Vincenzo rizzo biography married

James Reitz immigrated to the United States several years before his elderly parents. James married Anna Russo about Only 9 of their children survived infancy:. They moved to Oswego, Oswego, New York around the turn of the century. James also suffered from epileptic fits that were likely related to this poisoning. This company produced toothpicks and white phosphorous matches.

At the time of James' pending lawsuit, there were dozens of lawsuits pending against the Diamond Match Company because the phosphorous in their matches was causing necrosis in the jaws of their employees who worked in the dipping rooms of this company. The damage that the phosphorous poisoning caused to various employees in these dipping rooms all too frequently necessitated them having to have portions of their jaws removed after their teeth dropped out and their jaws began to rot.

Vincenzo married a woman named, Rosa, who was also from the Kingdom of Two Sicilies.

This damage was referred to as "phossy jaw"; and it would appear that James Reitz was a victim of it. James' lawsuit against Diamond Match Company was discontinued in April after James accepted a private settlement offer from the company. On 14 Jul , Anna Reitz, became embroiled in a heated argument with her neighbors, Francesco and Onofrio Lococo , AKA " Frank and Murphy Cook", and two of their associates with the surname Corso , after they threw stones at her chickens, and killed one, for getting into their garden.

When Anna confronted them, the men called her names, and then began to throw stones at her and her home.

Vincenzo died (age 84) in in Serradifalco, Caltanissetta, Italy.

Anna and her twelve-year-old daughter, Rosa, were hit with stones, causing Anna's face to bleed. James, who had just returned from work, felt that Anna was in mortal danger when Frank and Murphy drew their guns. So, he shot at them to scare them away and mortally wounded Murphy Cook, who took bulk of the shotgun blast in his arm, with the shells that hit his chest causing severe damage and internal bleeding.

They were both arrested immediately and tried for Murder in the Second Degree the following year; James for shooting Murphy Cook and Anna for allegedly telling him to do so.