New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-08
FOUND MURDERED IN HER ROOM.
AN ITALIAN wOMAN's VIOLENT AND MYSTERIOUS
DEATn-ARRE>T OF THE HUSBAND AND TIKI

AN ITALIAN wOMAN's VIOLENT AND MYSTERIOUS
DEATH-ARRE>T OF THE HUSBAND AND THE
SEARCH FOR BOARDER.
One of the darkest and most filthy of the city
tenement houses is III the rear OF No. - Mulberry
ST. II is so closely hcdgcd in by other buildings
that a stranger is Obliged TO grOpe his way even at
midday in the narrow halls and on the stalrcases;
There is the space of only few feet between 1t and
the front tenement house, while i'll the rear, the
Mott-st houses, inhabited by the Chinese, are bult
close against it. Like the majority OF NE houses Ill
the ncighhOrOOd il is filled with Italian famlllcs
Two small rooms the second floor have been
occupied for two years by N0rfo NanganO, a rag
picker, a small. swarthy' Italian about forty;tve
years old. His wife. Marianne, was tine-loDklng
woman, fifteen YEARS younger than hcr huSpahd
Their only. child boy OF thirteen was boot
black. a few, months ago an unmarried ltali ii M
named Michael GiacavellO, became hoardrr WIN
the family. He slept in the front room with the
Yesterday was a f6te day among the Italians
and the italian militia company, known as the
Colombo Guards, paradcd through the lower part
of the city. The tenement houses i'll the lower part
of Mulberry-st. were almost deserted hctween ~
a. III. and . p. H., while the Guards were beng re-
viewed. Shortly AFTER o'clock Mangan2 was sen III
Ivy policeman running out OF the aliey lrau'ug "
his home He was greatly excited, and Whell qu"S-
toned said he had been locked out of his rooms
The officer went into the house with the ltallan,
and hcped him to break open the door. terrible
sight was presented to them Mrs. Mangano lay
dead on the OOr of the front ROOM her mead rcS'hg
in a pool lof blood. The ;scanty furniture III the
room was in disorder, as If struggle lad taken
place. A hasty examination convinced tnc poi Ill.,
man that the woman nau DcPn III u'Vitu' ny
blood had flowed from wound on the head hchind
the left ear but her thick black hair cGncrai'd ne
wound so that lc could not determine what kild Oh
a wcapon had been used. Mangano dGnlru any
kuovlcCCcsof the murder but he was ilockcd up III
the Mulberry Street Police STATION to await INC
result Of an cstigation His son was aIs9 iomnn
bv the police. and detained as witness, although
tie boy said he had not been at home since carry
The rooms of Mangano were guarded Ivy police,
man untI evening and the h0uy of the murdered
woman was allowed to lie i'll the condition III when
If had been found. Many of the ncghborS were
allowed to view it. and police detective. with mnc
and of an interpreter noted what was SAID. he
woman had been seen awe an3ut ~ IL H.. enc
was standing in the street at that time, and was
asked if she intended to so AMI see the parade ShS
said she was not going. Her husband and son had
left home about & q. M, and neither was seen
again until the murder had been -connnltrd: Man
ganO had been kind TO his wife, and his ncghborS
did not believe that h. was the murderer. Ii was
easy to see that their suspicious against the
LOarler GacaVellO, were strong. No one knew
much about him, and he had told contradictory
stories about his occupation. lie dressed better
described as tall, and rather handsome, with HGht
hair and a muStachp. His age was thought TO he
about twenty-five. Nothing had been seen of him
since early i'll the day, and he dld not return last
boarding place about . p. m An old Italian named
Joseph PCtrclO who lives III u room .adl0lnHg that
occupied by the ManganOS, sad ne heard the
hOardcr make improper proposals to Mrs. Mangan0
last Saturday, wien her huSlahd ah9 son were
away She resented his approaches, and quarrel
cnSlIp in which the boardcr threatened To XII hrT
if She did not acccde to his wishes. PrtrcIo and
most of the other inmates of the house were watch
ing the parade yesterday when Mrs. ManGano was
killed, The police were searching for GiacaNcllO Ill
vain last night. The body of Mrs. Mangano was
sent to the Murguc about 10 p H., and an autopsy
will be made to-day.