The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-29

Rsyolvsrs and Some Carried stiiettos
Bssides-Dangerous Gang Caught.
New York City.-Nine members Of n
gang known to the agents Of the Uni
ted States Secret Service as The mos:
desperate lot Of Italian counterfeiters
In this section of the country were ar
rested In this city as the murderers OF
the man whose body. with thirteen
stab wounds in the neck. was found
tightly packed In barrel at the corner
OF Eleventh street and Avenue D.
The dead man was q member Of the
gang. and for days before his death
was closely shndowed by Secret Serv.
Ice agents under the orders of William
s. Flynn. chief Of the local bureau.
who for some time has been planning
wholesale roundup Of the Italian coun-
terfeiters In the East.
That this man was murdered by his
comrades In the gang with which he
had been Identified there Is no doubt.
and 1t Is practically certain that the
eight men locked up at Police Head.
quarters planned his death and that
some Of them accomplished 1t with
their own hands.
The affront to his comrades which
brought upon him the sentence Of
death Is still a secret locked up In the
breasts Of the gang. The prisoners. all
of whom were armed with huge re.
volvers and wIcked-looking knives.
maintained an attitude Of sullen def.
ance after they were locked up. and
no amount of persuasion could get q
word out Of any one Of them.
1t Is this gang that perpetrated the
horror Of Tuesday morning. and the
agents Of the United States Secret Ser.
vice declare absolutely that they are
the same men who cut the throat OF
Giuseppe Catania in Brooklyn last July
and carried his body In q sack to q
deserted neighborhood.
The nine men arrested are murder.
Gus looking crew. and score OF
crimes are laid Mt their doors. The
Secret Service agents. who have been
watching them for months. declare
that they have as little compunction
have about killing dog.
A rule Of long standing among them.
the agents say. has been to kill any.
body that stood In their way or be-
trayed them to the authorities. The
man whose body is now In the morgue.
the head almost entirely severed from
the trunk, committed one of these Of
fences, II Is believed. and ut council
Of the gang was sentenced to die.
The men arrested gave pedigrees at
Police Headquarters which the Gov
ernment detectives say are In the main
correct They are as follows:
Joseph Fanaro. twenty.four years
old. married. a merchant: Messina
Geneva. thirty eight years old. single.
importer fright name In Antonio Gen
oval: Lorenzo Loboldo. forty-eight
years old. merchant. married: Vito
LoboidO. twenty.four years old. Ia.
borer: Domenico Pecoraro. ffty.tbree
years old. married. farmer: Pietro In.
zerlllo. forty.four years old. married.
confectioner: Giuseppe Morello. thirty.
four years old. agent. single: Tomasco
Petto. twenty-four years old. married.
clothing presser. and Ignatz Lupo.
twenty-five years old.
All Of these men are Italians and are
known as law.breakers. Most Of them
have yard-long criminal records. and
there wasn't one Of them that didn't
have q big loaded revolver or long
sharp knife concealed somewhere
about his person.
The principal members Of the gang
arrested are Morello. Pecoraro and
Genova. The three are well-known
counterfeiters. being makers Of
spurious bills as well as expert coiners.
The other six worked under the d.
rection Of these three.