The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-22
CONFESSION ON HIS LIPS
FUDA WARNED NOT TO TELE HOY
HIS WIFE MET HER DEATH. H

! Prisoner Arraigned in New York-He
Enters Plea of Not Guilty-PoIice Dis
close Evidence Tending to Show That
| Fuda Killed His wife and Placed Her
Dead Body on the Railroad Tracks.
New York, Feb. 21.-Guiseppe Fuda.
the italian from Stamford, Conn, who
was arrested on Saturday by Central
office Detective Petrosno on suspicion
that he was the murderer of his wife,
Marie Carmela, whose body was found
on the railroad tracks in Norwalk on
| Wednesday night, was again arraigned
| in the Center street court to-day, al
though on Saturday he had been re-
| manded by Magistrate Crane until
| Monday.
Chief Of Police William volliner OF
South Norwalk was present in court
| and he made an affidavit to the effect
! that Fuda was a fugitive from justice;,
that a warrant had been issued for his
arrest by Justice Russell Frost Of Nor
| walk, and that he was charged with the
| murder Of Maria Carmela Fuda, from
| the following facts:
THAT at 1880 o'clock on the night
of February II the body of Maria Car
| mela Fuda was found dead on the
tracks of a railroad running into East
Norwalk; that the body bore marks,
consisting of wounds in the head, prob
ably caused by a hatchet, and one stab
wound in the right breast; that the de-
| fendant and Maria Carmela F'uda had
| lived together as man and wife for
some time up to February II; that on
| that night, between the hours Of 8
and 10 O'clock, the defendant and Maria
Carmela Fuda were seen riding to-
gether on the train going from Stam-
| ford to Norwalk that hatchet COW
cred with blood and hair was found
one hundred yards from the dead body
and that said hatchet had been identi-
| fled as the property Of the defendant"
When Fuda was arraigned on this
affidavit, Detective Petrosino told Mag
istrate Crane that yesterday he and
Policeman Nevins Of Stamford had
| taken Fuda's shoes to Norwalk and
| had fitted them in the tracks that had
been found in the mud near the body
and that they had been covered to pro-
| tect them from the elements, and he
reported that they had found that the
shoes fitted the tracks exactly. He also
said that a coat Of Fudas covered with
| blood, had been found at his home.
These facts, said the detective, coupled
with the fact that Fuda was seen with
| his wife but an hour and d half before
her dead body was found, formed al
most conclusive proof that he was the
| murderer.
Interpreter Moustaki, at the order o.
Magistrate Crane, acquainted Fuda
with his rights, telling him that he had
a right to counsel at any and all stages
of the court proceedings and that any
thing that he might say would be used.
| against him at his trial
F'uda said that he was not guilty and
signed the formal examination blanks
| to that effect. He wrote his name
| Giuseppe Fuda." When he had
| signed the blanks, he said to the inter-
prefer, II will tell you how it all hap
pened." Before he could say anything
| further Moustak again warned him of
| the fact that anything he said would
be used against him. Fuda then shrug-
ged his shoulders and said: Then q
will say nothing at ALL"
Upon this statement and the affidavit
| that was presented to him, Magistrate
Crane held Fuda without bail and COM
mitted him to the Tombs for thirty
| days to await requisition papers from
| Norwalk. Fuda went to prison with a!
stolid face. He refused to talk about
the case at all.