The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-14
/ Wifi OF THIRD DEGREE
pEuJSDS 4 FANCIFUL ULERK
or HIS Robbery. 80.
m E,plaln a shortage He Spun q Yarn OF
Four Armed n C%0yet0us Villains
detectives Tricked Him by spring.
Ing n confession That Nobody Made.

"A Gaatano Alessio finished his story
-ssterday morning he spread or his
hands and regarded Inspector McCaferty
9TH resent ment and injured innooinc e
uri,ten all over his face, The inspector
ra,nrned his gaze with 10 less earpestiess
a,d a Titles more penetration. The e.es
~ Alessio ~faltered and fell: ;,
II was so very simple as the young nip
.,,d Il, He was sitting in his little cage
here the stamps and postal cards arr
.o,d in the drug store Of Guarini q Candida
behind the cluttered Greek signs and
sIsyated pillars Of New Bowery. That
y aarly on Wednesday afternoon. In
LIED four men. one of whom ordered
INNS and postal cards and stamped
aryeIopes 10 the number of several hum
dred The clerk bent over his paper slip
% add up the total and when he glanced
~, the slim barrels Of four revolvers
wsre before him. He was told to make
no noise and to hand over all there was
in the drawer.
Alsssio obeyed. Cash to the amount
n .2s0 and stamp worth siss sid so-o@
the counter, At that moment Arturo
pigh,. errand boy about the store, came
aiming in, and Immediately he found
himself on the floor with the knee OF one
~ the intruders in his chest. Then at
word from the man who was pocketing
ths money and stamps Plight was released
and the four men strolled out Of the store
and up the street,
Alessio regained his vocal powers and
called for help. The boss had come
from the banking Offices adjoining. He
and the clerk went to the police for
redress,
and now what are you going to do?'
DO O think you'd know these crooks
~ YOU saw emp returned the inspector.
Ilessio was sure Of it. 30 three detectives
we're called and they were told TO take
Alessio to those places where his visitors
probably would be spending their gain.
Throu ghout the tour along the Bowery
and Chinatown yesterday morning Alessio
kept up a running fire of comments re-
garding the efficiency Of the police. II
Was always this way, he complained;
when there was any mischief afoat the
police we're away. Why had there been
no policeman at the corner when he had
called? That was what he wanted to
know. Bah! They were a useless lot, :,
Meanwhile one Of the detectives had
kllpDeu away. INC NO iVJohASN "a
party he passed a nod TO the others.
Just then they turned into a Bowery
Junk shop and walked to the back. De-
~tective Jimmy Kelly took Alessio by the
shoulders and wheeled him around facing
4 mirror.
Here. you'll said the detective. take
q look at that Teller and see if he amt
the burglar
Alessio swelled with indignation.
Chop it! Chop it's chorused Detectives
Beck and Finn. You might as we'll give
up your game. Pighi is pinched, and he
blew the whole yarn" added Kelly.
As a matter of fact Pighi was not in
custody, but the effect vas the same,
hlessio's debonair ann forsook himk
He wanted to know how much II would
take to fix il with the detectives. They
couldn't see his point Of view. and he went
back to Headquarters-this time u pris-
oner. He was frank enough about IL
then. He had simply made use Of a vivid
constructive imagination to explain the
absence Oft few hundred from his cash
Certain unpaid loans to friends
who had not paid up made it necessary
that he should have a little time.
He went to the Tombs court yesterday.
and Magistrate Steinert fixed bail at $1,000
to insure hi1 appearance again to-day