Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-07
NORWICH TAILOR SHOOTS
 HIMSELF AND GIRL

city, shot himself in the head and shot | Miss Florence Joyce, 21. of Gilead Road | Waterford, in the abdomen and mouth | Thursday morning about o'd ock at a i rooming house in New London.
 Both were reomved soon after the l shooting to Lawrence and Memorial As sociated hospital, where Miss Joyce lies at the point of death. The wound self inflicted by Pastore runs from the ear to the chin. and it is thought that the bullet is still embedded in the chin. His condition is critical, but it Is expected that he will recover.
 The shooting took place at the room ing house of Mrs. William Rondomen- ski so Federal street, where Pastore had a room
 The first outsider to gain knowledge of the crime was Thomas Wal howski. another lodger s.t 60 Federal street He was awakened about o'clock by the sound of revolver shot He listened a minute before he got up and then a sec ond shot sounded. He could not detect the direction from which the sound came. He crossed a hallway and en- | tering the opposite room proceeded to | open a window on the east side of the l house. thinking that the shot had been l fired outside. As he opened the window, the third shot rang out He then de- l Ntutu lldl lIle SQoIS ndQ been IreQ Tn | the room above. He hurried into the hall and just then Miss Joyce came rac- 1 ing down the staircase. crying out in | an indistinct voice, and carrying a re- | volver in one hand. She had been shot in two places and reaching the bottom 1 of the stairs swooned in the arms of | WalhowsIl. She revived within a mo- ment, however, and. regaining her pres ence of mind. ran across the street to Dr. Henkle'a office.
 The revo'~Nr taken from Miss .Joyce's hand cont % | three empty cartridges, and a dent ,1 the fourth cartridge indi- rated that the trigged had been put ed a fourth time but the cartridge had failed to go off. Two other unexp1oded shells were found in the chamber of the revolver. One additional bullet was
 found in one of Pastore's pockets.
 Miss Joyce's grin was found by the police in one of the rooms in the build
 ing and it is believed that the girl en-
 tered shortly before the shooting and
 during the temporary absence of Mrs
 Rondomensky.
 Confesses to Shooting.
 After the two injured persons hat
 been brought to the hospital they were
 placed on separate cots and wheel ed
 opposite each other In face to fact
 positions they were asked concerning tht
 shooting In the presence of the police l and other witnesses. 'Is this the mal
 who shot you?" Miss Joyce was asked
 The police state that she replied in tn 1 affirmative. Pastore was then asked i
 he had done the shooting and. accord
 ing to the police, confessed that he had Result of Love Affair. The double shooting is the outcome 0
 an illicit love affair that is said to nav existed between the two for some tim past, and was deliberately plaiined b ' Pastore, according to information gath
 cred by Detective Sergeant Charles r
 Hammond and Sergeant Nelson $. Shit Thursday morning.
 A note signed James, found by tn officers on the bureau in Pastore's room , which read "She wrecked my life, an this is the only way out of it. is locke 9 upon as a positive indication that Pas c tore had contemplated at least one of tn crimes
 Two other Tet>crs, one addressed to h e two brothers, Eugene Pastore, EckIan tailor shop, Westminster street, Prov s dence, and Salvatore Pastore, 2 e Brighton street, Providence. and the cthe 1 to his wife, Mrs. Ida Pastore 20 Mour : Pleasant scseet. Norwich. indicate tha : the writer was about to commit suicid T but gave no indication that Miss JoyC
 was included in his plans. The letter e were all signed and the envelopes aC e dressed but not sealed.
 = Letter to His Wife d The letter ac.eressed to his wife fo
 lows:
 e My eDar Wife Ida-Forgive me for u e wrong 1 have done to pay for my SOU , l kno|S that God will forgive me, for IT e poor heart is full of love. though I ha, ]. been away from you. Yet l know tht Il you was my true wife and spoke high
 of you to everybody. Do not be asham,
 to claim my body for what I have don
 have storeroom on State street wi
 lots of things that you may sell or do c you please. When my last patent W
 be allowed my people in Providence W E. tell you what to do. It will be very nj -9 of you to let them know what happen to me. Perhaps they will like to see I J. for the last time.
 | Forgive me, dear Ida. May God ble ,d you JAMES. ai sa The second letter was addressed .l both brothers az reads as follows: III Dear Brother: 1 received your post; nt lit and am sorry that I did not answer yc - It is too bad that this thing should Ina % pen, but l could not help it. At t sJJ number 23S State street I have a stol ~ room with lots of things. You may a -9 my wife if she wants them or you c
 sell them. Also on SO Federal street e5 have sleeping room and you may ta S what is in them. ! ou will find my W 9 i at 20 Mount Pleasant street, Norwich. ot When the patent on haircloth will ct allowed by Eunn Co.,. New v. ci l.. will you see to it? Good bye. dc i' brothers. Let the rest of the hot ra know about me. JAMES '0 A third note was found later addra N ed to Mum & Co.,, patent lawyers, N @S York city, requesting the company
 forward cll mai to Mrs Pastore,
 Mount Pleasant street, Norwich. ~ Girl Has Police Record.
 The girl in the case has an unsavc o reputation and has been prominent in l gay life of New London for some tir l6 She is a former inmate of the Connec ,,5 cut State Farm for Women, and has bt of twice before the police court. .n Wife Not Notified of Tragedy. n- Mrs. Pastore when seen at her hor :cs No. 29 Pleasant street, Thursday ev, ri- ing said she had not been informed ng the affair. She expressed surprise WI
 told that her husband had shot hims
 and was in the hospital. and could RY understand why she had not been nc ,~ fled. Mrs. Pastore said she knew of 'N reason why he should attempt to t; le- his life except that he had been "act 'ry queerly' lately.
 ~ Mrs. Pastore said that while her h or band had been working in New Lon, lhe for the past three years he had ma
 tained his residence with her on net Pleasant street and that he came he ec Sundays regularly.