The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-26
SL LAVE R'S NAME IS REVEALED
Widow of Lexington Ave nue stabbing Vic tim Makes Sensational Reve- lation On Witness Stand.
She Tells Coroner Song With Double Meaning Precipitated Quarrel That Ended in Fatal Slashing.


 The widow of Antonio CradelH de- clared at Coroner 'Phelan's inquest this afternoon that the man who stabbed her husband at 76 Lexington avenue, Thursday night, was Santo Muscenetti- She testified that she saw Muscenetti strike her husband, although she could not swear the assailant had knife in his hand. eeT mstabbed. Where is he?'' she declared her husband shout- ed, as he sank bleeding, into a chair. CradeIlfs last words were I'm dead, the villain killed me-
 Mrs. CradelH, a young woman, told an entirely different story. from that Of < other witnesses She said her husband gave a party in honor of St. Johns day and 12 or 3 friends at tended. About midnight when the guests started to go John Napolitino said, sspIl sing the last song" The song had a double meaning and Mus cenetti showed resentment. A dis pute arose in the kitchen and Mus cenettf knocked Michael .Siddone down
 Cradeln went over to Muscenett and said 1seIow boys, stop" Then the wi THitnegs claims she saw Muscenetti strike at her husband, who fell, wounded. Previous to this time her husband and Mnscenetti had always been good friends, she said.
 
 told by Gaetano Comforto of $50 Grand street, also a guest at the par ty. He said the stabbing took place in thief ront room Comforto. was playing the guitar when Napolitino sang the song which angered Mus scenetn. As the party broke up Napo- ssIftano wanted to shake hands with Adhscenettf but the latter refused.
 There were some words And the crowd rushed into the front room where siddone was stabbed. When .Cradelli turned around and sremen- strated, he, too was stabbed. His wound proved fatal but Siddone. who is in, the hospital, Is not seriously hurt.
 Detective Luke Petruchen gave a general outline of the stories told to him by Stddone, Napo1ttano and oth- \ CTS present. After the song there was a dispute between Joe Napo1itano, brother of the singer and Muscenetti Cradeln tried to separate them and 8 general fight ensued, which brought the crowd into the front room.
 Craded was trying to throw Mus cennetH out the window Stdone inter fered and said: You are running yourself Then Cradeln struck at Siddoxe who was stabbed from be- hind by somebody in the crowd. AL most immediately after that Cradelli was stabbed and Muscennetti had dis appeared.
 Louis sPareerno, who went to the CradeIn home to play the guitar on the night of the fight, proved a very unwilling witness At last by skill fuIs cross-Questionfng through Inter preter Abrfolas Coroner PheIan made Parterno admit that he saw John and Joseph NapoIftano go into the bed- room where the fatal fight took place.
 Parterno said santo Muscenetti was in the same room together with Mich anJ fO Fa1ageno and several other men, whom he did not know.
 Parterno said he was present when the song was sung which the Authori- ties think started the trouble. He said the song was nasty and had a double meaning He also said the same song had been sung by the same persons at 9 celebration of CradeIIps s birthday one year ago.
 Everyone was feeling happy passing the tray with, wine. There were women there. They heard the song but don't think they made any objection to it. didn't hear any of the women say anything about the bad song. At 12:15 the, landlord of the house came in and said we must stop playing and singing because the people down stairs wanted to go, to sleep I got up and took my guitar and the six months old baby of my god parents, MT. and Mrs. NOlbeaS- chuIusia and started for the door. I called them to come with me. I had my hand on the kitchen door and the baby in my arms. When I turn ed around saw six or seven men all holding each other like a chain.
 My godfather ran into the bed j room to pull out Joseph Nap olitino who was underneath the crowd The next minute Cradeln came stagegr- ing out of the bed room and there was blood on his breast just over his heart.
 4sHe said: I'm stabbed, I'm stabbed. q didn't seq the fight start and don't know what started it. heard no harsh words or argument. The place was in an uproar after Cra,delf was hurt and then we left
 Parterno sang the song which had preceded the row was a 'tcorndc'' song to give ofrense to anyone. John Ma joined in the c1orses. Parterno was long it was before he saw CradeH go came out staggering and bleeding, ha said about four or five minutes.
 Coroner Phe1an took out his watch and said he would strike the table with his hand and then Parterno might estimate the time more closely by telling him to strike again when he believed the interval had elapsed during which in his judgment CradeI-
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