The Monte Vista journal., 1908-01-25
ANTOINE NERoNI, OR eovoRi.
SEEMS TO BE A FIEND IN
HUMAN FORM.
PREFERS HU MAN FLESH
BEGAN HIS CAREER OF SLAUGH-
TER IN ITALY BEFORE CON-
ING TO COLORADO.

Denver.-A Republican special from
Florence, Colorado, Tuesday night
says:
A confession OF crimes committed
and murders planned which far sur
passes in fiendishness the CORY recital
OF Harry Orchard in the Steunenber9
case. was that of Antoine Neroni, or
Bovori, as he was known here.
The confession was obtained by De
tectie Sandesko of Pueblo. and has
been briefly summarized before but
was given in full today in an inter
view by the detective.
1t shows that the thirst for blood
engendered by his first murder, com
mitted when he was twelve years old.
grew so strong in Neroni that he
claims to prefer human flesh to any
other and that he planned to kill two
children here, boil their bodies and
drink the broth.
Detective Frank Sandesko OF
Pueblo. who got a full confession from
Bovori In the county Jail and who Sc
cured the promise from the prisoner
OF being shown the burial places OF
the three Corpses, says he has met
hundreds OF criminals during his Sc
cret service work, but does not re-
member having before met a criminal
who is so absolutely devoid of feeling
as is Bovori, and asserts that he is
degenerate and brute of the worst
type.
In addition to confession OF the
four Florence murders, Bovori con-
fessed to Sandesko to having killed
one man in Italy. stabbed three 9th
ers. planned to kill an entire family in
Walsenburg, and that he was prepar-
ing to slay Mrs. Joseph Minichiello-
and txo little daughters the night OF
the day he was arrested.
He also said that II Mrs. MinichteIlo
had not suspected him of numbering
her husband the previous night. she
would have fallen into the trap set by
himself the morning after the disap-
pearance OF her husband and would
have been killed.
According to Bovori's own state
ments to the detective, Mrs. Minich-
iello started for Flor ience at an early
hour TO inform the officers OF her sus-
picions and fears and Bovori, who was
In the yard, inquired where she was
going. She answered that she was ON
her way to Florence, when Bovori
said he was going to town in = few
minutes and n she would go into the
house and wait awhile. he would hitch
up and drive her to town. She refused.
and this saved her life. for Bovori told
the detective that II he had succeeded
In getting her into his house he would
have killed her with the same axe he
used In destroying the lives OF his
other victims.
His plot failed and then he deter
mined to break into the Minichieilo
h., ,t.,h MI NJ,
and her children.
The woman was to have been bur
led. but the children. Bovori said.
were to have been boiled. and he in
tended drinking the broth.
He admitted having a craving for
human blood and preferred eating hu-
man flesh to other meat.
With the assassination OF the trio
and the Minichiello family. Boyort
would have claimed seven victims in
Florence and that the last three arc
now alive Is due only TO his arrest
two hours before sun6own. II he had
succeeded In killing the woman AMI
= children. he was to have fled TO Italy
that night.
SaEdesko was employed by the.
county TO work MP the case and Was
placed In the cell with Bovori. lie was
. handcuffed and shackled Sheriff Es-
ser informed Bovori that Sandcsko WAS
n murderer wanted In Omaha AMI
: since he was also an Italian. they
could keep each other company.
Sandesko told Boyori that he was "a
I member OF the Black Hand and
showed n clipping from newspaper
detailing recent bloody work OF tn.
Black Hand In Pit'sburg. Among other
names In the dispatch was that OF
Peter Angelo.
. The story was n blood curdling one
and Bovori listened to II with unabato.,
: Interest. Sandesko said that he was
Peter Angelo. the person spoken OF ia
the dispatch. and produced " letter
bearing tho same name. After bcina:
told that Angelo had Just come here
from Omaha. where he murdered his
thirteenth man. Bovori swsllowch tho
bait and after being sworn to mem.
bership and fnithfulncss 10 the secrets =
Of the order. nc gave the details Of
HIS many crimes.