Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-12
WITCHCRAFT AT HOME.
A Neapolitan Dealer in Black Art
Points Out Two Burglars.
THE WIZARD FROM THE EAST END
Draws Round Himself the Magic Circle and
Calls on Satan.
HIS VICTIMS TO SUE HIM FOR ISLANDER

From the Queen down to the lowest
Italian in the Italian colony, there is just
now intense excitement A new magician
has appeared in their midst and the works
of his wand do not exactly suit the tastes of
the sons of that sunny land.
Sano Tommasso keeps boarding house
at No ), Court 20, Tunnell street. He has
10 or 12 Italian gentlemen as boarders. Sat-
urday night, after all had retired and the
house was wrapped in slumber, some recre-
ants broke the door in and entered the
house. Each of the dodgers do not have
separate apartments, but all sleep, eat and
enjoy life together in one room.
Hung Up Watches Like Christmas Stockings
As general thing an Italian has a watch,
and these sleeping beauties were all IN pos
session of tickers. Each night as they re-
tired they would they would take their
mammoth Waterburys from their pockets
and hang them on row of nails, driven
into the wall for that purpose Saturday
night the watches were hung up as usual,
The breaking in. of the door did not
awaken the Italians, nor was their sleep
disturbed until the robbers got into the
room and over to the row Of suspended
timepieces. They had succeeded in get
ting two down off the nails, when ole of
the boarders awol1es. The thieves noticed
this and made their escape with the booty
before they were recognized. An alarm
was given and the whole household started
in pursuit, but it was too late and the pill
ferers escaped.
Tommasso was greatly grieved at the loss,
but did not know how to proceed. The
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the dawning it was the sole topic of oon-
versation. Different plans were talked Of,
but none of them were plausible. In de-
spair Tommasso sighed for his native LAND,
calculating ''that if it were only Italy I
could catch him." "Bv the magician S
art?" asked one of the lodgers
Summoned a Master of BIsck Art
The lord of the mansion said that was it
exactly. His informant then said he knew
Pedro Giovinni, master of the black art,
who lived out in East Liberty, and he
would go and get him. He was started
Immediately.
Later in the day Giovinni appeared car
rying a little black satchel The roolG was
filled with people from all over the colony.
As he walked into the house all heads were
uncovered and each made q solemn bow to
the grav-halred wizard of the wand. Gio-
vinni walked to a little table in the center
of the room and opened his satchel, taking
out small plenchette. He placed his steel
detective on the table, and then for the first
time addressed his audience. He briefly
told them that if the offenders were of the
Italian race the tripod would point them
out. Muttering an incantation he drew
magic circle and gesticulated wildly.
Witchcraft " orked Like q Charm.
A death-like silence followed while
Giovinni arranged his machine on table
He placed it so it could talk easily and put
his hand on the top. The court then
opened. Question after question was
asked the little steel affair, but it said not
Finally, in a clear. LOUD voice, Giovinni
said "NIv little friend, did not Pasquale
Grandi Nato and Luigi Celia steal the
watches?" One Of the slender legs of the
tripod was seen to move, and Immediately
the magician cried: "My little friend saws
it was Grandi Nato and Cella"' There was
a great commotion in the house after this
announcement aud the men loudly pro-
tested their innocence, while Giovinni
quietly gathered up his thief catcher and
silently stole away.
Yesterday the two men went to Attorney
II. L. Christy and wanted him to enter suit
against the wizard for slander. He now
has the matter in hand. He says that under
an act of 1861 the wizard can be arrested if
it can be proven that he received anything
for his services. Giovonni says he is not in
the employ of the Law and Order League.