Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-03-25
MRS. CICCONE ON
WITNESS STAND
Fiore Hears Her Say He Forced
Her to Murder
Husband.
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! love you, and | do not write to her.
either Everything that | have told
you you have done it. If had asked
my wife to do something for me she
would not do it, because she has a
big mouth and would talk, and You
wouldn't.
No. my love, you don't have to
worry at all; so far you have helped
me, yet please try and stick TO me
If they ask you anything don't tell
them. They're fooled and when we
get out we will go together. FL have
you for my wife and nobody else and
try and help me hard.
IF l get any time when they open
the door | will kill myself. Pray to
God for me not to have no time and
tell them | don't know anything about
your husband being dead, because
they will put me away.
"If anyone asks you anything tell
them that he came home all the time
drunk and tell them that he used to
bother you all the time and tell them
that YOU do not know who killed him
and don't tell them that told you
to treat your husband bad. Tell them
that l always told you to treat your
husband right. Don't be afraid of the
people when they come from the
COURTNEY are only nosey
Don't tell them that l told You to
say that just because we go live to-
gether The devil with my wife.
Don't think about your husband be-
ing dead: think about me now. be-
cause you know I love you all the
time Help me out and if I get out
first I will help take you out
"From your brother-in-law,
"TONY FIORE.
"a kiss for you xXXx xxxxX x
xxxxx X X"
The third letter, written five days
later, according to the postmark on
the envelope is the damning one for
Fiore, as by that time he had learned
through DeRogatis and Federico that
Mrs. Ciecone has told the prosecutor s
office something. In this letter he adj
mits telling her to kill her husband
and also threatens to kill her il she
harms him. In both letters, at the
conclusion, there is a string of Ks,
meaning kisses.
The letter follows:
Postmarked april 30, 1927
Newark, n. j. (undated).
my Dear Sister -law-Just few
lines to let you know l am well, and
] hope you are the same. The first
letter you sent me l took it, and the
second letter you sent me 1 would
not take it, because the keeper said
the prosecutor took you to write to
me and the letter was opened. Please.
now, don't do me no harm, for you
know that ! love you and | will die
for you Now, told you to kill your
husband If you harm me like l told
you to do to your husband / will kill
you when / get out.
al Love You. Do What l Tell or III
Fix YOU
do Just as | tell you to; if you
don't do what ! am telling you to- I
will fix you. Try and help me to
come out, as you know love you,
and tell prosecutor that l support
you and your husband, because your
husband was drunk all the time and
spent his money. Now he is dead and
he don't know nothing about the
house at all now, for If they were to
call any witnesses they can't say
nothing about the house.
Write to your daughter and tell
her not to say anything about me,
because she is a child, because she
knows all I told you. and il you
don't write to her they may send for
her and she will tell on me, for If she
goes to court they will take her esord.
Don't do me no harm, because my
heart is toward you. If you harm me
I will kill myself like your hyother-
in-law, and don't forget every ,yorl
I am telling you.
Tell that girl who l gave the note
to in the church to not say nothing /;
tell her not to say anything about
that letter l gave her in church. If
I know you talk bad about me 1
would not write to you any more.
When / send you these get someone
to read it that you really trust and
tell them to not to say nothing to
nobody. Goodbye. love and kisses
from TONY FIORE."
x K x X x
Flore is now on trial as an access
sorry to the murder of Ciccone, and is
alleged by Prosecutor Mott to have
been the instigator and prime mover
in the conspiracy that resulted in the
death of Ciccone by poisoning. This
claim is made by the prosecutor,
despite the fact that at the time OF
the actual commission of the crime
Fiore was in prison.
Little Girl Tells of Death Message.
Mr.. Mott claims that Mrs. ciccone
was in fear of her own life at the
hands of F'iore unless she followed
out his wishes and poisoned her hus-
band. Yesterday afternoon 12-year-
old Annie Ciccone. her daughter, told
the jurors Of a message she had car