The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-09
SEVEN KIDNAPpERS
CAUGHT IN RAIDS
Youthful Victim Recovered
by New York Police.
RANSOM OF $4,000 DEMANDED
Setting Record as First Case Where
Victim and CaptOrs Are Recovered
Without Payment OF Money, De-
tect1Ves Break Up Italian Gang
I'm n Sensational Raid.

New York. Dec. a-Giuseppe I,ongo,
eight years old. who was kidnapped from
in front OF his home, 1856 Twenty-ffrst
street. Brooklyn. November Is, was
found by detectives from the Italian
bureau to-day locked In a room at 80
East Sixty-third street Six men and
| one woman were arrested. Charged with
kidnapping the boy.
| So far as the memory OF the oldest
hands at headquarters reaches. there is
not another case on record OF a kid
mapped Italian child being recovered and
its kidnappers arrested. Generally, IL
the child is recovered at all, Il is be-
cause its parents have paid the money
demanded.
Michael Rizzo, six years old. who was
kidnapped at the same time from his pa
rents home. 725 Fifth avenue. Brooklyn.
has not been found, nor so far as the
police were willing TO tell to-day, do they
know of any connection between the two
cases
Thirteen detectives from the Italian
bureau and Nicholas Rizzo. nine years
Old, the brother of the kidnapped Michael,
went up TO Sixty-third street to-day. All
but three OF the detectives were posted
on roofs IN The neighpOrhood-
Boy Aids Detectives.
Detectives Carrao, Cavane. and Cas-
tano took Nicholas by the hand and
started through the neighborhood. At
every door they stopped and listened
Behind a door on the second floor they
heard a child crying. II ceased when
they knocked, and they went on UP. In
- - aa4g -
We're home. and back went the detectives
TO the second floor. The child was sob
bling again.
who's in there?' called Carrao softly.
The crying stopped. and It sounded as
though the child tried TO answer them,
bat his voice, either because OF prolonged
crying or naturally weak. did not pene-
trate through the door Nicholas was
then lifted up TO the transom. He began
to wiggle excitedly.
That's him: that is Giusepper' he
cried.
He was taken down. and with a shove
OF his shoulder Carrao forced the door
A boy scrambled into a corner and eyed
the intruders.
There was no one else in the room and
the detectives took the boy downstairs
As they reached the street door he
pointed 10 an Italian standing in front of
the grocery store on the ground floor.
Identifies HIS CaptOr.
That's one OF themr' gasped little
Giuseppe He used 70 bring me things
to eat and take care OF me all the time
The man was arrested, and said he was
Stabio Bervenza, Of SO East Sixty-third
street.
Salvatore GianlsOne was arrested by the
detectives after e. chase through the
house at ga East Sixty-third street. Five
others, one a woman, We're also taken as
being implicated in the case.
They are Sarvenie Mignano. $50 East
Forty-eighth street; his brother, Bene-
dette. OF IS East Sixty-third street: An
tonic CardaneIli. SS4 East Sixty-third
street; Giuseppe Frazoni, SS4 East Sixty
third street, and Antonetta Meniga, Of
the same address. They were all taken
to police headquarters where a charge of
kidnapping was made against all seven
Of them.
The maximum penalty is twenty-five
years. Giuseppe was sent TO the Gerry
Society for safe-keeping. The police did
not want any one 10 get at him and
tangie Up his story. The prisoners were
later sent 10 Brooklyn where they viii
be arraigned in the morning.