Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-07-14
MANCINELLI'S
WIFE is HELD
IN REEL CASE
Constable Moran Goes TO Syra-
Cuse, n. Y, in Effort to Bring
Her Back Here.
BONDsMAN GETS ANXIOUS

Constable James Moran left last
night for Syracuse, N. Y, in an eff
fort to bring Mrs. Frank P Man
cinelli back to this city, for her
bondsman, Rocco Terriolo. 1t is not
believed that he will be able to bring
her here yet, as according to inform
alton received yesterday, she is be-
This may only be hear-say, and If
with her in few days.
Mr.. Terriolo is on her bond for
$500 and for that reason he is ex-
ceedingly anxious to have her here,
so that she can appear before the
grand jury when wanted.
No letter relative to the condi-
tion of Tony Reel who is in the hos
pital at Amsterdam, N. Y, or from
Mancinelli, who is in jail at Fonda,
has been received today.
Reels brother, who lives in this
city, has returned from trip to AM
sterdam where the victim was in a
hospital He has since been re-
moved to other quarters and he is
expected to recover, says his brother,
who adds that Mrs. Mancinelli was
not with Reel at St. louisville. He
says that Tony left this city to avoid
clash with Mancinelli.
The following account of the
shooting appeared in st. townsville
paper:
Tuesday evening little after 8
o'clock Francis p. Maneinelli, of
Perth Amboy, N. j., shot Frank
Rucci, emptying his S8-calibre re-
yolver of Ave shots, two of which
took effect, one in the upper right
lung and the other entering the back
of the left shoulder, striking the
shoulder blade and lodging in the
left arm near the shoulder. After
the shooting Mancinelli Immediately
gave himself up.
Rucci came here about three
weeks ago to work in Wagner's bar
Der shop. He said he had been en-
lployed recently in Syracuse and men,
toned having worked in New York.
He was a first-class barber and OF
gentlem anly address. He mentioned
having a sister In Syracuse and was
trying to arrange to have her two
children boarded on a farm in order
to allow her more freedom to sup
port herself, stating that her hus-
band had left her.
When he left the shop Tuesday
night he walked west and was met
by Mancin5 u in front of J. "
Berry's. We nesses vary as to wheth-
er words were spoken, but If so they
were brief. A shot at close range
pierced Rucci's right lung, fired SC
close that It set his shirt on fire
Rucci did not fall, but with a scream
of terror turned and ran, closely pur.
sued. The second shot entered the
shoulder, and as the victim ran three
more shots were fired. Rucci rar
east as far as Walrath's drug store
across to the post Office and back tc
the barber shop, throwing himself
Iagainst the screen door, which opens
out, and fell by the side of the door
His pursuer Immediately gave him
self up to officer Schiemer, turning
over his empty gun. The walk was
well filled with people and the won
der is that no one else was hurt. One
bullet crashed through the transom
of William Wagner's barber shor
and lodged in the ceiling When
his victim fell Maneinelli said some
thing to the effect that he was 6
Black Hand and later gave as his
reason that Rucci had stolen his
wife's affections when he was 9
boarder with the Mancinelli family
in Perth Amboy, N. j.
It is said the police have in theil
possession a diary kept by Mancinel-
Iii which records in detail the break
ing up of his home In Perth Amboy
N. j., some time back In April; the
selling OF his property and the chase
over the country. According to the
record he hired detective and when
funds ran low he continued alone
He had been in Boston, Philadelphia
New York and Pittsburg, continually
on the hunt. He came here from AL
toona, Pa He had but SIS left. He
turned the wrong way when he got
here and crossed to Minden, where
he found out that his intendeA victim
was sure enough in st. townsville
Crossing back he entered the town
about o'clock, went to a hotel and
registered as Francis p Mancinelli
Perth Amboy. N. j., left his suit case
and went out. few minutes later
the shooting occurred.
Drs. Beebe, Wagner and VeddeI
gave the injured man their attention
and he was taken to st. Marys Hos
pital, Amsterdam. His condition Is
serious. One bullet has been remov-
ed, but he is too weak to stand the
rem oval Of the other, which Is in the
lung. He was conscious and was able
to identify his assailant.
Mancinelli was taken to Fonda jail
and brought back yesterday, when
his case WAS mt over until Friday
1t is believed that the woman in
the case is the one in Syracuse whom
Rucci claimed was his sister
Rucci was able to talk after the
shooting and is said to have admit
ted the facts of the case, stating
that the woman was as much tC
blame as he and that she had follow
ed him from place to place.