The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-16
Hiding Place Suspected.
Captured Members Of Gang
Won't "Squeal'' to Police.
FUGITIVES HAVE Big SUM
Passaic Co. Bleachery Employees
to Be Paid Today--Net Spread
to Recover Stolen Payroll
Leads to Belief That Men
Will Be Found.
Espselal to tn. Evening star.1


PASSAIC, Nov 16.-With the police
of every city within a radius of 100
miles OF this place on the lookout for
the men who stole the bag Of money
from Paymaster Louis Knapp yester-
day afternoon, near Delawanna, the
full particulars of which were told in
the EVENING STAR yesterday. moth
ing has been accomplished in the line
of capture, but the police of this city
are confident. they say. that the oul-
prits cannot escape, and in their
opinion the money and the men are
in close proximity to this city.
1t is not definitely known whether
one or two men got off with the bag,
which contained $1,000. Paymaster
Knapp tainted shortly after he In
formed his employers by telephone of
his thrilling experience, and his mind
is somewhat of a blank as to whether
there were four or five men in the
and ordered him to throw up his hands.
Knapp's companion, who drove the
rig in which the payroll for the Della
wanna bleachery was being carried to
the works, is go nervous that he is
uncertain whether there were four or
five men in the gang. That the police
have three of the highwaymen is now
positive, and it was only after hard
pressure brought to bear by Chief Of
Police Hendry, aided materially by
Captain Joseph Petrosinl, head of the
Italian bureau OF detectives of New
York city, that the three men in cus-
tody began to talk. In fact, it is known
that Petrosini, who knows every big
Italian crook in the country, was the
first to identify one of the men, and
after telling one of them where he knew
he made his headquarters in New York,
this fellow admitted that Petrosini had
him right"
From the very outset of the holdup
the police here held to the theory that
the robbery was the result of the
planning of some one who had been at
some time in the employ of the bleach
cry, and that his knowledge of the
movements of the paymaster made 1t
easy for the gang to make the attack.
While the police and the out-of-town
detectives were quizzing the three pris-
oners Paymaster Knapp entered the
chiefs private office, and after looking
the prisoners over, exclaimed: There
is man who worked one time in the
bleachery" Knapp pointed as he spoke
to Frank Demarco, who gave his ad-
dress as az East 109th street, New
York city. Demarco made no denial
of this, and when questioned he
shrugged his shoulders and responded,
me no understand"
He talks English, all right" said
the paymaster, and Petrosini the New
York detective, took the man aside and
learned the names of his two compan-
ions. The names of these and the ad-
dresses given were Fillipo Deprimo, r.,
Sixty ninth street, New York city, and
Gaetano Cigno, 2S, of 316 East Twelfth
street, New York city. d. larco finally
admitted his age as being 80 years, and
that the address given was correct.
When the detectives began the task
Of getting them to tell the names Of
their missing eonfederates they refused
to make any reply.
While this was going on the police
of many cities were active. Detective
Sergeant McCaffery head of the Man
haitian detective force, when notified
OF the holdup, sent out general alarm
to every precinct commander in which
there is a railroad depot and had the
Hudson River ferryhouse at 125th
street covered by two detectives from
the italian squad.
But with all this precaution the
money and the highwaymen who es-
capped have not yet been located.
There is a well-defned rumor that
tContInued ON Seventh Pase.1