The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-19
MORE Goods UNEARTHED
Found in the House Of Joseph Rem0na
ut 124 Ninth Street.
HE Is PLACED UNDER ARREST
Three Large Trunks Full of Goods We're
Shipped TO New York by the Shop
liftcrs Ten Days Ago Merchants
Who Have Identified the Goods.

Chief of Police Simpson is the recip-
lent of congratulations on all sides for
the completeness with which the shop
| lifting gang of Sicilian Italians was
brought to the end Of the tether.
More information was received which
caused Captain Edwards, Detective
Stephen Dyer and Patrolmen Walsh
and Feeneg to be sent to the premises
OF Joseph Remona. 124 Ninth srteet and
search them. The Ladotas used to live
in that vicinity IA year ago and Remona
was very friendly with them. 1t was
suspected that he had received large
quantity of the stolen goods.
His home was searched high and low
with the result that enough articles to
constitute a good-sized bundle was
found; most of them We're pieces of dress
goods. laces, fine undergarments for
children, etc. The building Is a small
one, but two stoves were in full blast
and the officers emerged half smoth-
cred from the search. Mrs. Remona
was SO nervous and excitable that the
officers left her at home. but took her
husband in charge. 1t Is believed that
this family is not guilty of any COM
pliclty in the larcenies. but that the
goods found in its possession were pur-
chased at cheap rates from the princi-
pals in the case.
Identifying the Goods.
Merchants by the score were at the
police station yesterday morning look
ing over the spoils, each one asserting
out what belonged to him. The amount
of goods identified so far Is valued at
$400, and those to whom they belong are:
Goldsmith's bazaar, =. Il. Finley. Ban
lister, Schank Lauer & Marks, Browns
Bee Hive. E. German, the Globe store,
f. G.. Lloyd. Mears & Hagen, Collins &
Hackett. Cohen's shoe store, Heal Bros,
and G.. l.. Alderman.
Every pocket and loop in the goods
was searched for jewelry, but none was
found except what was mentioned yes
terday There was 1arge stock of re-
lgious articles. Mrs. w. b. Duggan
searched the persons of the women and
Patrolman Feeney and Sergeant Burke
went through the three men, but there
was no trace of spoil found.
Chief Simpson learned that Express
man William Noll, of Ninth street, was
engaged by the Italians about ten days
ago to cart three trunks to the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western depot.
The trunks, Mr.. Noll says, We're very
heavy and consigned to New York city.
So far the police have not been able to
obtain any clue to whom the goods We're
addressed in New York. but they expect
to soon discover the information that
may lead to the recovery of them.
Prisoners Waived Hearing.
The merchants have identified artl-
ticles that were stolen early last fall
and late in the summer. There was
good deal of guying going on among
the merchants: some of them went
up to see the goods only through Curl
osrty, but after looking over the goods
it turned out that some of the articles
belonged to one or the other of them.
The prisoners were taken to the court
room in the morning at 8 o'clock and
given a preliminary hearing and re-
manded until 4.3O in the afternoon.
At that hour there were present all
the merchants who identified any of
their goods among the spoils. The six
prisoners were led out and bound over
to appear at court. Attorney John T.
Martin was present to represent them
and he informed Alderman Millar that
the defendants had decided to furnish
bail to appear at court. Attorney Mar
tin besought the alderman to temper
justice with mercy i'm fixing the amount
of the bail. Each of the three women
has a sucking baby and Mrs. Spoto's
child. the attorney said, will die If
forced to breathe the atmosphere of the
county Jail.
Required to Furnish BaiI.
The alderman called them up In cou-
pies and bound the husband and wife
to furnish $500 bail each. Andrew Lo-
dato and wife were called first, Philip Lo-
dato and wife second, and Peter Spoto
and wife third. Patrolman Sartor act
ed as interpreter.
The police have been on the outlook
for the .shoplifters for some time, as
frequent complaints were made by mer-
chants of the losses they suffered. 1t
was for time supposed that gypsies
who are in the city were the culprits,
and last Saturday two gypsy women
were arrested and detained at the sta
ton house while search of the camp
was made. No goods were found and
the women were thereupon released.
Suits of clothes and other articles
that It would have been hard to sneak
out of a stora lead the police to the con-
clusion that the gang In custody were
burglars as well as shoplifters.