New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-02
LICENSE CLERK HELD
ETTORTION THE CHARGE.
CorigGn's Right Hand Man Af-
rested After TeStifying.

One of the features Of the investigation OF the
incense bureau which is being conducted IN tie
x,vo-,s oA5ce. IN the city Hall the arrest yes
terday Of Gae;ano c'Amato, deputy CHIEF oleIA u
the bureau. He had been on the witness sta-'1 San,
s-su-area MANY questions asked by MI Ml'chel'
tie Commissioner Of Accounts. wno with Co-'-'
siouer Csallsher. is making the inVesusato11-
T1-a,,sfo left the witness stand when lhe Oo
missioner dismissed him. but had barely lett me
hufldiug when he arrested Dy Oe'ee'I'@
sns FYtzeimraons fr the District AI'oiiVS =
&C. on a warrant issued by Magistrate CorTlsan
- .s,-e- y-ss taken 10 the To-nbs court ana
80 81 8, ooa hail for examination on Monday on
charge Of extortion ....-, tho
T.Aros,o Is accused by Michael de Cristoforo' me
owner OF / moving picture show, OF having $50
from him the sum Of $50 for restoring nc :.
that had been recently revoked AceO'ue
.4s,a,t-- made by Cristoforo. he had seNeIal Gun
ferences with d Amato in January loi0s t :
revoking q his license. because II was -,.
no was violating the building laws Crls1o1otO a.,
b. WIS Informed BY d Anato that he coulo set " y
- ,,.-so for x15o A meeting place for the Trans
$50, WIS arranged and according 10 OT.s'olo y,
s71s Of the alnourat demanded was PAID III - -.
Park 70 d'Amato in the presence u
friend. Luigi Mariana - -. tho
asrar u-Arnato was excused as witness a. -
.g,ss.,ion Yesterday Cristoforo. who lives al no
Eke East 14th street was called lie SAID nc ioN @
moving picture show at No 80 Avenue ~ N
,feAd that when he wanted q license 10 CoilC1O' 10
-fef show he went 10 A-Ie A~-~0--0
-ssr socorararied b. Luigi Bagnosco' Il4e.i
r., ree,,la- fee for a license OF this KIND Is s-''
h., after Bagnosco who went inside the bureau
alone returned 70 CrisJoforo he infornleu 'iie i
Ter that the license would cost $50
u rav- Flagnosco $50" said CT1stoforo' as ie
,s .rs+ amount was necessary q deposit 7" men
7 returned FOR the license spoke 10 DArnato anu
-ois him I had brought the SIS 10 make up ,lLe
amount D'Anato said he had received Only SS''
and not $50. and I told him would get the oA4a0
-a--F
,.,.- md gave him the money. He handed me back
s.. ard told ne 70 give it the cashier, and got
the license
when arrived at my place found that the
moving picture machine was broken ana CON-
blamed 10 the police I bought new rnach-Ie'
and two OF three days later an inspector came
in and said I had violated the law because l had
not registered the number Of the new nacEIilie
He was from the twenty-frst floor Of NO. Il ram
Pow He made the complaint and told me 10
nrirg my license to M Brown. did so, and Mr..
Brown told me that my name would be no good
on the license If paid 700 Nj Brown took the
license and put * IL his pocket
I was then ordered TO go 10 D'Amato' because
friends told me he would fix the matter D Annato
told me that $50 would fix It with MY Brown
When ] said I could not raise the money MI
I'Au7ato said be would take $3.50 went to Brown 5
Office with ny partners. and there brown ana
=. A-,a+o had q talk ! didn't understand, after
which D. uato told me not TO change my Inachlile
without making report
Near the City Hall fountain later told D ATnato
had only $40 and he told me 10 come 20 his
Office and get the license / gave MIN the HlOiIeS
and he gave the license
f~ris-osoro was asked what reason D Amato gave
for asking for the $50 and the witness Tepheo lie
had said that he had arrange 1t with bTo"h-
T,,ip5 F-ontana Of No. 10 Thompson street one OF
r--is-oro-o-s mariners testified that he gave one
third OF the Sic TO buy the license back and sa"
C-istoforo hand some money 10 D ATna1o- olHei9 9
FArrara who worked for Cristoforo. also 'estiIeu
n having seen the money passed TO u Ahato'
Te-Ar7sto in his testimony said he controlied 'le
issuing of all small licenses, including those fo1
pushcarts and bowling alleys. without haVlAs 70
consult NJ Corrigan- When MI NoIIISai va"
away for two or three days d Amato SAID he WAS
IN f1,ll charge of the bureau he SAID Hceii'eS "
,,,ad ONLY - Americans but that he never asked
Co. an arpIfcant's citizenship papers except witch
the man did not speak English
VIZ, shown an index card and letter from
.be re Depar1rnent dated two months later and
asked why a certain license had been issued TWO
,.ts before the Fire Department had certified
-bs7 rba fire conditions had been compiled Win
he was unable explain
0-Aroato said ne sure that all fees re-
ceived by him had been turned into the city. The
witness was then confronted with several STUBS
.r6 told that those fees had not been turned into
The CITY. and was asked to explain why Although
the cashier said that he had not received the
money and neither the bank balances nor the
cash books showed it D'Amato insisted that the
money must have been paid
Salvatore Latone, Of No. 226 Sullivan street,
who was graduated recently from the occupation
Of q pushcart pedler 10 that Of undertaken.
testified that in October Of last year he applied
for license. and told by D'Araato that be
cause Of q new law he could not have one Latone
said he told D'AmaJo that he was citizen and
was entitled TO one payment OF the regular
fee 'D'Amato then told me-" said Latone, that
l could have payment Of SIS. but that il
would under the name OF some else He
gave ne license bearing the name of MC-some-
thing ! can't recall il. but know il an
irish name"
A number % other witnesses called who
testified that they had had the prices Of their
licenses raised each year, until a 81 pushcart
license had been boosted up 10 $40.
Before the hearing Of the afternoon adjourned
C-is1ofOro recalled and asked II he had seen
DAmaro since Mr. MitChels inspectors had called
on him He replied that he had not but that a
young him a messenger from
DAmato and asked him IL he could forget what