The evening world., 1909-03-27
MULTITUDE At
FUNERAL Of THE
SLAIN TEACHER
Women and Children Pray in
Street as Body of Anna
Mongano Passes By.
ALL LITTLE ITALY OUT.
Tremendous Demonstration in
Honor of the Young Woman
! Killed by Her Father.
ALL LITTLE ITALY OUT.

Headed BY band OF eighteen pieces
the funeral Of Anna Maugano, who was
shot and killed by her father. Philip, on
Wednesday, moved through Harlem s
r "1itte Italy" to-day. A special squad
OF twenty policemen and all the patrol
:, men on post in that part OF the city
literally had to fight way for the
cortege through the crowded streets.
Thousands of women and children wept
and prayed as the hearse. drawn by
four white horses passed slowly along,
: and men stood with bare, bowed heads
Miss Mangano was beautiful girl
with wide acquaintance. She was a
teacher in Public School No. lel in
East One Hundred and Second street,
and also had class in the Sunday
school Of ST. Cecalia's Church In East
One Hundred and Sixth street When
driven from home few months ago
BY her fathers insane prosecutions she
went to live at st. Cecilia's Industrial
Home. which is connected With the
church. She was reared In what is
/, now Little Italy.
Two hours before the time for the
funeral to-day the street In front OF the
tenement-house where the body lay vas
packed. Acting Capt. Morris. OF the
East One Hundred and Fourth street
station, with a squad OF reserves, had
to clear the block and establish what
amounted to fire lines at Third avenue
and Second avenue before the hearse
and carriages could draw up to the
curb,
There we're historical scenes about
the house when the coffin was carried
out and placed in the hearse. In
window OF tine Lacativa fiat on the
eighth floor, the mother OF the dead
girl fought with three strong men,
who had all they could do 10 keep her
from throwing herself to the pave.
ment The shrieks OF the mother
echoed back from the walls OF the big
tenements across the street. and all
the women who heard them wept in
sympathy.
Great Jam In the Street.
The funeral cortege moved down Sec.
ond avenue to st. Lucy's Church in
East One Hundred and Fourth street
near second avenue. where there was
another terrific Jam OF humanity. The
doors had been closed by orders OF Capt.
Morris an hour before the funeral cor
tege arrived. AT that time the edifice
was packed to the suffocaton point a
band OF 10 teachers from the school In
which Miss Mangano taught entered the
church under police escort.
Rev. Daniel Di Mono celebrated the
requiem mass. Thousands stood or
kne,t In the streets around the church,
the men muttering to each other, the
women weeping, and thousands Of chill.
dren, scarcely comprehending the mean.
ing OF all the unusual excitement
equrmed and twisted In an effort to
break through the police lines and
gather around an open carriage which
was heaped high with floral offerings
The crowds blocked the way OF the
hearse and carriages all the way to the
Ninety-ninth street ferry and the boat
which carried the cortege across the
river was packed TO the rails with
mourners who went to the Long Island
shore and walked part OF the way to
Calvary Cemetery as a mark of respect
10 the dead. The excitement attending
the funeral did not die away for hours
and a guard Of reserves was kept in
one Hundred and Ninth street. between
First and Second avenues, Until late in
the afternoon,
Mangano, the murderer, is In the
Tombs. Because Of the atrogious char
acter Of his crime it is probable that his
case will he hurried to trial