The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-23
PUZZLES The AUTHORITIES.
RETURN OF YOUNG MANNING
NOT EXPLAINED.
The Circumstances Surrounding His
Return Are as Mysterious as Was
His DiSappcarance-Arrests Male In
the Effort to Find the Guilty Parties.

New York. August l9.-The circum-
stances surrounding the return Of An
tonic Mann:no. tae 9 year Old Brooklyn
lad. are almost as mysterious as was
his disappearance. According TO Saliva
tore Mannino, a relative, the boy vas
found alone on the street near his nome
after midnight today, but this the 2s-
lice do not believe.
Weeping and then crying over the
youngster. his parents declared they
were wholly satisfied with the outcome
of the mysterious affair and did not
care to have the case pushed any fur
Their. Notwithstanding their declara-
tons. they were compelled to go with
the boy to the police station. Salvatore
Mannino was taken along as a prison.
er, and locked UP on the charge of alb
duction.
At the police station young MannIno
identified Anglo Cucozza, who when re
heard the lad acuse hin. sprans
for the child, and Mannino shrieked in
terror. CucoZZa was seized by police.
men and returned to his cell, whiie
young Mannino was allowed to go with
his parents.
Young Mannino was taken to the o..
y Soot iolCA li IN uos "DCIS lilN
other prisoners were arraigned, but the
lad failed to identify any of the 9th.
ers.
Salvatore Mannino was arraigned on
the charge OF kidnapping, and was ned
in $1,000 bail. Bail in the cases of The
others who have now been under ar
rest several days, was placed at So, 0JG.
Young Mannino was subjected to 4
sharp examination by an assistant DIS
trict attorney. He said:
'+CucoZZl took me away. We crossed
the south ferry and a fat man met US.
We walked ten blocks and then took
a street car and rode a long distance.
Then we got off and they tool me to
a big white building, and went UP
stairs to the top floor. Here CucozZa
left us. a short stout woman opened
the door. There We're two men there,
the fat man who met us and a thin
man / slept in a bed with the fat MAJ.
There was a 3 year old child there
they called Julie. l played with him.
l looked out OF the windows and all o.
houses locke white. When the
thin man went out he would come pa TX
and they would all go into q room ana
talk. l could not tell what they weIe
saying. The fat man who never wen.
out, but stayed with me all the time,
was very dark. He wore black cloth
ing, a black suit, black tie and a black
soft hat. The woman often went %
market, but although I asked her to let
me, she would not let me go with her.
She said that the market was too fa,.
away. 1t was forty blocks away. Every
day the woman bought an italian Pc
per and brought it in to the men and
read it to them. Once they went into
another room and I could not near
what they were saying. Last night
the pat me to bed without any sup
rcr. and late- the. man came to me ald
sGid<that he was going to AXE ne
back to my 1 got up and
dressed and walked with the man about
three blocks. l saw LOG on the station
and we rode a long time until 1 heor ri
the man on the platform say: South
Ferry Then / knew where I was.
The fat man gave me my fare and /
crossed the south ferry alone. I
walked toward my home, and at CO.
lumbia n Amity streets / met my
uncle
When the boys statement was finish
ed Mr.. Mannino, his father, who mad
been listening intently, stood up ard
said:
L have been represented as working
against the police in this matter. Il
was said that 1 gave no assistance. i
want to make an example of these men.
l am going to aid the police in every
way I can and I'll prosecute these men
to the limit
Francisco Bello, 81, his wife, Christine
% and Alfredo Horn, 43 years old, all
Of PA east 106th street have been ar
rested in connection with the kidnap-
ping of Antonio Mannino Of Brooklyn.
Bello has d black mustache and goale>
n is said to answer the description
Of the man young Mannino said keps
him imprisoned. The rio have been
taken in Brooklyn to be questioned.
They are not charged with kidnap-
ping.