The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-25
NAURA CONFESSES
 KILLING THRONE TUESDAY EVENING
Says Slain Man Attempted Twice to Kill Him and He
 Shot in Self-Defense

Carmelo Nuara. Italian, al- legged self-confessed murderer of Pasquale Throne, whose body was found at the lower end of the. Norwood boulevard early Tuesday night with four bullet wounds in his body, was arrested and placed in the city jail by Detectives Cartwright and Williamson under charge of murder last night.
 "I killed Throne because he tried to kill me-" stated Nuara in a confession to the police.
 Nuara. who was formerly coal miner at Coalmont Ala, and lately a resident of Birmingham. residing at le01 North Seventh avenue. was ar rested following his surrender to the detectives at the Terminal station, about Il o'clock last night after an all day search on the part of the officers
 He will be transferred to the county jail today after a warrant has been sworn out against him before Judge Abernathy.
 FIrrone's body was found about 8 o'clock Tuesday night by Detectives Hickman and Propst at the lower end of the boulevard following telephone message stating that the body had teen seen by a passerby.
 Throne conducted a small shoe shop at 814 North Twenty Fourth street and had, been in Birmingham for the rast several years. He was engaged to Miss Rosa Monelli of Pratt City and was to have been married on the sec ond Sunday in April.
 Naura made the following state- nlent last night to Detectives Giles Giles, Cartwright, Jones and several others with regard to the killing:
 Eight months ago I was miner at Coalmont. I had been there for 8 number of years and was we'll known and law-abiding citizen.
 ''One night, in the early part Of July, I lay asleep In my bed and some one entered my room through the window and fired gun at me, the bullet striking me in the left leg. I was brought to Birmingham and taken to the South Highlands mfr mary for treatment. where stayed fer one month.
 Tuesday night, about T:3o o'clock. | minal Station, when Firrone walked up to me and said, Let's take a-short ride in an automobile.'
 T refused at first, but after much persuasion on his part, I finally ac- cepted the invitation. The driver drove us around quite a bit and then to the Norwood boulevard. When we reached the lower end of the boulevard, Fir rome, who was seated in front with the driver, turned to me, whipped a gun out of his pocket, which he point ed at me and said:
 CT tried to kill you before in Coal mont, but I failed. This time will get you.' When he said that l grabbed at his arm and snatched the gun out hnf his hand and pulled my gun and fired at him four times, each bullet striking him. The driver then be- came excited but I told him to drive on and then I threw Firrones body and the guns out of the car. T didn't know what to do after that but finally decided that the best thing to do would be to give myself up to the police.
 T only killed him in self-defense."
 Joe Roti of Sunnyside, who was ar rested yesterday afternoon and placed in the city jail charged with being in connection with the murder, was re- leased last night.
 Alfred Marc, 1401 Eighth avenue, North, who was arrested yesterday morning as being connected with the killing of Throne, will be released today.
 The automobile in which Throne was killed was found yesterday morn ing by detectives on Twenty first street, between First and Second ave- nues Examinations showed several blood spots on the rear seat, side cur tains and doors. The car is owned by o. Pidilana of Sunnyside. who was driving the car at the time of the killing, who stated last night that he had no Knowledge whatever of the deed until it was done.
 The body was taken In charge by the Johns Undertaking Company. Funeral services will be conducted from their chapel this afternoon at 3 o'clock followed by interment in the Elmwood cemetery.