The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-09
BUONOMO WILL HANG ON DATE
 SET BY COURT
Appeal For Stay of Execution Is Denied By State
 Board.
HIS PLEA OF INNOCENCE
 PROVES WITHOUT AVAIL
Other Fairfield Prisoners Re fused Pardons At Hart
 ford Hearing.

Hartford, June se-Joseph Buonomo, Izconyicted murderer of Jennie Cava,. l lteri of Stratford, was refused a stay of execution by the state board of
 pardons yesterday and will hang June
 30.
 Through an interpreter, Buonono
 said that the woman who. was killed lS4fved with him, that the woman and the men had been to Savin Rock for a
 good time. and that they had prev ] iousIy lived in Chicago. Later, they 1 to join the sfblack hand'' society. 1 Ruon ono was asked to tell of the 1 time of the murder. He said that the woman was killed by Jimmy Marto. He said that he was standing near the automobile smoking a cigarette at the time and saw 1Iarto fire the shot. He said that he was forced by members Of the sblack hand to say that 1t was. he who fred the shot
 Buononno said that the plan was to dishgure the face of the woman and not to Kill her. but A6arto wanted him Marto had been arrested before for sIashing another Woman's face, and: that he was well known to the police. while Buonon1o was not known by them.
 The lawyer stated that it did not
 
 that the project was intended when the party started out: and the deed. was the result of an aItercation which arose in the roadway. The main thing which appealed to the lawyer was that the boy did not know the girl l was dead. and when he was informed that the woman was murdered, he said to the confederates in the jail, Holy Mother, what will become of lus2',
 In his concluding statement. Buono-
 mo said that if he went to the gaIlows he would go as an innocent man. and that he took a VOW when he Joined the -tbIack hand| society that he. would laavs nothing to say about those concerned in the deed. so he dared not tell the true story before
 Lawyer John CuIIinan Of Bridge port appeared in Buonomois behalf Judge Coogan appeared at the solicit ton of the mother and sister of the cond ernned man, who requested his services very recently and were pres I ent at the hearing The board de-. nied the plea for clemency.
 Joseph Eardley of Fairfield county, sentenced for life for second degree murder. committed in Bridgeport, April B. 1904, gave three reasons for pardon; that he has already served more than ten years: that the states attorney promised to procure his re- lease at the end of ten years and that he was temporarily insane when the act was committed.
 He was represented by Joseph Kline Of Bridgeport, who said that he i had previously been of good character and had never before served sentence. Domestic troubles, he alleged, was the cause of the trouble. He said that l there was no, malice on the part of Eardley and that. if pardoned. the man could obtain employment in IT Mich.
 The appeal was neither opposed nor recommended by Assistant States Attorney Ga1on H. Carter Eardley said that he had no intention of kill ling his mother-in-law, for they were l the best friends in the world. His i intentions was to kill himself when Ire found that his wife was unfaith- ful. The pistol went off by accident He harbored no resentment toward his former wife.
 Michael Tuscanno of Fairfield county, sentenced October 1, 1905 for attempts at arson in Stamford, al- legged that he pleaded guilty under l n1isapprehension and asserted inno- that he should have had the oppor- tunity to present his case before 1 Jury He deemed that the petitioner had already been adequateiy punish 1 ed and was worthy of release.
 States Attorney Carter said that tthe petitioner pleaded guilty because he knew that he was guilty and that the building was set on fire in an attempt to get the insurance. His sentence was from one to three years.
 Anthony Reef, convicted May 24s 1912. for carnaIly attacking girl 16 years old in Bridgeport, asked release from a term of eight years on account Of sufficient punishment and a desire to aid his wife.
 Chester Swords, sentenced from eight to fifteen years, May 14, 1912, for criminally attacking a years old girl in Stamford, asking for release
 on the grounds of innocenca He said that he was dOpeds and didn't know what he was doing States At torney Carter read confession of guilt from the petitioner
 Kate Cobb, 66 years old, convicted 1 on January 1T, 1879, of murder in the for the third time, asking for freedom on the grounds of having practically served a life sentence having been in prison for more than 35 years, and she wanted to spend the remainder of her life with her loved ones.
 H. A. Hull, states attorney, ap-i peared in opposition and said that he did not believe that Mrs. Gobb's re- lease would be wise.
 Sherman Birdsall, convicted of rob-
 bery in Thomaston February 2S, 1912, serving from one to five years, asked for release on account Of having served long enough. States Attorney Donald T. warner said that the peti-
 tioner held up trolley car by placing Instructions on the track and com hitting the offense
 George w. Hannon, serving from
 one to two years for breaking and entering in Thonaston, sentenced on February IS, 1914, asked special con sideration on account of good be- havior. Hannon was one of four who committed the thefts of household ar ticles and. gave the names of his com rades who were later -apprehended, according to States Attorney War ner, who reviewed sthe case.