The evening world. Newspaper, November 14, 1903, Page 3

i ~ Hvisited the police station. They learned that no message had been sent by + ‘Seventeenth street and informed him of the disappearnce of his son. ‘HAD $19, 000 IN HIS POSSESSION. (Continued from First Page.) MISSING PRIEST’S WORK AND FHE THREATENING LETTERS. Took ausee of/the Williamsbridge parish last December. Antagonized the padrones and a clique of Italians who were profit- fing by the ignorance of their poorer countrymen by his efforts to help the Italian laborers. Received tho first threatening letter on Oct. 21 last. He was ordered to pay $3,000 to a masked man whom he was to meet in Bronx Park. Received the second letter on the following Wednesday. In this the ‘kidnappers threatened to kill him if he did not comply with their de- mands. Received the third and last letter last Monday. ‘This letter said, “WE WILL KILL YOU.” The time set for his death was Friday (yes- terday) at 2 o'clock. Was called away from his home Friday evening by two men who said they were sent by Capt. Foody. Capt. Foody had sent no message to hini, and the men were not de- tectives, nd the yo. “priest was complimented on the prosperous condition he had brought the , "to. On Oct. 23 he -~lved the first of the threatening letters. This letter ‘was signed “A. B. C., nd in part as follows: “Weare nine workingmen with nine families. No work and starving. You are a'young priest and prosperous.” ‘The letter then went on to say that the priest must give up $3,000. He ‘was Ordered to walk three miles in a certain direction through Bronx Park. | t the end of his walk he,would meet a masked man to whom he was to give'the money. If he failed to carry out the order he would be ktdnapped and would “know the consequences.” The letter was written in English, correctly spelled, but evidently writ- , ten by several men, as the handwriting changed in several places and in all ‘looked af though attempts had been made to disguise the penmanship. Father Cirringione paid no attention to the threat, but kept the letter. On the following Wednesday he recejved the second letter. It read as follows: * “We have grown tired of waiting. We will give you another chance, You have until 2 o'clock on Saturday to pay the money. If you do not bay it as we direct we will kill you on the spot. ‘ (Signed) A. B.C." ‘This letter caused the priest some uneasiness, and he took {t and the first one to.Capt. Fcody, of the Wakefield police station, Capt. Boney, de- tailed ‘detectives to Jook into the matter. Nothing more was heard from the mysterious enemies until last Monday, when the priest received this letter: “Now we are mad. We will kill you on the spot if the money is not’ paid by 2 o'clock Friday. “WE ‘WILL KILL YOU, (Signed), BY SPECIAL DELIVERY. - The last paragraph was heavily written and underlined. ame by special delivery anl arrived Monday morning. Father Cirringiono communicated with Capt. Foody and informed his friends of the threats that had been made against him. He became some- what worried pver' the matter, and on’ Thursday visited his father at No. 300 West Seventeenth street. ‘They, disoussed the affair until late that night, and the priest remained ft his father’s house until Friday morning. At noon yesterday he went back to his home in Williamsbridge. . He remained in the house during the afternoon, and was visited by the Rev. Father Anthony, a missionary, and several other friends. After dinner they began 2 game of cards. ‘Those in the house at the time were the Rev. Fathers Marchaesi, Or- landi and Anthony. Rocco Panna, sexton of the church; his wife, who is @ niece of Father Cirringione, and their little daughter also lived in the house. The three priests were playing cards in the rear room on the ground floor and Father Cirringione was walking up and down the hall. Panna was sitting in.a doorway across the hall from the rear room watch- ing the card game and smoking. Father Anthony and the others waited for him some time and then A. B.C.” The letter Capt. Foody and that no detectives had been sent to see the priest. No trace of him was found during the night, and Father Anthony, accompanied by Rocco Panna, the sexton of the Church of the Immaculate ! Conception, visited the father, Anthony Cirringione, at his home on West A ‘peculiar incident connected with the disappearance of the priest, and one which has made a deep impression upon the Italians of the parish, ‘was related to-day by Panna, the sexton. When Father Cirringione did not return at 11 o'clock Idst night Father Anthony and Panna ran down to the chapel, which is about two Dlocks from the Rouse, to see if he was there. The new church is not finished yet and the ground floor of a two-story building is being used as a chapel. The key is kept in a barber shop next door, so thet all who wish to pray during the day @{py find {it there and enter. When Father Anthony and Panna arrived at the chapel the door was “Yocked and the key was gone from the barber shop. The barber knew nothing of its disappearance, It was shortly after 11 o'clock, and Father ‘Anthony and Panna looked in through the window of the chapel. They could see no sign of the priest they sought, but both noticed with con- ‘sternation that the sanctuary light which always burns at the altar in a Catholic chuch was out. This light is supposed to burn night and day, and for it to go out is believed by the superstitious to be a great sign of ill omen. BOUGHT A REVOLVER. v, One «ofthe early visitors at the priest’s house to-day was Civil Tustice! Roesch. He was a warm friend and ardent admirer of Father Cirringione and tho priest had informed him several days ago regarding the letters, ‘At that time Father Cirringione had purchased a revolver with which; he ‘said, he intended to defend himself. “With your Italian nature you are liable to get excited and shoot the ‘wrong man,” said Justice Roesch to him. _ “No, T'shall not,” replied the priest. ‘they have threatened ine.” Justice Roesch asked him if he thought the Mafia haa anything to do with: it. = “No, no, no!” replied the priest. “In my country the Mafia is not that + kind of an organization. Thie is not ‘the work of Italians. It is the work “ot Americans or English-speaking men. Others have received the same kind of letters, I do not believe my own people would harm me,” , Nelther the elder Cirringione nor his daughters speak English, and a ‘Mrs. Maud Allen, who is stopping with them, acted as interpreter, The father and sister were overcome by grief. They believe the priest's ‘dead body will be found somewhere in the Bronx to-day, & detective at work on the case took two of the letters that had been sent to Father Cirringione to Post-Office station No. 153, in West One Hun- dred-and Twenty-fifth street. The clerk in charge, L, A, Jasnow. examined tho letters and told him that one had been posted at station 8, Howard street and Broadway, and the other at Station H, Lexington avenue and Forty-fourth street. ‘Botti letters were in.the same handwriting and in the opinion of the _ Doatal clerk were written by @ forelgner. They were the last two letters |! | recewwed by, the missing. priest; ~ * Mye Leder was advised to see the PastD Blog inspector, and said he “These men are kidnappers, and ne “ia the qa arm sone by Wh pee. utr egos td ' i FATHER JOSEPH CIRRINGIONE, LURED AWAY, PERHAPS KILLED. scribed as being thirty-three years of agé, about 5 weighing 170 pounds, and With dark hair, eyes and complexion. Tast seen he wore clerical clothing. ,He walked with a stight stoop. POPULAR WITH PROTESTANTS. ' The missing priest was a man of remarkable gifts. He possessed won- derful magnetism and was popular with both Protestants and Catholics. He was a natural orator and at the age of twelve years read an original sermon in the Cathedral at Palermo, which attracted attention from so em!- nent a churchman as Cardinal Rampolla. A festival was being celebrated in the cathedral and Cardinal Rampolla was one of the visitors. After hearing the young lad’s remarkable ser- mon Cardinal Rampolla sought the boy's father and asked to be allowed to take the youth to Rome to be educated.. The father said the mother’s con- sent would have to be obtained. She was working in the flelds at the time and was sent for. She refused to let her son be taken to Rome, but Car- feet 11 inches in height, When dinal Rampolla prevailed upon her to allow him to have the boy educated: and he began his Studies at once. Cardinal Rampolla was his sponsor when he was ordained a priest and has been a firm friend and adviser ever since. At the time of the Jast conclave, when Cardinal Rampolla was mentioned as a possible successor to Pope Leo XIII., Father Cirringlone expressed the hope that Cardinal Rampolla would he selected. “It would mean a higher and broader field for me and one in which I could do better work for God and humanity,” he said. OTHER VICTIMS OF “A, B. C.’’ Letters demanding money and conveying threats similar to those sent to Father Cirringione have been received by several other residents of Williamsbridge. This fact has become known and the Italian community there has been a state of terror. Jn one case the threat of the mysterious “A. B, C."" was partly executed and its victim brutally beaten. Gaetano Riggi, a baker, of No. 110 Sixth street, Williamsbridge, re- ceived two letters, each demanding $100, whch he ignored, and one night about three weeks ago a dozen amen called at his home and assaulted him so viciously that he has since been in bed. He said he recognized some of the-men as being members of the Maleyito Society, which in English means mn EXAMINES |ABOLISHES JOB OF CHilE ENGINEER POLICE SERGEANTS Deputy Commissioner Dayis held an investigation at his office thls morning] thal to-day announced that he had abol- ished the position of niet €ngineer in| of the charges of misgonduct JS ent of the 3 2 Batient which was drat called by come. %° Bridge Department, missioner Greene several weeks ago. ‘This position unt!l May last was filled Capt. Frank Fuchs was Acting Cap-| yy Lefert L. engaged in a Bnidge Commissioner tain at the time, in the absence of Capt. Kerr, who was on sick leave, and when Commissioner Greene found things were with the over a question of controversy not going right there be put Capt.| authority, It resulted in the reduction Stephen MeDeemott in charge and sent of Engineer Huck to the position of Fushs to Loondrd Street station. Since! Consulting Gnginesr at a reduced salary, t umg evidence igainst the officer Tammany men belleve that the of- Bergts. MeNuugnt cnd Conyoy and ail) dcial abolishenent of the position ot the ‘sergeants -of the. Fifth Etreot ta! Cplef Engineer is done to prevent the re called t lay as the result of large number of 08 gt ball bonds |creating the positi hich were accepted, pid nesta searea ‘Phe investigation ‘hay not yet. bec completed and there may be men higher tw brought up on charges. ‘The iwest- DR. F, W. CHAPIN NOT INSANE gation will be continued next ‘Nhurwdey | pie! SAMih Rnd Fuchs will be brought up for tla validate befcce Deputy Commissioner Davis, C, te Due.-te ‘he Pifth Street Police Station-House of Narcotte te beginning to be known as the “hoo- Chapin, of No. 17 West who was taken to the @ of the Bellevue. How- supposed to be Insane, was gesterday rome to Walnut doo” station... Every Captain who his been in charge there since 1895 has Koc Lodge, Hartford, Conn.. a sanatarium where he will rest for a while. Into more or less trouble. Commissioner Greene was a ate) conference which he held Dr. Packer, one of the Bellevue aliens I thelr transfers nod buen held up, f BUL that the nature pf tae investigations | tats, said that Dr, Chapin ty noe Insane erie jos as he could be 'dlecleed at | ana hie condition -waw dye, 18" en over dase af aakootian’ has been colteseod Dr. FLOW Fifteenth stree! psycopathic pital Thyrsd: > Buefeind and the ‘Attorney. ADOUL Deter Telbold, ¢ ions. Risiant Distr tives Willinin M the West Thirtloth Btroet jon.” He Buck, who at that time ‘PLAYS ON ROOF, FALLS TO: DEATH Chased by Another Boy, Young Harry Kucherhoff Tumbles Into a Scuttle and Meets with a Dreadful Fate. Chased by a boy some few yearn his senior on the roof of' the hous . 10 Rutgers place, Harry Kucherhoff, twelve vears old, fell through a scuttle to the tiled pavement on the ground, four floors below. His brains were dashed out, death coming instantly | Young Kucheroff had been in the habit of playing on the roof with some of his friends. A plgeon cote filled with birds offered the boys amusement, Inasmuch as they found an opportunity of chasing the pigeons every time they came from the cote to the roof. While this was going on to-day an older boy appeared and he gave chase to the vounger party, of which Harry was a member, In his hurry to escape Harry did not notice a scuttle protected in a measure by n balustrade. The boy slipped, went under the flimsy protec- von and fell to the bottom of the shaft. The bov's head was Jiterally split The body was taken to a kos- e first inltmation of the dreadful dent rezelved by the mother was when the friends of the lad brought home the portions of hia brain taat had’ been eter fe OUR out in the fall WOMAN INSULTER SEIZED AT BRIDGE: Man Professing to Be Nephew of Cardinal Vanutelli, Caught by a Policeman Accosting a Handsomely Dressed Girl. Professing to be the nephew of Caz- dinal Vanutelli, and an Ttallan noble- man, Jobn Vanutelli, a handsome, well- dressed man of twenty-five, was ar- raigned in Centre Street Court to-day charged with Insulting women at the of the bridge. t women have been subjected to insults at the dridge en- trance. Many complaints have reached the police, byt the offender could not be caught, Policeman F&uterhaun, of the Oak street station, was stationed at the bridge to watch for tha mis- oreant. His efforts were rewarded last night when he saw Vanutelli push his way through a crowd of women and stop before a handsomely-gowned woman of twenty, He spoke to her. Her face became crimson and with a scream she fled. Rauterhaun seized the Italian by the Jeoar, You are under arrest,” he said, Vanutelll was taken to the police station and Jocked up on a charge of disorderly conduct, He spent the night in a cell and,was taken to court to-day, He spoke little English and made no statement in court. “There has been too much of this sort jof thing,” said the Magistrate, | will |impose a fine of $10 on you this time, Next Ume I will make it heavier,” Vanutelli paid the fine and walked from court. He gave his address as No, 119 East One Hundred and Tenth street, furnished-room house. He is said to have come to this country four months ago. PLANS TWO NEW POLICE PRECINCTS Commissioner Greene Would Locate Them Between Four- teenth and Fifty-ninth Streets, Dividing Tenderloin District. Commissioner Greene has a plan for creating, more police precincts between Fourteenth and Fifty-ninth streets. He wrote yesterday to the Board of Esti- mate and Apportionment, asking them to allow him the mohey to build two new station-houses, aa these precincts ars altogether too large. The proposed precincts are to be called the Twentieth and Twenty-ftth;. the Dwentieth to be in East Twenty-ninth strest, the wenty-fifth west of Fifth ave- nue, somewhere between Forty-nintn and Fitty-ninth streets. If this plan goes into effect the Com- missioner purposes to change the num- bers of all the precincis in the city north of Fourteenth street, and place the odd numbers of precinets on tne | west elde and the ewen on the east side. His object 4 to have emaller precinces and more evenness in size. Some are tho large at present, while others ere too small, Under the new plan. the precincts would be divided by Sixth avenue, and all equal in size, and av blocks north and south from } street to Fifty-ninth street, ,cinets being on each side of Fifth ave hue, In doing this the Tenderloin ai trict would be cut in two, the new pre cinct shaving @ section of it and the old Tenderloin wiped out. With this proposed division the tom- missioners would not need the new derloin station house, which planned, and will need only 0 Captains and two desk sergeants ————$ POLICE GET ANARCHIST. oner with Record Su ye on Italy King. Queen of Italy on their way to E ‘The prisoner, who had been of an analytical ladorat years old He arrived at Cherbourg two’ y ‘ago and was recognized by the Paris pe- Nee, sent to Watoh over the safety of the Itallan soverelgns, as a dangerou aharchist who had at one time been {m- prinaned at Troyes ih connection outrage, °{ STOPS RUNAWAY AT RISK OF LIFE Policeman Baumbach Throws Horse on Its Haunches, Avert- ing Serious Injury to Crowd of | Terror-Stricken Women. By jumping at the head of a runaway horse Policeman Baumbach, of the East One Hundred and F Street Sta- tion, saved a group of women to-day y and possibly pre- nted the death of one or more of them. When the infuriated animal, at- tached to a heavy delivery wagon, was brought to a stop the women were only a few feet distant Stricken with fear, the women, who were crossing First nue at One Haindred and Fourth street, stood help- less in the middle of the street. Baum- bach saw the runawaiy coming down the avenue, and, rushing out to meet it, Jumped from the ground, caught th bridie and threw the horse on its haunches. The policeman {x a big. brawny athlete, with a reputation for enormous strength The delivery MoGowan, of No, 1137 East One Hundred and Sixty-ninth street, and was in charge of Samuel Gabriel, of No. 2) East One Hundred and Fiftistn atre Attempting to fix a seat while the horse Was standing uvenue and One Hundred and ‘Patrd street the animal became frightened and dashed down the avenue at a territic speed. Gabriel was thrown out of the wagon ou badly hurt about the head. He was taken to his home in a Harlem jtement prevailed in children and men N divections, ‘The runaway isiest hour for te which frequent this ‘shopping crowds neigiborhood. BLOWS OUT HIS BRAINS IN HOTEL ned (0 or) | An |Grape-Nuts helps me get my lessons, » was arrested | hecause no CHERBOURG, France, Nov. 14. Anarohist, named Lumbin thts morning. The arrest -reated in- | atudy tense excitement. in view the ap- proaching arrival here oft} King nd {diet £ would simply sit . Is twenty | Herman Kreher, Prosperous Shpe Manufacturer of Ho: boken, Shoots Himself in Right Temple. Herman Kreher, well known In Ho- boken ax a property owner and proprie- tor of a shoemaking establishment, shot himself through. the right templé to-day tn a hotei at No. 12 Washington street. He died almost instantly. Why Kreher should have taken hia life is @ mystery to ‘his family, whicn lves at No. 105 Hudson street, Ho- boken, He was prosperous, had no do- mestic troulles on his mind and) was in good health. When he his home yesterday afternoon he was in the best of spirits aad sald that he would re- turn within a couple of hours. After departing from Hoboken with a package of shoes, Kreher went to the steamships Pennsylvania and Fuerst Bismarck, on both of which he had friends. 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