Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-10-14
Fairuiew Italian
Blows Man To Pieces

Gaetano LaMarco, who murdered
Alphonso Iannacone by shooting him
in the side at their home on Kemana
street, Fairview, last Friday evening,
is still at large and it is the belief of
the police that the man is being
hidden by relatives. Every possible
clue has been run down, but to no
avail. John Rene, chief of the Fair
view police department, has been
working night and day with his men
since the murder, in an effort to ap-
prehend LaMarco who has a bad
police record.
Both men are Italians and married.
The victim is survived by wife and
small baby, while the murderer left
behind wife and four small children
when he fled.
An inquest was held at police head
quarters Tuesday night by Coroner
James Mentally, and, according to the
story by eyewitnesses of the affair,
the murder was brought on through
words over dog which was owned
by Iannacone. According to the story
told by the dead mans wife, who said
she was at his side when he was shot
down, the men had a few words re-
garding the disposal of dog which
was tied in the back of the yard. The
dog she said was owned .bysher hns-.
band and that LaMarco requested him
to do away with it or he would shoot
it. alright" the husband replied,
"shoot it or do anything you like to
get rid of it. Pm not going to bother
about it." The woman swore that
LaMarco did not wait to answer her
husband, but ran into the house and
returned Immediately, carrying what
was described by another witness as
a ~ gauge shot gun. After emery
ing from the house with the gun,
LaMarco announced that he was
going to shoot the dog, then and
there. alright" replied Iannacone,
according to his wife, who was testi-
flying under oath, Ego ahead and shoot
him as quick as you like" And &C
cording to the woman her husband had
no more than finished speaking when
LaMarco turned the gun on him and
literally blew him to pieces with a
heavy charge from the gun into the
side of his body. She swore that
the men had never had any trouble
and that in fact they had always
been very chummy. Why LaMarco
should have shot her husband, the
woman could not say, the theory that
the shooting was accidental was
dispelled by the statement that this
would have been impossible owing to
that fact that the place where the dog
was tied was in an entirely different
direction from where the persons
were standing.
The wives of the principles who testi-
fled at the inquest, presented sor-
rowful sight. The young wife whose
husband had been killed by the shot
was the first to take the stand.
Although she held her composure
admirably, tears were trucking down
her cheeks throughout the testimony
she gave. The mild cross examining
by Coroner McNally failed to shake
her story in the least. The woman
spoke broken English and an inter-
prefer was used throughout the
hearing.
The murderer's wife presented a
pitiable sight when she took the
stand with two small babies in her
arms. One child slept soundly
throughout the proceedings while the
| other was restless and kept his
mother busy trying to pacify him.
The woman appeared to be all I'M
strung from her experience of the
past week, but she readily told the
police what little she knew of the
affair. The woman could not speak
or understand one word of English.