Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-02
DEMETRIO MAESANO.
Mau Charged WlIh Murder Will
 Be Put 10 Plea.

DemetriO MaeahOs cndr6eu Wi'A . the murder of .his fellow country man, Giuseppe Vazzanni, on Mil street one night last summer, will be nut to plea in the city court to-mor' row morning. He is to be repre- scented by Attorney Guilfoile, and 1t ia understood that he will waive ex- animation. He will then be bound over without bail for the February term of the superior court; but he will not be tried until June. proba- bly, as the grand jury must take action first. He may, however. plead guilty to murder in the second degree, in which case he would be committed to prison for life.
 It is understood by the police that there is only one item of difference in the evidence secured by the state and that which the defense will give. That is surrounding the immediate circumstances of the murder. The state is prepared to show that the accused went into a room, brought back revolver, asked Vazzanni il he was going to lick him, and. the accused shot him dead without fur ther words. This would show pre- meditation and not heat of blood on the part of the accused. The de- fense, 1t is said, can show that the accused and his victim had a few Z words over a card game and accused got into a terrible passion, pulled out his revolver from his hip pocket and fired one shot in the other man s abdomen, killing him instantly. This would tend to show reconciliation.
 The story Maesano told Detective Colesanto on their way from Scran- ton yesterday--they were on the road from early morning-runs this way:
 Maesano is what his fellow coun- trymen call a boy. His age is 21 or year or two more. He is not exactly sure on that point. Vazzan- nj was looked upon by other Italians as a kind of boss" That is, in case of serious accident befalling any other Italian, Vazzanni used to take ! it upon himself to collect contribl- tions to help the unfortunate out ol his difficulty, and for this purpose he used to send Maesano around among their fellow countrymen.
 Occasionally the amount collected would not be pleasing to Vazzanni : and he would beat Maesano. Occa- sionally, too, Maesano would resent such treatment, insist he was a man and not boy any longer, and for weeks there would be bad blood be- tween the men, though Maesano con tinued boarding in Vazzanni's house, which was on Mill street.
 A month or so before the murder one of these occasional collections had to be made. Some Italian got hurt, or was in trouble with the law Maesano is not sure which. but he had to get around and collect. The amount collected was far from Vaz zanni's expectations and he gave Maesano a severe whipping. Theii relations were not pleasant, there fore, when on the night of the mur' der they began playing cards fol beer. Pail after pail of beer wal consumed and then some one insisted on filling the vessel with water in stead of beer. The result was brawl. Maesano and Vazzanni go' into 1t. Vazzanni said he would whip Maesano if he would not cease talking. What had he to do In ar argument between men. Recollec' ton of the last beating arose 1T Maesano's memory and he asked vazzanni if he meant what he said vazzanni said he did, and then with out further barley Maesano pulled out his revolver and shot vazzann dead. The mans body was scarcel, cold in death before Maesano, hi! revolver still in his hand, was or the street. He had an idea that th' trolley tracks running east througi the town would take him to New Haven, where he had friends. and |, avoid the glare of East Main stree he took the side streets. He doei not know their names. and eventual ly found himself far from thu sounds of life in Waterbury. It wal 4 o'clock when he reached New Ha ven, and he took care to avoid meet ing policemen there. He had som' difficulty in finding the home of hi friends and he stayed with them ; few days. The news of the murder did not reach the Italian newspaper for some days later and by that tim' Maesano was in Pennsylvania, ant there he moved about for some tim' before he settled down in Serantna.