The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-19
CAPTURE OF
 BUONOMO TOLD
 BY WITNESSES
State Nearing End of Presenta- ton of Evidence in
 Cavalieri Case
Defense Seek to Prove That Ac. cused Were Irresponsibly
 Drunk

The prosecution sprung a sensation thls afternoon when Tessie Spinello, ono a familiar character in the fred light district of this city. was sum n1oned as a witness. The Spinello woman at one time conducted houses in Water. Bank and State streets, but six years ago cut away from the gay life and married She now lives quietly in residential section of the city
 The SpinelIo woman was called to the stand to give testimony relative to monetary transactions of the under world When the body of Jennie Cavelieri was found, there were in her pocketbook several brass checks of denomina tions, 5. 10 and 20.
 The SpineIlo woman in calm and deliberate voice told of the use Of these checks. It was a sordid tale of finances of the demi-monde. The checks she identified as those used by girls in dfsorderly houses as means of accounting with persons who place" them in the houses. The cheeks are turned over to the procurers and by them are cashed in for their money value.
 With attorneys for Chicago Joe seek ing to take advantage of every point to prove that he was irresponsibly
  alieri. and counsel for the three other men accused of the murder trying to emphasize every point in the evidence that indicates they had no advance Information of the murder, the state had nearly completed it's prosecution of the four alleged murderers when adjournment was taken for the noon recess a few minutes after one o'clock today
 Many wienesses were called, but the only one who had anything strikingly new to import was Luigo Celone, a saloonkeeper at 1o4 Main street, Der by He corroborated the story of the night of Hartford Jimmy Lewis, alias Ricco, and Big Andrew Capone, as outlined in The Farmer of yesterday Through their conduct at Celones place the state seeks to show that they were acting as accessories of the
 The flight of the quintet from the scene of the shooting was described on the witness stand today by Miss Olive B. WeIles, the daughter of First Welles himself, and by Frederick L. Jennings Jennings was the first man to discover the dead body.
 Mss WelIes, the first witness called today told of looking out from her home following the shooting and see ing Mir Jennings driving sonth, past her house, towards the scene of the murder. and of seeing five men hurry
 Jennings told of driving past the five men, four of them together, the fifth little behind. One of them was E. passing the men, until reaching point a little south, he discovered the body of the woman. He jumped from his team, felt of her face, realized that she was dead, then hurried into the Fancher house, just south, and gave the alarm
 Persistent cross examination failed to force any of these witnesses to ad- init that only four had fled to the that ali five had traced their steps northward after the shooting, remain ing together
 SamueI Lewis and Herbert M Booth reiterated their story of the capture Of Buonono. They told of passing him just north of the trest1e at Peck's Mill bridre and then retracing their steps as they sought to verify the murder report that had reached Lewis house by telephone
 They heard Buonono hammerfng at the Bevans door, just souuth of the bridge. waited for him to come out, then walked down the road with him, passed an automobile from the path of which they dragged him, realizing that in his apparently drunken cond1- tton he might be run down They tes- tif1ed he whtstled at the automobflists, and then pleaded with them to get in his broken English supplications, if they would provide him with a. means Of reaching 1o5 South avenue:
 Francis S. Webb. who Joined the trio before the arrival of the authorities and apprehension of Buonomo, was absent when his name was called by
 
 ing him a witness, Judson called George E. Wood, a Stratford coneta bIe. who testified to the circumstances of Buonomo's arrest. He took credit to himself for discovering the pistol in Buonomo's pocket, and said Chief Judson of the Stratford fire depart 1nent disarmed Buonomo while he held Buononno's arms He said he believed T3uonomo was affected from drink that he didn't realize his pockets were being searched. He testified that Buo- homo fell asleep and then when he reached Bridgeport, late in the night, sheriff Williams had to kick him to arouse him. Attorney Cullinan cross examined him at length as to the evil s5eI1ces of intoxfcation of Buonomo.
 Francis Webb testified that Buono- mo was mot what you would call ing
 Frank L. Terry, stratford photog- rapher. and John W Fancher testi- fed in relation to photographic ex- hibits of the scene of the crime
 Chief Robbins of Shelton, and Lieut.. Isarnes and Officer Schmidt, who ac ~onpIief1ed the arrests of Pezzichemi znd Motf were important in detailing tT1e circumstances of the flight of the two Bridgeporters.
 ,Inderbrush off the main road. after Pezzicherni was found wandering along the Walnut Hill road, about two niles north of the scene
 The Shelton officers testified to the finding of a pistol which was later in- f-odt1ced in evidence It is claimed that the pistol, -sS1caipre weapon froducirg it in evidence, States Attor- nev Judson turned it over to Sheriff Vollner who unloaded it and returned fl to him.
 : TJe1:t. Barnes testified that when he found AIotti the man laughed and de clared he had no part of the trouble and they couldn't do anything to
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