Evening journal., 1894-09-03
SERIOUS IF PROVED.
An Italian and His Mistress
Charged With an Assault
ON A FoURTERE-YBAR-OLD GIRL
The nIan Proposes to Marry His Victim.
Denies His Guilt TO the Court-The Daily
GrIst Of Many Cases

Denies His Guilt 60 the Court-Tha Daily
GrIst Of Many Cases.
Pellegeino Bianco, an italian, and
Addie Ross, a German woman, who, for
the past year has been consorting With
hlm. we're arraigned In the Municipal
Court this morning on serious charge,
that Of using, for immoral purposes, a
Ia year old girl, named Lucy Peo.
daughter OF SamueliPeo residing at No
211 Front street The story as told by
the girl Is TO the effect that on the
morning OF March %. last, she went to
the room ia the house Of her mother,
which was occupied by Pellegeino as a
boarder. believing him TO be out That
when she entered the room the Ross
woman locked the door, and, selling her,
held her while Pellegeno, who had
been hidden in closet assaulted her
Afterwards the Ross woman threatened
her that fshe told her father he would
kill both Pellegsino and her-the girl
While the assault was being made the
girl claimed she had screamed and
fought. When she went down stairs,
however, and was asked by the gate
tender what the secesms were, she told
him she had been playing with her
sister She kept her own counsel until
/ about week ago, when her mother
forced her to tell OF the occurrence.
Francesca Peo, tho girls mother, told
/ of her noticing the rapid development OF
| the girl and asked her about It, She
then learned for the first time that she
was In an interesting condition. The
/ girl refused at first to tell bat when
Threatened did so. The mother then 30.
cured q warrant and the two prisoners
were arrested by Captain Chambers and
Sergeant Shields.
Officer Carmen DeMalre testified that
on his return from duty he was told by
| the turnkey that an Italian had been
arrested aud wanted 10 see him. On going
to bis cell he found Pellegeino, who in
formed him OF the cause of arrest and
asked If the matter could not be arranged
by his marrying the girl He claimed
that he had seen the father of the girl
and others assault her, and that he had
done so but with her consent.
Both Pellegeino and the Ross womar
denied emphatically having committed
the assault, and the former denied hav
ing told the officer any thing The,
claimed 10 be able to produce witnesses
IN their behalf and the hearing was con
tlnued until to morrow morning to ALLOW
them to do so.
John Handy, colored, charged by hil
wife. Lucy, with assault and battery
was fined $40 and costs She had re
fused to live with him and he ha,
thumped her. 1t occurred Saturda
night.
nary Moore, an Amszonlan negress
Roxy Cammomlle, Henrietta Evans, NRnc
Irons and three colored men were gRthere
I'm by the police net at midnight Satui
day for participating In q disturbance a
the house Of Mary Moore on Water
between shipley and Orange streets. !
was shown by several witnesses that tn
house was q dlsorderly one and tn
Moore woman was fined $50 and costs
The others were discharged
Laura Belmont, charged with assault
ing Hilda Moore, an inmate of her hous
at No 7l3 Shipley street, pleaded guilty
On the advice of the city solicitor SD
mulcted Ia costs. 50 35
Lena Foote pleaded guilty TO keeping
disordeTly house. No COS Christian
street. She paid $40 aud costs
Edward Rothstein, charged wi h peti
larceny. WAS discharged.
George Jackson, arrested by Office
White for intoxication on Front street
proved that be could get work as a shoe
maker at Townsend and was allowed {
so. It will be sad day for him
caught again.
John Hanley. $1 John Leach, SO an
costs; Frank Feeney. same, 81; BeDis
min Hopkins, SO, and Thomas Conner
S., were the drunks disposed Of.