The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-11
Young Slayer Pleads
 Justification For
 Murder of His Uncle
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 higher courts upon his own confes- sion and ante-norten statement made by the elder Rizzo on his deathbed is the main topic of conversation in po- lice, legal and Italian circles today. Many we'll known attorneys are said to have expressed a desire to take his case.
 Rizzo is an American, having been born in this country. His parents were both SiciIian born. He was educated in America speaks English better than he does Italian, is we'll appearing in physique and facial ex- precision and an immaculate dresser. He wore a pair of brown kid gloves during the hearing. He is frank in his manner and extremely courteous in his behavior. He has served in the United States army.
 Detective Edward Cronan, who took the statement of young Rizzo at po- lice headquarters, Tuesday, was the first witness. He related the con- fession made to him and was supple mented by another witness to the headquarters inquiry.
 Angelo Saia of 175 Sterling street, with whom the victim lived, was the first witness to tell of the tragedy. He had seen uncle and nephew together in the house, both laughing and jok- ing and apparently on the best of terms. He told of the request for flowers and the departure.
 About an hour later three shots were heard outside the house. These, he momentarily supposed, were rail- road torpedoes. Then visions of a black hand feud beset them. From a window Angelo Rizzo was seen holding himself upright against the wall of the house. The family rushed to aid him. He first refused to say | yT1 1,r
 bedf in the house said in answer to repeated questions, My nephew shot me- Asked what the motive was, he then and later said: ''I do not know what for.' He pleaded to talk to a friend, Salvatore Macuti, but was taken to the hospital and when Macuti was found, Rizzo had lost again said that Michael Rizzo shot him without cause.
 \ Medical Examiner S. M. Garlick testified that an autopsy showed two bullets had penetrated the body one passing through a hand and the other through the groin, several intestines, the liver, the kidney and finally rup- turing two vessels retaining the in testines, from which hemorrhages re- suited, undoubtedly causing death. Antony VoccoIa, special policeman at the Salts Textile works, testified | of the apparent harmony between uncle and nephew when they both l worked there, with reports that { fight had taken place couple of
 weeks ago. This was later explained | by the prisoner to be a fight between
 his uncle and another man which re- suited in shots being fired.
 | Mrs. Angelo Saia testified much the
 same as had her husband. Pau1ina 1 Cannazzaro, a comedy maiden living
 in the Saia home, testified to the words of the dying man who sought aid in his last moments and in both | English and Italian languages blamed
 the nephew for killing him without reason. She said that he had brought home the candy she had requested Angelo Rizzo to get for her. Angelo had also told her earlier in the even ing that Michael had told him that he had lost his employment. Detective Luke Petruschen. who | had worked up the case for Coroner Phelan and Submitted drawings of the scene of the shooting, was in structed to inQuil further into statements made today by the pris- oner.