The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-09
Bride And Groom
 Are Shot Down
 By Grandfather
fred by Their Elopement, Delfino, Wealthy Fireworks Maker at Savin Rock, Kills Young Man and Seriously Wounds Girl

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 | New Haven. Oct 9-Domenico Del
 fino.9 the veteran and well-to-do man
 ufacturer of fireworks at Savin Rock
 in burst of jealous frenzy, Or elst | while temporarily insane shot dowI
 his favorite step granddaughter, MarJ 1 Delblasio. and her husband, Sodovict Delblasio, in their bed room at hi: residence at 41S Washington avenue l yesterday afternoon at o'clock. The l young man died at the New Haver hospital at S:20 o'clock last night ant l hls young wife is also in that insti- l tuition lying at the point of death. | The tragedy created intense excite ment in West Haven, and was the talk l or this city last night, owing to the respect in which Delfino was held by all who knew him.
 l After committing the murder Delft | no made no attempt to escape, but gave himself up willingly to Chief o1 Police Loomis and Police Captain 1 French. He was very guarded in his answers to Coroner Mix, however, al | the hearing which was conducted be fore the coroner with Medical Exam iner Kowalewski and Chief Loomis l at the West Haven town hall last night and which was continued until II o'clock. At its conclusion the old 1 man, he is 65 years of age, was plac- ed under arrest and was locked up al in the first degree. At this time he seemed to have arrived at something of a realizing sense of the conse- quences of his mad act.
 FIRED FOUR SHOTS. According to the statements of wit the room of the couple which he had visited earlier in the day, carrying coffee and other refreshments to them and pulling out a 3S-ca1ibre revolver fired point blank at the girl shooting her in the left breast, the hospital au-
 thorities say. She screamed for help and then fled under a bed. and upon furiated man this time in the right
 breast. She then fled from the house,
 shrieking wildly. and the old man
 then turned his attention to the young husband, whom he shot squarely in the breast. The latter fell prostrate to the floor and according to state ments of witnesses the old man fired a fourth shot, and went downstairs to find his tep-granddaughter, What he did with the pistol is not known. It has not yet been found by the po- lice, although the house and grounds were thoroughly searched.
 Neighbors Were Stunned.
 The tragedy occurred so suddenly that the neighbors were stunned for from the house fled to the residence of George T. Warner, in whose family she was well known, and fell on the floor. MT. Warner hastily summoned Drs. John M. Kiernan and Chas. A. Bevan, and then a hurry call was sent bulance. Meantime Dr. V. F. Kowal- eski had reached the scene, as well as Chief Loomis, and Delfino was led away. The half dozen of Dedfno's employees who lived in his house were huddled about the doorway in an af- frighted group. The doctors made every attempt to stanch the wounds of the injured couple but Delblasio was sent to the hospital on the first trip of the ambulance, and there he manifested a desire for priest. Upon receiving absolution he managed to rouse himself enough to say "mur4 derer." mentioning Delfino's name. Then he told his own name and sank into a stupor. from which he never recovered.
 What the Wife Said.
 Half an hour later the young wife was brought into the hospital, still screaming with pain. She declared both in consequence of jealousy be- cause she had run away an dmarried Delblasio, with whom he had wished her not to associate. She also said that the old man had subsequently made a statement to the police III which he had exhibited scratches up- on his body which he said had been given him with a stiletto by the cou-. pie, and which the old man had told the police had led him to fire his pistol at them. This story of the old man, Mrs. Delblasio said at the hos
 
 of them was entirely unprovoked. That they never assaulted him with stiletto or anything else and they did not know that he had any idea of assaulting them.
 She said that she had been faith full servant of her grandfather since her childhood, had acted as his agent in the sale of his fireworks, and con- tributed very largely to the success of his business, but that he would never let her go anywhere in social way, nor permit her to receive atten- tions from any young men. Conse- quently when she finally ran away with young Delblasio (the latter was 25 years old and she 22) his rage knew no bounds. But they had re- turned from their honeymoon as she had supposed that the old man was reconciled to the match.
 At the hospital early this morning some hope was expressed for the re- covery of the young woman. She was slightly improved over her condition early in the evening.
 Delfino Widely Known.
 Delfino has been widely known in Connecticut for the past ten years as the proprietor of the Connecticut Fireworks company at Savin Rock His factory lies back of the baseball grounds. Several explosions have oc- cured there. He came here from Coney Island. Although he is not a fluent speaker of the English lam guage, he is an expert manufacturer of pyrotechnics, and for long time has produced the fireworks displays which, have been made use of at the Rock and other of the parks of the Connecticut company and elsewhere in this state. He produced the dis play that was shown on the New Ha- ven green last Fourth of July. As indicated above, his step-granddaugh ter was a most valuable assistant to him in the sale of his product. He is said to be worth from $56,000 to ESQ., 900 and had purchased the residence in which the shooting occurred, fine residence, less than two years ago.
 Delblasio, who was a fine looking young man, and an expert maker of fire works, entered his employ about eight months ago, and he and the old cxta lrlo +, f.l