New-York tribune., 1904-09-24
-TAKE T4MMANY CAPTAIN,
Hot on the Trail of the Citizenship
Syndicate.

On information furnhhed to the United States
authorities by Superintefdent Morgan. Secret Ser
vice detectives yesterday arrested Sebastian Fas-
anellO a clerk in the First Municipal Court. under
Justice Finn, and said to b. the rarnulany cap
tain of the Fourteenth Election District Of the
Ist Assembly District. The prisoner, who is
charged with selling bogus federal naturalization
certificates. arraigned before United States
Commissioned Rldgway and held in $4,000 bar for
examination.
The arrest of Fasanello is considered trnporta9t
to the Secret Service men. because they expect
that it viii lead to sensational Developments tend
Ing 70 expose the head OF the syndicate which for
several years has been supplying Italians with
fraudulent federal naturalization papers
The evidence against FasaneIo Is IN the form OF
affdavits furnished by Lorenzo Colucci. a farmer,
of Bulls Head, Staten Island. and Antonio Zarilio.
a fruit vender, OF No. 81 Thosnpson-st. Colucci
admits that he voted false federal papers which
he bought for $50. at the general election in 1SOS
from Zaro. and that the latter then told him that
the papers had been obtained from Sebastian
Fasanello. COlucci further declares that he never
appeared in any court in connection with shc
papers I+
Giorgio Minico Of No. Is RooseveIt-st Street
Cleaning Department employe. was arrested also
In Superintendent MOrgan's branch Office at No. Il
Park Row on charge Of obtaining his papers
under fraud Minico Is the man In whose case the
Peoples Security Company was going TO make a
test. OF Mr.. Morgan's authority to summon aud
question voters with naturalization papers. with
ont allowing attorney TO be present. He went
to the naturalization bureau OF Mr.. Morgan at No.
II Park Row a week ago. saying then he had come
to this country when he was fourteen years old.
and that he did not need first papers He told
to call again. and meantime they looked him up.
It was found through the ships manifest he Was
twenty-five years old when he arrived. and he
was told this yesterday when he went to the
naturalization bureau again. He broke down and
confessed.
Mr.. Morgan. in talk with Tribune reporter
last evening. regarding the arrest Of Fasanello.
said
We simply expect that there viii be other de-
velOpmentS. We look for other arrests, growing
Investigation at the present time 20 disclose the
nature Of our material We have every reason to
in spite Of the rather frantic Efforts OF various
persons 70 tie our hands While IL has been per-
fectly well known that certain politicians have
sought to increase their vota BY inducing aliens to
is surprising that political organization would be
bold to declare publicly that il would use
vestigation Of frauduienty naturaiized aliens This
Is exactly what is being done. If the statements
fp os attorneys WHO have appeared at our Park Row
Investigations have developed 70 such an extent
that any alien who possesses fraudulent naturali-
detected. and no effort win be spared TO secure
FOR such violation OF the law the maximum
The Fasanello arrest merely illustrates con-
aition which which is far too general IN New-Yori In
vas deriving pr0s were Bslas used G by % him o @
this district ar the ballot box Should such frauds
continue unchecked. IL Is quite possible that the
cast.
up" there is ample time TO talk about them
when We reach them