The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-25
O N SEARCH REWARDED
of His Father for Nine Years to
Brino Him to Justice.

New York. Aug. 23.-After a search
of nine years for his fathers murderer,
Antonio Carraciolo, a young civil en-
gineer, believes his persistence is at
last to be rewarded. In a cell on Black
wells island he has found the paid as
sassin who. he says, drove a knife into
his fathers heart in San Georgia di
Lomelina, a village in the province of
%Benvenute. Italy. in August, 1896.
Never since that day has Antonio's
determination weakened. On three con-
tinents he al sought his fathers STAY
er, to find him, he believes, after al
most all hopes Of success had been
abandoned. His mission now is to move
the governments of the United States
and Italy, so the the MAJ he
has identified is set free here he shall be
sent back to San Georgia. where he al
ready stands convicted and sentenced
to life imprisonment.
1t was in the heat of a political cam
paign thai Antonio's father, Giovanni
Carraciolo, was murdered by an as
sassin, paid by enemies to put the elder
Carraciolo out of the way. Georgia
Marchette was suspected of having
committed the crime and when he fled
suspicion became a certainty in the
minds of the villagers. What added
to their indignation was the fact that
the murdered mar had saved Marchette
from long imprisonment for Il crime
which it happened he a not commit
ted, though his reputation was such
that suspicion had fallen upon him.
Fol almost a year after M~archetteS
flight nothing was heard of him. Mean
while young Antonio was comforting his
mother and training his younger
brother to assume charge of the estate.
When news came that Marchette had
been seer in Buenos Ayres. South
America, Antonio was ready to set out.
and, promising his mother he would
return with the murderer or with proofs
of his death, he sailed for South Amer
lea.
Word reached Marchette in advance
of the arrival of Antonio, and, almost
escape, according to evidence since OBJ
tanned, he fled to a Antonio, Tex.
| When Antonio reached San Antonio
Marchette had fled to Galveston.
Thence the chase led to Charleston, S.
c., to Atlanta and to Montreal, where
Antonio arrived only to find that, as
before, his quarry had fled.
That was the last Antonio was able TIC
hear of Marchette until a few days ago..
when Detective Sergeant Petrosino, OF
the headquarters staff, looking through
records, found q man named Marchette
was on BlackwelFs island serving a
sentence of clever months and twenty
nine days, with a fine of $500, which
must be paid for he will have to serve
out the fine at h rate Of 81 a day.
Marchette beat his aunt. Petrosino
wrote to Antonio, who has lately been
living in Allentown, Pa, of his find and
the young man eagerly hurried to New
York.
Marchette does not yet know that An.
tonic will be waiting for him when he
is released from the island. The de.
tective took the young Italian to where
Marchette lay groveling in a cell, in.
SAN or feigning insanity. One glance
satisfied Antonio he had found his ia.
Tiers murderer. With a cry he leaped
at the iron bars. but Petrosino and a
keeper dragged him back.
'Oh, that I had caught him myself"
he cried. But revenge will come and
my mother can die in peace"
Antonio cabled the news to his moth
er and brother, and urged that no time
be lost in obtaining requisition papers,
which will be ready for Marchette when
he is set free. Then, satisfied he would
have his revenge, Antonio returned to
Allentown.