The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-21
Killed al Rendezvous BY An In,
tended Victim of a
VERY BOLD ROBBERY.
Handed Oyer 0lIy Tweny>EIght Dollars
Instead OF Five Hundred and
then Shoots the Wonld.Be
Robber, Who Dies Later
at His Home.
at Ills Home.

IOefe are 0s0y Queel'tniASs ASp
pening in New York every week. sno
the following from The American tells
Of one Ct these strange happenings in
that great city.
In the centre Of the throng that al.
ways swirls in the daytime around
Mott sna Grand strsets, New York,
Munziato Lsgsto, identified later By
Governor AcritelH as member OF
the ''Black Hand" was shot to death
Wednesday by Enrico Rsyone, Of No.
l27 Hester street, apparently IN SELF.
dsfsnse.
In the. Mulberry Street Station,
pavone, who had surrendered to Pat
rolmsn Wilson sfter the latter had
threatened to kill him If ne didn't
stop running, ss:d quietly:
II an glad killed him. He tried
to make me pay $500 to his society,
the 'Msno Nerc, ,'-ahst you cal the
Back Hanc-.n6 he tried to make
me- take woman who is on Ellis Is
land as my wits"
From the garbled English the msn
used, the police believe Lsgsto wss
engaged in "a sttenpt TO have Pa
vone aid him in work similar 10 that
Of the East Side cadet. The synpa
thy Of the police is with the prisoner,
vino Is locked up in Head equscters
awaiting tne result CT the Coroner's
investigation.
PSyone has 8 wife in Italy. he has
sla7ed to save enough money to bring
her to New YORK and establish 2
home. When be had collected the nee
esssry amount, be was SO joyful he an
nouncso that he wss about to send q
money order to his native country.
he SAYS Lsgsso heard the proudly.
made boast and demanded $500 from
him. L;gsto Is alleged to have said
that If the money we're not paid his
life would be the forfeit. An aodi-
tionsl proviso was made, the prisoner
swears by which he was to claim as
bis wife beautiful young woman de.
tanned at Ellis Island.
Pavcne said nothing, but ne bought
. revolver the day before "Wednesday
and loaded it.
When T had the gup," he said, II
knew I could tske care Of myself, and
that the law would protect me sitter
I had protected myself"
The two men met at Mott sno
Grand streets Wednesday. Lsaato had
aansd the rendezvous. Psvone, will
ing to com rrcnise, handed over s2S.
Lsgatc demanded the rest Of the mon
ey. Psyone said he hadn't 1t.
The prisoner sweSrs that Lsgato
then made quick movement for his
back pocket, where the police lster
found loaded revolver. But Psvone
jsrked bis gun from bis coat pocket,
flied Lsgsto tull OF holes and fed.
Pstrolnan Wilson pursued him.
shouting:
Stop, OF I'll blow your head cff?"
PaYone would not STOP, but a psGe-
strain sripped him, and Wilson jump
ed on the fugitive. Turning on his
back, Payons said quietly:
Don't shoot. Here's my guL-
Wilson took the. weapon, and, fol.
lowed by a crowd OF perhaps two
thousand, took bis man to the station
house. PsvoEe was cool-cool IS ice.
Ea said:
Sergeant, II ] didn't shoot first l
would have been q dead man. I am
willing to tell the truth and expose
the diSty WORK Of this gang"
Coroner Acritelli and Deasctive Ser
gesnt Pesrosini are reported to con'
sider the shooting as an afsir thss
may Ieso to the rounding up OF 9
blsckmsiling organization on the East
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