The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-30

II Alice Philips A1drichs of the society, 1 and asked to be protected from the vengeance of the gang which she knew
 would pursue her. Packing her trunk and shipping it from Chicago, she travelled alone to New York city where she hid for several days until she learned that Joe had followed her to that city.
 She quickly fled to this city at the solicitation Of a woman friend whose | letter was found among her possess ions when shot and which bore the | address of a South avenue resort long suspected by the local police as being the rendezvous for a. gang of gamblers and criminals. q
 She was recommended to hide in the home of Patsy Richards and Mol lIfe Bruno, over the Joe ADiVivo saloon on Water street. There she was lean ing out of a second story window on the night of October 22, 1912, when an automobile hired from the Blue Ribbon Garage and driven by William Hall, arrived with her husband. In the car with him were James (Ji1nny)
 Matteo,- a,neitinerant diamond sales man, Francesca Pizzisheni, a. restau- rant keeper on Park Place. s'Jimmie,' Riccio, alias Hartford Jimmie, and Andrew Capello, known to the police of Connecticut cities as Big Andrelx =
 Shortly after z o'clock, with a. bot tie of champagne purchased to cele- brate the reunion of Joe Buonomo with his wife, the chauffeur was or dered to drive towards Stratford. The party were talking in Italian and were arguing in loud tones. When the cen ter in Stratford- was reached Hall was first told to proceed towards New I4a- ven, but later ordered to take the road to Peck's Mill bridge. When just this side of the home of former se1ectman Charles H. Welles in the Putney, district, Oronoque. the Chauffeur was ordered to stop and the party goth out ast if by previous. ar .Fangement. The chauffeur was orr tdered to turn around. Looking for a suitable place, he found "a spot about 100 feet further on. He drove to that place and had backed the car halfway when he heard five shots fred in quick succession.
 As he turned he saw the flash. from a gun shooting downwards. Chauffeur Hall later said that at that moment he committed and was bringing the car slowly back to the spot where the four men were standing when he saw by the glare of his headlights that the woman was prostrate upon the ground.
 One of the men was approaching his car with the hand slightly raised as if indicating that he would like to get in the car. Hall did not wait, but throwing in full power with start that carried the car in 8, bound from the ground, ducked his head and body as far beneath the steel sides of the car as pGssfbIe and drove toward Stratford-
 He stopped at thes house of George O. Lines, and gave the alarm to- the sStratford authorities. afterwards driv- ing here in person where he nearly collapsed from the experience through which he had passed.
 ~ Bridgeport police were notified and with the aid of Chief Wm.. P. Rob bins of Shelton, who motored to the scene in person. all lines of exit were closed to the murder party.
 As the body lay upon the grass-p1ot we1tering in blood. the quartette calm 1y smoked cigarettes and from the ev- idence later secured by State Police man Wheeler, who found a pistol thrown away by one of the party, aid- ed Buonomo in relocating his revolver with both round and flat nosed bull let's This feature of the case was always a mystery to the local police and was never satisfactorily explained.
 After a few minutes the party went towards Putney Chapel and the troll ley tracks. Charlie and Big Andrew gained the trolley and went to Shel- ton and Hartford. Pizzicheni, Mat teo and Buonono-, went north where Joe Buonomo became separated from them and returned south over the Gut Spring road to fWheeler's lane, through which he came out on the main road within few hundred feet of the scene of the murder.
 He inquired the waysto Bridgeport from passers-by with whom he went to the home Of Francis s. Webb and was detained there in conversation when the Shelton and Stratford au- thorities arrived and took him into custody.
 shortly prior to this, Chief William P. Robbins captured Matteo and kPiz- zichemiN while they were standing at the cross roads near oronoque.
 Upon the coming of the police they threw their guns away. One was found next morning near the spot where they were arrested.
 BigyAndrew. was never captured, but "FIartford Jimmie'' Riccio surrendered himself to the court the day set for the trial in the superior tribunal.
 When -arraigned in the city court all were charged with murder in the first degree. Big Andrew and Hartford Jtnmie' were fugitives from justice. All were bound over to the high court upon probable cause being found. The body was buried Tn LalSeview ceme- tery. N
 Upon the first trial before the su- perior court, States Attorney Stiles Judson prosecuted, assisted by Grand Juror Ivan L. Morehouse Of Stratford. Attorneys John c. Chamberlain, FL bert O. Hull and Lawrence Finkle& stone appeared for Pizzichemi and Matteo; former Mayor E. T. Bucking- ham and Attorney John J. Cullinan appeared for Buonomo and Attorney D'Esopo of Hartford. for Riccio, Upon an alleged confession of the man who admitted firing the shots and because the prosecution did not have evidence upon which to convict, all but Buo- homo had their eases nolled by Judge w. O. Case.
 Buonomo was found guilty of the murder. Exceptions to the trial were later taken by Attorney Cullinan and granted upon technicaIities The sec ond trial was held in this county dur