The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-20


 trial of the four alleged murderers Jennie Cavalieri in the superior court today The Introduction of Chicago Joe Buonomo's confession to the state and Bridgeport police; the testimony of Special Policeman Antonio Vocco1a, who was planted" in cell in police headquarters where he could hear the conversation among Buonomo, Pezzi- chemi, Motif, and Salvador, and the
 disclosure of startling charges that 15 South avenue, this city, was a head quarters for those interested in white slavery, made the spectat tors who filled the court room hang on every word of testimony.
 The confession of Chicago Joe, the existence of which had been only hint
 ed at until today, was read by State Policeman Frank VirelH virelH and State Policeman Rowe Wheeler - of the white slave headquarters al = South avenue, awhile Voccola, who was on the stand when noon recess
 was taken, brought the culminating | sensation, of the morning session of the court.
 Voccolo's testimony was the first ac- tuaI evidence introduced of a conspir- acy among Buonomo and his com rades to take the woman to her death yin the automobile ride.
 I Court opened with Frank Della sum moned as the first witness. Della is a l saloon keeper. He was asked to tes- l tify to the strength of a certain wine i introduced in evidence as the sort of l which two quarts was taken on the automobile ride He made a good wit ness for the state, declaring that two quarts. of it among four men would have little effect
 Allen Judson, the stratford fire 1 chief and constable, testified he took l a, baggage check from Chicago Joe
 the night of the murder, and Rowe Wheeler, State policeman, then told
 that he had claimed the trunk con 1 taining Joe'S and Jennde's clothing. It
 was addressed to 105 South avenue.
 This place, said Wheeler, was known
 as gambling house and a. place
 where people interested in the under
 world had packages and mail sent. 1 ''Cozza'' was a sort of leader, and he | lived nearby. He said the trunk was
 addressed to Ernest Quirtire. The
 man who ran the grocery at 105 South
 avenue, he said, was F'escino. l Virelli, who followed him on the
 stand, completed the connection be- I tween the trInw, the slayer and the
 victim. He said Joe had told him the
 woman's clothes in the trunk belong
 ed to Jennie.
 l This was the trunk of which Char les J. Petranck, a baggage man at the Grand Central Station, New York, noted for his remarkable memory of l terday. He identified a photograph
 of Joe Buonomoi as one he had identi-
 fled for the New York police. This
 he had selected from several shown
 him by the New York police a few
 days after the murder. The photo
 graph showed Buonomo with nous
 tache. Petranek was asked merely to
 identify the photograph. Then Sher-
 if Vo1lner identified the photograph
 as one of Buonorno before his mous-
 tache was shaven, at the jail
 tive 11Te cusatfons against 105 South avenue!
 He explained that the Ernest Quirtire
 mentioned was also known as Ernest Cozza,; that he lives at Main street shop.
 l At this point, States Attorney Jud-
 to come from Frank Cozza to Ernest
 Cozza Virelli testified he knew the
 sender of the telegram; had met him l in Chicago. But before he got very | far along with this line of attack,
 Judge Case, on objection, ruled out the
 telegrams.
 charged that one of the States wit l nesses whom he had depended upon to
 show the pre- arrangement of Jenie's
 visit to Bridgeport, had fled the city.
 Here the confession of Joe was in
 troduced. There were two confes-
 sions, vireH explained. One was
 IaaaI lated p by DGO him to state Policeman
 Downing who wrote the statement in
 the presence of VirelH and another Italian interpreter, James Passerini. There was another confession, writ ten by BI1onono and signed by him, | then translated by VirelIi. These
 comics sions were both introduced in l evidence. That made by Buonono himself is given herewith in fIlll 1 In addition to the Buonomo confes- sion written by himself, the other
 statement contained little information.
 It stated that Joe had resided at 101 West 21st street, Chicago; that before that time had worked in a restaurant | in 114th street, between First and Sec ond avenue, New York; for his broth CT. He recounted quarTels with Jen- nie, of her threats, that she had beaten him, and insulted him, pre- vented him writing to his mother for l fear he would send money to her, and l then reviewed the information in the other confession.
 l Virelli testified that the confessions
 were made after Buonomo had been l given to understand that they would | be used against him.
 1 Then Vireli was asked anew about | the character of the place at 105 South
 avenue where the trunk had been ad-
 dressed to Qutrtire, alias Cozza. He said the place had been a gambling