New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 17, 1918, Page 2

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N5¢ WEAR RED ROSES AS THEY G0 T0 Dramatic Scenes ing at Wetherstieid Prison Three men paid the extreme penal- ty of the law at the Connecticnt State | Prison early this morning. Carmine Lanzillo, Carmine Pisanello and Fran- cesco Dussee were executed for the murder of Morris Goldstein, a New Haven tailor, November 28, 1917. As one by one they went to the zallows the confederate in crime remained in . the death cage prayed for the one ose life had just gone ont. Not far stant in their pr other prisoncrs senfenced [or 1 cells were two being implieated in the same crime Loudgi Lanzillo, sentenced for lite, knelt be side his cot and praved, the while he convulsed with ¢ I he was permifted Carminec In another from i s, alternately crim of prayed L hed throughout the v part night It was the first friple which has ever taken place at the Connecticut State Prison and the fivst exccution at which Warden Charles McClaughrey, who recently became head of the institution, served The exccutions were aftended with matic incidents. The attitude of bravado for a period displayed by the condemned men disappear the fateful hour of execution approached, glving way o a feeling of resignation and manifest contrition. Carmine Lanzillo, 25 years, was the first executed. Like his compan- ions he bore up until the last mom- ent, praying with his spiritual adviser not only for himself but for t other Shortly after midnight two guards ceme {o the death watch to lead Carmine to the death chamber. At their approach he almost col- lapsed. Hastily he was strapped and assisted to the execution chamber. The sight of the rope dangling from the ceiling and the black cap in the hands of the guard unnerved him even more, and he shrieked with fear. The other condemned men heard the screams and were quick to rea- lize what awaited them. In sobs and groans they voiced their unavailing grief. “My poor companion. God have mercy on his goul,” exclaimed Pisan- elli and he. almost collapsed. His face blanched and beads of perspira- tion stood out upon his features. Lanzillo entered the execution chamber at 12:05 and at 12:06 the trap was sprung. Eleven minutes later he was pronounced dead. nello, who had been at the was next to meet his fate. He ted to the electrocution room. He entered the chamber at 12:23 and in 19 seconds the trap was sprung. He was pronounced dead in nine minutes and 39 seconds. To Dusso death came quicker than to any other man executed previously at the prison. With faltering voice responding to the ejaculations ‘“‘Jesus, Mary and Joseph have mercy on my soul. He entered the execution room at 12:40:13 and with the namc of Je on his dip. the trap was sprung at 10:37. He was pro- nounced dead at 12:48:40. Dusso 22 years old. ch of the condemned men went to the execution room wearing a red rose, the gift of Mrs. S. V. Poli of New Haven, who had befriended the condemned men since their convic- tion. One of the condemned men has sisters living in New Jersey and the others have more distant relatives. No public statement was made by the condemned mce wgncerning the crime. Dusso during the evening said that the name Dusso was an alias, his family name being Carbone. The burial of the men took place today at M{. St. Benedict cemetedy in Hartford and flowers sent to brighten their cclls were placed on their sraves. The execution was with witnessed by Edward A. Tuller, representing the board of prison directors, three clergymen acting as spiritual and representatives of the pre The crime for which the three were put to death was planned orig- inally as a robbery. Morris Gold- stein, vietim of the crime, was r ported to have wealth that appealed to the cupidity of the men. They fol- lowed him to his home and shot him down in cold blood when he made an outery on their attack. Pisanclio and Lanzillo were captured in Derby, trying to make their getaway on freight. Dusso jumped from the train which was stopped on a trestle | by the police who sought them. Te landed in the river 30 fect below and swam ashore. He afterward enlisted in the army in Pennsylvania and de serted, and, believing that he was un suspected, returned to Waterbury, where he was arrested. Dusso was alleged to be a gunman with a bad record CITY ITEMS Thieves. sho entered Baba ¥ Jones’ store on Myrtle street after | closing time Saturday night, through a rear window, rifled the cash re ter and took the change left in it. A daughter was born Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. rnest Buchardt of Branford. Mrs. Buchardt was Miss Pickup before her marriage. Charles Johnson, a hoarder at the | Hotel DeVille, complained to the po- lice that while at White's stable Sat- urday he lost §10, John A, Hoffman of 1169 Tast streat notified tho police this morning that he had two stray horses which he found on his place early today, B, Dvorsky told the police that T has a cow, which the owner of can heve by calling at his place at 10 Clinton streeot, at Triple Hang- | exccution | NEW BRI TAIN DAILY HERALD. 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