The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-14

"I loved Mrs. Caputo in the old i country. I love her now. 1 shot her husband because thought he was going to attack me with a razor. tshot the wife because she is the cause of all the trouble" This Is the gist of a remarkable 1 confession given to Police Captain George Arnold by Emilio de Martina, dapper little drug clerk, who shot probably fatally wounded Enrico Ca puto an Italian barber last night, and also shot Mrs. Caputo but did not wound her seriously. Mrs. Caputo Is a young and very pretty Italian womT an. She Is the mother of three chill drsn. Caputo was in dying con dition at St. vlncents hospital this morning. He was not expected to live the day out. Mrs. Caputo at the Bridgeport hospital. was resting com fortably and will recover.
 Martino Is held without bail. In case of Caput0s death he must an- | ewer to the charge of murder in the first degree. The shooting took place kon Center street near Washington avenue at S:45 last night. MT. and Mrs. Caputo were returning from N street They were followed by Mar tino. who overlook them on Central avenue. Words were exchanged between the three. Witnesses saw Martino draw a revolver from his pocket and fire sev- eral shots into Caputo at close range. Then he shot Mrs. Caputo. The in- jured man started for Martino, who turned away firing into Caputo again as he ran Martino ran down Franklin street, throwing his revolver away as he ran. | 1437 Main street and took refuge in a
 closet From this he was yanked by the police few minutes later and locked up. His two victims were talk en in the auto ambulance to the hos pital.
 Detective Captain Arnold immedi- I ately took Martino in hand and se- cured his statement of the trouble. l
 Martino declared that he loved Mrs.
 Caputo in the old country; that after followed her to this city. Then for
 several weeks Mrs Caputo sent him money and food, until the shooting yesterday.
 Martino seemed to be proud rather than otherwise of his alleged relations
 with the pretty wife of his fellow countryman. He spoke very freely
 of this feature of the case and fre- uuently remarked that "she is the cause of the troub1e.''
 Mir and Mrs. Caputo both deny this. They say that Martino tried to live on their hospitality and shot them in revenge for being turned out of the house.
 Martino's confession in full is giv- en In another column.
 Emilio de Martina is about 25 years of age. He is a smal1 fellow, quiet
 r7aoE looking and hoQrincr thing but the air of a desperate crim- ina1 He dresses in "swagger" cloth- ing and apparently takes great pride in his personal appearance.
 At police headquarters this morn ing he did not seem to be at all im- pressed with the seriousness of his position, but laughed and joked. When handcuffs were placed upon his wrists, preparatory to taking him to police headquarters, he waved them fin the air and cracked a joke about them.
 The shooting and the chase after assailant created great excitement. Many persons saw the affray. and saw Mir and Mrs. Caputo fall before the bullets from Martina.
 Thomas Flynn, of 72 Franklin street, |
 was one of the foremost in pursuit of the fleeing drug clerk. Despite a l
 crippled foot, MT. Flynn kept right on the heels of the fugitive and chased
 him into the brick block at 1437 Main
 street. where Martino roomed
 Dr. J. M Rowe, who has a room in
 the same block, saw Martino enter the
 building pr. Rowe ran across the |
 street to the armory and telephoned
 for the police. In the meantime off, cers who had been summoned to Gen.
 ter street, by witnesses of the shoot |
 ing, had trailed young Martino to his
 hiding place. They found him con cea1ed in a pantry closet, and dragged him out He pointed out the place
 where he had thrown away his re- volver. It was a cheap weapon of .32
 calfbre.
 Seven shots, the entire charge of
 the revolver. were fired during the |
 affray. Of these, two entered the
 body of Caputo, one penetrating his
 liver. and the other penetrated his
 chest Both wounds are serious
 Mrs. Caputo. more fortunate, receiv- l ed two bullets but not in vital parts. |
 Roth were removed at the Bridgeport
 hospital today. One entered the left l
 side of the chest and the other the left |
 shoulder. Two other wounds on her |
 left arm showed where bullets had |
 ,,o ornd so closely as fo lacerate tha