Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-08-04
Police PowerIesS to Stop Wave
of Criminal Violence; Half
Dozen Killings One Days
Record.
FOUR SUSPECTS SEIZED
FOR DEATH OF BABE
Young Woman Jumps to Death
From Sixth Story Window
After Killing Young Man
With Revolver.
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New York, Aug. S,--Louls Esposito,
fruit dealer. was arrested today in
connection with the murder of eight
year-old Kate Tietschler. He was ac-
cused of having been seen In the cell
lar where the girl was killed
An attack was made on Anna
Rogers, young girl on Firth ave-
nue., Brooklyn. today by an italian
who was rescued from the hands of
an angered crowd by the police
The remarkable series of crimes i'm
this city in which women and children
are the objects OF attack, shows no
signs of abating. Yesterday two such
attacks were reported TO the police
and today one additional case has
been brought to public notice, that
of a young east side girl, who was at
tackled by a miscreant while passing
through the hallway OF the house In
which she lived.
Scarcely an arrest Of Importance
has been made and the police confess
themselves completely baffled.
Some detectives believe that the as
saults are the work of one man. who
has the mad animal Instinct Of the
London and Berlin "rippers" 9th
ers, who combat this theory, point to
the widely separated localities I'm
which the crimes have occurred, and
the different methods with which the
murder was finally accomplished
There Is marked decrease I'm the
number az w0lpen and children upon
the streets al night Every little incl
dent Is magnfled ana a mob quickly
assemblies In several instances men
have been attacked by crowds and se-
verely beaten.
The newspapers are publishing LETT
ters from correspondents suggesting
that vigilance committees and prote-
tive associations be formed
A list of the victims Killed numbers
five, three young girls and two wom-
en-. and a score or more have been at
tackled.
Acting Police Commissioner O'Keefe
iate today issued orders directing thu.
every plain clothes officer on the force
.of the city lay aside all other work
and devote himself entirely to an at
tempt TO bring to justice the perpetra
tors of these crimes. He ordered that
a house TO house visit be made by all
officers on regular beats and that pn
rents be advised to keep their child
rem under close surveillance. He also
announced that he would ask the
board Of estimates and appropriations
for an appropriation sufficient to add
500 officers to the force.
The dozen or more attacks on child
rem recently have struck terror into
the hearts of mothers all over the
city, and scores of cases of aus-
pected attempts at assaults have been
reported 10 the police which had no
foundation except in the fears 0f pa
rents. But in spite of the scores OF
cases which have no foundation in
fact, there have been enough actual
cases of assault on children to cause
the police as well as parents much
worry. Every effort has been made ~
the police to capture the men sulity
Of the assaults and murder but very
little progress has been made
The police today arrested four
brothers, Thomas Louis, George and
James Espositi. believing that they
could throw some light on the murder
of little Katy Titschler. whose mutt
lated body was found IN a cellar on
First avenue. Later all but Louis
were discharged. Louis at first denied
that he had been in the cellar where
the chlld's body was found, but when
confronted with the evidence of 9TH
ers who had seen him emerge from
the cellar, he admitted that he hal
been cutting wood there the day be-
| fore Katy disappeared.
Marius Salio. an Italian, was ar
rested and held today a charge of at
| tempted assault on Anna Rogers, a
Young girl living In Brooklyn The
Igir says that as she was walking down
/ the street Sallo seized her By the arm
and tried to drag her into a vacant
| lot The girls screams brought a
crowd who attacked Sallo and were
only prevented from seriously lnjur-
/ ing him by a policeman who drove
them back at the point Of his revol-
yer.