New-York tribune., 1910-06-22
FOR THE POLICE
italians Held as Witnesses in
Trunk Murder Are Discharged.
MORE CLEWS PROVE FUTILE
Mystery of Murder of Moses
Sacks, Committed on Friday,
AS Deep as Ever.

| The case which the police have been try
ing to build up about the trunk murder
mystery of which Moses Sacks was the
victim. collapsed utterly yesterday. Work
| on the mystery must now be started all
over again, as the two men, Pietro Carolh
! and FREDERICK Piedzurro. held since Satur-
day as suspicious persons. were discharged
| In the Essex Market court and later re-
| n1anded to the House of Detention, from
which they will be released to-day on put
ting up s10O bail each.
Headquarters men are now delving INTO
the affair to determine. first of ALL If they
can, where or at least in what neighbor-
hood, the crime was committed. Ihe
search for identification of the trunk. the
express wagon and jewels found on one OF
the men detained have all alike proved
fruitIess
Another trunk manufacturer has been
found who makes trunks similar to that
In which the body was found. He is sam
uel Rosenstroch, of No. 135 East Houston
street, and the detectives have. visited all
the dealers to whom he sells his wares
but so far without any result. These deal
ers are in the neighborhood of Elizabeth
Spring and James streets. the furthest up
town being Charles Aaronofsky. of East
case.
Carolli and Piedzurro were arraigned IN
the Essex Market court yesterday before
MAGISTRATE Hermann. Detective Van
Wagner told the magistrate that the po-
lice had not been able yet to complete
their Investigations, and asked that the two
men be held for 5forty-eight hours longer
as suspicious persons. George Medallie, the
Assistant District Attorney assigned to the
court, supported this request but Giuseppe
L. Maggie di Geracci, who appeared as
counsel for the two Italians, scontended
that they should be discharged, as there
was no charge against them The am
davits on which they were held, he de-
clared, were not worth the paper they
were written on. 49,.
Mr.. Medallie asked that the men be re-
manded to the Coroner, but their counsei
said there was nothing whatever on which
they could be remanded, and so Magistrate
Hermann discharged them.
AS they walked out of the courtroom De-
tectives Van Wagner and Cavonf took
Piedzurro into custody, while Detectives
Vigillio and Forbes took charge of Carolli-
The men were taken to Headquarters and
arraigned once more suspicious persons
and duly searched although they had been
in custody since Saturday. Then they were
taken by the side door to the street and
led down to the Coroner's office.
Coroner Holtzhauser was on his. dignity
when the detectives with their charges ar
rived, and took them into his private office.
slam11ling the door hard to prevent the
newspaper men from invading the sacred
precincts Assistant District Attorney
TurnbuII.. who is in charge of homicide
ND Car head of de-
tective homicide bureau, were closeted with
the Coroner. Counsel for the two men also
obtained admittance.
After a few minutes of deliberation the
lawyer for the two men came out, and call
ing AIessandro Carolli a brother OF Pietro,
told him to go to Mr.. Morello, in Prince
street. and ask him to come down and give
800 bail for the two.
'"They wanted toshold these two men. but
I insisted that they must either make a
charge OF let them go" explained Maggie
di Geracci. This Mr.. Morello is in bust
ness and owns property, and he will bail
these men out. He is no relative whatever
of Giuseppe Morello, one of the leaders OF
'Lupo the VOLTS gang. now serving a term
at Atlanta for counterfeiting.
Alessandro CarolIi was asked about the
rings which Piedzurro wore when first ar
rested HE have them rings for two year
and some month sure" said Alessandro.
my brother, too. have a ring a long time
back like this one 1 have: they are what
we call Italia ring. The stickpin. too.
Ptedzurro have for long time. don't know
where he buy him.
Mrs Moses Sacks, widow of the mur-
dered man, when the rings were shown to
her, said as did her sons, that they were
similar to rings which her husband had
carried in stock some time ago, but she
could not tell how long since he had dis
posed Of them.
Pietro Lombardi, the grocer, of No IT'S
Chrystie street, who was released on Mon
day from Police Headquarters, where he
had been held since Saturday a witness.
was at the Essex Market court yesterday
when Carolli and Piedzurro were arrested
Never never again. he said with uplifted
and protesting hands, will 1 buy the jew
elry from the man coming into my store
pay $50 to poor old man all right. but
no see him no more after that No, no,
never buy no more"
When asked how long he had known Ca
rolIi Lonlbardi said he had started in busi-
ness on March L, and Carolli came in with
in a week to sell him olive oil and other
goods for a wholesale house, and had comr
Wv hat