The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-06-28
FIND BEKEADED BOY.
AFTER A TWO WEEKS SEARCH,
HEADLESS BODY is FOUND.
FIVE ITALIANS ARE UNDER ARREST
Confession Is Wrung from One OF tha
Suspects, After Which He Leads
Searchers to Hiding Place.

in the interior Of a big swamp, near
this city, the hoadlcss body OF Walter
Lamana, an Italian child between I
and years old who was kidnapped
and held for $1,000 ransom two weeks
ago, was found by the police and vigi.
lantes. He had been stranglcd to
death, according to the confession of
one Of seycra! Italians held by the
police
The boys neck is supposed to have
been broken when he was strauglcd
causing the head to become separated
from the body when the decomposi-
ton set IN. The head was found a
short distance from the body.
Five Italians, two Of them women,
are under arrest charged with being
accomplices to the murder and extra
details Of the polio" and deputies are
maintaining order in the excited Ital-
ian quarter of the city All day Sun.
day small crowds were dispersed
promptly by the police, despite whose
precautions report got out summon.
ing mass meeting at Elk place. Sew
outy armed deputies have been placed
on guard Il the Orleans parish prison,
the strongest in The state where three
Of The prisoners are held. and some
apprehension has been felt over the
safety Of two other prisoners who
were taken 20 an adjoining parish
Reminder Of Malta Troubles.
Seldom since the Malta lynchings 1G
wears ago has New Orleans been so
stirred with threats of violence, and
some Of these threats are made by
hose who participated in the disor-
dcrs at that time. The law and order
element is much stronger than 1t has
been heretofore, large number of
leading citizens having pledged them.
selves to prevent violence.
The murdered boy was found near
St. Rose, about 20 miles from New
Orleans A sweating process wrung
4 confession from ono of the Italian
suspects, who was taken from his
home in St. Rose about midnight Sat
urday night and carried into the
a
and viglantes who had the search in
charge. This man. Ignazlo Campig.
nacio was kept in the woods an hour,
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 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 Campignaclo. and
one Of the Quartcttc of kdnapers
grabbed the child and stranGled him
10 death to stop his noise Later two
Of the kidnapcrs, he said. came to him.
carrying the body in blanket and,
after threatening him with death II h,
tod, took the body into swamp.
Leads Police into Swamp.
CampIgnacio, after relating 'he
story led the police into two miles Of
swamp, where the soarchers some.
times waded in water nearly waist
deep and at others crawled under
tanglos of bricrs. In a shallow pool
at the end Of this search the body
was found in a blanket in clump |.
Of cane Returning to the city, the /
police arrested Nicolina GebbIa an
Italian woman. who Is alleged to have 7.
confessed that she knew Of the kid. I.
mapping plot from the first from one .
OF the four kdnapers whom she ex .
pectcd to marry CampignacIo said /
that these four were Stefano Monfre .
Tony Gendusa Angelo Cacatarl and .
an Italian named Incanterra. The
police said thcv expected to capture
these men within two or three DAYS.
The other prisoners directly impllcat
ed by the confession are Campignacios
wife, Frank Gendusa and Leonardo
The dcad's boys funeral was held
Sunday afternoon.