The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-04
MARIA BARBERI A BRIDE.
YELLOW JoURwALIsM MARRIEs OFF
CATALDO'S MURDERESS.
The Ceremony Performed without Permission
in q Tammhny Clubhouse by civil Jnstice
Lynn-The Club Members AnGry About tt
Tho story Fastened Upon the Bridegroom.


in a Tammnuy Clubhouse by civil Justice
L~ynn-The Club Member AnEry About 1T
Tho story Fastened Upon tho Bridegroom.
Maria Barberi, the italian girl who murdered
her lover, Domenico Cataldo, by cutting his
throat with q razor and upon a second trial was
acquitted on the ground that she was an cpl.
leptic, celebrated the election last night by get.
ting married at a Tammany clubhouse. One of
the yellow journals was responsible for the cere-
mony. Tho woman had always been q pct Of
yellow journalism.
Tho marriage took place during tho supper
hour between O and Z o'clock, when the
members OF the Third Assembly District
Tammany Club stopped celebrating at tho
clubhouse at 81 Charlton street long enough
to 70 home for something to eat.
When they returned to the clubhouse
and learned that the marriage had occurred in
their club rooms they were very indignant. The
leader OF the district. Mr.. Purcell, denounced
the affair as :" a most disgraceful thing for any
newspaper to cook up for news purposes" and
ended by saying that he would bring about an
investigation TO learn who put up the job.
Tho clubhouse is tho Tammany headquarters
for the Third Assembly district, and usually
some Of the "big fellows" as they call the lead.
ers. are left in charge during the supper hour.
But tho only persons there whom the wed.
ding party arrived, at $50 o'clock, were
Civil Justice Wauhope Lynn. the housckceper,
Mrs. Hughes. and a man whom the club mem-
bers call County" County" was asleep.
Justice Lynn had received q telephone message
to the effect that q client would call to meet
him. Otherwise he would have boen home.
The wedding party arrived in three coaches.
NANNY Friend, the womRn's lawyer, sat in the
first coach with the bride. Tho second coach
.-...i.o ..,a -,,,zrtnra ~ thu ra11p,,y ,p,r
nal. an artist, and a dark.visagod man
who was introduced as Francesca Paola Bruno
OF OCT Central avenue, Brooklyn. Some one
| said the bridegroom lived at 100 Central avenue,
but that proved to be false. Meyer, the man
who shot and killed Policeman Smith, formerly
lived at 100 Central avenue. In the third coach
to be Maria Bnrberi's mother.
The yellow Journalist, assisted by the lawyer,
iop .n and Ts the aw yer' int trsi eed Maria Barber
to the Civil Justice. She had never had the
pleasure pie .s;a. Of but nesting sbe m a eiv no 'q refsren before to
her to death for killing her first lover. Tho vel.
parlors and stood their yellow artists up on the
cushioned chairs SO the artists might get a pic
ture on the wall for q Background. O
Mrs. Hughes, the housekeeper. had never met
iournsiis;s asked Mrs. Hughes to i lend her
wedding ring to Maria for a few min.
uteS, she consented and handed over the
ring. Then Justice Lynn pronounced Maria
the wife of Mr.. Bruno OF Brooklyn. The lawyer
who got Marie out OF her scrape gave her away.
Bruno seemed nervous. but said nothing
about it.
County who had been sleeping. was awak-
ened by the noise and was made to stand for the
bridegroom. The pa, ty said that Bruno had read
about Maria's troubles while in his homo in
Italy, had been O soldier in the italian Army
and had determined to como to America for tho
express purpose Of finding the mnrderess and
at her home in Forsyth street yesterday after
noon. and -after a few minutes acquaintance
her lawyers office and made the arrangements.
The wedding party went away, and thon
in six kinds OF Indian for the use that
had been mado of their club house,
and then when tho housekeeper learned
that she had lent her wedding ring to a MUIR
deress she began to bcmoan her fate, because
some one said it was not lucky to lend wedding
rings for such purposes.