The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-24
WON TELL WHY HE
KILLED COMMON
LAW WIFE
Murder of lose Bunnis DeIiber.
ateIy Planned
W 0 IAN OF UNDERWORLD
Bridgeport Police Claim Victim Had
Revealed White Slave Traffic in
Chicago.

Bridgeport, CT, Oct. 24.-After
day of investigation the police last
night were unable to fix definitely the
motive for which Jose Bunis of
Bridgeport. lately of Chicago, was
shot to death Tuesday night by Joe
Bunano. after she had been taken
near Putney cemetery in an auto
mobile in which were four other men
Bunano, who is known as Chicago
joe" has confessed to killing the wo-
man, who was his common law wife.
but the police say that the only rea-
son he gives in his alleged confess
sion was that he was drunk and did
not know what he was doing. Mean
while the police still cling to the the
DRY that the woman who was charac
ter in Bridgeport underworld, was
killed because she had revealed the
inner workings of the white slave
traffic in Chicago
Bunano, together with Joseph Mat
ton and Frank PizZichenni, who were
arrested Tuesday night, are being
held at Bridgeport without bonds.
pending a hearing Saturday AL
though the woods in the vicinity of
the shooting have been secured and
nearby police have been notified to be
on the lookout, no trace has been
found of the two mn in the party who
disappeared after the murder. They
are said to be Jimmy Lewis, alias
Hartford Jimmy OF Hartford and
Andrew Campello, alias Big An
drew" Of New Hampshire
Under rigid examination Bunano
! confessed to having shot the woman.
who he claimed for the past four
months had been his common law
wife. Bunano said that the woman's
husband, John Achillo of New York.
died about six months ago and that
two months later he took the young
woman, then % years old, as his COM
| mon law wife. His stories leading
up to the shooting were conflicting.
The police have learned that Buneno
| and the woman arrived in Bridgeport
Tuesday from Chicago, having left
that city last Saturday.
Salvatore Renardo, employed at
the restaurant from which the wo-
man was taken to her death. was ar
rested yesterday. There is no charge
against him, but he is held pending
inquiry
+ On Bunano when captured vas
found a revolver At headquarters
there was taken from him post card
mailed to him on the 10Th at 40
West Twentieth street, Chicago" and
stoned "Charloc n,,popov Tbaro ,roe
also a special delivery letter sent
from Bridgeport the 18th to "enardo
Bunano, East One Hundred and
Twelfth street, New York The
address is believed to be that of
Greek restaurant The letter is writ
ten in Italian and the police will have
/ translation made. There was also
check for baggage shipped from
Chicago and the police will endeavor
to make an examination of the bag
| gage.
According 10 the police, the killing
bore indications of having been plan
ned The five men having secured
an automobile, went to the restaur-
ant where the woman was known to
! be and having taken her in the car
we're drivn directly to Stratford.
where the crime was committed. The
police says that there Bunano fired
FIVE shots into the woman's head. He
then calmly reloaded his revolver
and the five men scattered. three of
them, including Bunano. to be captur-
ed within short time and the other
two TO disappear and to make their
getaway good up to the present time.