The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-20
LURED INTO MARRIAGE.
Strange Tale of Conspiracy Dis.
closed by Attachment suit.

Strange Tale of Conspiracy Dis
closed by Attachment suit.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Back of an attachment secured yes
terday by Attorney Francis H. Thole
and Thomas b. Price against fund OF
5000 in the Philadelphia Savings Fund
is an interesting story of a marital
| deception by which young Italian wo-
man is said to have lured a well known
produce dealer into marrying her and
presenting her with a dover of 5000
Louis Zuccarino, a prosperous pro-
duce dealer at Twelfth and South
| streets, is a widower with three chill
dren. Becoming tired of his lonely
| life he made no secret of his desire
to embark on his second trip on the
matrimonial sea, and in August last,
it is said. he received from Louis Fin
| ola of Springfield, o., a suggestion or
| solicitation to marry a young woman,
Iucrezia Cappa, who was represented
to him as "a pretty and buxom Italian
girl, who had only been in this coun-
try three months, and was living with
her brother in that town. The broth
err 1t was said, was DESTROYS of secur-
ing good husband for her.
Zuccarino was pleased with the prop
osition, and replied that he would very
much like to meet the girl or her
brother. Accordingly, on Aug. 49, a
man giving the name of Liberato Cap
pa of Springfield called upon yucca
! rino and, representing himself as the
brother of the young woman, confirm
or TOT
! made to the effect that she was good
and virtuous. unmarried and had ar
! rived in the United States three months
/ before. The brother after questioning
| Zuccarino regarding his condition In
| life, said that his sister would marry
| him provided he would agree to give
| her 5000 as a marriage portion or dow
er, and he, as her brother, would be
| favorable to the match If Zuccarino
would pay him the $50 which he had
expended In defraying the expense of
his sisters passage to this country.
Zuccarino readily agreed to both
propositions, and on August 81 the
young woman came to this city and
was introduced 70 him. He found her
to be Doth young and good looking.
and he paid the brother the $50 on
agreed, congratulating himself upon
his good fortune in securing such a
charming young wife. Zuccarino then
lost no time in securing a marriage IL
cense, and on the following day, Au-
gust g. he was joined in marriage to
the young woman by Rev. Angelo Ca
russo. Immediately after the ceremony
he says his newly made wife and her
brother made urgent demand on him
for the payment of the dover of 5000
his wife saying she would not live with
him until the money was paid over.
Zuccarino says he offered to deoosit
hank ri r1f ma .@f y
self and wife, but she and her brother
objected to this offer and insisted that
she receive $500 in cash. Zuccarino
took them down to the Philadelphia
Savings Fund, where his wife's broth
er wanted an account to be opened
and the 5000 deposited in the name of
Lucretia Cappa, his wifes maiden
name, but this the husband strenuous
ly objected to, and the account was
opened in his wife's name, Lucretia G.
Zuccarino, and the $500 deposited.
This matter having been satisfac-
torily settled the couple lived together
as man and wife for one week. at the
end of which time Zuccarino saws his
bride informed him that she already
had husband living when she mar
ried him and that she did not intend
to live with him any longer but was
going back to Springfield, o., where
she had left two children When
Zuccarino gave vent TO his indigna-
ton and demanded to know why she
had deceived him, he says the young
woman told him that her brother had
induced her to play the part she did.
The woman then made a hasty depar-
ture and Zuccarino placed his case in
the hands of Attorneys Thole and
Price, who at once procured warrant
on which Liberato Cappa, the brother
of the young woman, was arrested on
the charge of conspiracy and obtain
ing $50 by false pretences, and at the
same time the attachment was issued
from Common Pleas Court No. s
against the dover of 5000 deposited in
Zuccarino's supposed wife's name.