New-York tribune., 1903-04-17
nErOYED By Il WOM4N.
Police Think Three of Prisoners Are
Mafa Murderers.
TRACING BARREL THAT HAD BODY

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IN three Of the eight Italians arrested on
wednesday night the police feel confident they
have the rnen who murdered the still unidenti-
ees man whose body was found in d barrel at
r1eventh-st- and Avenue n on Tuesday The
ss-ectives are working on clews which they ex-
-,.-- will strengthen the circumstantial evidence
.1-as6v gained against these men. and they look
soon for an identification Of the murdered man.
uho they believe was not a New Yorker. but
vas lured here by q woman to his destruction.
The police last night announced that they
Rad traced connection between the barrel in
which the body was found and one OF the pris-
oners The barrel which had contained the
bo5v came from the wholesale grocery firm Of
wallace & Thomson. at No. 365 washington-st.
This firm had fifteen barrels Of sugar. each bar
-a' bearing the stencil mark .'G-223' These
ffreen barrels have all been accounted for by
-he police. Three of the barrels were split up.
the contents being sold in twenty-five pound
fo-s and OF the other twelve one was sold TO
Pier-o InzaTillo who ran the cafe at No. 226
r-'fzab abeth-st. and is one Of the prisoners He
has long been a steady customer Of theirs the
erocers say
The barrels found in Inzarillo's basement by
the police correspond. save for the grade stem
ciIle6 on them. with those sold to him by the
Crocers. They are searching for the head of the
ra--el in which the body was found
When the prisoners were taken TO the Jeffer-
so- Market court yesterday an immense crowd
of men and boys had assembled in front OF Po-
lice Headquarters, and young Italian got in
ne way Of one Of the detectives The detective
knocked him down with blow in the face. Just
= the prisoners were being showed into the
patrol wagons an old man in the crowd showed
his way to the front and tried TO strike one Of
-he prisoners with clasp knife.
There he is ne shouted but before he could
CO any harm he was pulled back and hustled
away.
Inspector McClusky said the magistrate in the
Jefferson Market court would he asked to re-
-rsnd the prisoners for forty hours
The police and the Secret Service men" he
said want this amount Of time in order 10 go
over the evidence and sift through ali the facts
~ he case. Three Of the prisoners are sus-
-,a0-e6 hz US OF being the actual murderers-
r court Il was noticed that while the majority
% the prisoners were under an ordinary guard
To-aso Perto and Giuseppe Morello were con-
e-z--1x watched and enclosed between Detective
Se-geanrs McCanerty. Jackson and Foy. Petto
is known IN the Italian colony as 'El BoYe.
o- The Bull" because Of his powerful build
and enormous strength. Morelo is. the police
say. an ex-convict and was only released from
the Allegheny County Jail, in P1ttshurg, three
months ago. He is known among the Italians
by the sobriquet Of Three fingered Jack two
e the fingers on his right hand being gone
The prisoners We're charged with suspicion Of
homicide They were asked If they would con-
sem 70 be taken back 70 Police Headquarters or
h committed 10 prison for forty-eight hours.
They decided that they did not want to go back
- Police Headquarters, but after Magistrate
Barlow. Captain Becker. Of the Union Market
Station and Detective Carey, Of the Central
CFice. had & whispered conference, the uagis-
trate said he would remand the prisoners 10
Police Headquarters
TIE police working the theory that q
woman wrote what was believed 10 be the de
COY letter part OF which found IN d coat
pocket Of the murdered man. Idugo Castabula,
of one -hundre6-and d-tvrelftl-st between First
and Second aves-. complained that his wife ieIt
him several weeks ago with an Itailan uNlng IN
the ueighhorfTbod. A policeman said the Ital-
iau'S description Of the man who had run away
with his uife tailed with that Of the murdered
man a man who said his name was Chambeau'
= financial messenger Of No IA Broadway,
ana who said h lived IN Harlem near OIle-huH
dre5-ard- twenty -fiftt-st-, called at the Morsue
and viewed the BODY Of the murdered man late
in -ha afternoon
As soon as he looked at II he said he was
er1~a il was the body Of man whom ne hSo
EeeTs board rhe elevate road express that ne
takes every morning He said the man hau
been on The train for several months every
morning until few days ago. Chambeaus :
sser-i1carfon was positive as far as he was con-