New-York tribune., 1904-08-14
EXPECTS TO REGAIN son.
MANNINo MORE HOPEFUL
Magistrate 4duises Italian Secret
Service.


boy, Tony SGannino. were received yesterday by
his father James Mannlno, at his home. No 62
Amity-st-, Brooklyn. After reading them Mr.
Maunino said he expected to have hts boy back
in a few hours.
Two of the letters had been mailed frdm Ho-
boken and two from Station o. in Fifth-ave..
near Nineteenth-st. Manhattan. All the letters
purporting to be from the ccnspirators have
been mailed from these places. Mr.. Mannino
would not give oGt the contents OF the letters-~
Joseph Sigretto. of No. us Douglass-st.,
Brooklyn. the partner of Mr.. Manniro. remarked
that If the conspirators got $4,000 from them.
ii would be in lead-leaden bullets.
Mr.. Sigretto said they were hopeful that the
boy would be back in his home soon. at least
within twenty-four hours. He would not say
how that would be brought about but asserted
that there would be no compromise with the
men who were concerned in the plot, and that
the kidnappers would not get penny. Mr..
Sigretto said the right men had been arrested
and the rest of the gang would be caught and
when most of those in the conspiracy were
greenhorns and in need" Mr.. Sigretto went
to say I'VE gave them employment, and now
they repay US by this dirty piece OF business.
We know them and how to deal with them. and
VIII not let up on them until they get their de-
get the how i bac a hut S yT say NOV nov ,sIs
one hundred friends and woTkmen on this case.
They are tried and true men, and we can de-
pend on them"
GUARD MANNINos HOUSE.
Captain Rooney, OF the Amity-st. station. has
been in the habit of calling at Mr.. Mannino's
house every night before retiring TO exchange
notes on the case Early yesterday morning.
after returning from Hoboken. the captain and
Detective Finn went to Alr. Mannino's house.
and we're surprised TO md the doors locked.
The captain. however. expressed the opinion
that husband and wife were probably worn out
by the strain and had retired. A brawny italian
guarded the house all night long. He has been
watching the house az night ever since Mr. Man
nino was threatened with dynamite.
After Captain Rooney called on Mr.. and Mrs.
Mannino yesterday he asserted that he thought
they were holding something back from him. In
reply 10 his question whether il was true that
they expected to get their child back soon they
only shrugged their shoulders. Then Mr.. Man
nino remarked that he had given up hope OF
getting his child back. He maintained that the
four letters he received yesterday morning were
only messages Of sympathy.
ADVOCATES ITALIAN DETECTIVES
Magistrate Tighe. OF the Adams-st. court.
yesterday. in discussing the kidnapping OF
Tony" Mannino advocated the employment OF
Italian secret service He said;
The Italians IN this country are getting beyond
the control OF our ordinary American policeman.
We need more Italian policemen TO cope with them.
formation froTn an italian. ana the few Italian
policemen We have in the department are so wen
eoGntrymen Hsacs they srs sadly S'ts handicappsd
would bs in favor OF the establishment o.
system " secret service police IN the city here
similar to thar In opersti9n under the federal
over here. few years ago. the country was flooded
backs our English speaking detectives made no
headway in running down The Italian gangs OF
OF employing Italian lads ranging In age from
eighteen 70 twenty-three years. They were intel
hgent. and were paid 81 a day for their services
vice in selecting these bOys-they did not look like
them but their aptness. They could move about
among the italian communities without attracting
attention The result that In few years We
began TO hear OF raids on the gangs and dens OF
italian ccunterfelters from ell parts OF the coun-
But these boys never figured IN the arrests. The
takiEE ali the glory to themselves for ferretlng out
the gangs and but few knew how IL was done
shown in the barrel murder mystery over on the
East Side In Manhattan. These boys were
Killed. and Il was through them that attention was
directed to The sans Several srIests were maas
them Il not the fault Of the boys
Boys might be hired FOR the local secret service
without being appointed on the regular police torce
and be discharged when their usefulness IS gone.
Mr. Manniuo at his home. No. 81 Amity-st..
Brooklyn. last evening told a Tribune reporter
that he had no news whatever of his kidnapped
child. In fact. he said. he knew no more where
the boy was than he knew on the night he dis
appeared He did not expect him to be brought
back at 8 o'clock last evening. although he was
understood TO have authorized statement to
that effect earlier in the day.
Mr.. Mannino had something TO say about the
false statements published In some OF the news
papers regarding the case, The statement pub
lished last evening, for instance. that his wife
was dying was an invention. Another story in
an afternoon paper said that 'Dr Schetd the
friend and family physician OF James Mannino."
had learned that the boy was seen on Thursday
afternoon last near the hundreds fifty
hfth-st. station Of the Sixth-ave. elevated road
in the company OF two Italians Tho boy was
described as crying and protesting as he was
hurried along the street Mr.. Mannino said he
did not know the doctor.
Mr.. Mannino had another correction to make.
In the presence OF several newspaper men re-
Gently he was understood by them to say that
he would give $4,000 for the recovery OF his
child to a policeman or citizen. but not to an
Italian or Sicilian- Last night Mr.. Mannino de-
clared that there was some mistake about his
Offering any such reward He asserted thai he
could not offer $1,000. or even $500.
Pittsburg, Aug 3-superintendent OF Police
Wallace has been warned to watch for the kid
nappers Of Antonio Mannino, the Brooklyn boy.
who are supposed to have eft New-York for this
city. The superintendent says he Is not sur
prsed at the report that they are coming to
concealnent He has given instructions to watch
closely their reputed hiding places.
BLACK HAND IN STREET.