Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-09
TEN ARE HELD
AS KIDNAPERS
Police. Believe They Have
Caught a Gang. ,~, go,

New York, Dec. .9.-Nine- men and
one woman, all Of them Italians, are
under arrest as the result of the first
successful attempt on the part of the
New York police to recover n kidnapped
child. Other arrests are looked for,
and the detective bureau expects TO
get into the very heart of the kidnap-
ing industry through the opening
breach made in the hitherto impreg-
nable lines of the criminal element
that carried on the business of stealing
children fer ransom.
Giuseppe Longo, eight years old, who
was kidnapped In front of his nome IN
Brooklyn Nov. 70. was found by de
te,tives locked in a room Oh East Six
ty-third street. Michael Rlzzo, nine
years old, who WAS Kidnapped at the
same time from his parents home In
Brooklyn, has not been found.
Michael Rizzo, nine years old, who
was kidnapped at the same time from
his parents home in Brooklyn. has not
been found.
Thirteen Made Raid.
JUST. INV LIZ w lNfA y
where TO look for the boy is a part of
the story which was not told. Thir-
teen men from the Italian bureau
made the raid. Nicholas Rizzo, nine
years old, the brother of the kidnapped
Michael, was brought over from
Brooklyn and taken with the detec-
tives. They wanted him to identify
Giuseppe If they found him.
Nicholas was lifted up to the tran
som of q door. f'''''@ '' g
THAT'S him; that's Giuseppe" he
cried.
He was taken down, and the door
was forced. and Giuseppe was taken
out.
There was no one else in the room.
As the boy reached the street door he
pointed to an Italian standing in front
Of a grocery store on the ground floor.
Ono Is Identified.
''That's one of them" gasped Gu
seppe. "He used to bring me things
to eat"
The man was arrested and said he
was Stable BerVenza.
Nine other prisoners were gathered
in. One is q woman. They were all
taken to police headquarters, where a
charge of kidnapping was made against
them. The maximum penalty is TWEEN
ty-ive years.
Giuseppe Longo, who, with his littfe
friend, Michael Rizzo, disappeared
Nov. 10, rs the son OF Joseph Longo,
an Italian grocer, who Is considered In
the neighborhood to be well of finan-
eially. Before the boy was taken his
father received q letter demanding
$4,000. After Giuseppe had been
gone a week the father received an
other demand for $16,0 600. ..
Giuseppe said he was playing In the
street when a big man took him by
the hand and suggested that he,go-fo'
the moving pictures.
Told Him He Was In Chicago.
Don't be afraid, kid" lie says the
man told him. well GO horne pretty
quick" .a
That was in the early evening. They
travelled on trains, the boy says, until
he fell asleep. When he woke up he
was In the room where he was found.
The man told him that he was In Chi.
eago now. Giuseppe was too we'll
guarded to permit an escape. When
ever he was left alone the door was
locked. Sometimes two children Ave
or six years old, a boy and girl. came
to play with him. Other times he was
lonesome, he said. The boy he knew
as Yincenzo or Jimmy and the girl as
Vivvy.
He was fed by Beryenza. Mostly
his food was potatoes and cakes. He
did not appear to have suffered much
from his captivity, although he was
rather sallow.
The father of the boy, Joseph Lon
go. told the police That he had re
eeived another letter warning him tina.
If he did not send the $4,000 demand
! ed in earlier letters his sons fgeat
would be sent to him by express.