Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-09
TO
SEEK FOR
81 B TIE
POISON
CiccOne'S Stomach Is
Sent to New York
Chemists.
DEATH MYSTERY
MAY BE SOLVED
Deceased Was Recently
Involved in Domestic
Difficulties.

The vital organs of Leonardo Cic-
cone, who died at his home. 50 Cutler
street. on Thursday night. were today
sent to New York laboratory for
analysis. Much mystery has been at
tached to the sudden death of the man
who last week had his wife and An
tonic Fiore arrested on a statutory
charge. Both defendants were COM
mitted to Jail. but Ciccone after few
days bailed his wife.
Mrs Ciccone, her mother. Mrs. Jen-
ME Messino, and the formers daughter
Annie, 10 years old, then made their
home with the husband. Thursday
Ciceone became violently Ill. DR.. Jo-
seph Corona was summoned and dag
nosed the mans case as one of acute
gastritis. When medicines failed to
bring a response the physician sum-
moned in consultation DR.. Ladovice
Mancusi- -Ungaro. The man rallied but
died without being able to give his
tory of his ailment.
Prosecutor Mott Is investigating DR..
Joseph Corone's connection with the
case, but is not yet ready to make a
statement. Dr. Corone some time ago
admitted practising medicine without
a license and was arrested. He was
held In $500 bail, and his trial is still
pending. Should 1t be found that he
treated Ciccone the offense Is, at least,
contempt OF court and Prosecutor
Mott will make a searching investiga-
tion.
Z County Physician Mckenzie was no.
titled, and he with DIR. Harrison S.
MARYLAND, of the City Hospital staff.
performed an autopsy. The physicians
found no direct trace of poison, but
still they believed chemical and
pathological examination of the organs
should be made.
Mrs. Ciccone, with Fiore, who Is al
legged to have been her paramour by
the police were taken into custody on
February 1s. At that time damaging
stories were told in the Second Precinct
Police Court by Ciccone, and the pair
were held in bail for the grand jury
Mrs. Ciccone begged her husband to
be lenient%and he procured her release
When they again took up housekeeping
all seemed to be in harmony.
Following the death of her husband
and the suspicious aspect of the case
Captain Brown. of the Second precinct,
has ordered the woman shadowed. Her
daughter and mother while questioned
at length and absolutely denying all
knowledge of a quarrel between hus-
band and wife. will also be kept under
surveillance.
Fiore has had a rather varied expert
ence in the last few years In May
1909. he was arrested together with
Salvatore Porecco, of 40 Garside street.
on suspicion of being concerned in the
death of Angelo Caprio, who before he
died made a statement to the police
in which he accused Fiore of stabbing
him while Porecco held his arms. The
two men escaped. 1t was learned by
the police that Mrs. Ciccone had re-
ceived a letter from Fiore after he
went away, and that he was living in
Pittsfield, Mass. 1t was through that
letter that Fiore and Caprio were ar
rested and brought back to this city
They were sent to Jail in default of
bail About two months later Porecco
made murderous assault on one of
the keeps at the Jail by hitting him
on the head with an iron bar. Porecco
was shot to death while resisting two
other keepers who tried to place him
in a cell. With the death of Porecco
the charge against Fiore fell through
and ne was let off on a complaint of
assault and battery and sent to Jail
for eighteen months, but only served
fourteen months.