The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-30
Frightened Dumb
 By Ghost Of Man Who Was Murdered
Then Miraculously Recovers Power of Speech at Mass
 in Church

New Britain, Aug. 30-After thirty six hour lapse of speech during which | time be could not utter word, An | tonic Vendio, of Kensington, recovered his power of speech after mass at St. l Paul's church yesterday. Returning | to his home Friday at midnig gtht from | his work at the power house near the Berlin depot, Vendio says he saw the ghost of the murdered Raffaele Deton- | no lying on the floor at the house where he boards. So badly scared by | the apparition was he that he was | stricken dumb, and until yesterday morning he was unable to utter a word.
 On the night of the murder Verrdio assisted in carrying Detonno's body | into the feed store and some Of the
 dead mans blood got on his hands. The sight has preyed OF the mans
 mind and three times during the past ten days he has, so he says, seen the ghost The first time was week ago Friday night, when he went into his
 room to go to bed, he saw the ghost there in his room, and the next morn ing he told those at the house about it. Again durig the week he saw the spirit of the dead man, and became more frightened. His condition at the present time is bordering almost on in- sanity, so badly was he frightened. Last Friday night at F o'clock, just as the rain was coming down in
 torrents, and 1t was darker than the
 proverbial "black cats'', Dr. Harvey
 who is associated with Dr. Griswold,
 of Kensington, heard a furious ring at
 his night bell. At the door he found
 a man in great excitement, who said:
 bank, one man gotta Detonno's
 ghosta; everybody scared like h..
 The young doctor hesitated for a
 moment to decide whether he would
 take a gun or hypodermic, but Dr. Griswold who had overheard the con-
 pump; I have laid out lots of ghosts with one.'
 Antonio Vendio, who boards with Dominic Zottola near the Berlin Saw ings bank returned from his work at midnight. As he entered the dimly lighted room through which he had to pass on his way to his bedroom, he thought was the body of Detonno, who was stabbed to death in a fight near the Wooley factory, July 30th.
 He thought he saw the staring eyes, and ghastly wounds, and believed the ghost of the dead man had returned to earth in visible form. A week before when returning from work at the same hour, he had a vision of the same ap- partition and it's reappearance at this time was too much for the nerves of Vendio, who fell to the floor with a cry of terror.
 When his friends reached him he was paralyzed and absolutely speech less with fright, and it required long continued efforts on the doctors part before he could even indicate by mo- tions, that he had seen the ghost Of the man who as killed three weeks l ago.
 PATHETIC SCENE AT CHURCH
 Rev. Father Sullivan, acting pastor at St. Paufs church, was called, and he worked faithfully with the fear stricken man, doing a great deal to at the priests request. Vendio was taken to church where mass was cele- brated, and he was more quiet and less | afraid than the night before.
 A his home this morning one of Vendio's friends told of his behavior | at church When he went there he | was unable to utter a word, and his | throat was swollen terribly from his efforts to talk. After mass, with the priest, Vendio went before the statue | of the Virgin Mary and Father Sulli- | van prayed with hm.
 For several minutes the mans lips | moved, but he could not utter a sound, | prised to hear him say in his native tongue, Holy Mother help me. Speech had returned to him as he knelt before the sacred statue, and after that he was able speak easily. So pleased was the man and so truly | thankful for his blessing that he took his gold watch from his pocket and laid it in the palm of the statue.
 vENDIO CONVERTED
 Friends who had witnessed the seeming miracle took the man home where he was put to bed. His condi- ton is still grave, but the combined efforts of the doctor and priest may keep him from breeding over the past experience and set his nerves ardght.
 After his experience in church Ven dio said to one of his fellow-coutry- men: 'I have never believed in God, nor in the church, nor in the priest, now I have all faith. I shall live and be a good man."
 Friday night Officers Hackett and heard the noise at Vendio's home and looked the matter up, find ing that the cause was only the mans and not any kind of fight. The mans friends kept the affair very quiet until after the scene in church yesterday morning when Vendio's speech was restored to him.