New-York tribune., 1907-06-30
ANGRY CROWD AT BIER.
Bitter Denunciation of Mmrderers of
Little VioLa BoyIan.

The funeral of Viola Boylan. the murdered
nine-year-old girl whose body found IN
coaIbin Of her house last Thursday morning,
took place at her home, No. 2290 Second avenue.
at 23O o'clock yesterday afternoon. When the
hearse, drawn by four white horses, stopped at
the door a crowd of three thousand persons
surged around the entrance, and the twenty po-
licemen detailed by Captain Walsh, OF the East
126th street police station, to keep order had
their hands fun.
The feeling in the neighborhood against the
murderers is bitter and all were loud in their
denunclation of the perpetrators of the crime.
The Italians. against whom the bitterness OF the
family and their neighbors ts turned, kept pretty
well indoors until the funeral ceremonies were
ended. Then they gathered in small groups at
117th street and Second avenue and talked in
excited tones. Their loud talking dropped to
low murmur when a stranger approached them.
and he eyed suspiciously.
At the conclusion of the simple funeral rites
by Father O'Brlen, OF the Church of the Holy
Rosary in East 18th street, several floral pieces
brought out and placed in a carriage. The
crowd Immediately attempted to carry off these
tributes, and partly succeeded before the police
stopped them.
When the mother of the dead girl was escort
ed from the house the sight of the police re-
serves caused her to raise her hand threaten
lngly and declare that, through the negligence
of one of them, the slayer of her child at
large.
The procession passed around the block, and
in front OF the Boylan home. and then proceeded
up Second avenue and turned east In 18th
street past the Holy Rosary Church. large
crowd had gathered there expecting that the
body would be brought into the church, and an
other angry demonstration took place. The
precautions taken by the police and priests of
the Holy Rosary Church In not allowing the
funeral services at the church alone prevented
occasion for trouble that might have had
serious results
While the funeral ceremonies were in progress
Alfonso Ciancia, arrested suspicion at Port
Chester on Friday in the 125th street sta
tion where he was brought from Police Head
quarters by Lteutenants Petrosno and Botu to
be identified by Bessie Boylan, a sister of the
victim. Mrs. Boylan refused to allow Bessie to go
from her sight, and 1t not until the family
returned from the cemetery that she per-
suaded to go to the precinct station with Bessie
When Bessie confronted Ciancia she failed to
identify him of the men wanted. Ciancia
taken back TO Headquarters and later re-
leased.
The detective bureau men have not relaxed
their efforts to down the murderers Cap
tain McCafferty is deeply affected over the
crime, and is following up every clew in the
case.
IF hard work counts for anything" he said
yesterday you can rest assured that the mur-
derers Of Viola Boylan will be arrested soon"
The picture Of one of the suspected men, Tony
Casselli. printed IN the newspapers was recog-
niZed by George Hatz, thirteen years old of
No. l24 East 120th street The boy says that
Casselli is the who assaulted him in n dark
hallway in the early part of May. When the boys
TO the East 10th street station and informed
the police.