The sun., 1894-04-07
MANCINELLI UNDER ARREST.
kBBEY's ORCHESTRA LE<DER a cCUskD
OF PICKING POCKETS IN CHICAGO

Ne was Tsken II Charge n Di-s M-ss--
on Co-pisi.t or Two Eupioye.s-A C...
OF Mistake. Id..uty, ne s.ys-Hs is re-
leased ia Ti-s 60 co-s-et the o-she.t-s.
CH1cAoo. April 6.-siRnor Manoineili, director
OF the orchestra with Abbey q Grau's grand
opera company. now at the Auditorium. was
arrested tonight By Chicago detective. taken
to the Central station and accused Of being
member Of q gang Of thieves who have been
picking pockets In Clark street dime muse
um. He obtained his liberty. hsthe managers Of
the museum. after learning who he was. did not
desire to prosecute him. He was taken to
Central station at 0 o'clock. A few minutes
after o'clock he was released and then he
hurried TO dress for the evening. after which
he made his appearance as director OF the
orchestra In the rendition Of Faust" Hedis-
played no nervousness and acted as II nothing
had occurred to rune his temper. The mem
bers Of the orchestra did not know heir leader
had been In such . predicamsnt Mancinelli
thought that. as the police had given him his
liberty. he was safe from further molsstation.
Mancinelli vehemently denies his guilt and
declares that tie charges are ridiculous He
declares that II 10 case OF mistaken identity.
The mon who ordered his arrest aflrm that
their suspicions were founded on facts. They
are attaches Of Kohl & Middleton's Museum.
Samuel Lewis. the stage manager. and Charles
McCurran identify him positively as one fnvs
men who have been at the museum several
times and have acted suspiciously. They fur
ther assert that they warned Mancinslli to
leave tho place. and that he obeysd orders and
asked that nothing be said. promising never
to come back.
Lewis. the stage manager. says that he saw
Manolnslli there frst three weeks ago. There
were four men with him; ell looked like
Frenchmen and all were we'll dressed. With
their appearance patrons complained that
they were the victims Of piokpooksta Hand
kerchiefs. pocketbooks. and watches were
stolen. About week ago Lewis spoke TO
man whom he declares to be the orchestra
leader and told him not TO come to the
museum any moro.
MoCurran. another museum employee. says
he saw the quintet OF Frenchmsn mingling
suspiciously with the crowd. McCurran wait
cd. On last Tuesday afternoon. he says. Manci-
nelli made his appearance In the place. No
Curran followed him whom he left the museum.
The stranger went into big retail store on
State street Inside he declares that he saw
ManoinelM put . silk handkerchief into
his overcoat pocket He did not make
complaint but followed him out OF the store
Mancinelli mingled with the crowd on State
street aud entered Kohl d Middleton's mu-
scum on that street There his actions were
suspicious McCurran did not have chance
to follow the stranger TO his lodgings. but be-
came satisfied that he would bear Watching.
Tonight when Mancinelli walked into the
Clark street museum the police were notified A
policeman came hastily. and. touching the mu-
sician on the shoulder, informed him that he
was, under. arrest, The orchestra leader
flushed. and denied that he had ever visited
the museum before. At tho Central station.
however. he confessed that he had frsouentsd
the place.
am writing OF my life" he explained. and I
wanted to incorporate some Incidents OF my
cal crowd In dime museum He had heard
that W. T. Stead had written book on Chi-
esSo. and wanted 70 follow his sIamPls. The
Maneinelli saw that 4 cell stared him in the
and said that 1t was absolutely necessary
that he be on hand AZ the Auditortum to-nieht
clothes .accompanied him 70 the playhouse.
whore his identity was satisfactorily estab-
lished. AZ no warrant had been sworn out for
his arrest and as no specific charge could be
not likely that he will be prosecuted