, 1876-11-29

vatroto could moi, or would not, tell where he
lived, saying, however, that lie was q barlcr and
worked On the corner Of Twen!y.sixth nIMl stote
streets. kcplcy took thetn both 10 the Twenty:
him. rttcrosu declined to sny anything about tho
affair, and alt TINT could to CLEANED from him
was that llc too was barber, and worked at te
corner Of rwcnty-stxtll nn,l Stale streets.
Vatro,o, pern,'ttci in tic hope thai ho would
eny something about tho cutting, he said lic
lived at No. go Wallace street, With one Gac:.
tano Russo, who lad stabbed lin in quarrel
sSs. she ~ IN :1 e rst.a o i se
conduct, to kny Tho least, was singular, and
gavc riae to tho suspicion that
M MAD SECRET TO CosoaAt-
Though dangerously wounded and there vs.
edge that death was near would not wiring Il
from him. llo Was taken TO tile County ffospf-
tnl for treatment, and searcis was. begun for
llusso. The ofllrers soon learned thdt there WAS
rather that there .wns no. house. GU tho lot.
Evidently they had been deceived, but giving
1'ltcroso the benefit Of tho doubt, they thought
they might hare misunderstood him. Wien
said on ,iialstcd street. He died the same af- Il
tcrnoon tss,,l) having excu1patcd vatroAo from
all b1anc, and saying TINT tho cutting was tono
with large carving-knite. Not satisfied Will!
the nianncr III which Vatrosa had conducted
himself, he too having been caught IN lie, for
the place wllcrc he said he worked could not bo
found, he wn8 nrrafgnGd before policu naEts-
tratc, and committed In default Of bai. to await
developments.
solnu one jumped to the conclusion that
THE pRcEAsED MAD nEES INTIMATE WITH
HUssOfs WIFE,
and accounted for his s!lrnec MS to the cause Of
the affray on this ground, Ilts rctfccnec could
not be otherwise explained, nnt this tlleory
Nnt11I1 i1nt1ht1nR& Invn hNNu VnnNfnLlV Dcrn0tptI
but Tor the arrest Of Rutso's wife. II seems
that tho policemen who were Wording on tho
case asrcrtalncd that size had lived at NJ: 05o
snte re na W1xra oae tenss ory soFs
vas watcl!e.l closely, since i wins thought Z
wifc either there or somewhere else. Ilstrne-
tturs had been given to follow her wherever she
went, md to keep track Of whoever sic met ill
the street. I,y td!s mrans, II she stopped and
conycrscd wifi any one WHO brought i nlcss;t,e
from her husband, his hiding placc could llnvo
been easily learned by "shadowing" tho mes
scnger.
MRS. russo CAME OUT or HER noMH SATURDAY
md two officers who wero on the lookout fol-
lowed her nt distance SO as TO avert suspicion.
Hhe hal with her two children, one OF them a
baby. Going into store oh llnlstci street she
and entered another shop about block oil,
RtaYsng inside about tho salno length of time.
Walking north about quarter Of II mile, ahc
went fnto third shop, and then a fourth. This
hny anything, fetching out no bundles.
Ono Of the officers concluded to see what she
was up to, so lle asketl ono Of tho shppkcepers
what the woman with the Two children wanted,
The sep'y was. "a "Shc bought acent' worth
%Whss ki1d 1l,9 e !, $oney did she give you'"
tWEll you let me look Mt ttp'
1 0r.A, ,.t,.f,<
aminet, aud pronounced to be col,nterfci.-yery
fair us to ring, but somewhat rough and leady-
looking.
T'hIs was something that Ind not been anitct-
pated. The woman was
A'asIOyKR or Do0Cs MONEY,
aud used the two children to blind the shop
keepers. sEe had borrowed both for tic pur-
puse Ut aiding her In her operations, for she hos
none Of her own. The scheme WIS III excellent
one, because q woman with, two small children
would be the last person III the world who would
be stlsnectelo VI being engaged In such work, and
It proved to bo very profitable during tho after
llDOn.
The first two stores she visited had received
tlye other ahopmen werc also ytetin,ized within
nnotllcr honr. Having gotten rid Of nlno pieces,
Mrs Russo was arrested. She was allowed TO
run, after the fourth had been 'llroppe1," in
order to have evidence which could not bc galu
said. In but ono Of the stores she visited was
the Eenuineness Of the coin questioned; her
forloru uppcaranco aud the children were good
snbtcrtugo. IT. this one shop, tl,s woman bc-
hind the counter Ind doubts, but Mrs. Russo
said tho coin must he good; II It was not, Is
she lived in the nelghborl,ood, she would take
It back. Another customer looked Mt It, re-
marked TINT 1t was good, and 1t was deposited
Ii tho wife OF man is sllovcr OF counter
felt money 1t Is pretty good evidence that
TIE HUSBAND nfMsELF IS IN TIE BUSINESS.
Whru tho wouian was loctscl up, SerEt. Scayey
cainc to tho conclusion that this event would
throw some light on the cause Of tic murder:
Tic house No. lib Wallace street wns searched
without delay, but nothing to shnw thut tho
cntn Ind been made thcre wns hrttught to tho
surface: Early Monday morning tho rooms at
No. $50 State street wcro thoroughly. over
was found. One Of them nottced that the top
Of tho oorEaaing looked rather louec, und upon
removing 1t, ln between the cas[ng and tho wall
| Of tho next room was seen complete Coin-
Of fpastcrof-pasls, with portion ot the diverse
Of 50-ccnt piece, VIA found. There was no
! bogus nluney secFeted anywhere; at least n0ne
was discovered after tho most thorough search.
take any ghance4. iow they will liz when
caught, and plead Ignorance Of this Language
aud money IT tile country! They usunlIy work
Ct night, md 1nouli only few rlccgs.-tcM Or
fifteen; aud When these are tnfsllctt tho ladies,
chemicals, etc, art carefully put a'rny In
acr,lre place, and tin 1noukls sccrctcd In a,l.
| ntl,or. 1'llIs WINS undoubtedly tho way Noss0
did business. This faet tf.at l,o was doing some.
thlng In his room whict, he wished to bu un.
known WAS patent to thu other people Ia the
building; and, gtnco he was a1l ltnlian, and
curious-ngting Mp,l exsH,u to sec him orraslouuly
und ho waa close-'noutl!ed, thcy act him dow1
aas co1ntcrfcltcr; and II 1t had not been for the
been tn custody for this crllnc. Assuming thu
| Fltcruso was ono Of thu party, hte admission
that he !iyed with Russo warraMtiug tho us