The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-13
Big SICILlAN WANTED NOW.
Police THINK THAT "BEPPYNO"
KILLED MARIA PECORA.
Mrs. russo walls and Drops Her Baby as She
Tells OF Mar She Left with the Muir.
dered Woman-SASO Not Accounted
or-Witnesses Fear TO Tell h Truth.

dered Noman-9ASO Not Accounted
For-Witnesses Fear 10 Tell the Truth.
There ia a brand new suspect in the Pecora
nnrler case, and The police are quite sure
tor the third or fourth time that they know
the guilty man.
Alter working all yesterday morning
coroncr Acritelli, Assistant District At
torney II. T.. Marley and Detective Sergeant
.John f. Archiopoli united In saying that
thew believed Angelo MazZocca-whom the
nolice have booked as Mazzetti-of 23S Mott
s,reet. n discarded lover Of Mrs. Maria
peoora, was the man who killed her In her
three room fat at 32H Carmine street .on
Friday. The Coroner said he would prob
ably take Mazzooca out OF the House of
Detention this morning and send him to
the Tombs to answer to the charge OF
murder.
At o'clock last night develop
ments not only enabled Angelo to draw
his own head out of the fast tightening
alter, but information which turned up
from an unexpected source directed sus-
nicion straight to another. The Coroner
issued orders for the arrest on sight Of a
sicIlian wine importer whose first name
was said to be Beppino, last name unknown
The Coroner found that Maria Pecora was
IN mortal terror Of this man and had often
e1pressed the fear that some day he would
kill her. 1t was also learned for the frs
time that he had been with the woman on
the night before the murder III was tn Q
last person seen with her while she was
alive.
This Beppino was arrested for stabbing
another Siciian on Ash Wednesday eve
nj Sullivan and Blocker streets and man
aged to get out on bail. When the case
came up for trial the complaining witness
had disappeared and Beppino was dis
charged.
So much afraid Of the man was Mrs.
Pecora that three weeks ago she bought
a stiletto and went to the Progress Plating
Company in West Eighth street and had a
silver sheath made for it. She told a work.
man there why she carried 1t.
Under arrest as witnesses and In the
House Of Detention when he had closed
his inquiry yesterday the Coroner had
Mrs. Russo, who was Maria Pecora's wash
woman, and who was one of three to find
the body; Luigi Giraldi, "a years old, who
was known as Marie's lover; young Rencari
Gervaso, 10 years old, of SO Downing street,
a waiter in Gonfarone's Hotel, West Eighth
street, who, like Giraldi, was infatuated
with the woman, and who spent most Of
his money on her, and Angelo Mazzocca, a
man OF about 30, Of 23S Mott street, who
until a few months ago had been supported
by her.
The witnesses were very stubborn at
n. lit A. o--~-%;-- - -o,,D Car,,o
and even he did not give all the informa-
ton he had for a long time. 1t wa through
him, however, that the Coroner arrived at
what he believes Is the solution OF the
mystery. Gervaso said that he met Maria
Pecora last Thursday and she told him that
Angelo Mazzooca had been there the day
before and demanded $50. She said she
had not the money and he told her to get
1t from "them two suckers Luigi Rinaldi
and Rencar Gervaso. she promised to
zee them and he said he would come back
tie next day.
.f've got $3.50 in the Greenwich Savings
Bank" she told Gervaso, who dropped In
Thursday, "and I guess I'd better go and
get it and send 1t to Chicago for my children
or Angelo will not rest until he gets it ALL"
Young Gervaso says he went to the bank
with her and she got the money. He left
her at her fiat about 9 o'clock Thursday
night. He promised to call Friday with
his kodak and take the woman down TO
Coney Island and they would take some
pictures. He called at 0 A. M, but Maria
was asleep, he supposed, thinking she was
cut all night as usual.
He returned at noon and still no answer
came to his knocking. Then, he said,
be vent around to Mrs. Russo's house and
asked II she had soon Maria. She said
no, but for him to ask In several places
that the woman was known to frequent.
II be did not find her she told him to come
back and they would go to the fat together
and see if anything was wrong. He did
this; and not finding Mrs. Peoora. got Mrs.
Russo and went to 52l Carmine street.
At the bottom Of the stairs they met
Angelo Mazzecca, who said that he too
was worried about Maria. as he had an
engagement with her Che was after the $50
and could not get in. They all went up to
the fiat and found it locked. They got Mrs.
Gina Merlo, whose fat ad.;oins, to let them
through her rooms to the fire escape and so
they got into Mrs. Pecora's rooms and found
iCI utdl.
Gervaso all this time made no mention
ofthe Sicilian Beppino and when questioned
both Mrs. Russo and Angelo corroborated
him substantially, likewise making no men,
ton Of the part the Sicilian played in the
case. The Coroner knew all were with
holding something. and Mrs. Russo. in
particular, was not telling all she knew
by far. But question as much as they
might, neither he nor the young Italian
detective sergeant, Arohiopofi, could make
any progress. They decided that Angeles
tdemand on the woman for money estab-
iiished a motive, and as he was lying about
his reason for calling on her, having given
another, and about his movements on the
day OF the murder and in other important
matters, they decided that it looked very
much as if he garroted Mrs. Pecora and
robbed her.
They paid no attention to Luigi Giraldi
and made no attempt to question him,
as they were convinced that he had no part
N the tragedy and was best described by
angelo as "a sucker" who was with young
%Teryaso, giving money to Mrs APecaro.
Inc Russo and the two men, Angelo
and Gervaso, were sent back to the House
OF Detention. The Coroner then started
uPtothe scene Of the murder and questioned
Mrs. Gina Merlo. She substantiated the
story told up to that time by the Others
out made one startling statement.
=. ms morning at 0 O'clock" she said,
| heard exactly the same knock on the