New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 30, 1917, Page 3

Boston Store BLACKMAIL MAKES A grand showing of New, KILLING EASY Fresh, Crisp, Novelties in Holiday APRONS All shapes and sizes. 25¢ to $1.50 each. It will be advisable to make an early selection while the assortment is at its best. Many of the most desirable numbers cannot be dupli- cated. RIBBONS In swell designs and color- ings, suitable for fancy work. See the beautiful Knitting Bags made from these, they offer valuable suggestions. BAGS AND, POCKET- BOOKS are amopg the new arrivals, from one of the best makers 25¢ to $5.00 Each. Turkish Towel Sets in box, containing one large, and one guest towel and wash cloth, Nile, Pink, Blue and Yellow. $1.75 a Box. A N ~ , PULLA Stackpole, ‘Mfiore, Tryon Company, 115 Asylum St. Hartford Confessions of Gunman Read Like Pages From the Dreary Past New York, Nov. 30.—A long series of murders of Italians in this city and nearby places—all the cases having made mystery for the police depart- ment—is in a falr way toward being cleared up as a result of a confession made tq Assistant District Attorneys Renaud "of New York County and Warbasse of Kings by Ralph Daniel- lo, a Sicilian gambler. Several Slain, Dantello, who was brought to Nev, to face a charge of murder in the second degree, has told or indi- cated a readiness to tell of twenty- three murders, covering e period of | nine years. The grand jury has be- i 8un the work preliminary to finding indjctments. Al the result of the confession, the making of which has covered ten days, ten men have been arrested and are being held as material witnesses. Some probably will face charges of murder. istence in New York city of three Italian gangs, comprising forty or fifty men in all, modelled somewhat after the Sicillan Mafia, ruled over by ten padrones, who have been dlstin- Igulshed in TItalian circles for their fur overcoats and the size of the dia- monds in their shirs fronts, and who have built up a monopoly of gambling among Italians here. Daniello said it was their efforts to keep this organization a close cor- poration and to force money from gamblers that led to each of the mur- ders. In unemotional tones, the gam- bler told how the padrones selected the murderers and gave them orders when a rival or a disobedient subor- dinate was to be put out of the way, and how the fear of death was 8o strong in the faithful forty that they seldom disobeyed the order to kill. The murders of which Daniello says he knows took place in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Yonkers and Phila- delphia. Mr. Renaud said yesterday that he has cleared up two crimes so that only grand jury action is neces- sary, and that Daniello will continue his story, taking up one murder at a time, until the New York county grand jury has completed its work. He will then be asked to continue for the benefit of other district attorneys. The confession was due to mingle fear, repentance and desire for re- venge. Before his arrest in Reno where he was found with a nineteen year old Brooklyn girl, Amelia Val- vo, he had instructed the gang to send money to his wife and four children whom he had sent toc Italy after the murder of Louis De Marco in May, 1916, in Navy street, Brookiyn. The gang refused to comply with the re- quest. When the fugitive reached York with Dstective Di Martini Pucciano, he said: “So many have been killed that I New and The confession has revealed the ex- | Brooklyn two months ago from Reno, 1 1 am afrald my turn is coming next. It they suspect one of their own com- panions they kill him. So I am going to tell the whole story.” Because Mr. Renaud feared that to reveal the names in the murder cases would interview with the work of catching the murderers he mentioned only six of the murders about which Daniello has told. 4 Probably the most widely known of these is that of Giusello Galucel, known as “the Harlem snmbflp.r king,” who was shot at 109th street and First avenue two years ago. ‘The moment tnat Resinol Oint- ment touches itching skin the itch- ing usually stops and healing begins. “That is why doctors prescribe it so succesefully even in severe cases of eczema, ringworm, rashes, and many other tormenting, disfiguring skin diseases. Aided by warm baths with Resinol Soap, Resinol Ointment makes a sick skin or scalp healthy, quickly, easily and at little cost. Resinol Ointment and Soap at all drugyiets, Another case was that of Giuseppe de Marco and Carlo Lombardl, who were killed in James street July 25, 1916. The confession also clears up the murder of Guiseppe’s brother Salva- tore, who was found under the Queensboro Bridge on Oct. 20, 1916, with his throat cut. Daniello said Salvatore was killed to prevent him from organizing a gang to avenge Guiseppe’s death. . Another part of the statement that was permitted to become public re- lates how Giuseppe Nazzaro, some- times called Joe Chuck, who was found on the rallroad tracks near the Hudson river at Yonkers, met his death. Chuck was invited for an au- tamobile ride by Italians who he be- lieved were his friends. At Yonkers he was shot in the head and his body wag thrown on the tracks to make it appear he had been struck by a train. The Italian game of cacanette, th- | Itallan lottery and the “artichoke ! graft” provided the profits on which the padrones supported the members of their gangs and kept themselves in luxury. Danielio asserted that every Italian gambling game in the city was forced to pay tribute. Money on - Food. The ‘“artichoke graft” consisted in a levy of $25 a load on every wagon- ful of artichokes which an Itallan dealer took from the Harlem or West ‘Washington Markets. The padrones kept pistols in the saloons where they made thelr head- quarters. Word would be brought to them that an unauthorized gambler was operating, or that one had re- fused to pay tribute, or that it looked as though some member of the gang was going to ‘‘squeal.” Then, Daniel- lo said, the padrone would call two or three men to him, issue weapons and instruct them to ‘‘get” the victim. Several of the shootings were ac» complished after luring the wvictims into card games which ended in dis- putes. In other cases a killer merely waited for his victim in front of the latter's home and when he appeared shot him in the back. Danlello said the three gangs were comprised of Sicilians and Neapoli- ! tans. They were called the Harlem gang, the Mulberry street zang nd the Navy Street gang, and each had its own territory from which ‘o reap :NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, RELIABLE CLOTH, PLUS STYLE AND FINE WORKMANSHIP epas V-A-L-U-E i HAT'S the answer to Hollanders’ tions. You can find the proof of this in any OVER- 017, Clothing proposi- COAT or SUIT you look at in our mammoth, well se- lected complete stock. material and tailoring. We're Selling > OVERCOATS FROM $18 to $40 We're Featuring OVERCOAT SPECIALS AT $20 and $25. The Gnfin,enls at $20 are surprisingly good in style, They include the popular models in Single and Double Breasted, Belted, snug fitting and - semi-fitting and in patterns and colorings that are all that you could desire. THE OVERCOATS AT $26 Are built from goods we selected from the best mills and which we had hand tailored by artisans who stand high in their craft. These include Chesterfields, Belted, Single and Double Breasted Styles. Great values for the money. OVERCOATS $28, $30, $35, and $40. MOST UNUSUAL SUIT SI;EQIALS T $20, $22 and $25 ) T These grades represent the ter silk lined Coats in fine Vicunas, Cloths, etc.—the rivals of the more expensive Custom Made. finest silk lined and quar- Meltons, Beaver Surely We have YOUR Overcoat. HOLLANDERS’ 82-88 ASYLUM STREET, HARTFORD. THE DAYLIGHT STORE profits. He belonged to the Street gang. He insists he was not a gunman, and the only time he ever fired a shot was at the killing of Louis De Marco, and on that occasion he fired in the air. Following the killing he was ar- rested but a Brooklyn Magistrate dis- charged him for lack of proof. Daniello then went to Philadelphia. The police assert, but he denies, that he went through a marriage ceremony there with the Valvo girl, using a marriage license obtained for an- other man. As a result he was tried on a charge of abduction, but was acquitted after the girl and the other man had testified that the latter was the bridegroom. As a result of his testimony this sec- ond man found himself in serious diffi- culty. The upshot of it was that the girl's mother told the police that her daughter had informed her that Dan- jello had confessed he had killed De Marco. Thereupon the Reno police were asked to arrest him. Hs be- gan his confession ta District Attor- ney Lewls, of Kings county, who, when he learned most of the crimer had been committed in New York, turned Daniello over to Mr. Renaud. A Barber Once. The gambler said that before he became connected with the gang he was a barber. He is still known to his friends as Ralph the Barber. He is about 5 feet 7 inches tall and smooth shaven, with a deep scar across his forehead. Once started on his stary he has answered questions without apparent reserve, insisting only that the dis- trict attorneys guarantee him full pro- tection against the gang, who, he as- serted, would kill him on sight when they learned he was revealing their secrets. ,Mr. Renaud said that so far as it had been checked up, the story had been found true in every par- ticular. Daniello asserted that all he got out of his connection with gamblers was a bare living, but the padrones were reaping huge profits. Mr. Re- naud said there was no way of check- ing up the amount of blackmail that had been paid by Italian gamblers in this city, but it undoubtedly amounted to many thousands of dollars a year. Sometimes, Daniello sald, the mur- derers resorted ta the knife, but the revolver was the favorite weapon. The men who got the killing orders did their jobs without hope of finan- clal reward, knowing fallure to obey would mean their own deaths, Four of the bosses, Daniello said, ruled over the Mulberry street gang, and threes each took charge of the profits in Harlem and in Brooklyn. He gave the names of them all, and Mr. Renaud will be much disappointed it all are not fndicted for murder be- fore the investigation is ended. One murder which the police say the padrones ordered, although they do not ascribe knowledge of it to Daniello, was that of a woman in Connecticut. The —urderers in this case were caught and went to their punshment —ithout Tevealing their Navy relations with the men who controlled them. Because of fear that Mafla methods would be brought to bear to block the jnquiry, the investigation has been proceeding with the utmost secrecy. It would not have been known had it not been for the arraignment before Judge Nott in General Sessions of Ciro Morello, his brother Vincento, and Nicolo Arra. The last named, it is said, is a relative of Lupo, “the Wolf.” Al are residents of Harlem. Judge Nott held each in $15,000 bail as a material witness, and when ques- tioned later Mr. Renaud admitted he had Tecelved the confession. The three witnesses did not get bail and ‘were sent to the house of detention. “This confession means the end of these Italian murders in New York City,” said Mr. Renaud. “We have got to the bottom of the matter and are going through until we have put| them'all where they belong.” In addition to the men held under bonds in Manhattan, six or seven have been locked up in Brooklyn. The names of these were refused, on the ground that to reveal them might block the inquiry. STATE BRIEFS TERSELY TOLD Whole Battalion Spends Thanks- giving in Waterbury Waterbury.—The whole city, and parts of other cities and surrounding towns turned out yesterday to greet over 700 soldier boys from Camp Dev- ens, composing the second battalion of the 304th Infantry. Over forty thousand persons watched them as they were on parade, watched the soldier football team badly defeat the All-Waterbury football team, and heard the concert by the 304th Quar- termasters’ corps band at its concert in the shade of the town clock. The visit was made possible by popular conscription, the prime mover being James Clancy, a theatrical manager. The Home Guards ‘and the City Quards turned out, too, and the city ‘was turned over to the boys in khaki | by Mayor Martin Scully. Clubs, so- cleties and diver organizations enter- tained members of the battalion whose homes are not in Waterbury. Ban- quets were given in varlous hatels, and it was probably the last time that the. soldiers will see thelr native city until after, at least they have lad their chance at the Huns in the trenches in France. The special train left the station at six o’clock this morning on the return trip and some of the soldiers were left. They board- ed the 7310 for Hartford, however, and ‘the telegraph wires were kept hot. Result, the special stopped near New Britain, on a side track, the boys left the regular and got on aboard the special, and arrived in Ayer with their comrades. Daring Hold-up. Bridgeport.—Details of one of the most daring hold-ups ever brought to the attention of the local police ‘were reported to Captain Edward Cronan at detective headquarters, by the victim, Alexander Allen, of Sport Hill, following his discharge from St. Vincent’s hospital, where he had lain for three days in an unconscious con- dition as a result of his experience. Bleeding from seven deep gashes in his head, and in an utterly senseless state, Allen was brought into the hos- pital by an unknown motorist, and it was not until Thursday afternoon that he was able to tell of having been waylaid by two hjghwaymen in the vicinity of Bethany chapel, Main street, about 8:30 o'clock Saturday evening, viclously assaulted, and robbed. Won't See “Suffs.” Hartford—United States Senator Frank B. Brandegee, of Connecticut, unaffected by the suffrage landslide in New York, refuses to change his at- titude on the suffrage amendment. With the opening of a new session of congress next week, the suffragists of the state have *“got busy” and dep- utations of Connecticut women have waited on all the congressmen urging them to consider favorably the federal amendment. Senator Brandegee was not visited. According to Mrs. Ed- ward Porritt, of this city, press sec- retary of the Connecticut Woman's Suffrage association, the senator re- fused to allow the women to call upon him at his home in New London. First Drowning. New Haven—The first drowning through the ice in this vicinity or- curred yesterday when Patrick Coady, 35 years old, walked on to a thinly frozen pond at the Montowese brick- yard plant, just over the ecity line: Coady had wandered, barefooted, from a rooming house while ill and was tracked to the pond by the im- print of his feet on a skim of snow. His body was recovered. Same Milk Price. y Hartford—At a meeting of the di- rectors of the Cannecticut Milk Pro- ducers’ association here it was voted to continue the present price of milk. This forecasts for some time a retail charge of 14 cents a quart, the pre- vailing price. —_— CARL 7OUNGBLAD—Graduate Mas- seur. (cientific massage treatments. Violet Ray, combined with massage Thermolite bath. Thone G75-5. Rooms 74 W. Main St. Open after- Allen 2 o TYPICAL SAGE-ALLEN VALUES IN COATS. Coats for every occaston, outing, street,” motor, dress and geps erel utility wear. Veclours, broadcloths, Burellas, mixtures, livias, Kerseys, pebble cloths and velour broadocloths. Fur & Australien, opossum and ‘@yed opossum. Hundreds of styles boti belted and plain, in range of sizes. All marked for this event $28.00, At $19.75 These Beautiful Suits. Velours, Burellas and broad- cloths. Fur collars, fur Suffs, convertible collars; with smvert skirts, military belts and pocket styles. Embroldery trimmed. Tallored and sport effects. Brown, green, tan, black and navy. Only fifty-two sults in the collection in as many styles. All sizes. At $35.00 Over 100 Different Distinctive Styles - 0dda sults taker from ‘stock because of no duplication, t4Ts merly marked up to $%5.00. Smart roll collar effects, . fur borders, fur collar and cuffs, fur surplice effects and fur but-; tons on others. 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