New-York tribune., 1903-04-21
SOLVE BARREL MYSTERY.
FICTIM BUFFALO NAN.
Came Here to Collect RelatiUc!
Share of Counterfeiter,s ISpoiIS.

-,e bodv Of the murdered Italian found in
barrel in Eleventh-st, near the East River. a
,sek ago. was identified yesterday as that Of
ysduena Benedetto. forty-eight years old. Of
No A. Trenton-ave.. Buffalo. Benedetto for
,,erlv lived in this city and to Buffalo with
his family about ten months ago. The police
believe that he murdered by a gang Of
oouaterfe.ters in this city when he trying
~ obtain money belonging to his brother-in-law,
Tosenh Deprimo. convict in Sing Sing
Deprimo was the first person to recognize the
,sc+ure Of the murdered a that of Bene-
se1-o The picture was shown him in prison
m Sunday by Detective Petrosino, and when
Denrirno was told that the man dead he
tainted Later the prisoner gave accurate
description Of the dead mans clothing. as he
had been visited by him in the prison on April
II. Petrosno went to Buffalo to see some men,
hers of Benedetto's family and bring them to
-bis city to complete the Identification. Mem
ss If the family in Buffalo recognized the pict-
r1re of the dead man yesterday, and two Italians
who were neighbors Of Benedetto when he lived
here identified his body at the Morgue- Bene-
54+-o's wife IS III in Buffalo
Terrirro Benedetto's brother-in-law. SEN
Fenced 20 four years in Sing Sing recently for
connterfeiting. He said yesterday TO Warden
johnson:
The man is Maduena Benedetto He is my
had not worked for some time on account of
-be1In9atisrn His wife and family should be in
Buffalo I was sent here before there was a
division Of the money All of us were not
caught and was entitled 10 my share. l sent
for Maduena 10 come and see me. He came a
week ago last Saturday. ! talked with him and
instructed him how to get my share They
must have quarrelled the money and he
was killed. There was no Malta in the thing.
He was there TO see that got my share. and
they must have quarrelled-''
The two Italians who identified Benedetto's
body at the morgue yesterday are Salvatore
NagIisi, a barber. who has shop at No. 4o6
West Houston-st-. and Vincenzo Pecoraro. who
lives at No 1o4 West Houston-st- The barber
said Benedetto was in his shop for a shave on
Easter. and said he was going to Pittsburg and
Chicago TO see about the arrest OF a brother-in-
law Pecoraro said he and Benedetto were neigh
Fors in Eliza beth-st. two years ago
The thirteen Italians who have been under
arrest Oh suspicion OF completely in the murder
we're taken TO the jefferson Market Court for
examination before Magistrate Barlow yester-
dav Assistant District Attorney Garvan con-
sented to the release Of Ignazio Lupo' wine
merchant. who lives at No. 433 West Fortieth-
81 saying there was no evidence TO connect
him with the murder. Then he placed Lupo on
the stand and questioned him about the other
r-isone-s. When Lupo was allowed 10 leave the
cou-+ he was rearrested by United States Mar
shals on the charge of -cOunterfeitlng. and was
held in 50 800 for examination before ComTnis-
sioner Shields tomorrow.
Torsuzo I.oboido Of No. 30S Mott-st, and
Giuseppe Tounaso, OF No 30 Rivington-st, were
then released in and interrogated as TO thelr
movements the day before the MURDER thelr
acquaintance with the other men arrested ana
nd
derto They both declared they never had seen
F2enedetto when his picture shown to them.
T,en they were rearrested on the charge of per-
i,,rz- and were renanded TO Police Headquar-
rers for safekeeping until tomorrow Magls-
rate Barlow announced that the examination OF
he other prisouers would be deferred until to-
rao--ow morning. when it will go on in the
library Of the Criminal Courts Building
The r7olfce and secret service men now say
they believe Benedetto was a member OF the
rsnr of counterfeiters and the Malta society
Chief Flynn Of the secret service bureau be
1eves the motive for the crime now can clearly
1,e established. he thinks Benedetto came here
from Buffalo for two reasons The first main
= WAS to buy some of the counterfeit money
Secondly II was knowr. that Deprino wore
much handsome jeweIry- At the time he was
arrested he wore none Of it. and it always was
supposed that other members Of the band had
81 in their safe keeping. Chief Flynn ana IN
spector McClusky think that Benedetto had the
secondary errand of getting Deprimos jeVeiry'
and also such money was due him from the
workings Of the band - o
II is believed that Benedetto was held on
for two or three days; that it then was learned
that he was about to put himself IN cornInuhlca-
ton with the police the government secret
service men and that 10 provide against TINS.
and Al The same time not seem TO be AFRAID OF
one single man the decision was reached TO nave
him disappear The disappearance" according
II took place.
Buffalo. April 20-On information from
the police authorities of New-York to-day TO
hnd Maduena Benedetto. at No. A Trenton
ave this city visit made to the house,
where Salvatore Benedetto. who lives with his
mother and four brothers and sisters, posi-
tively identified a picture Of the murdered man
shown 10 him as that of his father
It's my father he said to Constable Evans
who acted as Interpreter. Young Benedetto sald
his father went TO New-York about two weeks
ago He was called there in connection with
some law case but the son knew, or professeo
10 know nothing Of its nature. Because OF III
health he had not worked for the last SIX OF
seven months His wife lies at the point OF
death IN her home here. Salvatore professeo 10
know nothing about an uncle in Sing sing.