Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-19

Z equipped for the rough work which IL
often became necessary for him to do.
He had more than q fighters body.
He had the mind Of student. In
the hundreds Of cases which he han
died He had use more frequently for
his trained, brain than for his ready
hands.
Joseph Petrosino was born in 1860
81 tho province Of Salerno, In Italy,
He came to the United States when
he was. a boy Of fifteen years and
started bis New York career by sell
4 ing newspapers at Broome street and
the Bowery. He was graduated as
IA newsboy and became an employee.
of the Gallo brothers, who then held a
city contract as scow trimmers.
Through this channel he drifted into
the street cleaning squad. In those
days the street cleaning was done I'M
der the Jurisdiction Of the police de-
partment and SO It came about that
the young Italian came under the
eagle eye ef Inspector Alexander vii
J Hams, the original Gear Of the Ten
derioinA and tile right arm Of Inspect
or Thomas Byrnes. Inspector VIII
4 lams lifted Petrosino out Of the street
cleaning squad and on Oct 8, 1888,
made him member Of the uniformed
police force. He served in uniform
until he became regular member Of
the central detective bureau. in 1895.
where he scored his most notable
h achievements.
81 It is difficult to select from the long
list Of cases Petrosino has handled
those best showing his methods and
s1nstanctng his success. The Brogno
murder, at Baxter and Leonard streets,
New York, in July, 1898. will perhaps
serve as good example. Natalo
Brogno was found, unconscious, suffer
ing from q stab wound In the back.
/ Over him stood Angelo Carboni, who
wasGin the act Of kicking Brogno when
the police arrived. It was learned that
Brogno, Carboni and man named
Ceramello had quarreled in saloon
on Leonard street a while before, but
sCarboni was apparently the murderer.
Indeed, the police, at his trial, testi-
fed that Brogno had identified him as
his assailant, and Carboni was con-
yicted and sentenced to death.
Petrosino was not satisfied, and this
= what he did, related in his own
words:
After the conviction-1 hadn't had much
to do with the easel happened to hear
Of boy and Waterman who had seen
the fight. Some friends told me these two
had admitted this Their story was that
Brogno had qnarreled first with Cera-
mello, who was Carboni's father-in-law,
but that Brogno first came to blows with
Carboni Brogno knocked Carboni down
Az Brogno bent forward from the force
of the blow Ceramello stole up behind
him and stabbed him in the back. Cera-
mello then ran away. Carboni didn't see
the stabbing. but got up as Brogno fell
and was kicking him when the police
came.
. couldn't get these witnesses to repeat
their story, so went to the district at
torney, who said I'd better go into the
ease thoroughly. So I started out to get
Ceramello. I got trace Of him in Jersey
city. but he got away ahead Of me. 1
followed him to Philadelphia. then to
1fillerton. In Delaware, every time just
too late Next heard he was in Mont
real, 30 to Canada went. In Montreal
J. heard Ceramello had gone to Nova
Scotia. missed MIN there, too, and fol-
lowed his trail back to New York. There
/ lost all trace of him.
Ono day. nearly q month after I first
went after Ceramello, was standing at
Elizabeth and Mott streets when saw
his cousin. He knew me, but he didn't
rec me. So trailed him up to Cortlandt
avenue. In the Bronx. saw the cousin
50 into q house. and watched outside
until o'clock in the morning; then
made up my mind that he had gone to
bed. and went to g. place near by and
slept until 5. Then got back on watcn
followed my man back downtown and
saw him buy a ticket for Baltimore. l
telephoned to headquarters I was going
out Of town and bought ticket for Bal
timore too.
was afraid would be recognized.
Then wore no mustache. and pulled
beard out OF my pocket and put 1t on.
You couldn't see my face at all after
that, and my best friends wouldn't know
me. In Baltimore my man went to Cor
ooran alley. Let me see, this was about |
O'Clock in the evening Oh, should have
said before that Geramello. had heard, !