Republican farmer., 1920-04-02
Deed Makes New AnqIe
 I'm LamOniCa Murder

A new angle was formed on the Vito Iamonica murder case yesterday when a quit claim deed in favor of Annie Cuomo, for the mutually held property at 656 Beechmont avenue,
 was filed in the town clerks office. The seemingly undue haste in filing this deed which was drawn up some time ago, but never officially recorded has given rise to the possibility of some motive for the murder other than those which have been men toned.
 According to the police, the prop erty at 656 Beechmont avenue, was held mutually by Lamonica, and An nie Cuomo. Quit claim deeds had been drawn up between each party, but had never been filed in the town clerks office. The authorities are in clined to believe that the mutual deeds were executed for the purpose of beating the relatives of Lamonica and the Cuomo woman out of the property in case of the death of the man or woman.
 The validity of the deed which was filed yesterday, even before the fun- eral of the murdered man had been held, has also given rise to consider able discussion. The possibility of Lamonica's heirs making a fight for the property on the grounds that the deed was illegal and executed to de- fraud persons entitled to the real es- tate, is clearly apparent
 The generally accepted motive in police circles is that the man was killed in some sort of a family row, and that the gunmen made an at. tempt to kill both Iamonica and the Cuomo woman. Information has hooT1 Sh ho ha man and woman lived in deadly fear that their lives would be taken at any time, and upon this fact the police base their opinion that the mutual deeds were drawn up merely to keep the relatives of either party from se- curing the property.
 It was brought out yesterday that Lamonica had $1,00O on his person at the time of the shooting, but car ried no firearms. At his bedside however, he always kept a revolver and a shotgun fully loaded in expec- tation of the attack which he feared might be made upon his life. The man is said to have told police off, ficer of his fear of being murdered but declined to state for what reasons or give the names of the persons he suspected.
 A1IcLI lA4S ollISS uIllIlSIl "AO u1u LIlS killing were strangers in Bridgeport has been established beyond reason- able doubt. All three were seen in Beechmont avenue on the afternoon before the shooting, and they inquir- ed of several persons as to where the Italian families lived.
 The Lamonica house was pointed 1 out to them after they had passed it several times. Persons who were at. tracted to the scene of the murder l by the sounds of the shooting, recog- I nized the same three men as they were making their escape.
 ] A search of the immediate vicinity i yesterday resulted in the finding of a black mask in front of the North Main street school. which is directly across the street from LaTnonica' $ house. It is believed that the mask may have been dropped by one of the | murderers. None of the men wore masks, according to the story told by 1 the Cuemo woman.
 Mrs. Victoria, Piccataggio of Brook i lyn, N. Y, daughter of the murdered man, testified before the coroner this morning. She said her father and mother had been separated for 14 years. The family knew he had been living with Annie Cuomo even before I LI6 CS11I1e u Ll1eS CAIy. IHC W1LnelSS said her mother often tried to induce the husband to return to his family but without success. About a year ago her father gave her mother $100 the witness declared, and an agree ment was signed whereby the mother renounced all further claim on him The witness said her mother did not 1 und erstand the meaning of this agree I,rnent, which was drawn by Connpen- sation Commissioner E. T. Bucking- l ham. Mrs. Victoria Piccataggic claimed she knew of no motive for the murder unless it was jealousy. | Annie Cuomo said she saw the man when he was shooting at the deceased She rushed at the murderer and tried
 to knock the pistol from his hand but
 he push ed her away, she said. She | thinks the man who did the shooting
 took money from the clothes of the 1 deceased.
 The witness said she had been told by the deceased that he had $3,00O 1 but she did not know the exact
 amount he had. He kept the money l in his clothes. She could not be sure
 regarding the amount of money he had when he was murdered the wit
 ness said.