The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-20

pretty much alike Iemu1s. cIafaaea that he had shot at a bird az they coupted for the empty shell
 Tn trying that case L was trou- bled over the fact that human na- ture would prompt a man who had leave the spot, probably conceaIing himself-for mortal never had a more favorable opportunity, and it was half an hour before the officers arrived
 -.In the course Of time received a letter from one, Dominic Patti, in Pennsylvania accuslnR hfxussIf ana T companion, Joseph Corso, with having Committed the crime, and saying fhnE he was prompted to confess by con science because he had learned that innocent men had been sent to plFfs- on- That letter was further corrc,- borated by the fact that the wife or one of those men, who are uudoubtsd- 6both living in Grseuwich0 fhlt Blle knew her husband had committee that crime, but that if she (AGrB. IaEuulag sad a word they would kill her.
 Remarks were rife in the Italian colony in Greenwich that the other man was the guilty one, and he flea since, although at one time it wss seriously considered advisable upon the proposal of Iemma to temporarily parole him in the custody Of an officer that he might be taken to PennsyI- vania and there locate the guilty parties.
 
 written to. me every year. in addf- tion to other parties to whom he has declared his innocence, impIorfnG aid in securing his release. One of ff7ese letters is particuIarIy pafaefic- C5ere the tears were yelling in the ayes of the relator) as it recounts letters re- reived from his wife and two chfI- dren, icrying for a piece of bread ana my heart is breaking as write these letters
 T honestly believe both he and his a ion yE7r, F~- F.. w-r~ "a from states prison, are innocent Of the crime for which they were com victed.
 Acting under that belief. I laid all the facts before the Board of Dfrec- tors of States Prison and asked that they be paroled immediately upon the Board acted favoraibly upon the rec omm mendation based upon my account. They will be paroled sometime tfgs week or next.
 Then the immigration aufhorftfer. acting under instructions from the Secretary of the Department Of Com dered the deportation of Iemma, as soon as he came out of the Connect cut States Prison wrote the I'm Commissioner at Ellis Is- land, N. r., setting forth the factg. and represented that it would be a. crime against this man-wi1o by th1 way during imprisonment. as predict ed in his letters, lost both his wife and two little children by death-ta deport him.
 'sThe commissioner referred me fo. Secretary NageI and thereupon ar@ piled to him thrhouSh Senator George P. Mclean, who took the matter un durate, and insists that Iemma, shall be deported on account of a cT1ma committed in Italy before coming to this country.
 fsIn truth, IemmaL was thought 20 well of in his own country that after serving sentence he was admitted bos the Italian army and wac hOnors5iy d1Echarged at the end of his term oki service. He today bears a most e7r-. cellent reputation in his native town and also with the authorities here
 ''I regard this deportation under an. the circumstances as a EreviOus out rage. and very descreditab1e to 0ur government. The chaplain of the states prison certified to me that ha has observed this man closely ana credits him with honesty and a good 
 Many of~the letters have revefvsE from these men have been piteons and neartbreakfng. and have repeatedly af- firmed their innocence as well as the tact I had often considered, that ie guilty they would not have remained on the scene of their crime to be ap- 
 Ralph Wheeler, under whom they were convicted on December a. 1909. to ten years minimum and fourteen years maximum imprisonment Thesa quests that investigate the truth of ast petition to Judge Wheeler before their assertions, which I did. Their me was dated May 25, 1911"
 When seen at his offices today, At torney Frederick B. Fa1lon, who with Henry Greenstein defended the cou~ pie said:
 s'Yes, remember the cases of Sal vatore Iemma and Rania Salvatore we'll
 ''At the time of their trial before ths late Justice Wheeler they fnnpIureH me to save them from imprisonrnanf for crime of which they were inuo~ cent. Try as I might in my profes- sional capacity could wiring no other statement from them but that they were guilt1ess of intent to rnurder.
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