The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-09-27

The mystery surrounding the murder
OF Frank Fusco near Jeffrey park
Thursday night was deepened at the
coroner 8 inquest at the court house
today when two women, one dark
haired italian woman, who now gives
the name of Rosena Demarc, and the
other Mrs Frank Fusco of Chicago,
who claims to be the lawful wife of
the murdered man, told their stories re-
garding the incidents in the life of the
Italian. Rosena Damarc is the wo-
m6n from Milwaukee who originally
declared that she was the wife of Frank
Fusco but who now admits that they
were waiting for the arrival of birth
certificates from Italy so that they
could be married according to Italian
customs. The second Mrs. Fusco, who
claims to have been Miss Mabel Brown
OF 1886 Congress street, Chicago, came
to Kenosha on Sunday and has salts
factorily convinced the authorities that
she was legally married to Frank Fusco
three years ago in Chicago.
The main interest of the inquest,
which at late hour this afternoon had
not been completed conferred in the story,
rather little confused in places, told
by the Milwaukee woman, now called
Rosena Damarc, relative to her part in
the events of Thursday night. Dressed
all in black and with freeness to talk
which surprised the officials she stood
we'll the hour $ questioning of Attorney
Fisher and held out that there had not
been trouble between her and Frank
Frsco, whom she continued to call her
husband. She told how on Thursday
evening she and Fusco, with Frank
Chiapetta, met Frank Palermo at the
corner of Pearl and Rowland avenues
and that she was left with Chiapetta
while her Hhusband" and Palermo
walked westward, and that this was the
last that she ever saw Of Fusco living.
The story of how she went to the sta
tion and later met Chiapetta and Pei
clmo as told to Kenosha police authori-
ties was told with little deviation.
The italian woman nervously told of
her acquaintanceship with Palermo and
Chiapetta but held out steadfastly that
she had heard nothing of trouble be-
tween either of them and her supposed
husband. She declared that Palermo
had told her nothing of the whereabouts
ermo about ten O'Clock Thursday night
who had gone to the trouble to come
to the Butero home where she stayed
Thursday night and ask at midnight if
the Milwaukee italian had returned.
How she had gone to Milwaukee to set
tie up the business of the store and
how she was arrested there completed
her story. She was noticeably nervous
pecially when she tried to explain her
life in Cincinnati seven months ago,
when she first met Fusco. The evil
dence which she introduced implicated
Palremo as the last man seen with
Frank Fusco and the testimony later
in the afternoon was expected to throw
important light on the details of her
relations with this italian.
The details of the married life of
Frank Fusco were later brought out by
the story told by Mrs Frank Fusco,
a rather pretty Chicago woman, about
twenty-five wears old, who with the
suggestion Of tears in her eyes, told
that she had ccme to Kenosha on Sun
day when she had been informed by
t'some Kenosha italian that her hus-
band had been murdered. She had gone
to the morgue and identified the body
and Tuesday had gone to the police
and declared that she was married to
Frank Fueco on October Is, 1914, at
the City TEall by Judge Sullivan. She
told a str-iaht story of how she was
formerly Mable Brown and after
the marriec had lived in Kenosha for
three weeks at PA West Main street,
but had les Fusco to return to CHICAGO.
She said 'a ii the three years he had
Frequently visited her and had lately
promised 'at he would dispose of his
store in Milwaukee and thai they would
60 to some her city and live. She last
saw Fusco three weeks ago when he