The New York herald., 1877-09-02
DEATH OF "GARIBALDL."
The "WickedeSt Man in New York"
Dies at s'French Pete'S."
DRAMATIC TRIAL OF HIMSELF AND WIFE.
Expiring on the Road That he Used 10
Tool Dog Cart Over.

edest man in New York" Some obscure person IN
Water street, who is now IN the prayer meeting hne
used be called so; but there was never question
about the crushing excess OF Gari6aidi's" wicked
ness When he arrested on the 18Th oi last sep
tember for keeping a very dsorderly house
at Fourth and Greene streets the papers
went to great lengths TO show how Thor
oughIy bad scar baldir was And although he is dead
now and has passed before higher judge than there
is in the General Sessions Court that convicted him,
must be stated that the aspersions upon his char
acter we're well founded IN fact. "Garlbaldp did no
good things 10 live after him. His Greene street es
tabishment OF the most infamous in the city,
and, as will be by tho reader, his
death was OF u kind with his lie, the
phrase being used in the OF logical punish
ment being metcd out 10 him. He died like dog at
an obscure French tavern at l5lst street and ST.
Nicholas avenue-a place called "Frcnch Petc's''-n
darkness and poverty and despair His wife, Alice
Smith, who was sent to the Island with him, has
charge OF the funeral details. She has exhibited dur
ing all the sickness OF "Garibald pathetic affection
for the and persistent devotion TO him which
would be brilliantly poetical If Garibadr' had been
other tnan he and If Alice Smith were other
than she is
ARREST CONVICTION.
For a long time Mr.. Barnesconni had been an auto
crat as were, in the Fifteenth ward His question
able business brought HIM in lots Of money and af
1ordcd him chance to cothe himself elegantly and TO
pay the most extravagant prices for his wie's cos
tunes Suddenly. and just before his arrest, he in
the dpeasure of the police The next thing that
followed naturally the pulng'' OF his place and the
arrest Of himself and vile The police were horrhed
TO ascertain that such this existed. and, like
all horrned police, they railroaded their miserablo
victims to justice. For lew days ''Garibaldrs"
story filed the papers, each account falling short OF
showing how thoroughly depraved wretch he was
He had two houses adjoining. One was an ordinary
saloon. where a became drunk simply; the other
plague spot OF immortality and II ever the finest
torce IN the world" did act that earns
them monument they did 1t when they
descended on "Garibald" He retained Mr..
William F. Kintzing and the case came
speedily to trial in the General Sessions, before
Recorder Hackett Tho nameless vices hanging about
'Garbadis'' establishment gave 1t peculiarly NOR
bid notoriety and made his trial OF the celebrated
causes, o; very indecent nature that iuTidiy burn
upon the edge of life to show to what depths OF de-
pravity common nature can tall AS has been
Intimated, he convicted So was his
wife. The court crowded. and
developed strangely unexpected excitement
tnat was heightened by the dramatic conduct
pt the condemned pair who represented
tender and strong attachment under circumstances that
should have oberatod every noble sentiment The trial
began the 18th OF September and ended the 27th
When the sentence fell hike bolt there crysailiz
alton feeling between Garbaldi' and Alice that
something terribly emotional. He was then tall,
handsome fellow about forty OF age, dressed to
the 'eevens" because the nines do not it)
displaying generally suggestion of owning lots of
money. His vile blaze OF diamonds, the murky
light OF the room intensified by The gems, goatng
pver handsome sealskin sacque, and other neatly
fitting evidences of opulent life She threw herself
his neck ond cried like child he returned the fer
vid nature of the embrace Tho police officers had to
tear them apart when 1t became necessary take
them severally to the island. "Gartadi" kissed her
dozen times, and she returned ksscs the audi.
ence looking with stilled admiration althou III they
had just the termination OF foul a as ever
suirchcd the records OF New York court They were
dragged apart, and Giovanni Del Barnesconni went
his way Backwells Island, and Alice Smith went
hers. But they both got there Mr.. Kin,zing took
the the Court OF Appeals, but unsuccesstully
'Garibadi' discharged latter part last
Juiy the payment OF his fine and his commutation
having resulted IN his early release While on the
Island contracted liver complaint that made him
helpless he was not deserted by his friends As he
came rom the nsl,tuton tLey took him tendery in
coach aud in mems arms dor he dying tnen) TO
'.French Pete's, OH the ST. Nicholas boulevard. He
never left the second story back room untIl nc wns
carried out yesterday
RrHEMBERIyo ALICE
AT the time OF MS incarceration this monster, Scarf
bald," had $500 IN his possession. What did Le DO
with itY Did he put II to the proper purpose of
Ing people TO get him out, Not at all Did he spend |
II some regulation way of rotou, ness2 No He
callous enough this wicked man, to have it
voted toward paying the indemnity oil Alice She
discharged lew weeks before tho Liberation of
himseli. That TACT alone precipIated his |
death He brooded over the circumstance OF |
departure, and when she did come back
he naturally imagined that she had deserted HIM. All
this time tre woman was trying IN moral and immoral !
ways to earn .Garbadi's' ransom. She earned lie
by The operation OF her solicitation
immediately to the French road house ady
toned. A few days before his removal ''GarlDadl" |
attempted to cut his throat stl mag ming that Alice
false to him. 1t was necessary carry him to !
the boat, so thoroughly had he been reduced by his
sickness.
THE RgPoRTER's VISIT.
On Wednesday evening last the HERALD reporter |
called to see Gariba d. 1t was Iust III the goaming
when the drivers bowling along the hard |
road toward home. A Frenchman met the writer and |
asked his business. certainly, you ''Gar |
badl" he answered. Graspug lamp, he went ahead,
up flight OF stairs TO the second story back room.
where something lay in bed under mosquito netting
IL was 'Garibs!dl" but IL did not seem them HIS !
head made abnormaly large by the shrinking of his
body, tOssed about upon The pillow, while his iips |
moved eebly and hIs hands grappied at the ideas
which hs dying BRAIN evolved "He can't cat any
thing, SAID the attendant hes been living on selt
ger water and little bit Of brandy for long"
rSo whos renar,n there a gasped the almost corpse
seemed to provoke new train OF thoughts "Poor |
Garry Poor Garry ~ he moaned, "wny don't they
suddenly and said. ''rne letter the letterlf There
came gurgic, choking rasp, horrid rattle he
fell back. 40 attendant came swiftly aud gave him
some drink--wne ana seltzer. That revIvei hm
bit, but not lor long He then 10 be a ter
riby emaclatea man, whose rios could be counted.
whose eyes looked like lamps IN caves ana whose
hands were Ike The claws OF eagles. When he had
taken his druk he Tell back under MOSQUITO net.
ting and seemed 70 simulate tho corpse that lie was
two days later.
SCENE.
'GaribsldI" died OF starvation, although every deli
cacy surrounded his table The Smith made
his last resemble those of 80 lar
Is gastronomtc decacies cOucerned. But hs
could not eat anything. "The wckedcst man III New
York' lived on lasts Of seitzer and WINE,
and died eventually OF inability cat
The going the flame OF his lie
candle was s,nsalarly appropriate. There gasp
clutchiDg at the bodc othes tossing OF the head
about, writing oil the skeleton frame, and all
done. The seal OF the inexorable tyrant upon
everythDg Al one time "GariDaldin used to drive
trotters along the very On which he died. Per-
bups the ing he heard the siiken crack
whip over the hank OF a that he may have
owned. IL Is certain that the merry asping the
wheels in front OF .French Pee's" ben dod with that
drean OF his that melted from time iuto eternity