Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-06
WHO is He?
The Remarkable Story Told By an Honest
italian Farm Laborer.
IN. Y. Herald

IN. Y. Herald
A swarthy Italian, who said he was
about twenty -four years old, but Whose
life of hardship and privation had made
him look much older, went into the office
at Castle Garden Saturday morning and
asked to see the superintendent. To Cap
tain Heinzman, Dir. Jackson's assistant,
the visitor said:
81 come here on a strange errand. ]
want to know if you can help me to find
out who I am"
Captain Heinzman saw that the man did
not look like a "crank" or lunatic.
"What is your name and where do you
come fromf" the captain very naturally
wanted TO know.
~ am called Levi Malona." he replied,
"and now live in Elton, y. Y. came
here to find under what name / was reg
istered at Castle Garden about eighteen
years ago. | know that | was born in
Italy and was stolen from there when a
child. and / know that the name by which
am called is not my real name. I want
to find where was taken from, and Il any
of my family are still alive in Italy or in
this country"
The captain talked with the man, who
seemed bright and intelligent. and learned
his story, which was told quietly and a.
though it was commonplace enough. But
1t sounded like romance.
81 and my brother we're stolen from oaI
home in Italy when we were little boys,n
he began. I'VE were sold to a pafroDs
and brou ght to this country. ! must have
been abou. six years old. can remember
the ocean voyage and arrival in New
York. Il was about eighteen years ago.
Ny brother and / were taken by tho pa
drone with other boys 20 den In the fsai-
ian quarter. think is was in Rose stree;
somewhere. We were treated with the
greatest cruelty. He taught US. with
many foggtngs, 70 play e little on tbs
violin and TO sing, and sent us into the
streets TO beg. We had 30 stay out unit
midnight, tramp the streets and sing and
play every day IN ali weather, and IL we
didn't bring home money enough 20 please
the padrone be would beat "a and send u,
to sleep with nothing TO eat. Nobody
knows the cruelty with which we were
treated. NY brother and nearly died of
fatigue and hunger and cold and tie bsat-
ings which the padrone gave -. he was
a devil-nors like q beast than q man
Some Of the boys died from his cruelty.
AFTER sbovt two years o. this life }
managed to make my escape. had te
leave my brother there. I begged and
ramped FEY way into the country. donf
know where went. Only tia; kept a-sy
from tie cities. vas sfraiG OF being soid
into slavery again IL ] vent INTO The
crowded streets. remember tina. l had
lived Ia she country at hone IN Italy, and
loved the green seids and the blue SKY. J
found work and kind people ss different
places, bu: id no. dare 20 stay long 10
che place; va always afraid the pa
drons would find re.
~ have been working - q faFn-isborsf
for seTsrai years At El.on, ID thss State
and have saved enough 20 come back e
New / ork so search ssr my brother and &c
sry ard snd ogt Who and -ha. 81 I
vas too vozng 20 tno~ esen tie psdrors's
pane, hat I have . csew 60 my o~a kser-
;isy Asd bis
.-Si1es hsve been In ysr Yovx fsvs
met az Italian sansA D. Grssss, -ho ssys
be thinks ! z-z 10 soa Of Pa.7zaie Anxo-
rosa Cosvsiio. ~ chs Pro rssre Baslllex.a.
Italy, ~hsse two ssns were ss4,ea Away ~
sbest t.s s.Ss I sra ny tfs.ss- vers