The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-11-19
BOUNDED BY MAFIA.
How an Italian Was Prosecuted
by His Countrymen.
WITH POISON AND KNIFE.
A San Francisco Saloonkeeper Shoots .
observation-disclosures OF West
Virginia Murderer.

rIaCcOulO was NySterlOusly murdered
in front of Cooper Union few years ago,
Superintendent Byrnes, then inspector in
charge of the detective bureau, made the
discovery that the foreign association
usually known as the Malta, had agents in
this country, and that the order was
fiourishing in several cities Of the United
States. The assassination of Fiaccomio
was laid at the door of the Matia but the
members of that order are so so.idly bound
together that the murderer has never been
arrested.
marked victim of the Malta has asked
for protection at police headquarters from
agents of the order who are sworn to kill
him. This man is Larzio Monde, an in
teligent Italian. He has told his story to
the police. The story he told the detec-
tives began thirty years ago, when he was
still a boy in Italy. His father was an
Italian nobleman. In 1910 murder was
committed in Paris, where his parents
lived. His father was a wealthy man, and
the lower and criminal classes had great
hatred for him. To shield the real MUIR
derer his father was arrested and tal.en to
prison, where he was kept for three years,
notwithstanding his innocence. Then he
was let go upon his paying sum of
fed with the Malta bore gruGge against
the elder Monde. which he says has been
transferred &c the son. Monde came to
this country IN 1867. and soon went into
the business OF making balloons and sell
ing flowers. He says he has been bounded
for several years and threatened with
death, and has gone from one place to an
other to escape assassination. Monde
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his wife died last year. She had been sick
but fifteen days The Malta, he said. tried
10 palm off one of their members as a
doctor, but he discovered the fraud.
Shortly before his wife died an Italian
priest came to the.house and ordered every
one out of the room. The priest sent him
out for medicine While he was gone the
priest induced the dying woman to give
him 500, which he said he would send to
her brother. Antoine Bronio. who is
soldier in Italy. When his wife died her
body turned redish hue, but the attend
ing physician gave certificate of death
from pneumonia. She was buried in Holy
Cross cemetry. Brooklyn. Later, he says,
the body was taken from the grave by his
enemies and removed to some unknown
place. The money which his wife gave to
Monde says he learned this from letter
from friends in Italy telling him of con-
fession made by Lucna Gentrlno, and Ital-
ian W no was living in Brooklyn at the time
of his wifes death and went to Italy, where
he died. Before he died he confessed
that Mondio's wife had been poisoned by
agents of the Malta in order to get her
money and property in Italy. He gave
hn ~ aT hn MI <,.v nf bor,
and confessed that it was not sent to the
dead woman's brother. He also confessed
that the same persons who caused the
death of Mrs. Monde were sworn to kill
her husband.
Monde went to see the Italian priest,
who, he said, was connected with a church
in Brooklyn. He accused him of keeping
the money. The priest threatened to have
him killed if he said anything more about
the matter. He had been warned num-
Der OF times since that he would be killed
if he did not keep quiet.
One day his 11-year-old son was slashed
across the face by unknown parties. and
by this means poison was injected into
the wound. The lad recovered, however.
Monde says his letters are intercepted
and he is being bounded night and day.
mind to go to Italy and get possession of
his wlfe's property. His enemies heard of
it and tried 10 get him to go in company
with young man whom Monde has
since learned was a member of the Malta
and was to murder him at the first oppor-
tunity. Monde is trying to get enough
money TO get back to Italy, but fears he
will be murdered before he can get away.
A Hoodlum shot by q Saloonkeeper.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 1S-Six young
men, who look like tramps and "street
strikers" entered the wine cellar and
saloon of Louis Tchech last night Soon
after there were calls for help and screams,
followed by a pistol shot The six men
ran upon the sidewalk again. Blood was
streaming from the forehead of one who
gave the name of Ed Hanley and subse-
Quently that of w. ID. Ostrapder, and he
was shouting that he was badly hurt
Officer Mccarthy and SpeciaI'Officer Coch-
ran arrested the party and also took
Tchcch into custody. Hanley was shot
in the forehead, above the left eyebrow.
Tchech, who was charged with assault to
commit murder, gave an account or the
trouble rs follows:
Ny vile and 1erc getting ready 70 close the
saloon yasn this crowd entered. Az had con
siderable money and did not like their looks. |
refused 20 serve them. One Of them ran behind
the b8r. se!s'i = wine measure and pyoceeied
to draw soInc wine from caSk. grabbed him.
when that big fellow pointing 10 "a man named
George HsSrisl kuccksI me down twice An
other man struck at me with c club Then nv
wife screamed and ran - my assistance. This
raan whom shot got her By the throat with
10Th hands and began To choke her. broke
sway from the Others who had seized me and
rsn to my bureau IN the mex; room, got my PTS
tol and shot q: the man who het; my vile
Tchech is q small. sickly-appearing
Austrian. Tie wounded man MAS sent to
the receiving hospital, but said he was
onv slightly bruised on the forehead by q
fal! on the sidewalk. and as he refused 10
be treated he was sent back 10 the city
prison. There he was washed and
bu.let-ho!e was found. Hauley WAS
charged with battery. Harris was also
charged with battery, while John Caya-
raugh. John Brown and George Williams.
who participated in the assault, were
charged with disturbing the peace. Their
version Of the affair IS they entered the
cellar. called for wine, and Tctiech shot ~
;hrtu. They could not give an account of
themselves other than that they came
from the country recently and are out of
work. None of the men had over 10 cents
on his person. When Hanley was brought
back - the receiving hospita! the bullet
could not ne located. but fragments Of lead