Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-24

I stspt until s. Then got back on watch,
| saw him buy ticket for Baltimore.
telephoned to headquarters I was going
| out Of town and bought q ticket for Bal
timore too.
I was afraid would be recognized.
Then I wore no mustache, and pulled
beard out Of my pocket ana put . cn.
| You couldn't see my face at all after
that, and my best friends wouldn't know
mo. In Baltimore my man went to Cor
I coran alley. Let me see, this was ABOUT
O'Clock in the evening Oh. should have
said before that Ceramello. had heard
| was going under the name OF Bioni. wen;
his cousin went into the house. ana l
| stayed outside, so as not to scare them.
The next day went out at o'clock to
get the chief Of police to send q man with
mo to arrest Ceramello. for / felt sure
he was there. But, no: it was too early
The chief said must Wait until the de-
| tectives came in.
SO went back to the house alone anu
| knocked at the door.
"Come I'M" some one said.
went in. There were three men ana
| woman on my left and a man leaning
over q stove on my right. He answered
tho description had Of Ceramello
Anybody sick here!'' I asked. "rm
from the health board. and hear you've
got smallpox"
Then turned to the man by the stove.
whats your nawer' ''Fioni." come
aere."
There was an Ak standing against the
wall. and as spoke I kicked It away
| with my foot Then I grabbed the man
! by the back Of the neck and took him
| downstairs. On the way to the police
| station he confessed to having killed
Brogno. I brought him back to New
York, and he was tried and sent to pris-
on for life. while Carboni was pardoned.
Four years later occurred the bar
rel MURDER" one Of the most important
cases of Petrosino's career. 1t did not
result In a conviction, but Petrosino
always believed he had the right man.
The body Of man with the head
nearly severed was found in 1902 In
barrel in tenement on East Eleventh
street, New York. There was nothing
to show his identity, and it looked at
the outset like an impossible case. But
Petrosino had a rather distinct recol-
lection of the face of the dead man,
and he couldn't. get rid Of the impress
sion that he had seen it somewhere.
Finally he fixed the time and place, re-
calling him as having attended a trial
Of counterfeiter. Giuseppe Diprimo,
in the federal court year or so be-
fore. So Petrosino went to- Sing Sing
to interview Diprimo.
As soon as he saw a photograph of
the dead man Diprtm0. exclaimed,
That's my brother" adding that he
had seen him at the prison recently.
tn
was arrested because he knew Dipri-
mo, because he lived in Buffalo and
because pair Of gloves found In the
barrel bore the name Of q Buffalo
store. Then the counterfeiter told the
detective that his brother had carried
"a watch which he recalled bore some
deep scratches ION the neck" There
the clews seemed to end.
Back to New York came Petrosino.
The pawnshops were raked over, and
Diprimo's watch was found, with it's
scratches ION the neck" More, it was
learned that Tomaso Petto; had pawn
ed the watch. Then Petto was rear
rested, and the pawn ticket for the:
watch was found In his possession.
But though Petto was held in prison
for eight months, the necessary cor
Iroborative evidence was lacking. The
police were morally sure Of their man,
but had to consent to his discharge.
It is interesting to note that among
the men arrested on suspicion in this
case were three who, it was learned
later, were wanted: in Italy, for muir
der. : s> - H.
As an example of Petrosinos watch
fitness when I'm pursuit Of criminal
the story Of PauIo Rondo, who shot
and killed his wife in Little Italy in
New York six years ago, may be cited.
Petrosino tracked the murderer, who
was shielded by his countrymen, to a
little village on the outskirts of Long;
Island City and located him in a house
on the ground floor of which was a
grocery store. All attempts to get at
the murderer proved unavailing. The
detective climbed a convenient tree
and, hidden by the foliage, kept a
watchful eye on the house. He spent
a most uncomfortable night, but was
rewarded at daylight by seeing a,
wagon drive up to the door. A large
bundle was carried from, the house,
by several men and carefully deposited
in the wagon.
Petrosino came down from the tree
and as the wagon started away
grabbed the tailboard and, selling the
bundle, dragged it to the ground. The
covering burst, and up sprang the MUIR
derer. A desperate fight ensued.. Cap
tor and captive rolled over and over
on the ground, the friends Of the muir
derer crowding around and cheering
the man they had sought to. conceal.
They were about to interfere when
Detective Sergeant Krauch, who had
also been watching, appeared with a.
revolver in each hand. Then the
crowd fell back, the subdued murderer
was nut into the wa on from which ho