The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-10
LAND OF STEADY HABITS.

l Startling List of HomicdeS in This State
 Twenty-Four Occurred During 1S97-
 Greatest Number in Something
 About the Various Cases.
 The Waterbury Republican has kept rec ord of the homicdes in Connecticut during the year 1s97 which shows that, not in cluding several cases of possible infanticide, 24 homicides occurred in this state during the year. A list of them together with a brief analysis of the facts contained ill It, IS as follows:
 At Willimantic, January 9-Mary Cole died of stab wounds. inflicted New Years day by Abraham Ernestus. Ernestus subse- quently hanged himself.
 At East Norwalk, February li-Marle | Carmelia Fuda hacked to death by her hus- band, Giuseppe Fuda, and Nicodemo lmpos- sino. Fuda was hanged for the crime on | December 5, and ImposSino on December li.
 At Bridgeport, February 17-Chares White, Il highwayman who was shot by Thomas H. Rylands while attempting 10 hold, up the latter on the night of February 16, died at the hospital
 At Wallingford, February 17-Mrs, VII liam Jenkins, who on February y. IF was bar ae. eideRtay eTn sR0t d,aS SS Samuel Jenkins her
 At Falls Village, February 29-Mrs.. Hat tie Chapin murdered by Charles F. Mead. Shooting Mead immediately committed su- icide.
 At New Haven, March 24-Antonio Tan gioli was murdered by Vlncenzo Morano. Shooting. Morano was sentenced to state prison for ten years for mansaughter,
 At Preston, June 2-John F. Carroll was stabbed and killed by his cousin, Henry Carroll. A drunken row. Carroll was sen fenced this week to seven years Ill state prison for manslaughter.
 At New Haven, June 4-Mary Leukmaa died from blows on her head inflicted by her husband, Michael Leukman. Leukman was sentenced to the state prison Tor one
 At Greenwich, June 6--Edward Long died from bullet wound inflicted the pre- vious night. The, murder was, was the, sou out. growth of a drunkn orge. William Sidney was tried for murder in the second degree, O4 At Ws Bridgeport geo o} Juse Basort pounded to death by Thomas Dirga x and md
 At Bedding, July 2Peter, Clark died from bullet accidentally fired by his At New Haven, July 5--Mrs. John Tan sey was shot and killed by Frank Smyth, who was celebrating the Fourth or July. Smyth was sentenced to jail for niue months for manslaughter.
 At Trumbull, July 27 Marcus G. Nichols was shot and killed by Charles A. Boinay and David A. Weeks, who were trying to to burglarize the victims house. Bonay IS now under sentence of death and Weeks IS awaiting trial for murder in the first degree. | At Kilingworth, August 27-Bertram +. Hotchkiss was shot and instantly killed by some unknown person. Herman Saehse was tried for the crime. but acquitted
 At Hartford, September 17-Matthew Ryan stabbed to death by Jeremiah Malone fenced to eight years in state prison for
 At Fairfield November IT. Charles H. G; Al.t' At somers. 3 " ,.''e November % 4-Frank Gris- wold. aged +, was accidentally shot and killed by Frank Avery, aged 22. I inf Novnnhpr DS--An unknown female infant was found hacked to death. No clue to the perpetrator.
 At Stamford, December t5.Angustion Co- reIli and Fillepi Clorelli brothers, were stabbed to death with sharpened steel file by Antonio Demarco; their nephew. Demarco held for tridl.
 died from clubbing at the hands of Al fred Addison on December F Addison held for trial.
 At Wilton, December p David s. R. Lambert died from being shot six times on December F by two unknown men who were burglarizng his residence.
 At, New Haven. December 11.Grace operation which she alleged was performed by Dr. Elijah A. Bond Bond Is held for trial for murder in the second degree Pounch was accidentally shot and Killed by her son, James Pounch.
 | INTERESTING EDUCTO1NS
 An analysis of the foregoing list shows that the number of homicides were 24, the dual murder at Stamford of course count. ing as two homicides. The number of homcides during 1S96 was p. of the 24 homicides that we're committed last year one was justifiable and ihaeed commenda- ble killing--the case in which Mir Rylands of Bridgeport shot q foot-pad who was try ing to relieve him of some of his personal property. In five cases the killing was pre-. sumobly accidental. With these deducted IS homicides which were either murder in the first or second degree or manslaughter remain.
 Of the 24 victims, 15 were males and 9 were females. In each cuse the homicide was committed by q male person. In two
 in one case mother was killed by her son
 in one case brother by brother; in one ne two cases uncles by nephew.
 In three cases two persons are known to have participated in each homicide. In two Trumbull and the Lambert murder Ill Will ton-the homicides were an incident to the commission of burglary. In one. case-the sons were the victims of one assassin.
 Three of the slayers were found guilty of murder in the first degree, and of these two have already been executed No convic. tions were secured for murder in the second degree. Two accused persons-one charged with murder in the second degree and one charged with murder in the. first degree were tried and acquitted. Six of the slay-
  Five of the alleged slayers are now await ing trial variously charged with murder in the first or second degree of manslaughter. In the cases of accidental homicide the per petrators were either not arrested at all or else were released after arrest. In two cases the murderers committed suicide i'm mediatey after their crimes. In four of the murder cases the slayers have not yet been apprehended.
 The manner in which the homicdes were committed Is not uninteresting. In 13 cases the victims met their death by shooting, and 1t is obvious that firearms are the ia vorte instrument for the commission of Connecticut homicides. Seven of the vie tins were either stabbed or cut to death; three were fatally pounded with some blunt instrument or otherwise; one was the vic , tim of a criminal operation.
 ACCORDING TO COUNTIES. , Geographically the homicides were dis. tributed over all parts of the state. Every } county figures in the list, although over fl per cent of the total number of homicides , | is credited to Fairfield county. The com. :, parative county distribution of Connecticut l homcides in 1896 and In 1897 is given in the f following table:
 , Counties. 1891 1S06 ! New Haven. ................... . New London. n.....................2 2 < falrneld .,...-....... .lU o
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