New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-13
KIDNAPPING LEADS TO
FIVE NEW ARRESTS
FIynn's Men Descend on Tene-
ment. Surprising Suspects in
the Longo-Rizzo Case.
OTHER ARRESTS TO FOLLOW
Police Tips and a Deathbed
Statement Expected to Aid
in Roundup of Black
Hand Gang.

Under orders from Deputy Police Com
missioner Flynn, Italian detectives raj
ded a two-roe,n fat on the top floor Of
the tenement house at No. 53 First street
last night, and arrested five Italians sus-
pected of completely in the kidnapping
last month of Michael Rizzo and Gu
seppe Longo, the two eight-year- old
lads, one Of whom was rescued from his
abductors by the police, and the other
turned loose on the streets by the men
who stole him.
Shortly after the arrest of eight men
and two women a few days ago, the de-
tectiYes got new clews which led them to
believe there were still others in the
conspiracy. They went on the hunt
under Mr.. F1ynn's personal direction,
and recently got enough evidence to con-
vince them, they said, that the five taken
last night were mixed up in the affair.
The detectives entered the tenement
house quietly last night and made their
way to the top floor. They met no one,
and the suspects received no warning
until one of the officers knocked at the
door. 1T was opened almost immedi-
ately, and the FIVE wen Were revealed, sit
ting on chairs or SPRAYED on two beds
in one Of the rooms.
At police headquarters, where the
men were taken, they said they were
Buchiano Maddi, thirty-three years old !;
Felice Buccila, ti1irty-one years old;
Stefsno Cerayina, twenty Fran
cisco Allessi, eighteen, and Salvatore
Galata, forty-three years of age They
were locked up, all charged as suspicious
persons. Maddi and Buccila face the
additional charge Of carrying concealed
weapons. because the police said each
of them had revolver fully loaded.
Maddi. the first named prisoner, was
arrested at the time the government
sleuths, under Mr.. Flynn. who was then
in charge of the Secret Service for the
Southern District of New York, with
New York detectives rounded up Lupo,
the Wolf, and his fellow counterfeiters
Maddi was released after his arrest IN
$500 bail, and Is still awaiting trial.
Quick action viii be taken in the cases
of the ten prisoners first arrested in the
Rizzo-Longo case The Kings County
Grand Jury yesterday took the cases
into consideration. The two boys testi-
fed before the jurors. IS did several
other witnesses. District Attorney John
F. Clarke will take personal charge Of
the prosecution.
All Of the prisoners were arraigned in
the Fifth avenue police court before
MAGISTRATE Tighe yesterday morning. He
held each in S10,oo0 bail until to-mor-
row. Indictments will be found against
the crowd in the meantime.
The police Of Red Bank, n. J., pro-
fess to know the man who kidnapped
four-year- Mamie PetiUo from her
home in that town recently. They also
profess TO know the man who accom-
panied her 10 her home when she was
freed on Friday and the names of the
persons who held the child in New York
Arrests are expected soon.
On his deathbed yesterday in ST.
Mary's Hospital, Hoboken, Salvatore
lplilZZdEts Tie sdtSSI fiCt'tl VI
Hand sharpshooters, gave the name of a
man whom he had supposed was his best
friend as the one responsible for his
death. The man, Dominick Branda, Is
under arrest. Tollizzano was shot on
November 80 in the tenement house at
No. Ball Jackson street, Hoboken, for
refusing 10 give money 10 the Black