The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-04-26
Fled from This City to Escape
Vengeance Of His Country
men, Whom He Swindled.
THEY THREATENED TO KILL HIM.
Letters from Croker and Flowers
Secretary Found in His
Pockets.

The body of Anthony Frisco. who had
an office In room 2O3 Of the Stewart
Building, New York, and lived at 800
Henderson street. Jersey City. was
found, horribly mangled. on the tracks
Of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Deans
station. six miles from here. at 3.15
o'clock this morning.
How he met his death IL not known.
Coroner McDede believes he was robbed
and his body placed on the track.
Frisco was a client of Van Cleef, DAILY
q Woodbridge. lawyers, OF this city.
who say he was a wealthy and infuen-
tial Italian who formerly lived In New
York. He once owned a wholesale gro
Gerry store In Sullivan street.
His presence at Deans station Is ex-
planned by the fact that he had q farm
there. which he occasionally visited. It
10 supposed that he intended to return
to New York at 2.2 this morning on the
owl. train,"s-s
Frisco wAs- foasd by the freight
hands on extra train 500, and his body
was brought to New Brunswick In a
sack. All the parts were not recovered
owing to the darkness.
Coroner McDede found three of his
poeNe's 'urheo insiue Jul ihe was
no money or 1eweHy IN Ms c'o.hes ou'
large oa'oh Oh papers WAS h'uho al
an inside pocket.
Amohs 'hese ie.'ers were ."o no,a
H'charu SroAef' ohe ua'eu 'uiy !" 1000
spoke ot Mr.. Croker's return from Rich
field Springs, and that he would per-
sonally see Commissioner Andrews
ABOUT soihe poison io' "h,.n
mad mace apphcatlon Another su.o.
srapr iet.er rum i.iohefu NioAe. ua.ou
july 20 1880 hheh'ioheu 'he SAM N'o.
ter. frisco was tneiloer VI iaihiah'
Hall.
Ano.hor ,attar 60 prisco waa frop,
Aho'hei iettef " hi'S@o ""s w
T. 8. Williams, private secretary OF
coy LrIow.r In which Mr. Flower re-
foV. Fio"er, III whien MI. fiU"o.
GREETED that he did not personally know
DR. J. H. senner. SUPERINTENDENT of the
Board OF immigration, to give Mr..
frisco ie.'e. Oh 'htrouuc'io"
morn"s hsrs Ths head ia hut little
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bruised. ana the teatureS are easily rec
osnisabie. Frisco was about ior'y
yeaIs o'u' VI ''eu'u"' "e'e' "
dark hair and mustache. The authori-
a "a
''ea orc 49,, .,..
Mayor James II. van Sieei' cniet
coupssl for Prisco said this afternoon
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that there was little ooupt IN MS minu
that Frisco WAS murdered He SAYS
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tndt ne mas hho "'u'h 'iouo'e WIN NV
colony OF Italians VINO 1--we near MS
farm. Frisco had been negotiating for
~. ..,o q, the n,,ce and NAV have
.he 'a,e ~ -. -,
hau NV Aio"e' 40 '
robbed.
The letter from Mr.. Croker. dated
=,
July III, 1873, reaus as toiioWs'
Anttony Frisco en-.
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MY Dear BIT: Tour FAVOR OF JuV vas Iecs,vea
~ me on SATURDAY iA, anu eohtehts oi s. .a
iully noted: In reply lhersto ! aesIe 70 sA u
that Eneh tne Tins come, W." ~ ahu .,u =. -.
ootAin,hs ,on.e 'o'ine. III " .h,
requested. pot IN me mesntima you nAd oet.e 70,
see tne iamhahy hal, 'sauers vi ,he u.s",ce.
wherein the men tes'ue anu A.k 'nen 70 Pu,
thelr names on 'he'r ''s's anu see me "oout "
so1n. T.. ,,. :, ha,, ,..u ,,,h ,os, x,,.,..
may oe auIe 10 he.r aho,h' win o''' "''"eA'
The letter or July ~ is as follows:
Anthony Frisco.
Dear Sir: Your favors OF 18th and 18th July
were received by me this day on my return from