The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-12
ROMANCE OF A CHILD BRIDE
gELD FOR RANSOM, SHE SAYS, BY
4 BOLD BLACK HAND CHIEF.
Man VINO Held Her Captive Is Laid by the
Heels Before IT'S schemes Bear Fruit
she Tells OF Being Threatened with
Red Hot POk ers In a Bronx House..

gu ~ g" N'N
Red Hot Pok ers In a Bronx House.
Is a dull day when New York's Italian
incubation doesn't furnish some kline OF a
thrilling tale 40 full Of sensations that the
,comhined journalistic and Photographic
squads Of The afternoon newspapers almost
have nervous prostration trying to do full
Justice 70 the story before the twelfth night
sdiuon comes out. Yesterdays Offering
was Tortured by the Bold Brigands Of The
Bronx: or, How the Black land Chief Kid
rapred the Child Bride" The tale centres
around the various things that happened
10 ffteen-yesr-old Olympia Nisco. who
hter became Olympia Polvere. and might
have hecome Olympia Penna il she hadn't
been snatched from the Black Han chief
just in lime.
How she eloped and was married to her
lover. though her father thought she was
too 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
lv OLYMPIA 10 Magistrate Harris in the
Westchpster police court yesterday morning
when Luigi Penns. he of he s~weeping
black mustache, was srrsigned. charged
merely with abduction. assault and at
tempted hlackmail. Luigi admitted doing
some Of the things Olympia said he did,
but on other points her truthfnlness has
10 he relied upon entirely.
Olympis's father. Raphael Nisco. is a
~stchman in the Jerome avenue park. and
lives at 1855 Hoffman street. The Bronx.
N 10 a few months ago Olympia was one
- ia Er,nhfaaf KN,pilo in ptthlic Sphnnl 40
in Belmont avenue. Her teacher gave the
father 10 understand that Olympia might
grow mp ~ he q teacher herself. which
was good news TO him. for two members
" the family on the city payroll are better
than one.
Last winter DIV mpia fell in with Rs phael
Polvere, who never did very much but
live on his reputation as the son of a Ford
ham contractor Who was able TO support
the members Of his family. Polvere wanted
70 marry Olympia at b Nisco home in
stvle. but Father Nisco didn't care for a
Son-in-iaw who didn't work, and he was
shooed away from there. One day in
February Olympia failed 10 show up at
\ 7chool and when she turne late at night
] she announced that she had been married
70 Folvere nv an Alderman at the Brooklyn
FfI'lRu Ildhs ~ VIltf ANlrNo BdNt tbV
child bride a good spa nking and told her
she could consider herself sepa "a tied from
her husband. After pining for a 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 romance
Luigi is half owner in a Aloon at 2s77 Hoff-
man street, which has long been regarded
nv the Bronx police as the headquarters of a
number Of shiftless young Italians who
- NA-.. A.-a- 1A...At-~ Awv~ A-1
Cor getting money without working for it
Luigi had attempted TO extort 500 from
Frank Fidele of 1850 Arthur avenue last
December, but was caught at IL, and was
sent TO the ~penitentisry for six months by
Judge Cowing.
When Penna returned to his saloon he
ras regarded by his associates as quite a
hero. Polvere, the deserted husband, who
spent much time around Penna's place. told
his troubles to Penna. who got keenly inter-
Ivy the Nisco house, a few doors away, a
few times, and decided that it was time
for him TO act. n happened then was
told by Olympia yesterday in these words;
AS soon AZ Penna returned to our street
he began coming. around to make love 70
hold and asks me TO run away and leave
nv father and Raphael. say No Then
As tells me he will kill me IL I tell my father
he wants me TO run away with him
OU III HiRUt VI JULIE W ctbcu t1irU COInr
to my fathers house. and Penna 10 at the
head Of them, They all have revolvers and
knives and tell W 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 house in Hon,
nan street where two men watch me all
he time when Penna isn't there Then
lvcther men come. and they talk all the time
shout blowing up the houses OF wealthy
Italana ~ thnu nanff vao Knn.Av from thnVn
Then | was afraid. but Penna tells me he
loves me and will make me rich and to tell
my father or the police IL they ever find
me that ! care for no one but Penna.
Once ! told him that he was only a cruel
BLACK Hand chief and that ] never could
iove him. Then the men heated pokers IN
The stove and pointed them at me. telling
ne they would go through my hesh Xix g
They would through tissue paper and
warning me il didn't do az Penna wanted
me TO | would he burned full OF holes. They
touched Il poker to my body to let me know
they meant what they said. was afraid
and at last said would marry Penna If he
wouldn't harm me.
-Penna said my father had money in the
bank and he meant to get some OF IL and
AXE me to Italy with him before the police
found him. He told me he had asked my
father for 500 but my father paid no at
,ention to it. Then he said he had asked
Tor si.VoO or | would never go home alive
"h' NY ldtucf . nOubC WOutd 10 oioNH NP,
TOO ] wanted to save my father. so !
begged Penna TO marry me and take me
away where my husband and father ouldn I
md me. Penna said he would give my
tather one more chance TO pay the money
Wednesday night. That night ] was found
and Penua 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 his daugh-
Iuers ransom. Nlsco reported them to the
fremont avenue station. but he was too
frightened to take an active part in the
search tor his daughter and the police lost
patience with him. Nisoo had an idea
nat his son-in-law. Polyere. was the ring
tader in the kidnapping and asked him
about II when he met him on Holman street.
What DO knowp's said Polvere. Hasn't
st been stolen from me. too. and haven't |
zen looking for her as well as your"
Nisco finally went down and told his
nIol0les TO former Judge John Palmieri.
raimIeri turned the case over to his brother
a-la", Antonio Tyrabassi of SGT East l52d
ereelt,. lyrahassi got Detective Doyle OF
Y fremont venue station and the two
tel'hed around Penna's Hoffman street
at9on until they were sure that Penna