The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-12
ROMANCE OF A CHILD BRIDE
UELDF FOR RANSOM, SHE SAYS, BY
4 BOLD BLACK HAND CHIEF.
Wan who Held Her Captive Is Laid ny the
Heels Before Ills schemes Hear Fruit
she Tells Of Being Threatened with
red Hot Pokers In q Bronx House.

red Hot POkers In q Bronx House.
Is a duh day when New York's Italian
population doesn't furnish some kind Of a
thrilling tale 40 full Of sensations that the
combined journalistic and Photographic
4 sauads Of The afternoon newspapers almost
have nervous prostration trying to do full
Justice "a the story before the twelfth night
edinon comes out. Yesterdays Offering
was Tortured by the Bold Brigands OF The
Bronx. or, How the Black Hand Chief Kid
nappei rhe Child Bride" The tale centres
around the various things that happened
TO fifteen yesr-old Olympia Nisco. who
inter- became Olympia Polvere. and might
have become Olympia Penna il she hadn't
been snatched from the Black Hand chief
Just in lime.
How she eloped and was married to her
lover. though her father thought she was
700 Young to wed. was kidnapped later
from her husband by a>swarthy fellow
with a sweeping black mustache. and was
held captive by the kidnapper, with two
guards 10 watch her constantly. was told
bv Olympia 10 Magistrate Harris in the
Westchester police court yesterday morning
when Luigi Penns. he Of the sweeping
black mustsche, was arrsigned. charged
merely with abduction, assault and at
tempted hlackmail. Luigi admitted doing
some Of the things Olympia said he did.
bur on other points her truthfulness has
10 he relied upon entirely.
Olympiss father. Raphael Nisco. 10 a
Nstchman in the Jerome avenue park. and
lives at 1855 Hoffman street. The Bronx.
lp 10 a few months ago Olympia was one
of me brightest pupils in Public School 80
in Belmont avenue. Her teacher gave the
father TO understand that Olympia might
grow up N be q teacher herself. which
was good news 10 him. for two members
of the family on the city payroll are better
than one.
Last winter Olympia fell in with Raphael
Polysre. who never did very much but
i've on his reputation as the son of a Ford
ham contractor who was able to support
the members Of his fs mily. Polvere wanted
70 marry Olympia at the Nisco home in
style, but Father Nisco didn't care for a
Son-ln-law who didn't work. and he was
shooed away from there. One day in
February Olympia failed to show up at
sIchool and when she returned late at night
rshe announced that she had been married
70 Folvere by an Alderman at the Brooklyn
Borough Hall. The elder Nisco gave the
child bride a good spanking and told her
she could consider herself sepa ire tied from
her husband. After pining for q few days
olympia decided that maybe her father was
night after all.
Late in June Luigi Penns returned to the
nelghborhood and butted into the omance
Luigi is half owner in q Aloon at 2s77 Hof.
man street, which has long been regarded
hy the Bronx police as the headquarters Of a
number Of shiftless young Italians who
spend their time devising ways and means
for getting money without working for il.
Luigi had attempted to extort 500 from
Frank Fidele 81 1850 Arthur avenue last
December, but was caught at IL, and was
sent to the penitentiary for six months by
Judge Cowing.
When Penna returned to his saloon he
.Tas regarded by his associates as quite a
hero. Polvere, the deserted husba nd, who
spent much time around Penna's place. told
his troubles to Penna, who got keenly inter-
ested in the young bride. Penna walked
by the Nisco house, a few doors away, a
few times, and decided that il was time
for him TO act. What happened then was
told by Olympia yesterday In these words:
AS soon as Penna returned to our street
he began coming around TO make love TO
me | tell him ! deepise him, but he is
hold and asks me to run away and leave
NV father and Raphael. say No Then
w tells me he will kill me " tell my father
he wants me to run away with him
'On the night Of June so seven men come
TO my fathers house. and Peuna 10 at the
head OF them, They all have r~evolvers n
knives and tell US to be quiet. Penna
carries me out and says he will come back
and blow up the house IL my father tells
the police. My father 10 much scared.
Then Penna takes me to a ous in Hon,
nan street where two men watch me all
she time when Penna isn't there Then
PCther men come. and they talk all the time
about blowing up the houses OF wealthy
Italians il they can't get money from them
Then | was afraid. but Penna tells me he
my father or the police II they ever find
me that ! care for no one but Penna.
Once I told him hat he wa only a cruel
Pack Hand chief and that / never could
iove him. Then the men heated pokers IN
the stove n pointed them at me. telling
me they would go through my flesh Xix
they would through tissue paper and
warming me il I didn't do "a Penna wanted
me to | would he burned full of holes. They
touched a poker to my body to let me know
they meant what they said. l was afraid
and at Last said I would marry Penna il he
-Penna said my father had money in the
bank and he meant to get some Of it and
take me to Italy with him before the police
found him. He told me he had asked my
iatner Tor 300 but my Iather PAID no at
tention TO il. Then he said he had asked
Tor 81 900 or | would never 60 home alive
and my fathers house would be blown up,
too wanted to ave my father. so l
begged Penna to marry me and take me
away where my husband and father couldn't
ind me. Penna said he would give my
father one more chance to pay the money
Wednesday night. That night ] was found
and Penna was arrested"
Though there may be some doubt about
he terrors that Olympia suffered while
she was a captive. there was none about the
demands made upon Nisco for bis daugh-
ler ransom. Nisco reported them to the
lremont avenue station, but he was too
frightened to take an active part in the
search for his daughter and the police lost
patience with him. Nisco had an idea
nat his s~on-in-law. Polvere. was the ring
eadcr in the kidnapping and asked him
about il when he met him on Holman street.
What 10 ! know" said Polvere. Hasn't
snh been stolen from me. too, and haven't I
cten looking for her as well as your"
Nisco finally went down and told his
ynrolbles 10 former Judge John Palmieri.
fa,mieri turned the case over 10 hie brother
h-Iaw, antonio Tyrabassi of SCI East l52d
Nreel 1yrabassi got Detective Doyle of
te fremont avenue station and the two
hHlthed around Penna's Hoffman street
\ si'9on until they were sure that Penna
| mad tho nivl IL, , l,,,., r.~,.~ l., Uoa