The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-19
SILVER OAGGERS
CLUES IN JERSEY
MURDER MYSTERY
Englewood Authorities Spread
Net for SIayers of Supposed
Rich Business Man.
FRANCISCO MANNO, OF
ASTORIA, VICTIM, PERHAPS
Nine Bullets in Body-Crime
Done by Robbers or Black
Hand, Say Police.
Especial to the Evening star.

Especial to the Evening Star
ENGEGEWOOD, Feb e-Lieutenant
Petrosini's staff of New York detectives
and the local detectives are trying to
identity the finely dressed man who
was found murdered in the woods Just
outside of this place yesterday, with
nine shots in his head and body. From
p letter In the mans pockets 1t ie
thought that the victim was Francisco
Manno, of Astoria, L. l. Two silver
handled daggers found near the body
were taken by the police as clues to the
mystery
New York detectives are in Astoria
today trying to definitely determine
who the man was and what motive his
slayer had. The Englewood police are
today working on two theories, one that
the man was lured to the woods under
the pretext that he was to close a real
estate deal there and robbed of large
sum of money. and the other that he
was a victim of the Black Hand
It Is thought that the shooting took
place on Monday between and 4:s0
o'clock In the afternoon. AT that time
shots were heard by some men at work
on residence about 100 Yards away
-Four men were seen to emerge from
the woods soon after the shooting and
the police have obtained a meagre de-
scription of the men.
Today's developments incline the no.
lice to the opinion that robbery was
the motive for the crime, but who the
men We're or where they came from is
a mystery. A translation of d letter
written in Italian found on the man
did not reveal any threats from the
Black Hand, but the investigation along
those lines has not been abandoned.
Several Assaiisnts.
The body was found in q wood near
the Country Club of Englewood By
Nicholas Carr, a mason. Fron, the ma :
ture of the shot wounds, Carr knew
that he had discovered case of muir
der. II was not long before Police Chief
Frank Titus, County Physician G. How
ard McFadden and Coroner William f.
Tracey were on the scene
The nine bullet wounds were in diff
ferent places and showed that probably
three or four men had made the attack.
Two bullets entered the victim S
heart, one entered his head just over
the right eye, one near the right ear
and one the flesh, over the heart, which
was pulled out by DIR. McFadden. This
was probably the bullet that passed
through the left hand, no doubt raised
as a shield
This man was presumably q busi-
ness man and he was undoub-
f<1lx
dered and robbed said Chief Titus,
today. ] found only S5 cents in his
clothes. His keys were on the ground
showing that some one had pulled
them out of his pocket after he was
dead. The murder was no doubt com
mtted on Monday" DIR. McFadden said
the man had been dead three of four
days. 1t must have been before the
his clothes were soaked. He had an
pocket"
Victim Described.
The dead man is about 40 years old,
; feet 8 inches tall, weighs about 200
pounds and has black mustache and
hair. He wore blue flannel drawers
a white balbriggan undershirt, clothes
from Browning King Company, black
shoes and stickfast rubbers. His
shirt was white, with red stripes
an eighth of an inch wide, and he
wore cloth cap and a heavy black
oyercoat. 1t is the general opinion that
the murder was committed in the day
time. About 100 feet from where the
body lay were found two long dag
gers with silver handles, with a dogs S
head on each. No stab wounds were
found on the body.
The dead mans fngernails were
manicured. The body is at Greenleafs
undertaking establishment.