The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-11-15
THE COLORADO ITALIAN BANDITS.

ARREST OF THE BOSS BUTCHER AND HIS COM
PAN1oNs-THE STORY TOLD BY NOVICE IN
CRIME.
From the Denver tCol) News, November 101
Giovanni Can't, alias Filomeno Gallott, Giovanni
John Arata two OF tho Italians who took part in the
brutal butchery OF their countryman in Lawrence
street dwelling and Mexican named Enrique Fernan-
dez arrived here last night in custody of Deputy
Sheriff Frank Smith They up from Pueblo yes
terday. Sheriff Cook met the party at Colorado
Springs
ARREST WAS EXPECTED
As Taos was nearcd, Lewis the interpreter, astridc
mule, dropped behind, and the deputy and his COM
panion drove into town Their talk all about sheep,
and in this way they managed TO pull tho wool the
eyes Of the villagers. Presently Lewis galoped in
his mule, and, speaking Spanish as well as
Italian began nquring around among Mexicans about
his partners, who he said had promised 10 meet him
there His motives were not suspected and he soon
learned that his partners the Italians, in the
place. stopping at the house OF a Mexican
Deputy sheriff Smith found DR.; Kitteridge,
proposition exchange gold for greenbacks He
also learned that the boss murderer had borrowed that
very day gun OF merchant leaving 500 in gold with
him security Meanwhile the Doctor, willing to aid
In the capture, had hunted up Filomeno, on the pre-
tence Of wanting to buy his gold and the physician and
the Italian store to complete the exchange
The interpreter with free and easy sautation gave
Fomeno his hand as he entered, and Officer Smith
stepping quickly upon the scene put the muzzlc ofhs
revolver 10 the Italians and demanded uncon-
dItional surrender Fomeno, without betraying the
least fear handed over his pistol and addressing the
interpreter in his native tongue suggested that there
occasion for the officer TO shoot, rs he didn't
propose to resist arrest though he couldn't understand
why he should be subjected to such indgnity
as he was gutess Another Italian, who
utterly ignorant OF the character of the men,
had from the sympathy which one couGtryman feels
for another, Joined Fiomeno at Fort Garland had fol-
lowed his leader into the store and he too put
under arrest and used in securing the capture of the
others He started out with the interpreter TO look for
Arata, and had not gone block when they met the
young man. who was grateful for being arrested, it
placed him beyond the reach and wrath of his boss
Filomeno, whom he equally feared and hated
ARATA's STORY.
He admitted he knew OF the intention of Filomeno
to murder the old man and his boys week days
before the commission Of the crime. He wanted to
leave Filomeno and 60 to Cheyenne anywhere, but
he hadn't the means TO pay his way and couldn't OBJ
tain them. Ono day desperate with the purpose to
free himself from Fomeno's influence and control he
applied to Joseph Rappctto the fruit dealer, for few
dollars, and begged for the money, but in
vain The gang, he sald went to the house
Lawrence street several times TO kin the inmates
but every time something happened to thwart
their purpose Fomeno's first plan to engage
them IN game of cards and then shoot them. One
day. Deodata (now in jaD Fomeno and four or five
others, went to the house with load of waormeons
and, accostlng the old man IN familiar way, offered
to take melons into the house and treat him. but
he declined their hospitality and denied them admis-
had calculated all their hroats that day Arata
went TO the old mans house. purposely to warn him of
the deadly designs on his life but he was afraid TO
dvulge the secret knowing that Flomeno found out
that he had betrayed them he himself would be
dered Fiomeno, he says, played the principal part in
the throat-cuttng matinee, the others helping TO hold
the victims Fomeno gave him tArata) knife and
told him to pitch in and help in the butchery, and
he struck the big boy in the head with 1t,
but the blade bent double and cut his
hand, and that was the extent OF his cut
ting operations. He says Filomeno made him
descend into the cellar, into which the bodies had been
pitched and rifle the pockets OF their contents fetch
ing up belt filed with gold and pocketbook, which
he took from the old mans breast pocket The next
day Saturday he received $50 gold piece, and that
night, under peremptory orders from his boss who
threatened TO his jugular vein II he opened his
mouth about the MURDER he walked to LittletoD, and
next morning boarded the train on which Flo
memo and Fernandez
The chief, Filomeno, is small, dark complexioned.
evilvsagcd man. seemingly far more intelligent than
the whom he led into the crime. His nature is
like iron. While on the way up from Pueblo the on
told him he might expect 10 be ynched arrival
in Denver, thinking thereby to extort confession
from him; but he seemed least concerned of anybody
and animated that that all right He gave Smith,
however the address of his wife, long since deserted
and also his mother both living Italy and requested
him to write them in case he ynched Arata says
Filomeno told him that these last victims made
men he had killed in his time During the war he be-
longed TO band Of robbers in New Orleans He killed
IA first man in old Mexico