The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-05
CARUSO BLACK HAND ARRESTS
TWO MEN HELD ron THREaT-
ENING THE TENOR.

Demands Ter sIS.Ooo Aecs@PaaIea SS .
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Oae Atteaps % Trap the Writrru
FaIls- strange Nan ASKS TOr Caruse.
Charged with beng suspicious persons
and suspected Of beinR implicated in
I sending threatening letters To Enrico
Sariso. the Metropolitan Opera Houss
tenor. Antonio Cincotta. ~ years old. a
saloon keeper az ~ Columbia street.
! Brooklyn. with saloon at IsS Columbia
street. and Antonio Misiani, n years old.
an importer Of wines and groceries az iiS
Columbia street were ARRESTED last night
AZ DegrA~ and Van Brint street Brook
Ign. and locked up ut police headquarters.
The arrests were made by Lieut.. GIosse
81 On. Italian bureau and four 81 his men.
who went to BROOKLYN to watch for the
men al half past o.
According to the letter received by
Carlso. the men had demanded that the
money. sIS.OOO. he put in an cnV~lope and
placed under the stoop Of q factory at
Van Brunt and Sackett streets At ~
O'Clock. One Of the detectives with a
messenger from CarlsO went TO the place
at twenty minutes before ~ with a large
envelope containing two dollars and
roll of paper which he put under the stOOp.
0loster and two Of the lieutsnants CON
oeabed themselves IN the factory while
the other two waited outside IN q shadow.
Misiani came along first. Re went AZ far
~ the corner Of Van Brunt street and
looked toward the packaGe. hut did not
stop. Then he went back To Union street.
Cincotta was waiting there with a third
man.
Finally Misiani came back. another man
accompanying him this time. They
stopped and Misiani was bending over
10 reach for the package when Cincotta
stole up and urged him 20 fee.
When Misiani started 90 run around the
corner hs made a motion TO throw away
a twelve gauge sawed on shotgun with q
barrel eightsan or twenty inches long.
Cincotta ran into q saloon. where Chester
and his men caught him.
Simonstti and Servant. the two de-
tectives who were on the outside. ran AFTER
Misiani. caught him just a. he dropped
the gun and was trying TO pun revolver
from his pocket
Both men arrested are known to the
police. Cincotta's saloon vas a resort Of
the LlbpO gang. The police say that Gin
Gotta has been twice Errusesd ON murder
charges and twice acquitted. and that
Misiani has been in trouble for a con-
fidencs game.
The arsa Of the lettsrs was rsoeived BY
Caulso On Thursday nspgning. II was
written in italian. and IN 10 ths singer wa
required % put els. oos IN balls IN his pockss,
{.
Hand him the money tho letter con
tinned. and you win not bs molssted-'
When Caruso received the Iester he tsa-
ephoned for the hotel manager. The
latter Immediately communicated vida
Inspector NcClusky. in whose territory
the Klickerbocksr 10. and he assigned
two detectives to work upon the
case Upon their instructions the singer
put a wad IN his coat pocket Of the shape
and size of SIS. 600 real money aud in the
afternoon he took shs air IN Forty second
strest with the Detectives IN his wake
Whether OF not the latter stuck too closely
to their charge the fact was tina. nothing
happened AZ least that afternoon.
Bat yesterday morning came a second
letter written in the same hand n the
first The writer spoke Of seeing Caniso
on the street the dav before followed by
two policemen and warned him not 20
try To fool him the writer again 4
mean business The letter continued F,
and u procssds-d To demonstrate u bv
saving that for that Caruso must nov
prOcesJ TO place ~ Brooklvn with nag
SIS OOo.
II yOu don't do a. I -ay the letter ,
went on the Black Hand will get you |
On the street VA vour room on the stage /
u the Metropolitan oi ANYWHERE voU
may 10
This -ecOnd letter made tue tenor hit
tue ceiling u was immediately turned
over 10 lnapec or Mctlu=ky. and he de-
cidlng that the AFFAIR Was really serious.
'elephOned 10 the detective bureau at
Police Headquarters and a-k~,i that two
Italian speaking detectives b- assigned
to the case
Some friends % the singer tried 10
him that the letter was the
work ~ . joke- nus CaruSn would not
have ~ that Way He absolutely refused.
howsver 20 20 to Brooklyn He alA1
hssitated about taking the SIS OBJ any
where. even " only 20 catch his foe or
FOES
Policeman Henry Hauck who looks
for things at the corner 81 the Kn,cksr-
booker. sad that yesterday about noon
he GsS approached by q tall swarthy
smooth faced man with long black hair.
who asked him whsre he could find Caruso
The man vas about 5 feet 3 inches in
hoiRht weiRhad about iSO nosfndn and
wore . brown derby and a brown over
coat, HaOok directed him around 20
the servants entrance in Forty first street.
but be soon came back much offended