The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-04-03
BE00DTHIRSTY THMgGRANTS.
Band Of Italian Desperadoes Landed ut
New York.

Among the twenty. one 'eX-conylcts" who,
il Was reported, reached New 0rk on the
steamship Chandernagor on Sunday morning
were a murderer and a man VINO mad at
tempted murder. The other nineteen were
guilty of mere misdemean0rs, such as hght-
ing without knives. stealing wood from
public land. and being out after IL o'clock at
night The nineteen we permitted 10 leave
Ellis Island Yesterday and find their way 70
Mulberry Bend. The two will DO sent back
10 Italy. They are francesca Naurlllo. who
killed his father-ln-law and served pine years
in prison for II. and NicOlo tsposito, VINO
stabbed his rival and served year tor 1t.
Curiously enough. this pair were the least
bloodthirsty looking OF the gang. II there
was any intelligence in the crowd they pos
sessed Il. They came from Naples, MaurIlo
is thirty-six years Old and opposite twenty
six. Zach of them had Just money enough TO
make it impossible TO accuse HIM or being Il
pauper.
They were the first men 10 land from the
tender on Sunday. and were the first TO start
through the narrow passage TO liberty. ne
young man on duty whose place II IS 10 take
the names and general history OF the immi-
grants who 20 through that massage asked
them the usual questions. Tie laughed when
he asked them. Were you ever in jail"
They thought il was Joke and laughed when
they told u.m they had oeen. The young
man laughed all the harder as 1t Is tie Gus
tom for Col mel Weber young men u DO
when they want to get Information without
being suspected lie wanted 10 know what
for AID Maurllo laughed harder. too. and
said glee. ully that 1t WAS for killing iis
father-in-aw. Tho young man kept right on
laughing and asked about sposto. and Is
po.ito .airly danced for JOY when he ex-
planned that he had slipped "A knife INTO his
rivals abdomen. Then Colonel Weber 5
young man stopped laughing. and a severe
looking official came up and took the TWO
criminals To Il pen and locked them up
There wasn't any fun in that.
Maurillo and EspositJ were in q crowd OK
twenty-five detained emigrants when re-
porter and an artist visited them yesterday.
al the laugh had gone from them. ana they
looked elum. One OF the clerks called IN
Italian. Got any knives. knives, knives.
The peaceful looking gang was turned INTO
an armed band o. brlgands instanter. Every
man Of them pulled knife and ilourshed II,
and every knife was sharp pointed and Keen
edged. They held them up while the artist
sketched samples OF them. Some OF them
held the weapons on q level with their hlps.
which is tho position they hold them when
intent on using them TO ayen.o imaginary
wrongs or insults
They have two uses for these knives y said
an official. They cut bread with them and
slice up their comrades"
A more I'M esirable-lookiuc lot Of would-b
citizens could not be- found than these
twenty-five. The 0iiicials at the Emigration
Bureau didn ike 20 say much about them
Tor publication. Privately. they said that
they were only SIMPLE of the lot that every
daily: Italy Is the worst offender Nurderers
and thieves from there arrive every day. All
that u Is possible to stop are stopped aud
sent psck, out great many get through.