Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-08-06
BABE RAV|SHED
BY BRUTAL
ITALIAN
SHOCKING CRIME ADDED
TO G0THAM'S GRIM LIST
People Terror-Stricken Afraid
to Leave Children Out of
Their Sight, Trivial Incidents
Cause Panic.


tBy MORNING journal Special IeaRed Wire. !
New York, Aug. 5.-One of the
most brutal of the recent crimes
against women and children was to-
day charged against Luzza Fontza.
who was locked up at New Brighton.
accused of assaulting Antoinette Ia
luci, the two-year-ol daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Pasquale Taluei of New
Brigton.
Fontza and Taluci are both laborers
employed at the King plaster mills In
New Brighton, and Fontza boarded
with the Taluci family. Taluci was
left with the little child this afternoon
while Mrs. Taluci went shopping. Tho
mother had not gone far from the
house when the child's screams
brought her back. When he saw Mrs.
Taluci, Fontza rushed from the house
and she following him. Their cries
brought out the neighbors and soon a
mob was following the fleeing Italian
down the street He was soon over
where he was severely beaten and
kicked by men and women until "a
policeman arrived and with club
and revolver fought off the crowd
The child on the orders of a magis-
trate was examined by physician.
who reported that ii was seriously in
jured Fontza was held in IS, ,OO0 BAN
Angeline Condarti six-year-old
child. was found terribly bruised In
a thieket near the village of Linol-
eumville, Staten Island, this afternoon.
She had been attacked by an unknown
man.
Jolly Ambatro. an Italian laborer
was arrested i'm Brooklyn this after
noon on q charge of attempted as
saut on two little girls. Daniel Lalo
and Frank p Body were arraigned on
similar charges.
Deputy Police Commissioner
O'Keefe, who Is In charge of the po-
lice department during the absence of
Commissioner Bingham today asked
the mayor and the board of estimates
and appropriations, for funds To em-
plov five hundred additional police
men The request will be acted upon
Wednesday.
Most Of the crimes are committed i'm
little frequented places. Mothers
throughout the city arc terror-stricken
would be passed over
without a second thought are magni- |
fled and reported as crimes which !
have little foundation i'm fact. Many
of the police officials believe there is
not an unusual number of assaults, |
hut that the several murders, within |
the last few weeks and the hysterical |
condition of the people, particularly
in the tenement district, have caused
reports To the police OF cases, of which /
under ordinary circumstances, they /
would never hear.
Thomas Anderson, a laborer, aged /
twenty years, was arrested in Brook /
lyn tonight charged with an attempt /
to assault five-year-old Julia Sleisch- |
er The girl, It is said. was enticed /
by Anderson into a barn in the rear /
of her home. She told her parents,
and they notified the police, who ar
rested anderson.
May Mace. girl Of sixteen. saw
that while she was standing In q 1
doorway Of her home in Seventh ay0
nue. tonight Giuseppe Tristre. . /
Italian. approached her and asked h o. z
10 20 with him She refused. Short "
after he returned and. 1t is alleged,
threw his arms around her. Her Z
screams attracted attention and soon
a crowd Of five hundred were chasing
HE Italian. He was overtaken and
beaten numerically before half
il2en policemen rescued him
Israel Israelson met little Frcda
Rerkowtz. aged seven years In ono
Hundred and Fifty-first street. to
night, and according to her story Of
Tered her nickel TO 90 with him. Her
playmates told her parents and
,roWd soon gathered about the man.
rhc crowd became threatening by the
lime an officer appeared and arrested
srIelson.