The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-01
4 STARTLING STORY.
Maurino Says That an
Italian Secret Society
DEGREES His Death.
THREE MEN ON HIM WITH DAGGERs
One Picked a Quarrel With Him
About His Girl and the Other
Two Attack Him.

No. 90 Monroe street, Hobokeu, is
used by the Italians who live in the city
as club and meeting room. Yesterday
evening about six o'clock a young fellow
named Vincent Maurino, of No. 80 Second
street. was badly stabbed by stranger,
who gave his name as James Vinzenzo, OF
Brooklyn, and would have been killed
but for the other men who were present
at the time.
1t is customary on Sundays, from early
morning until late at night, for men, wo-
men, and occasionally children, to con-
gregate in the club and eat maccaroni
and smoke cigarettes all day.
MAN WITH A SLOUGH HAT.
All had gone off peaceably, when
stranger, wearing a slouch hat over his
eyes and dressed in light suit, made his
| appearance and demand for admitance.
He was followed by two other men,
| Italians, who were also unknown to the
audience. After looking around the
room the stranger asked if Vincent Maui
rino was there, and on being answered in
the negative, sent boy to No. $40
Second street, where he lived, to
request him to be present.
| The boy returned with Maurino, who
sat by the man and entered into converse
well posted on the young mans affairs,
made some sighting remark about the
| young Italian girl Lugie Cordello, to
whom Maurino was engaged.
| 1t will be remembered that Lugie, who
is only fifteen years of age, was arrested
| last week for having stabbed Child
named Frankie The rude allusion to the
| girl made Maurino angry and he at
| tempted to hit the stranger. Quick as
| flash he was surrounded by the three men
and dagger was hurled at the captive.
| He made a dive down and the cut in
| tended for his breast entered his cheek
and cut open all one side of his face.
The three men then bolted and ran by
circuitous route to the ferry. They were
followed by Vincent Demzi, of No. 81
Monroe street. They arrived at Christie
pher street, but Demzi collared the
to a policeman on West street.
| The policeman refused to arrest
him. and Detective w. G. Oberfield, of
| the New York Detective Bureau, arrested
him and got him on the boat again. Vim
zenzi was Immediately searched and a
| pair of scissors were found on nlm-
| DemM said that he had noticed the men
throw two daggers over the side of the
ferryboat.
MAURINo's STARTLING STORY.
At the examination before the Recorder
this morning both Demzi and Maurino
| said that it was an attempt to murder by
members of the hated "Carvamron Soci-
ETY. of Italy, of which there WAS q branch
in Brooklyn.
Maurino said that about four years
ago in Rome, he was member OF the
| sOciety He was accused of having given
away some of the secrets and refused to
| be implicated in removing member Oh
the society in Italy, for which offence the
death warrant was served for him.
He had been continually on his guard
| and had to go about in company with his
firm friend Demzi. They We're both OUT
casts and thought to obtain protection
| from their enemies in this country.
| Maurino further said that the society
had spies in all the principal cities OF the
States and that anybody who was an
enemy of the organization would be
finished off sooner or later.
The Recorder heard the testimony and
| has issued warrants for the arrest OF
three other men who are said to be i'm
plicated in the affair.
ANOTHER VERSION.
Another version of the story is that the
man VinzenZo was in love with the girl
Cordell and was jealous of Maurino, who
lived in the same house and was the en-
gagged husband of the girl
He paid his share of the boarding ex-
penses of the family on the understand
| ing that when the girl is old enough he Is
to marry her. Vinzenzo was also in love
with her, but his advances were repeHed
by the Cordell family.
Policeman Granelli was deputed to in
vestigate the matter, and rather scouts the
idea of assassination, but cannot under
stand why the man was not known to any
of the people present and why, he had
two strangers with him. The prisoner, y
is said, was armed with a dagger, still
letto, clasp knife and pair of scissors;
With the exception of the scissors, au
were thrown fnto the river from the
ferryboat.
/ made enquiries in the neighborhood
and learned that the general impression
among Italians is that the society had
made up their minds to remove the man,
and that Vincent had deadly. enemies
who were in the room prepared to assiss
in the bloody work;
All however, professs to be afraid to
speak as they are afraid of being the next
victims.
without the option of bail, to await the
action of the Grand Jury.