The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-09
FEARFUL BLACKHAND
 MURDER
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tuck Junction and other points where the murderers might appear. A spec station, but no suspicious characters were located through any of these means. The authorities have but the scantiest description of one of the Black Hand men-that he wore black coat and apparently had a black mustache.
 One of the first to arrive after the murder, was the victims wife. She tainted and then had mysteries when the facts were made known to her. It was necessary. to call the ambulance corps again to attend to her case.
 CASE A GREAT MYSTERY.
 Despite the fact that the murdered man had known in advance of his doom and had complained to the au- thorities the case is a great mystery and the wife, relatives and friends of the victim all express themselves as totally unable to account for the crime.
 They declare that Martelli never told them the reason for his fears, nor of whom he stood in so much dread. They declare that he did not have an enemy in the world so far as they know.
 AUTHORITIES ARE PUZZLED
 Detectives Arnold and Cronan with former Sheriff Louis Richards inves- tigated the case this morning and found themselves facing a dead wall. relatives of the dead man professed themselves to be absolutely in ignor- anc of the identity of the assassins who had threatened Martelli's life for two years.
 A Farmer reporter talked through an interpreter to the family of the slain man today. All declared that Martelli had kept his secret strictly to himself. They said that he seem- ed gradually to have recovered from his terrible, fright of two years ago, and seemed to have believed that the forgotten him.
 WAS A sIc1LIAN.
 Martelli came from the town of Con- igattini in the island of Sicily, where the dreaded Mafia is strongest. He came to this country five years ago, and have lived in Bridgeport since 1903. 3f
 On July g, 1909, he first attracted the attention of the authorities here by appealing to Sheriff Louis Richa. ds for protection, declaring thaA he was being followed and would be mur. dered. Sheriff Richards turned him over to the authorities where Martelli repeated his story. So wild and in- coherent were his words, due to his
  crazy and was committed for a time to Lakeview home
 Shortly after his discharge from this institution Martelli sent to Sicily for his wife and children. He lived at a number of different places around Bridgeport, and was exceptionally hard working and industrious. He once conducted a bootblack stand di- rectly in front of police headquarters, and operated shoemarkers shop at several different addresses He mov- ed to the West Avenue place about four months ago.
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 Besides his wife he leaves three children, Rosario, aged g; Vincena, He was @ parishioner of the Holy Rosary church and was a man who drank occasionally but not habitually. FIVE BULLETS. TEN WOUNDS
 Dr. Garlick's autopsy this after noon disclosed the fact that there were ten wounds in the body, caused by five bullets, all from the 3S calibre revolver which had been emptied. All the bullets went completely through the body.
 Of these wounds, there were at least three of which any one would have been fatal. One of them was right through the body from side to side. Another was through the back, and another through the mouth.
 Coroner Wilson has taken the case and is Investigating
 FUNERAL TOMORROW
 Undertaken Louis Richards of 46 Elm street has charge of all funeral arrangements. Details are not vet completed, but the funeral probably will be held tomorrow.