The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-23
Quaranta Alive When Thrown
Into the Water.
Sensational Features Disclosed bv
Examining Dead Mans Trus..
Kept a Book Filled With Cipher En-.
tries and an Italian "Bad" Book.

This morning Medical Examiner Palmer,
Detectives Swan. Reardon and Cannon,
Lieut. Horton and court interpreter Rata ox-
amined the trunk used by Giovianna Quar-
anita at the second Police station. Alderman
Mccarthy, Carmide Andre the man with
whom the dead man boarded and J. II. Camp
mini were present at the examination. In
the trunk was found number OF shirts,
stockings and other articles OF clothing, as
well a. receipts for money sent by Quaranta
TO his wife and children in Italy. The checks
were quite numerous and were in most in
stances for about $50. but last June there
was sent by the dead man to bis wife on.
sum of $50. These checks or orders wero
sent thropeh the banking agency Of Cas-
tongi, which Is on Wall street, New York,
and in the same building Drexel Morgan
and Company and which ccncern according
70 one 4 81 sne , Italians present st the search.
IN the trunk were "A number OF books; one
OF them was square blank book or at least
what ~ generally called a common place
book. and this was filed with writings, SONS
being in tho Italian language. some in sup
posed cipher, and the remainder in something
that looked like shorthand characters. There
were among the other books one that is
claimed TO be known in Italy as a bad book.
An Italian VINO can speak English this morn
ing said, to the interpreter II took that book
up once and dropped it very QUICK and you
know man would be hanged X he was
found with one of those books in Italy, Now
while there might have been time when the
latter part OF this statement would have been
true the Italian people have now laws
against the. circulation of any kind OF books,
according 10 the statement of "A very promi-
nent Italian to NEWS man today. The inter.
prefer. who had exa mined the trunk, claimed
that he did not see the book against which
there was the great penalty.
The main object OF the medical examiner
and detectives in looking at the interior Of
the trunk was TO lind out whether QuarAnta
had any money on deposit in banks around
the city or any cash in the trunk. They
found only the checks duplicate receipts
for money sent away, as already stated. 4,
There can be little doubt that the man was of
an erratic nature and told queer stories about
himself but diligent inquiry among his coun-
trymen, both in the North End and other Sec
tions OF the city, show him to have been Q
harmless sort of fellow. man whose bus-
ness brings HIM in contact with many Italians
in the Tooleyiile section, this morning said that
the man had made no enemies by any use OF
his power"
The autopsy proved the man was alive when
his body entered the water and this might bo
eide, but OF course il does not necessarily in.
dicate any such thing. It is fact that when
the friends OF Quaranta went to the Second
Police station ha,;n, about ,t Week ago they sx'
They may have been led to this conclusion
by the fact that the dead man at times foolishly
talked OF CARRYING large sums OF money about
might have been killed by some persons who
had grudge against him for something he
had done in Italy. The unfortunate man had
"A week and half wages due him at the Silver
Spring Bleachery, and had he not been OF q
strange make up, he would not have made
any claims to "powers, a. he Is alleged TO
have done and tnen gone TO work with ~
other companions, shoveling coal in the hot
engine room OF the bleachery.
In regard 10 his being killed BY persons
from his own place, Naples, for something
done there in the past, II Is a well known fact
that Italians carry their home feuds across
the ocean and it can be vouched for that men
from Italy have got work on public improve
ments in this city, and after they had looked
up under the SOFT rim of the hat OF a dark
eyed countrymap suddenly dropped their
pick and shovel and went at lively gait away
from the town.
Still ON the other hand tho mans failure 20
send money to his wife after June, his going
out on that fatal evening without dressing up
or taking any money, contrary TO bis usual
custom, may confirm the belief in the minds
of some, that 10 ~ case OF suicide.
The local detective force are determined IL
possible 20 ferret out the truth OF the matter,
though If the parties who caused the mans
death were from his Italian home. the guilty
ones are on the broad ocean by this time.
The body Of Quaranta, was, at the request
OF his friends, given 20 undertaken Mccarthy
this afternoon for burial.
NO BLOOD on THE PLATFORM
The detectives this afternoon made very
careful examination OF the platform at the
old water gates in Ieonards pond ont a few
feet from whore the body was found, and
they failed to find any blood or any evidence
OF a struggle having taken place previous 90
the mans body entering the water. Th.y
would be sumo blood evidence OF the fact
Medical Examiner Palmer today admitted
that the body was that OF Quaranta