The times., 1897-09-24
THE HUNT FOR DI NUNZIO
He Was Seen in Baltimore a Few
Days Ago.
A Sharp Lookout Being Kept on All
Outgoing Stehmers-Hi Wife's
Suspicious Actions.

The police Of this city an d Baltimore yes
terday kept up q vigorous sear.h for
Barredine hi Nunzio, the sicilian mandolin
maker, who is accused of felonious assault
on six ye3r-old Dora AK.
Lient. Kenney, Of the Eighth precinct,
detailed every available man To prose
cute the search in this city yesterday morn
ing. hi Nnnzio's description was sent co
al the T,,lice stations and read to the men
going IN duty at O'Clock. Inspector Mat
tingly detailed detective Helan and
Muller to keep a close watch on all rail
road stations. The description furnished
the police is; .Ls.oK ont for Barredinc Di
Nunzio, thirty years old, six feet tall,
weighs 50 pounds, dark compile xion, hav
ing dark moustacBe."
News was received through MarinelIi
Mass emo and several other Italians that
Di Nunzio had been seen In Baltimore.
last Tuesday. This trail was taken up,
and Policemen Harries, Wn1ingham, Ow-
ings, Howard, 4 eefe and Yetter, OF the
Eighth precinct station, Were sent to
Baltimore toinvestigate. They learned that
Di NunZio had been seen in the Italian
quarter several tiiues last Tuesday, but
not since then. These specially detailed
policemen We're assisted by Detectives
Gait and O'Donnell, of Baltimore, and
made thorough search of the numerous
saloons and bawdy houses in the Italian
quarter of that city, where Df Nunzfo
would most likely he found.
The outgoing steamships We're also
searched, and also the wholesale fruit
wharf, where the Italian banana yeuders
I lounge and await the arrival OF the fruit
vessels. The next outgoing vessel 10 any
Latin country Is one Of the Plant Line
steamers, which VIII sail at Z O'Clock
this evening. y close watch VIII be kept
on this and other vessels
The Italian acquaintance Of Di Nunzio
give tie man a bad reputation. When
he first came to this country, several
years ago, he went TO Boston and was
employed as a piano-tuner.
he came originally from Ian Salvador,
Italy, where, it is said, he had been
member Of the police force for five
years. Italians who knew the man here
say that he murdered a man lis his natiye.
city and that when be came TO America
there was price upon his head. The
police are Keeping close watch upon Di
Nunzio's wife. Since the man disappeared
her actions have given rise to the sus
piCioE that she knows Of his whereabouts
Di NunziG had a few articles of furni
ture at the AK home, and these his wife
has sold TO Italians ia the neighborhood
To shoemaker named Padrone, Mrs. Di
Nunzio disposed sof d cabinet and several
chairs. When asked why she was selling
the furniture the woman replied that now
that her husband had gone away she had
no further use for the articles. She did
not seem to feel any regret Ut his de-
parture and appeared TO treat the entire
affair as joke.
The police are cunfident that Mrs. Di
Nunzio Is disposing OF her household cf-
fects so that she can join her husband
Wien they learned that she had sold
several articles to Padrone an officer
was sent to the house to question her
She den'ed emphatcally that she had
seen her husband since Saturday or had
had any cOmmunica ton with him. She
could not say whether he had left town.
but thought il probable he had gone to
Baltimore The police place no credence
in her statements, however, and if she
attempts to leave the city she Will
probably he taken into custody.