Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-08-07
MORE DEvILTRY.
Crimes Against Women and Lit.
tie Girls Continue.


brutal OF recent crimes against wome
and children was charged agains
Lucca Fonteza. who was locked up a
New Brighton. Staten Island. accuse,
OF asasulting Antoinette Talucl. IN,
two year old daughter OF Pasqual,
Taluci of New Brighton.
fonieza and Tatuci are both laborer,
employed with the King Plaster mill,
at New Brighton and Fonteza boarde,
with Taluci. Foniza was left with IN,
little child Monday afternoon while
Mrs. Taluci went shopping. The moth.
er had not gone far from the house
when the child's screams brought her
back When he saw Mrs. Tancl,
fontza rushed from the house. Mrs
Taluci following him. Her cries
brought out the neighbors and soon a
mob was following the fleeing Italian
down The street The pursuers soon
overlook the man and he was knocked
Ia the ground and he was severely
beaten and kicked nv men and women
until policeman appeared and fought
or the crowd. Fontza was held in
sa,ouo ON a charge of criminal assault
Angeline Condarti. a six year old
child. was found terribly bruised in a
thickct near the village OF Linoleum.
vile, staten Island She had been AZ.
tackled by an unknown man.
John Amhato. an Italian lahorer. was
arrested 81 BROOKLYN on charge Of
attempted assault ON two little girls
Daniels Tai, and Frank T. Body were
arraigncd On similar charges
Deputy Police Commissioning O'Keefe
asked The mayor and board of esti
mate and appropriations for funds to
employ an additional SOC policemen.
Most OF m" crimes are committed In
a little frequented places Mothers
throughout the city are terror stricken.
The arraignments of two Italians. In
Lee avenue court. Williamsburg. dis.
closed another attempt made to assault
n young woman The two assailants
were nearly lynched by mob. which |
was finally driven off by the police |
The young woman was Miss Sadie |
Hasenflug. niece of State Senator
Hazenflug Men who gave names as |
John Montelone and Peter Condaso AZ.
tackled her The Italians were over. |
powering Miss Hasenflug and her n. |
ance when her screams brought
crowd which gave chase. The Italians |
were finally captured and the angry
'rowd began to make threats A rope
was brought and fifty men rushed for
he Italians, who were being hurried
% the station house by the police The
'rowd scattered when the police drew
heir revolvers Miss Hasenflug and
her fiance were uninjured
Commissioner OKeefe. who. during
he absence OF Police Commissioner
Bingham Is I'm charge OF the police
department.. called all the inspectors
or conference to determine on fur.
her policy To protect women and child
'en. Commissioner O'Keefe directed
hat the attention Of every member
be directed TO the crimes now being
committed and that all patromen tell
mothers along their posts To have a
Satchful eye over their daughters The
commissioner further ordered that the
'atrolmen ask families TO communicate
With the police department Just as
Don as children ere found missing
'ases Of assault and missing children
ne TO have precedence over. other
asses In the department
William Hoffman. nineteen years old.
vas arrested in Port Richmond. Staten
sland, on suspicion that he knows
about the death of Sophi
leckler, the servant girl who was
ound murdered In the home Of her
Employers in Sixty.sccond street Sat.
rday after the house had been rob.
ed. The police say that Hoffman was
aging attention 20 the girl