New Britain herald., 1917-10-04
DIVANZO AND DUGONE HANCl AT STATE PRISON NOV. 26 z
 FOR MURDERING SlMONELLl ~'@ - - -zZ]
Women Relatives Fill CO,I Room With Shrieks
 Judge Case Imposes E treme Penalty Today.
DIVANZO WEEPs AT
 DECISION OF COUF

Dugone Remains Stolid and Indiffd
 cnt When He Hears Words Whi|
 Mean Death on Gallows-Judgc l
 scribcs Crime As Criminal Hon
 eide of Worst Dcgree"-Both III
 in County Jail.
 Especial to the Herald.
 Hartford. Oct. 4,-Amid the shrfl and walls of their women relativ John DiVanzo and Stew ougone, b1 just 21 years of age, V. ound gut of first degree murdc. oy Judge
 l.. Case in the criminal superior cad today and sentenced to be hanged state prison in Wethersfleld on N vember 26. The crime for whjI these two young men are to fort der of Raffele .Simonelli, whom th both shot to death on Chestnut str a week ago last Tuesday night as was returning from his employm1 at the New Britain Machine compaj Retribution has moved speedily] this most unusual case. Following shooting both men were arrested New Haven, through the quickwitf1 l ness of John Curran. who was W
 q Meriden taxicab driver and tipped off the police. The day flowing the murder they were put plea in the local court and on TuN | day of this week they pleaded gut before Judge Case in the supep1 i court, decided to dispense with ~ 3I 1 trial, told the facts to the judge ] permitted him to decide the deel
 of their guilt. Revenge for thes I'll
 der of DiVanzo's uncle in ItalySs
 years ago is ascribed by DiVans1s 1 the motive for the killing.
 DiVanzo Breaks Down. x In sentencing the two men tQS /! Judge Case remarked that the te1 l mony offered left absolutely no dolA 1 in his mind that both men were guiI 1 Of a criminal homicide of the vol 1 degree. Sheriff E. w. Dewey, acta 1 on an order from the court, p} claimed silence as the two prison2 were led before the bench for sa tence. DiVanzo, who has shown aii of weakening several times during L 1 trial and who broke down and VI 1 bitterly while testifying yesterd4 l cried nervously as Judge Case p1 nounced the fatal sentence-"to s{ hanged by the neck until you , dead" As these words were utteI| i relatives of the two accused begana i cry and it was trying mom ent Dugone as he stood up to listen ; the words which meant a speeI death for him as we'll All duril the trial Dugone had maintained : stolid sullepness and his iron ned did not fail him at this time. He I | marked clearly that he had nothi| to say as to why sentence should Y1 be pronounced and as Judge cd sentenced him to die on Novemh 26 he never faltered, neither did break into sobs as his companion hS done. 1 Following the sentence both mi were taken back ito the county jH from whence they will subsequenf1 be removed to the state prison
 Wethersfield, to be later taken to | death house where they will pay penalty for their heinous crime.
 The trial of DiVanzo and DugoV came to an abrupt end yesterday1 ternoon after Lawyers Holden 5e}| Egan, representing the accused, h$ introduced a number of character VA nesses, all of whom had testified to ts previous good record of the prisaI CTS. Az witness after witness M called and States Attorney Hugh Alcorn declined to cross examiS them Lawyer Holden finally halted tiI procedure.
 'I have g number of other vii nesses whose testimony would
 largely cumulative and of charact| nature. What will be the states sI titude toward them?, Will MT. AlcosI see fit to question them ?''
 '"The state will treat them with sl lent ignoring" replied the states asI torney whereupon the lawyers for tll accused, after informing Judge Catl that all their other witnesses wo,sl simply add to what had already bed told, announced that their case wII ended. States Attorney Alcorn sal he did not care to make any rebutt| of the deferse's testimony and Judl| Case immediately adjourned court uII til II o'clock this morning. sayiI| that he wanted to study the recor.| of the case before passing iudgmell on such a serious offense.
 As DiVanZo and Dugone were lt] ,,a thetic scene took place when thnl relatives pressed close around tli0|| Co say a last farewell. As Dugon41 sister kissed him good bye for what ! probably tho last time both broi down and cried and DiVanzo ali wept as he shook hands with his ui cle, the death of whose brother n claims to have avenged.