New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-24
WOULD SELL SECRETS
TO ESCAPE PRISON.
Sav Friends of Leader IN Naturot'-
cation Frauds.

Friends Of Roberto Bunnaro the ex-foreinah
.n the Dock Department. now under arrest Tor
alleged completely in the wholesale printing Oh
forged naturalization certificates. have conveyed
II IS asserted to Assistant United States DlstIl|s
Attorney Houghton and Secret Service Agent
r..l,as information that Bunnaro from time TO
time obtained from certain person or persons III
the Federal Building genuine citizenship cel
-fAcates signed by the proper federal authoil-
ties and bearing the imprint Of the genuine sesi
,,,,, With the name of the newly made citizen
left blank
# was found yesterday that in several of the
,,,45cstas Of arrested Italians no erasure of the
name by acids had ever been made, although the
-.rer ,tself was admittedly genuine In the IN
,,ee+iea+jon begun by the Street Cleaning De-
nart1nent certificates were found wherein me
name of the original posssssor had oeen eFaSeu
nv acid and another substituted
Yesterday Luigi Casato. a driver, was uleu
snd convicted, it being the first conviction IN the
naturalization frauds. Francisco Palate also d
driver jumped up in court and asked to De per
rnitted 10 plead guilty after the government ;
case had been presented by Mr. houghloI- II
mas found in each case that the certhcate was
een,,ine. both as to signature and seal, put Iha'
M erasure had ever been made of the name
The papers. the two men confessed mao pe'ii
purchased from the syndicate
MI Peekes and Mr. Houghton were much per: per
rlexed over this development, and oe-ore eltteL
had an opportunity TO start an lnVesIlsdCol
sbere came 1t is said, an offer from buhneLo
"a reveal the identity Of those from Whon the
genuine certificates were obtained II q suspeI-
sion of sentence would be promised IN MS case
he having pleaded guilty.
THE rrice he demanded however, IN the oplh-
so7 of The federal officers was high, partlcu-
lsrIv as they regarded Bunnaro as the actua4
Road of the frauds. Not only is II believed that
Funnaro conceived the frauds and furnlsheo 1he
money 10 carry the scheme TO a succeSs1ul On
-I,1e;o, hut that he induced F1ggluolo' the
T,rir,ter 10 print the certificates ana CassIalIo
- ergraxe the seal Figgiuoio has been IIeeu
on a SUSPENDED sentence, and Cagglano - 10 -, oe
,,Iaced on trial to-day. The ofnclals Iedd t .
R14nna-os confession would not be OF sulleleile
s+re-r-b legally. TO convict others
IN 70 11fhin a wear the citizenship cerliIiCs.eS
,,era l-ant in a drawer in the United states us
$50 C-or,rt clerks Office. and uSualiy quIte q
,,r,,rer were signed in blank by the clerh u
~ coI-t for convenience, in case OF q Lusi, a,
IS denied Yesterday in the once Oh tne 80
% +,,a T-nited States District Court thaL any
one corld obtain signed cerlncales II pLA4 -.
-. .oGd there that Bunnaro up TO apouI q Seet
90 called at that Office almost NeehtS 70 80
. 5rrlicate naturalization certlncaIe IoI $50
IIia1 Who he said, had lost or mlsldlo Ille Uis
ig51,aI1z- issued TO him. f1nal!, d ~ 80
80 +bat each person losing ms ceL II go
80, ,fT7se1f call and make atfldaN1t 10 NC O. -
5aFore setting duplicate inns put OH Civ
ISrJnraro's calling.