Morning journal and courier., 1892-10-10
ROSSI,S CAPTURE.

Brought to This city Saturday Even.
1ns-A ThrOng at the DepOt-Crtes
of ssLynch HIM, at the Depot
ROsstss Confession of the Bloody
Deed-HOw He Managed to Escape
from a House In This City When the
Police Were Searching the Premises. |
Giacomo Rossi, who was captured by
Officer George L. Hyde in Chelsea, Mass,
Friday evening, was brought to this city
by Officer Hyde at about 7 o'clock Satur-
day evening. Rossi was taken into the
baggage room at the depot, and thence to
the patrol wagon, which was waiting out
| side.
With him came Arthur DeFillipo,
prominent lawyer of Boston, who will de-
fend him in his trial. There was large
crowd waiting at the depot to see the
prisoner, and when he was taken from the
baggage room to the station there were
loud cries of 'Lynch him! Lynch him"
There was, however, no violence offered.
The capture of the murderer was effected
through young italian called mike"
bootblsck who kept an emporium" on
State street up to short time ago. He
was friend of Officer Eagan, and it was
for this officer that he worked up the case.
He mingled with the Italians until he
learned that Rossi had gone to Boston. He
followed the murderer there, and when he
located him he sent word on here to the
police asking for policeman who belonged
to the St. Patrick's Y. NJ. Literary sssocia-
ton. "Mike" formerly thought that the
officer he wanted was named Connors. The
officer he wanted was icon" Eagan. It
can be readily seen how he confused the
names. He found out, however, that his
officers name was not Connors, and go
sent down for George Hyde, whom he
knew, and the man who belonged to the
| ''Lits."
Officer Hyde was sent up, and together
} with Detective Rosetti Of Boston and two
Chelsea officers and ssMike" searched for
Rossi. Shortly after being arrested Rossi
| confessed the whole affair and eaid that
} he had been set upon by several young
men, who hit him in the face and kicked
J him. Feeling himself in peril he drew q
> knife and cut one of them.
3 He said he had no idea he had in
ficted any mortal wound, and that when
he heard the result he did his best to get
3 away. He worked his way carefully az
9 far as New London, where he took train
Y for Boston. After working for shoe
@ maker in Boston a short time he secured
/. work in Chelsea, where he has since
= worked.
= The prisoner also related the story Of
q his escape from this city on the nigh
of the murder. He said that in the hous,
/ where he was concealed the officers mad'
8 search of the place and did everything
o but put their hands on him. The occasion
ne refers to ia the following: Sergean
q Dennehy and Officer Lawlor made searcl
h of a house in Fair Haven-the brick build
,. ing directly opposite Conway's drug store
!. On the night in question Sergeant Denneh.
4 in searching the place tried to open doc
a which led to the cellar. It was locked an
le he decided to leave it for while and scare
le other places. He next got into the celia
rs by another entrance and searched the Gel
lie lar, and when he returned to the door agai
IS it was open. 1t was subsequently learne
is by the police that in the celia
If was a closet built between the stairs an
10 the wall, hardly noticeable. In this close
to Rossi was hid all the while. People VIII
10 live in the house say that Rossi was hidde
is there, and escaped up these stairs at th
m very time the officer came down the othe
way, the story differing in This frol
n Rossi's. The apartments and cellar wei
y those of an italian shoe maker, with whol
E. Rossi learned the trade and who tt
X police say tried to obtain Rossis QUIT
ag from his shop on Bradley street in pa
ed ment for money loaned Rossi.