reads: Dark complexion
ed, brown eyes, dark hair; italian la
borer. aged twenty-six years"
This would make him twenty-nine
years old now. He is stockily built and
his hair is streaked with gray.
The funeral of the murdered man will
be held from the home of his father-in-
law, John Rohan, 81 Putnam street, at
10 o'clock this morning and from Sa-
cred Heart church at 1920, when a
high requiem mass will be sung.
VIII be Brought Here.
! William Ross and Lewis Leslie the