The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-04
BRIDEGROOM SLAIN
CHICAGO MANS BETRoTHAL DIN.
NER WAITS WHEN WORD
COMES is MURDERED.
Holdup Men Club and Rob Man For
Whom Prospective Bride Was
Waiting in Newly Fur
nshed Flat

| Chicago, Oct. Ain little flat in
West Congress street the table had
been laid for a betrothal dinner. The
young bride.to-te. IN nervous dread
lest her first dinner might not be per-
feet. was pacing the dining-room with
an eye on tne door through which she
expected her guests,
But there was a long wait. Dario
| l@rizzolara, the man to whom she was
I to have been married next Thursday
| dill NOT appear, An hour passed
! Then there came loud rapping on
the door. The next moment it was
tarown open and, instead ofBrizzo
thrown open and, instead of Brizzo.
| into the room
say, did Dario Brizzolara live
| here?' he asked.
Word "Did" Stuns Her.
Then his eve fell upon the new
furniture. tho wedding gifts, and, fin
ally, the dead N the eyes Of the
young woman VINO confronted Him.
Before lie male another explana
ton she had caught the terrible sig
nifcance of the word did The
i policeman moved back to the door
He f,lmblea his helmet and woulf
have wii.-lrawn had it moi been toe
late
/ so even more nervous tnan the
frightened woman. he told Christina
Anderson that her sweetheart would
/ not come He had been murdered
/ six hours before he had been clubbet
BY hold,up men, left unconscious In
the street and, later, hurried to nos
pital He had died just before thu
arrival of the policeman.
Miss Anderson sank back into
chair. Without word, her sister
Anna. assisted her into another room
and the bearer Of the grewsome TIL
ings. still carrying his helmet. 60
on of the fat as best he could.
i Reads Like a Novel
The story of Brizzolara's murder
could not have been made more dra
matte had the details been worked on
by a novelist He had arranged TO
a little dinner with his sweetheart al
their new flat at 1856 West Congress
street 1t was to nave been served
4 about noon. The fat had been fur
nished but one day, and, in his anx
liety lest some Of the necessary fur
Inishngs might be missing, he called
at the place before going to hi work
in the morning
In the presence of us sweetheart
sister ne bid Miss Anderson goodbye
and promised to be back in time for
linner--the first his wife-to-be ever
had prepared for him.
Hurrying out of the fat Brizzoara
walked over to Washington boule-
ward. and, while passing house at
4o93 Washington h0u'eva /. was ac.
costed by two mel who, after mo-
ment's alteration, Drained aim with
a club or a bottle and left aim uncon-
scious in the street.
Sees the Victim Fall
A few minutes later Theodore Bell
driving an AUTO truck, ,lroye up, saw
| saw Blizzolara fall TO the ground ana
vet tic two mon as they ran away.
| WEN re shouted at them one of them
| answered, denying that ne had roll
ad Briz2olara.
Fell lifted tie unconscious man in
= Ids alto and hurried Aim 10 the
/ r3uniy iospital Brizzolara died
! shortly after noon without regainng
| Grsriorsress. He was unable TO
ta'l Whether TIE fatal blow aad tpen
| struck by an enemy or whether If
'H9Iy was case OF robbery. The
i'sar oarance Of ITS watch AMI did.
mont pin caused the police 10 lean to
he robbery theory.
Miss anderson, accompanied by her
sister last n'slt paid one last visit
70 the little fiat, for when n month s
,ent nal been paid and for which
Ner tianec had inst signed the lease
for the year. The rugs were not laid,
~ IVA FINISHED meal was spread
J NJ the table