Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-05-21
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

NuzI Aiming at Him-He Fired.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.
New Brunswick, May 21-When
the trial of Antonio Giorgioni, accus-
ed of the murder of Nicola Nuzzi at
Cliffwood March 10, was resumed
this morning before Justice Bergen,
the prisoner was put on the stand by
the defense to testify in his own be-
half. 1t is probable that the case
will be finished this afternoon.
Giorgioni testified, in answer to
questions by Senator Silzer, that he
was twenty-three years old and had
been In the United States four years.
All this time he had worked in
Avery's brickyard at Cliffwood ex-
eepting for three months when he
was in Newark He said he boarded
with his brother-in-law Nicholas Zee
chini.
do you know Raffel Nuzzi?" was
asked him.
Eyes, sir"
do you know her father. Nicola
Nuzzi7''
Eyes, sir"
How long have you known her
father?"
Ever since l have been in this
country"
Did you ever pay any attention
TO Raffel?"
''Yes, SIR"
did you and Raffel talk together
very often?"
Eyes, sir, we often talked about
love-"
Did you ever tell her that you
loved her?"
Eyes, SIR
did she ever tell you that she
loved your"
Eyes, sir.'
After some questions which
brought out the relations between
lhe girl and the prisoner Giorgioni
testified that he and the girls father
were on good terms. He said he had
loaned him money only q few days
before the crime was committed and
had never had it returned
March Is, the day of the murder,
the prisoner said he went to the Nuz-
ii home in the morning. He said
there was nothing strange in this as
he often went there. He knocked
and no one answered. He knocked
again and then Mrs. Nuzzi, without
opening the door called to him to go
away for IL her husband saw him
he would cut him up. Giorgioni said
he thought they were joking, but
went to his home again.
When he reached there his sister
asked him to go to John Flange's
boarding house and tell her husband
to come to dinner. He went and
found his brother-in-law with Nuzzi
and Frank Finmidinissi, better
known as Frank the Barber" play
ing cards. They asked him to play
but he refused. They jollied him
about not having the ten cents to
play and finally got him to consent
to play one game. He and Frank
the Barber" were partners playing
against the two "Nicks." This plac-
ed the prisoner on the opposite side
of the table from Nuzzi
He said a diamond was played and
Nuzzi played different card He
was taken to task by his partner and
an argument followed. Nuzzi was
feeling rather ugly and Giorgioni had
something to say. Finally Nuzzi
picked up bottle half filed with
beer and was about to strike someone
when Frank the Barber" knocked
it from his hand. Then Nuzzi called
out for all to stand back. Giorgioni
said he started for the door, but
found 1t locked. Before he could un-
lock 1t he heard shot This was
followed by two more He finally
got the door open and from the out
side he turned and, seeing that Nuz-
Fl was aiming at him, he fred at
Nuzzi and then ran. AS he did so
he said he heard Nuzzi say: 81 came
to kill you, but you killed me-"
Giorgioni said he went to Keyport
and lived In shanty on the out
skirts of that place for four DAYS,
fearing to return to Avery's believ-
ing Nuzzi still alive and that he
would kill him. He then went to
Philadelphia and declares that 1t was
not until he was arrested that he
knew that Nuzzi was dead
Leo Flange, whose brother kept
the boarding houses In which the
tragedy occurred, told the story of
the card game, yesterday.
"Nuzzi led the ace of diamonds"
said Flange, "and he and zecchino
lost the game.
You played wrong said Zee
chino, / could play nothing else,
said Nuzzi. Well you'll pay for the
game, said Zecchino. No I won't
said Nuzzi You're a fool said
Zecchino
Then they all stood up and fought
and my brother rushed between Nuz-
81 and Zecchino and held Nuzzi Tony
Giorgioni put his revolver over my
shoulder and shot Nuzzi The flash
burned my face"
Flange said there had been no
quarrel between Nuzzi and Giorgioni
that day He said the card players
had been drinking as well as gam
ing on the day, which was Sunday.
Flange said that both Zecchino and