The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-19

Her Left Breast Nearly Cut Out, Her
 Right Hand Nearly severed-shs May
 Live-Attacked by Two Brothers-One
 ofWhom is Captured-Other Escapes-
 General Alarm sent Out for Him aud
 Diiigent Search Being Made.
 A serious stabbing affair which may result in murder occurred in the back yard of house at the corner of Locust and East streets at 6:SO o'clock last ey- ening. As result of the stabbing An- nie Altri. an Italian woman. is at the New Haven hospital in a critical condi- tion.
 Early yesterday afternoon Mrs. Altri had some words with her sister. Mrs. Antonio Aversano, at the latter's hofdeS at 11a Railroad avenue. and in tha course of events pulled her nose. Mrs Aversano went to summon her husband to helo her. and while she was gone Mrs. Altri escaped to her home. Mrs. Aversano told her husband what had occurred and also her husbands broth- er Stefano Aversano, who was visiting in the house at the time. The Aversano brothers vowing vengeance then left the house and going to the home of Mrs. Ala tri lay in wait for her to appear She snally came out in the back yard, and as she did so they sprang upon her and commenced cutting her, one with a knife and the other with a razor HeU screams for help were bringing num- Der of people to the scene. and If 1t had not been for this the woman would like- | ly have been cut to pieces. Seeing lou of men running towards them the brothers stopped their bloody work and ran away. They were chased, but their pursuers could not catch them. Some one notified the police of the affair and a general alarm was sent out, while oth- CTS attended to the wounded woman. She was found lying in a large pool of blood and bleeding profuseiy. She was taken to the New Haven hospital, where < it was found that her left breast was I horribly slashed and was almost cut out. Her right hand was almost sev- cred at the wrist the big artery being severed. and there was also a bad cut. higher up on the arm. She was operated on immediately, and it took the hospital doctors about two hours to close the
 wounds. It was stated early this morn ling that the woman might recover if
 blood poisoning did not set in.
 In .he meantime Sergeant McRrlde
 of the Grand avenue station sel1f E
 general alarm. Sergeant Dennehy ar- rived at the station house in a few mes
 ments. Officers James Stevens. P.
 Roach and McDermott went to 11S Rail-
 road avenue, where Antonio Aversano lives, and there they found him. He is \ held without bonds. A general hunt
 was then commenced for his brother
 Stephen. 1t was learned that imme-
 diately after the cutting he had hur-
 ried to his home in the rear of 2 Myrtle
 street and changed his cap for some
 other kind of headgear, after which he
 escaped All the outlying towns have 7. been notified and a careful search is be- { ing made for him. Although his brother
 Antonio is sixty-ttr years old, ,, Stephen is by twenty-seven years old. He is described as being five feet three
 inches tall, has a small light inoustacha
 and brown hair. and was dressed in dark clothes. and wore a dark slouch hat. It was stated that heswas seen to go to Donnelly place after the cutting, but the police failed to find any clue. < All the lodging houses in the lower part
 of the city were searched.
 The story as told by the police is Mrs. . Altris version of the affair, and is cor : roborated by an eye witness.
 The brother who was arrested gave the name of Antonio St. John. but he ? was later identifie by a fellow country man. and it was proved that his name
 was not St. John, but Aversano. Mrs.
 Altri is about fifty years old. Stephen
 Aversano was until lately employed at
 the rolling mill. but since his discharge has been idle.