The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-05-01
A TANGLE OF ITALIAN CRIME
HIRED ASSASSIN IN SING SING
CONVICTED or PERJURY

After the Man Who Hired Him Had Got .
Long Term for It-Three Relatives or
Number Two Arrested fer Threatening
the Victim, VINO Goes About Guarded.
Bruno Cardea, now serving a five year
sentence in the Auburn prison for assault,
was convicted yesterday In General Ses'
sions Of perjury and Immediately sentenced
TO Sing Sing for fifteen years. He will
begin TO pay on the fifteen years when
he winds up the five year sentence, which
will be in about four years. And one Luigi
Favata, a Mulberry street photographer. is
resting easier, for he has had troublesome
times since Cardea and another man tried
TO kill him on December 30, 1908.
Cardea made quite a splurge in the Null
berry Bend Italian colony as a devil may
care fellow. One Of his friends was Pietro
Giannone. who had worked for Favata
in his shop at II Mulberry street, and then
opened one OF his own next door. Giannone
and Favata became business rivals, al
| though Favata didn't seem to think 30
much about II as Giannone.
One night Favata was walking through
Oliver street near Henry when two men
jumped on him. One Of them jabbed a
knife IL his back and then both ran. Cardea
was caught and tried for assault. He
was convicted on February s last year,
and Judge Foster sent him to prison for a
fat term OF Ave years,
Cardea had been in prison almost a year
when Joseph Russo, one Of the District
Attorneys Italian sleuths, heard that
| there was more behind the stabbing OF
Favata than had been brought out, Russo
went TO the Auburn prison and had a talk
with Cardea, who finally said that no had
been hired by Giannone to kill Favata.
In the first place, said Cardea, Giannone
was in love with Favata's wife and wanted
TO marry her. lie also wanted possession
OF Favata's business.
When Russo heard the story he came back
and a little investigation showed that
Giannone was behind the attempt 10 kill
Favata. Giannune was arrested n con-
victed Of attempted murder in the first
degree. He was sent away for not more
than twenty-four and not less than fourteen
wears. II was brought out at Giannones
| trial that he had gone 10 Mrs. Fayata and
tried 10 get her TO poison her husband.
MANY threats we're made against Cardea
after he testified against Giannone. He
was warned that when he got out OF prison
things would be made uncomfortable for
him. AtlastCardea, because Of tn threats
and other reasons. made an affidavit saying
that he had testified falsely, He was
promptly indicted for perjury and brought
down from Auburn 10 be tried.
The trial hagap al rly fhia week in Judge
! Rosalsky's court in General Sessions, and
il has been a lively INC Almost every
day an arrest for one reason or another
was made. Three Of Giannone's relatives
we're arrested for threatening Favata,
who became 40 worried that he appealed
to the police for protection, and since then
he has been guarded every day by police
men from the Elizabeth street station.
The charges against the three Giannones
have not been disposed Of yet by Magistrate
Finn.
Two court officers sat al Cardea's side
| constantly during the trial, but they we're
unable 10 keep him from getting up IN court
and making demonstrations against As
sistant District Attorney Hart and De-
| tective Russo. Several times the court
officers had to grab Oardea and hold him in a
chair.
Then Vincenzo Musso. an uncle Of Mrs.
Fayata, testified for Cardea. He said that
/ Mrs Favata had told him that Cardea
| was not the man who had stabbed her
| husband. Il wasn't hard for Mr.. Hart 70
twist Musso in his story, and Judge Rosalsky
ordered that Musso be arrested FOR per
Jury. He was held In the Tombs over night.
but when he was brought into court yes
terday morning he said that he had made
a mistake when he testified that Mrs. Favata
had told him the story about Cardea, Judge
Rosalsky discharged him.
II is the first time in a long while that
a man in prison has been convicted for
another offence. 1t Is not likely that Cardea
will get out inside Of nineteen years, That
is very pleasant for Photographer Favata,
who wandered around the Criminal Courts
Building yesterday afternoon looking hap
pier than he has for a couple Of years, But
he il not sure that all is we'll. for recently
he has been receiving Black Hand letters
telling him what would happen TO him If
he did not let up on Cardea.