New Britain herald., 1921-07-25
Argentina Gasperi, 2l, Dies At Hospital Of Wounds Inflicted By GiuseppeDi eDicesare Aged B Years
Double Tragedy Occurs At
 123 North Sheet-Woman
 Had Left Man When Ad- vised That He Had Wife in Italy. ~.si

Because she had decided to IeAvo him after living with him as his com mon-law wife for about four months,
 Giuseppe Dicesare, aged B Eeare, oS
 357 Arch street, shot Mis- Argentina Gasperi. aged 21 years, and then turned the revolver on himself erds ing his life instantly at about SAB a. m. today.
 Dies at Hospital The woman was rushed to the hos pital where she died at 11:40 o'clock from 32-calibre bullet which had penetrated her brain. The crime wa4 committed at the home of Ferinaxo Uberti at 123 North street Word waz l telephored to the polics at s:4s
 o'clock, and Detective Sergeant A J1
 Richardson. Motorcycle Policeman William S. Strolls and Patrol DTtvef Herbert c. Lyon were rushed to thu
 scene. The woman was at once con~ veyed to the hospital.
 l The Tragedy Tale l Fhe shooting of the woman occur<
 red in a bedroom on the second floor
 of the block at the above address. She had just reached the place from hee former Arch street abode and w1a seated on bed talking with members
 of the Uberti family. when the terri-
 ble affair happened. The events lead- ling up to the tragedy as told by Salvatore Bendott of 50 Lafayette street. a cousin of the dead man, are as follows
 Dicesare, who was married and had family in Italy, met the young woman shortly after. her arrival In l this country from Italy about ffve months ago. They went to live together
 at a LawIor street house, and later moved to 357 Arch street. As far as is
 known, the couple got along we'll to- gether until, last week, the woman re- ceived a letter from her mother in Italy, imploring her to break her re- lations with Dicesare who had wife and family living in SulmonA in the province of Aquilla, Italy. The letter seemed to have effect on the woman. and she told her paramour that she was about to leave him. Despite the pleading of the man, Miss Gaaperi re- mained oddurate. and last night shA again. informed him that the time for the parting of the ways had arrived. ] Sought Cousins Aid Dicesare arose early this morning and made his way to 50 Lafayette street, where Salvatore Bendott, nia ! cousin, is employed by a man named
 Soli. To Bendot, Dicesare told of the ] threatened action of the woman, and he sought the aid of his relative in acting as mediator. Bendott and Dicesare made their way to the Arch l street house where the young woman | was found packing up her belongings Bendott talked with her for time, and it was not until he learned of the letter she had received, that he then agreed with her in her leaving Di- cesare. Seeing that his efforts were of no avail, Dicesare made an attempt to strike the woman. but was prevented ! by Bendott He then left the house. and Bendott and the woman boarded car. and headed for the Uberu nome The Uberti family was known to both, and it was there that the woman requested that she be taken The Shooting
 On the arrival at the North street place, the woman, who was greatly excited, told her tale to Mrs. Uberti With her was Bendott and Mrs. Uber- ti in the bedroom. According to Ben- dott, it was not more than seven or eight minutes, before the door at tha head Of the stairs opened and Dicesare with revolver in hand, rushed in- Seeing that trouble was impending, Bendott leaped at DiceSare, but not quick enough The infuriated man pushed the revolver under his up- lifted arm, and fired one shot, the bull let entering the Gasperi woman'a head at the left temple.
 Holds Two at Bay
 Dicesare then leveled the gun at the other two persons in the room and backing out of the room Ee quickly hurried downstairs to driveway, when he was seen to pause for mo- ment, then fired one shot into his right ear. He emitted a scream, and sank to the ground dead
 Witness the Suicide
 A witness of the suicide of Di. cesare was Frank Uberti, who was in a cobbling shop at IT North street when Dicesaro appeared in the drive way.
 Frank, who was we'll acquainted with the murderer-suicide. said ''Hel- 10. Peppino. what are you doing here.' Without making any reply, the man placed the gun at his head and fired, he told the police.
 Maurice Downham, of 186 Green wood street, a salesman, was only a few feet away from the man when ha ended his life. Amelia Uberti aged 14 years, told the police after the affair, that she saw Dicesare entering the house by the backstairs, with the gun held in his hand in front of him.
 Worked at IAnderS
 Dicesare was until sort time ass