The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-24
TWO MEN DIE FOR SAME
 CRIME
State Avenges Murder Com mitted In New Haven. Both Refused Chance
 To Escape Gallows Dislocation of the Neck in Both Cases-Story of
 the Crime.

For the first time in the history o1 this state two men were hanged fol one crime on the same night at the state prison at Wethersfield. The ex- ecution took place between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock this morning.
 The men who paid the extreme pen atty were Giuseppe Campagnolo and Raffaele Carfaro, both of New Haven
 who on the night of August 15 last killed George D. Sheehan in New Ha- ven.
 Not 8 single mishappening occurred from the time the small party of newspaper men and doctors left the warden's office at 12 o'clock until the last man, Carfaro, was declared to be dead at 12:46 o'clock.
 Giuseppe Campagnolo was the first man to be brought into the death chamber. He was accompanied by Rev. J. J. Mclaughlin of St. Anthony s Italian Church. The death party en- tered the chamber at 12:03:30 and the trap was sprung at 12:04:1O. The first examination was made at 12:05 and at 12:67 he was pronounced dead. The body was taken down at 1925.
 Raffaele Carfaro, accompanied by Rev. Father Oliver T. Magnell and Rev. Father J. J. Mclaughlin, was brought into the chamber at 12:31. At 12:31:20 the straps were adjusted and the trap sprung. The straps were re- moved at 12:40 and at 12:46 he was pronounced dead and taken down.
 In both cases the dislocation of the of the doctors present neither suffered from the moment the trap was sprung. When the bodies were taken down they were put i'm collins.
 Campagnolo and Carfaro were both resigned to their fate. For the past few days both have realized that there was no hope for them. Campagnolo at first was remorseful believing that he was to be hanged alone, but when told that Carfaro was to be hanged also, appeared to brigten somewhat. Neither had any visitors yesterday, the last visit paid to them being when Carfaro's parents visited them the lat ter part of last week.
 The two executions this morning brings the total number of hangings at Wethersfield since the first, on Decem- Der IS, 1894, to twenty. Deputy War den George E. B1aisdel1 has adjusted the moose about the necks of all who have thus far paid the extreme pen alty
 Campagnolo and Carfaro were tried and convicted at the October term of l1AC VI tlll1iA~n C0pCIIOl COuI 1NCW Haven for the deliberate murder of George D. Sheehan, a we'll known and popular young man who lived with and was employed by John F. Dunn a Montowese milk dealer.
 The victim was engaged to be mar ried to Miss Bessie Lewis, who lives on Daggett. street in New Haven. On the night of August 15 she called at the Dunn home in MOntowese to see Sheehan and also to visit with the Dunns, with whom she was on the best of terms. Late in the evening she left accompanied by Sheehan, who was to walk as far as the trolley line. As they were passing through Barnes avenue the two Italians sprang at them. Sheehan carried a blackjack, it was claimed at the trial, and tried to defend himself with this. He was pitted against Carfaro, who had a while Miss Lewis was attack ed by Campagnolo, who carried a pitchfork. Miss Lewis was not injur- ed and after a short struggle Sheehan broke away and started to run. As he did so he was shot in the back and died in the roadway before help could be summoned.
 Both men might have escaped death on the gallows. At the time of their trial it was reported that the States offered them an opportunity 10 plead guilty to second degree mur- ter and accept a term of life impris- onment. This they refused.