New-York tribune., 1885-02-04
MAKING FIVE GIRLS BEG.
rNr1c1NG THEM FROM ITALIAN HOMES
-, ,,,yx STRANGE CiTIEs-B0NlFAClo
0EAIhN ~ -.....erpn As A PADRoNE.

- .vx STRANGE ClTIE6-B0NlFACiO
ro,,..so CONVICTED AS A PADRoNE.
Five Italian rrs three Of them in the o. neat sHsv
ss sa sse fol
;r g hsads and garments that did not match eaoa
a eher sat in the United States C5im3 I'm gss wS
s"iseS a"Tas To%asso to this county IN
tie Ancoria on December II. anu whoss s,''ese so.
nent led to action by the e.hIrn ohiirr'n Tom.
cieties @ ,,a oi ind;o,ed under what is known as
H. "Padrone act.D which forbids bringing lnso
thus country children inveigled from o.ner h.re
tries ana in.en"e1 women was arrested In Brooklyn
fnr hegeing and her arrest led to the discovery
cou,panon, who was also seat INTO tnu ,nJ IN This
BTOosya sya; Tomasso had Been
taken In charge by SUPERINTENDENT JENKINS; o pene.
Tonasso was tried yesterday before Jufsv psM conn
piexion with hard expression OF the eye eyes a ar re
mouth When be went to the prisoners pen wav ie
he showed his ilPstur' Rs w. s p1sRnS wRo trsd
spd so spsak ss1lkaf so him. DsTiittAi MtnAi,
tsrney Foster called ss the trss rsssSahsrsyea M.Svsa
for the prosecution MARIA srs snd her story was
g Of aSGss bTtefn bV ncs ysaa aaan aud Gro,a
al Mas the former of whom appeared espcth Ist thay
hss Ssd with 1as s1pay H district
i,ac mack from Naples. fonasso who had been away
from Italy returned three years ago ana oney .ne thew thew
might earn by going with him. and their parents,
they supposed. made bargains by WHICH they were
eIlowed To 40 away. Tomasso took the children 70
London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Dublin anu s t'a1t nnt
places in the British Isles. They were sent ous
with accordeons or "pano" organs, or TO peg 10 nu
street. They were compelled 70 bring nome eas,y ~
cent that they made to the padrone. Ihey 'Veu ~
close rooms and had insufficient clothing; c.n.,o,
Foster of Lucia, who had tesaneu
that she was treated better than the otheFs,
"rhe padrone beat me and Maria telriptt amt: ouou
She had concealed six cents ana ma eie1tt ~ oen.
i'm my clothes. He beat US with q strap 81 Vna' VIC
Were YOU ever given any money!
"No. except two or three times wuen we III"
each penny to take to church."
Often Tonasso threatened to XIII tnem II lily lily
did not bring back all the money they eafhea.
girls identified the ragged articles OF clotnllg
which they wore before Tomasso was arresIeu'
They said that they did not want TO come 70 amer IN ~
lea hut asked while in England to be sent back 70
Italy. They all passed through Castle TarSohh Tnh Is
the children or relatives of Temasso, Adoipn ~ -
Sanger, president of the Board OF AIdermhen h, uG
Tended the prisoner. He called lomasso nInsoat -
as a witness. He testified that he maae nc contIact
with the parents of the children, but sthat tney
wanted to 90 with him only to travel and see other
countries He said that they had been at nperty 10
leave him at any time. but they preferred W S'aS
with him. H.. .,.o
judge Benedict charged the Jury that three
things were to be ascertained. One was tn9. lno
children were brought hero by Iomasso. when was
NOT denied Another was that they were 1nveiged
from Italy and the third that they were brought 10
this country to be kept ia involuntary servl'ude;
The jury were absent a few minutes anu anu
returned with verdict OF guilty. Inc prisoner
was remanded for sentence.