The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-08

Htln IMAM WW0A htf - HaaDDEh IN NHlf
DerhS WITH . auilI o. NouaanS nsat.
Al the Park Slope and places like that
..-ried home from the once to Brooklyn
.B.r evening even earlier than they usually
..- N opera nights. nat 20 much because
-', Gioconda- was TO he sung a. the
Fraoklyn Academy Of Music. but for the
reason that Enrico CarusO was to make
fr-t public appearance since Brooklyn
Rsrk Handlers threatened TO blow him
Dol. rrs-= the tenor set himself hack
$1,000 and left the money under a factory
-,oop N Van Brunt street last Friday
night
I, b. understood that Brooklyn shook
out ih. npthballs even with more nervous
nc.s ran usual. for u any one was going
T. Throw a bomb AZ the tenor from the top
sar.ry folks wanted Ia he there 10 see m
Tr.r. vas sigh of relief when Car,Iso
cam. ~ the stage and sang his opening
In, N-~assinil AssMssinii" In the first act.
Inc that the English adaptsrs. Messrs.
Henry Hcrsee and T. r. Barker. translate
bl,e assa~sins' Base assa=-in-'-
Almost the next line oI the tenor IL.
'Sslviamo rinnocente.- the English text
frr which IL. We viii save the innocent
v.rtm' Then no made his hrst exit
quite unharmed. hut little did the Brook
lyn audience. which filed every Academy
seat and then spilled over half a dozen
deep realize all the police strategy and
stuff that had been necessary 90 get
signor Caruso safely from the Knicker-
becker Hotel. Manhattan. TO the stage
door of the Academy. BROOKLYN. FIns
bombed.
lone war correspondent from THE
SuN happened upon the Carnso escort
lined up In the Tmes Square subway
station shortly before 9 O'Clock last even
Ing. Those not wearing fur coats were
plain clothes men from HeadouArtsrs
and the others were members q the
Metropolitan Opera Company. All
'ocked in the iron fenced enclosure that
leads from the subway platform 20 the
knickerbocker grill
A moment before thus inUulrers who
had asked a, the hotel desk To see the
tenor for q moment were informed that
he was not in. No clerk directly accused
prospective visitors Of being Black Hand
brothers, but suspicious glances were
thrown askance, oven though Lieut..
Gloster head 81 thu Italian detective
squad. had punched last Friday night
Antonio Misiani and Antonio Clncotta.
the two Brooklynitss charged with being
implicated in the Black Hand threats sent
90 the singer FOR all the hotel desk knew
there might b. others
so the only thing to DO was to hock
with tbs fur coats forming mystaTiotsly
in the subway. right resting on the news
stand. and await the coming Of the artist
The Italian bodygusrd he'd no nance TO
give zap. All admitted being brother
artists. hut insisted that tn" divine tnor
hoped Tor next to no publicity.
Il was about s:Gole - clock when the
great Caruso swung through the revolv-
. which opens on another underground
-~oret passage running into the knicker-
i,'cker grill A Headquarters plain
clothes man dtrectty preceded him. Two
more whirls % she door brought forth
Lieut. Glos,er. now rctIng crPtain. and
Lieut.. Mundo. firsf Srfde. ~ the ltalieu
squad These lest too formed the third
DIVISION of the processiOn. The friends
ct Caruso IN the f,Ir coets swarmed all
around their hero and his plain clothes
guardians
Without an oral command the parade
started for the subway ttcke ONCE
\ friend M a seal collared coat was stuck
for the tickelA Signor CsrnsD twirled
q tght colored stick noncha lantly. Out all
the time ne waited Tor = local 10 come
-,Ith ms eyes shifted abont restlessly
The train got in az S:iOgO7 O'Clock y "
Sgnrr Iaruso entered car 29ol.
HAfllE nnu NMfInn Ct1NNFen ana kNhen
seat the plain clothes men and the fur
coated man standing in q semicircle be-
fore ham when tho tenor vas stabbed IA
20" derby The goose quill on the laege
.advs hs. with which the SfAbbing was
done. dlt not peletraie tho derby. hut
Sgn"T sr,Iso moved a bit to the left Just
~ = matter - pFecaution
Nothing happened after lelvinG the
LINES square station until the Grand
Central express station vas reached
We're q 'arge man wearing a gray uniform
gave the tenor a shove Perhaps this
men meant AL for the best. n he hadn't
shovel Tho tenor into the car inst a. the
f'"- was sliding shut only q hsf section
90 ttrIsn would have reached Brooklvu
AZ hn v7E blimp-i bv a Fat man hang
= '' a strap az the train was singing
-r'H Fourteenth street. but this also may
hrE" hai no SiRnhoaucs Fourteenth
s'r-a' Na- reached on time
l.' 'Hr-e detectives nd the many
'r'r1- ~ Co. riiSo on IgtIn ~ were panied
:" -". . Fourt ,~nth street five Itrisns
H'r iiv ~ ~" rsassrt "iFs~, hoard
80 g., ~ rlr2 cor ~ were hssy ,.l,,
... "d;- th"' ~ derdlv work might
'" OIL. otter accomplished Following
o.. '. o. VS. Pnoth"r a. rrvuy ' peck.
"' -y nd HasH ~ fy..ssi fuf no
M gIfIOa" The venpcng ot ~" other
go A. ore 'hs issdly crovbsr md -ledge
4 p minor 20 five got out - TIE Bow
log Green station. kowever, - thus fer
'." .arpr 49, -sfa
' nHr- tfsf the hOmb was n b~ pla rcd
4 0. ''r ..sr directly beneath the middle ~
~" Pat River evidently were unfounded
/ A. .,r Ito Borough Hall was reached
~ 90 further incident A. this paint
Nist tarI-p who had pressed himself
/ ~ b" fIr'Le-' corner of the car plat
1'' gh' fRaiH@' the gia - door worried
~ ~ 49, -plid hank ~ defenders IN
ir0'' ~ him and took the corner --at
i"ars-f riru
'H ,.u'rss men and friends waited
a. '." .s-' stop. Atlantic avenue until
a. .,t "'f and then they formed IN their
i's.' '.~ pp@itiSns around the Csls-
,'-'"1 a''l.' ana tramped Du' INTO
f... SO md the night In -olid fOrms-
'-' hey heat il for the stage door
90 'H4d"W~ In ~ Felix street spme
~ '.- friends attempting tn walk hack-
va. '"'uHd the tenor 10 cover the rear
~ wing latch him ~ the same time
.urid- he done
.' ""'0 .frs stage door Was reached
49, spirits seemed 20 revive
w vent - far a. to mount a car