The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-03-27

wAe asrssted hin At his home in the
province Of 0ergenti. Sicily. In this
LOMBARD accused The Little Mouse"
q Ahs murder and admitted he himself
bad been IN accessory after the fact.
OerAoa. Rad the confession calmly.
&zls sxpression did not change aad his
voice was low and steady when he said
1T = ell t1us. I will tell you every
shAng and than perhsps you will not
eeams ms % MuuA."
He drew . small crucifix from his
shA6by coaA kissed It and carefully re-
ceaosd q. Then h described IN detail
he uAmder n <hs rooms which be oc-
cupood WITH CArmsaina 0erAoCi, At No.
0B East ForAstA street. the circum-
STANCES leading up to II and he Sub.
ssQuent efforts TO conceal the crime
Ne TgLlo WHY NE KILLED Hie
WIFE.
''You cannot fudge me ~ your laws"
he began. II killed my VIE because
she was untrue to me. She had violated
the oath which she made before her
parents and mine IN Italy. and death
at my hands was the only punishment
for her Mn.
Shining. she tried TO turn our Mttls
daughter. whom call Turiddi. against
me. Turiddi y only fourteen. 6vt she
knew WHIST her mother said OF me was
untruA end Il only made her the more
loyal 20 her father.
Tour years ago I went 10 lta1y.
lett che wife behind me to take care Of
Turiddi. When returned both had
vanished. I traced them and found my
wife had gone away with another man
ana chat Turdda was living with them.
Il persuaded my wife to return b
me. and she left the other man There
came to live with " Salvatore Lom-
bardi and his brother. Giuseppe Sal
vatore loved Turiddi and wished Ia
marry, her. My wife would not have
this. On the night I killed her she
had not returned homo until nearly 10
o'clock. When demanded to know
where she had been she tainted me
She spat In my face.
DROVE NAILS INTO HER HEAD
IN BED.
"Then she got into the bed and iay
close to the wall, facing It. I Wpoks te
her and she did not answer. My Goa,
was hanging At the head OF the bed
ana In Its pocket were some long wire
nails. graaped one of these and
pushed 1t Into her head. Then I ham
mered II In. and another. She made N
sound. had killed her. took out M
knife then and FLASHED her body.
s"TnriIAt T. ~
room. wakensd her and told her wha
had done. Her face was very pale
but she told me could have done moth
Ing else. In another room the Lombard
brothers were sleeping. ! aroused them
and we sat In council wanted to cal
the police and give myself up. but the!
advised against IT, They thought
would DO better to hide her body some
where and move to another city.
Some one-I do not remember who
suggested We pack her body In . trunk
II could be sent to Georgetown. In Con
necticut. where we had friends. and n,
one would never know. they said. 81
when It was daylight Salvatore and
went to get the trunk.
I'VE shipped II to Geor9etown. and
met It there. We carried II to the mill
pond and tossed It into the water. The,
Salvatore went into the country Wit
Turiddi. Giuseppe went back to Italy
and / started to travel from city to cit!
until they finally arrested me In But
fao."
The trunk was taken from the mil
POND on Nov. .. and step by step IL
Journey was traced back to the hous
In East Fortieth street. There dstec
tives learned enough from neighbour
to Identify the body and give them
clue to the murderer.