The evening world., 1890-07-25
. X I R A
2 O'CLOCK.
was ANTONIO MURDERED 7
Mysterious Death of an Italian
in a First Avenue Tenement.
His Friends Claim That q Police,
man dubbed Him.

The police of the Eighty. eighth street
station made n raid in Little Italy
early this morning md corralled Eve
dusky Italians, who are suspected of
being concerned in the death OF Carlo
Antonio, ono of their fellow countrymen,
who lived at No. 213j First avenue.
Policeman Frank Mullen, of the Eighty
eighth street squad, who was the first to get
wind of the case, says that while he wa
standing at tho corner of One Hundred
and Ninth street and First avenue about s
o'clock this morning. talking to q night
Waterman, an italian came running nm
and. III an excited way. asked him II he
had heard about any trouble up in One
Hundred and Tenth street earlier in the
night.
mo. l didn't" said Mullen, what
was the row."
There WIS n fight up there about IL
O'clock" replied the man, land two or
three people were hurt"
Who was fighting 7" asked the officer.
don't know. but it was between o
policeman and some Italians. and one man
ID dead ut 2195 First avenue"
without waiting TO hear ANYTHING
further Policeman Mullen started at once
for the place. He found a horde Of
Italians crowded together IN a little room
and on the bed l,v Carlo Antonio dead.
After eSRtninlng the body Mullen was
unable To find any Signs Of recent bruises
upon II excepting IA confusion on tho
nose. Tic lower part of the mans body
'eeiEed 20 he covered with old sares and
was p.ent fu ~ latrh he'd up with plasts rs.
none % TIE persons p.esen. could g va
amy clear account Of the manner OF An
toiiio's denth. "xccDt that lie was hit nv
policeman i'll One Hundred and Eleventh
street. and was taken tn HIS home by his
friend. wlrtru lie lied shortly sfioy.
Every one io-d IL dlit rert story. but
they all LAID tue trouble 10 the mysterious
policeman.
The lnt'er. they sai :. came uD One HUI
drvd ard Eleventh street about II O'clock
from flrst avenue. and FOR some reason
not explained e-an ,iubbing o E.oup ot
Italians who wero stand ny ON the S de-
walk.
After scat r;ng them he walked over
TO the other side 0f the street. where An
tonic end his friends were. aud gnye
them a similar dose Of the locust. Antonio
was Il OF I'll, Sc hit.
The policeman linen 60 .tirued up the
street und~ GiRnpDc4Ied Aolnd The corner
Of Second avenue.
he WA described ms a big man with a
blAcN mustlclle, but 10 policeman an
werin@ to that description was ON that
= eat last night.
After hearing these stories Mullen went
out and raped for assistance. md when
he had secured three other brother
oihcers lie went IN and arrested Frank
GonIale. Joseph Gelun. Antonio Rossi,
Antonio Cobici and John Crook.
This morning they were all arraigned
before Justice Power. at the Harlem
Court, and remanded to await ths
lub0rer and t~wen,y-seven years old.
Mullen says that Antnnio's sister told
him that her brother had been sick for
some lime, and there is considerable
doubt as TO whether he died by violence
or from natural causes.
The policeman clubbing story is not
credited, and II there was any fight at ali
the police believe that 1t occurred among
the Italians themselves, and that they are
trying. according to their usual
custom, to shield the murderer.