The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-30
TOLD BY THE NETGHBORS.
incidents in Connection With the
 AIfiert Murder.

Aiferi Murder.
 1 The murder of Rafael Alfieri whicl | occurred last Thursday night, is stil | the all-absorbing topic of conversation in the downtown Italian colony, anc l every day additional incidents in con, 1 nection with the affair are being relat. ed. A we'll known Italian who was closely acquainted with Alfieri said last night that a quarrel and fight had oc- cured between Alfieri on one side anc 1 Michael Iovani and Vincenzo Simone or 1 the other This quarrel was also over some letters which Alferi alleged that Simone had received from his daughter and which he demanded to be turned ] over to him.
 Witnesses of this quarrel say that Si- none at that time endeavored to make friends with Alfieri and told him that he cared nothing for the girl and would gladly give up her letters had he not burned them. But, as the story goes, ] Alfieri was a stubborn man and when once he had made up his mind would
 not be turned from his course. He re-
 fused to believe what Simone told him and called the young man harsh names,
 sWore at him and threatened him. It is
 related that on another occasion not
 long ago Alfieri stood in the hallway at
 the door of the room occupied by Si-
 none and Iovani and called them cow
 ards and dared them to come out.
 The same man said last night that Si-
 none showed no disposition to quarrel with Alfieri, notwithstanding the fact that the latter provoked him. Simone's bosom friend, however, young Iovani, was of a different nature. He was quick-tempered and fiery. He grew angry because of the conduct of Alfieri and advised simone to have none of it, to resent it, and finally himself told AL fieri that enough had been said and that he must no longer abuse his Govanis) friend.
 It seems that the evening of the mur- der, and before it occurred, VincenZo Simone and Tovani visited the office of the Italian Puck and there talked over the trouble with Alfleri. It is said that both the young men promised friend in the office that they would not have any more trouble with Alfieri, but would leave the house. They left the office about o'clock, half an hour before the murder occurred. Of the circumstances of the affray which ended in Alieri's death there are two stories. One by inmates of the house is to the effect that Alfieri lay in wait in the hallway for the two young men with a club and in defending themselves one of them gave him the fatal thrust. The other story is told by Alfieri's wife. She says that her husband had stepped across the hall to the closet and was return ing, when he was attacked by Vincenzo Simone and Iovani.
 The girl Theresa, Alfieris daughter, over whom the trouble arose, will be sent to Italy by some of her relatives who live in this country. It is stated that her relatives in Italy are wealthy, and that her father, the murdered man, came of a good family.
 Vincenzo Simone has not yet been captured. It is believed by the police that Iovani who is now in the hospital, is the principal. They also advance the theory that after the fight in the hall- way, and he had seen what he had done, Iovani inflicted the wounds upon him. self in the hope of conveying the inl- pression that he had acted in self-de- fense. His condition is not considered serious at the hospital, and his wounds are not of a dangerous character. He is guarded by policemen and will be given a preliminary hearing as soon as he recovers sufficiently to appear in court.
 Alfieri's funeral was held at o'clock yesterday afternoon from St. Michaels church, the service being conducted by Rev. Father Lango Before the re- mains were taken to the church hun dreds of people visited the house, some acquaintances of the deceased, but most of them led by morbid curiosity. The Concordia society, of which Alfieri was m ex-president and the Roma military band marched in the funeral procession. The daughter was present at the funer- al and wore continually large black scarf, closely wound about her head, | covering her face, so that it [ could not be seen by the curious multi [ .ude. Mrs. Alfieri fainted several times turing the funeral service. The funer- Il was in charge of Undertaken Maresca md the interment was in St. Lawrence i cemetery.