The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-19
POLICE ROUND UP
BLACK HAND GANG
Third Degree Causes Suspect 70
Confess Cemplicity
PEACHES ON A WOMAN
TO WHOM HE GAVE TIE KID.
MAPPED BOY--NO TRACE YET
FOuND-FEARS THAT he
IS DEAD.

New YORK, Aug, Io.~-foslpoHeiie"i
of hearing until Friday was ordered
today by Magistrate Tighe in the case
OF four suspects under arrest IN inc
Mannino kidnapping mystery. Bail was
Increased from $1,000 to $4,000.
One OF the suspects. Cucozza. was
asked today in court 4 he recognized
the coneglio womahy also suspect
and he promptly renliM;
yes, know her She is the woman
to whom took Tony Mannino last
| Tuesday night.
Mrs. Conegio denied having any
knowledge Of Cucozza or the Manni-
no boy.
| While Capt. Rooney and the detec-
! lives who have been at work on the
case from the beginning will not say
! openly that they believe the boy Will
! never be restored TO his parents alive,
vet among themselves they do not hes
ita.a to whisper their fears. Nobody
| knows better than do Capt. Rooney
ana DetectlveSergeant Antonio Vach-
ria the desperate character of the kid
napars.
Capt. Rooney has been attached to
the Amity Street Station for a long
while. He is thoroughly acquainted
with the criminal Italian class and its
methods. Vachris is the only Italian
attached to the Brooklyn Detective Blu
reau. He is a man of large acquaint-
ance among the Italians and he has
made many an important arrest.
Ana as for Mannino, the father of
the missing boy, and his partner in
business, Giuseppe Segretto, nobody
knows the ways of Sicilian bandits
better than they. Mannino knew that
Vito Laduca. wanted as the arch-con
spirator of the band of kidnapers,
was connected with the notorious bar
rel murder" case. When the men
under arrest in Manhattan at that
time wanted funds with which to EN-
ploy counsel they went to the many
italian contractors in Greater New
York ana asked for subscriptions. A /
list of the suspects vas attached to
this subscription list and the name OF
Vito Laduca was on the list with the
rest of the gang, Mannino had to sub
scribe. A request for subscription
was equivalent to an order, and woe
unto him that refused.
Capt. Rooney and his detectives
argue thus: AS long as the boy is
still missing no prosecution can be
had against the men and the woman |
already under arrest. The only evil
dence that the police have today is
the statement male by Angelo Cucoz-
"a, who first lured the boy away. 1t |
is true that Cucozza has made his con- |
fsssion in writing, and in that con
fession he has given the police the
names of the persons now under ar
rest as well as those of Others now
sought by the detectives. But the
statements made by Cucoz2a are
without confederation, and he is an ac-
complete is not admitted at a criminal
trial unless 1t be well corroborated.
The kidnapers are in a position to
employ the very best legal talent.
They have been told that no district
attorney would go before grand jury
and ask for their Indictment upon the
uncorroborated testimony of an &C.
complete who has turned states eyi.
dence
Again Cueozza might be induced to
swear that he lied when he told the
police that men now under arrest and
the others sought for we're implicated
in the kidnapping. Cucozza could be
made TO swear that he told these lies
in order TO escape further punishment
and he could then be asked to tell the
various stories of how Capt Rooney
and his men worked the third degree
upon him while he was actually under
arrest, confined in the Amity street
police station.
If the kidnapers. the police say.
should kill the boy and manage to
dispose Of his body in such a way that
il will never be recovered, then the
chances Of the escape OF the prisoners
from punishment are not lessened. al
though il is doubtful whether a magis-
trate could be found who would take
il upon himself to discharge the pris-
oners so long as the boy Antonio had
not been restored TO his parents.
of course" said Capt. Rooney.
I'VE hope to be able to recover the boy
alive. We do not want even TO think
that his captors may kill him. But
we realize the fact that these people
belong to a band of desperadoes who
stop az nothing. who regard human
life but slightly. and who would not
hesitate 70 commit murder.
That they are capable Of doing ,
this they have proved in this country /,
and no doub., IL the truth we're
known. many n them were implicated
in the commission OF all sorts Of
crimes long bfore they left their ma
tive land. Thre is no doubt In my /
mind that the bnen who have the hoy [
in custody toby are well acquainted {
with our indictments. They know 1
what We are doing. for they have
their spies oli We know that"