Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-04
ay.ssepE fuoA EXECUTED.
Convicted tor murder Of hls Vile, Feb. ~,
q East Norwalk, Ct.

Hartford, Conn, Dec. 3.-For the
fourth time. the misnamed automatic
gallows hanged it's victim at Wethers-
field, shortly before 1890. this morning
Giuseppe Fuda, convicted Of the MUIR
der OF his wife in East Norwalk, Feb
L., last, paid the penalty Of his crime.
Though Fuda weakened for a few sec
ords before the trap was sprung
necessitatinG the attending officers
holding him up. bis neck was broken
and it was less than . minutes when
the attending physicians pronounced
life extinct.
Nicidemo IMPOSING. his associate IN
the crime who was sentenced TO De
hanged. Dec. Il. will likewise probably
pay the penalty for being an acces-
sorry" despite the fast that Fuda made
q written confession few weeks ago
that he only was actually guilty OF the
committing OF the deed, as according
to the law of the state an accessory To
g murder is equally guilty with me
principal.
brother of Fuda, at late hour,
this afternoon. claimed the remains
which resulted in legal complications
and the interment will be deferred.
awaiting the outcome
Giuseppe Fuda went to the gailows Tor
the horrible butchery OF his wire at East
Norwalk. the night of Feb. IL. 1891. BY
his own confession he and NicOdemO I'M
nosino. who Is sentenced to be hanged.
Dec Il, 1897. planned plotted and carried
ont the brutal murder of Marie Carmelia
Fuda.
The night of Feb. II. Engineer NJ. p.
ri sty,xr ttrn. vDt, act
Norwalk shortly before II o'clock, saw
the body of a woman lying on the east
bound track. lie thought she had been
killed by train and stopped to investi-
gate. The crew of the freight saw that
the body bore marks of violence. the head
being terribly gashed as II an axe had
been used About the scene were foot
prints and other Indications that vio-
lent struggle had taken place. The wo-
mans head was covered with wounds.
any one of which was sufficient to cause
death.
Near the scene of the crime the Ratchet
with which the deed was done was found
later. The next day. the search for the
murderers began. The authorities traced
the two men to Stamford. and from there
to New York. Fuda was arrested in an
Italian lodging house in Mulberry street.
New York City. and IMPOSING was cap
tured in Buffalo
The trial of Fuda took place. last June.
rior court. Fuda finally admitted the
murder, and told the story in full. but
implicated IMPOSING as the man who
struck the fatal blows. He confessed
that he held his wife while IMPOSING
welded the Ratchet. The murder was
the result of his jealousy of her. 1mpo-
sino having wrought him up to rage
with stories about her unfaithfulness.
The jury found him guilty. June II. and
he was sentenced, June II. to die on the
gallows.
Fuda's stolidity was the marked feature
of his conduct during his trial He is
low-browed. swarthy and ignorant. On
the other hand. IMPOSING Is bright and
intelligent. and the evidence showed that
1t was he who conceived the murder and
plotted it, The first confession was OBJ
tanned by Leo DOnati. an Italian who did
detective work for the state. and secured
a full story Of the crime from Fuda in
New York.
Fuda was born in MartOne. province of
Reggie Calabria. Italy. and came to this
country three years ago last March. He
sent for his wife. the following Novem-
Der. He had been married five years
when he perpetrated the murder.
Imposinos conviction followed just two
weeks after Fuda's, before the same
judge. and he was given exactly two
weeks longer to live. HE is doomed to
be hanged, Dec. Il, 1897
Attorneys Stiles Judson, Jr.. of this city,
and j. J. Cuneo of Stamford. the latter
u young Italian. defended Fuda. and made
every effort to save him from the gal
lows. Attorney John c. Chamberlain of
this city. was counsel for IMPOSING.