New Britain herald., 1916-10-26
SalernO Talks ITratiOnaIly
 Hospital Where He Is Being Closely Watched
HARDLY REFERS TO
 MURDER OF HIS VII
Body of Mrs. Salerno Is Taken to Forge, Pa, for Interment-Rd lives Said to Be Prominent ItaIi in That Town-Razor WieIdcr N Not Be Prosecuted for Murder He Receivers,

Not Be Prosecuted for MurderH
 He Receivers.
 Especial to the Herald)
 Plainville, Oct. 26.-ThatN JosU SalernO, the young Italian, who IT dered his wife by slashing her thu with a raVor as she lay in bed their home on West Main street ad early hour yesterday morning, s1 sequently making an unsuccessful tempt to end his own life by cute his throat and otherwise mutila( his body, is paranoiac, suffeo from delusions that his friends I5 been seeking to do him bodily had is the opinion of pr. Carl J. liar New Britain in whose care the sla1 had been placed since he was ta { to the hospital, following the find4 of his bleeding body in the rearI the c. H. Calor factory.
 pr. Hart told a Herald man E morning that while Salerno at til seems to be rational, there are perl when he talks incoherently, ravinf ' his delirium about dangers friel have placed him in. He has hal referred to the terrible murder ofl young wife since he was brought the institution and he has but ll to say to the physicians or attend nurses. He is being closely watcl to prevent any further suicidal temptS.
 Condition Improved.
 According to the hospital auth ties Salerno's condition was much proved today and unless there some unlocked for deVelopments2 will probably recover either to fad jury on the charge of homicide og be declared insane with the forma of trial. At present he is not raving maniac which his atrocA crime would indicate but while physicians are not willing to sl positively that he is insane they lieve him to be suffering from s@ form of mental trouble and consE it likely that at the time of the nS der he was irresponsible. His lirium of yesterday was attributed a large part to the wounds he fiicted on himself after the mud and today his mind seemed to clearing considerably.
 Motive Still Uncovered.
 The theory that Salerno is insa is generally supported in PlainV4 where the young man was well s favorably known. The absence any evidence pointing to a motivek the tragedy tends to confirm this picion and the authorities do not < pear to be making a very rigid Vestigation in the hope of acquif information for use in court, opinion prevailing that the sla will not be brought to trial should recover from his self-infiicted in ieS.
 Letters and other effects in the lerno home have not as yet been amined carefully but it is not thou that they will throw any light on mystery.
 The Salerno tenement was pls in the custody of w. J. simpson Constable Philip Marine today Judge George R. Byington Of the bate court, pending the outcome the young mans injuries.
 Bury Victim in Old Forge.
 Relatives of Salerno's victim q here last night from Old Forge, to make arrangements for send the body of the young woman to nlace for burial. The body had taken from the scene of the crf yesterday by w. A. Bailey and cH pany on authority from pr. Bunce. the coroner's assistant. was started on the journey to Pd svlvania this afternoon.
 Salerno's mother, who also live Old Forge. came here on hearing the tragedy. and will stand by her should he recover and be brought trial.
 None of the visitors could give information concerning a prob& motive for the killing. As far as S lxnew Salerno and his wife were q h1gallv happy and they know of nd ing that might have occurred to their domestic bliss.
 Mrs. Salerno's family is numbd among the most prominent Ital N in Old Forge. They have lived in N town for many years and are dently people of refinement. K young woman's brother is interprW in the courts of Scranton.
 Murderer Was Despondent.
 For days preceding the mura friends of Salerno declare he shown signs of despondency but believed the morbidness he exhib was due to the fact that he was of endowment rather than to