The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-19
WHOLE SAVINGS
 GO TO CON MAN
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(Continued from First Page) money of his won and in q moment of weakness Mattel assured him that he had s143.
 Coppa then suggested sweetly that he tic his own money up in the bundle which contained his and then he would be sure 1t was safe, being with his own Again Mattel tumhled. Cop pa produced a handkerchief, tied up In which was supposed to be the s5,- 900. Mattel united it and saw real money so all fears'were laid to rest and he tied up his own money with 1t. Then Coppa had q little curiosity 10 see the whole thing and make sure his money was all right. He took the bundle, looked it over and handed it, apparently the same bundle, back to Mattel
 The two then proceeded down George street to the corner of Meadow where Coppa asked Mattel to go and see the priest of his church and find out where the bishop lived. He said he would wait on the corner for him and away went Mattel. Over to St. Anthony's church on Washington ave- nue he took his way. He returned at the end of half an hour and found no one waiting for him. After spending an hour on the corner waiting for Coppa he became apprehensive and | hastened to his boarding place at 105 Lafayette street, where he lives with his brother in law, Joseph Lee. When he got home he told Lee of the case and the latter began to question him. He told him he was sure he had the money in the bundle which he was carefully hugging and his brother-in- law asked to see it at once, When he opened the handkerchief there was nothing it 1t but bunch of old news papers cut into the size of bills. His own cash had disappeared with the | fairy $5,000,
 They reported the case at once to the | defective bureau, and as a result C9ppa l was arrested as thc corner of Commerce l and Whiting streets Saturday afternoon l by Detective Ward and MCAvoy, Hc | l by Captain Dunn ne told the captain 1 that ne knew what they wanted hin 1 for. Without being told of what the ! case was he said that they wanted hin because a man had said he had stoler l his money but that man was liar and he was on honest man. Asked what he did he he said he did not work and had not since he had been here He said his wife was a midwife anC supported him,
 investigation at the house whert they were living at 45 Hill street showed that she had a large equipmen in the line of apparatus and supplies and five fine razors and several costly pipes were found in his possession an, brought to headquarters From signih
 cant questions asked by the wife, tn detectives began to suspect that tn, man is wanted in New Jersey and New
 York. They are convinced that he | the man wanted for working this gam'
 in Hartford Waterbury, Stamford am
 Danbury. It was learned that he ha
 been arrested in New York and Nev
 Jersey. The wife admitted having n'
 license here, but showed one for Nev
 Jersey.
 Coppa is held under bonds of S25o
 on a charge of theft Back of the thef
 the pathetic tale Is that Mattel has
 wife and seven children in Italy am
 he was saving during the entire eigh
 months he has been here to send ther
 money to take care of them during tn winter Work has been poor with hin and he has gone without the necessitie of life at times to make his saving more and these all went in thls on trick,