The Forrest City times., 1907-06-28
FIND BEHEADED BOY
AFTER 4 TWO WEEKS SEARCH,
 HEADLESS BODY IS FOUND.
FIVE ITALIANS ARE UNDER ARREST
Confession Is Wrung from One Of the Suspects, After Which He Leaos
 Searehers to Hiding Place.


 New Orleaus. La.-Two niles in the interior of a big swamp near this city. the headless body of Walter Lanfana. an Italian child between | and S years old. who was kidnapped and held for SG.000 ransom two weeks igo. was found by the police and vigi. Iautes He had been strangled 10 death. according to the confession Of one of several Italians held by the police.
 The boys neck is supposed to have been broken when he was s'raneled, causing the head to become separated from the body when the decomposI. ton set in The head was found short distance from the body.
 Five Italians. two of them women, are under arrest charged with being aeeomFliees to the murder. and extra details of the police and deputies are maintaining order in the excited ltal- ian quarter Of the city. All day Sun day small crowds were dispersed promptly hy the police. despite whose precautions report got ent summon Ing mass meeting al Elk place. Sey- enty armed deputies have been placed on guard ,t the Orleans parish prison, the strongest in the state where three of the prisoners are held. and some apprehension has been felt ever the safety of two other prisoners who were taken to an adjoining parish.
 Repoind der of Mafia TroubleS
 Seldom since the Mafa iAnchings l6 years ago has New Orleans been so stirred with threats of violence and some of these threats are made by those who participated in the disor ders at that time. The ldw and order element is much stronger than it has been heretofore large number of leading ci'izens having pledged them selves 10 prevent violence
 The murdered hoy was found near St Rose. about ?0 miles from New Orleans X sweating process wrung confession from one Of the Italian suspeets, who Was taken from his home in St Rose about midnight Sat arday night and carried into the woods by combined force of officers and vigtlantes who had the search in charge This man. lsnazio Campig- nacio, was kept in the woods an honr. when he confessed. charging four Italians with the murder He said that about the time Of a mass meeting in New Orleans more than a week ago. held for the purpose of prosecuting the search for the body. these men who were in a vacant house in St Rose, became frightened and consulted about what to do with the child. The boy was crying begging to be taken home to his parents, said Campignacio. and one of the quartettc of kidnapers grabbed the child and strangled him to death 10 stop his noise Later two of the kidnapers he said came to him, carrying the body in blanket and. after threatening him with death if he to q, took the body into swamp.
 Leads Police Into Swamp.
 Campignaeio, after relating the story. led the police into two miles of swamp. where the searchers some times waded in water nearly waist deep and at o.neIs crawIed under Iangles of briers In q shallow pod at the end of this search the body was found in blanket in a clump of cane Returning To he city. the police arrested Nicolina Gebbia. an Italian woman. who is alleged to have confessed that she knew of lhe kid naping plot from the first from one of the f.nr Ndnapers whom she ex pected to marry. Campignaeio said that these four were Stefano Monfre Tony Gendusa. Angelo Cacatari and an Italian named Incanterra. The police said they pected to capture these men within two or three days. The other prisoners directly imFlteat- ed by the confession are Campienaeio's wife. Frank Geudusa and Leonardo Gebeyia
 The deads boys funeral was held Sunday afternoon.