Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-20
LAWS LIMIT GIVEN
Eight SiciIian Counterfeiters
Get Heavy Sentences.
THIRTY YEARS FOR LUP0
Convicted Men Weep. Faint and
Make Strange Pleas for Mercy
on Being Sentenced.

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NEW YORK. February 19-The eight
Sicilians. Ignacio Lupo. the Wolf:
Giuseppi Moreilo. Antonio Cecala. Nicola
Sylvestre, Vincenzo CYCLIC. Salvatore
Gina Giuseppe Gallichio and Giuseppe
Palermo. who have been on trial for
counterfeiting before Judge Ray in the
United States circuit court for nearly
four weeks. were found guilty late this
afternoon on all six counts In the in
dictment and sentenced to serve record
terms in the federal prison at Atlanta,
Ga. Lupo and Morello. who are re-
garded not only as the principal leaders
in Black Hand operations and in coun-
terfeiting in this country as well as the
most desperate criminals among the
Italians here. received sentences of
thirty and twenty-years, respectively.
These are the severest sentences ever
imposed for counterfeitinG- The maxi
mum penalty for each count Of the in
dictment is fifteen years and fine of
$4,000
Prisoners Weep and Faint.
The first OF the convicted men called
to the bar was Giuseppi Gallichio. Gal
lichio is an elderly man, and as he
stood before the court appeared indif-
ferent to the fate awaiting him, but as
soon as the sentence Of seventeen years
in prison and fine Of $500 was an
nounced he broke down and wept hyS-
terically and had to be assisted to the
strong room, where he could be heard
grooming and sobbing. The court was
especially severe on Gallichio because,
in addition to entering into the coun-
terfeiting enterprise. Judge Ray said
he added perjury when he testified in
the trial.
for sentence Gallichio's sobs had ap-
parently unnerved Morello. He rose
trembling from his seat and slid rather
than walked to the bar. When asked
il he had anything to say why sentence
should not be imposed upon him he
held forth his deformed right hand and
said that he had not only been de-
formed from birth. but that he had a
large family. If the court. he said.
would suspend sentence on him he
would return to Italy at once. AS the
convicted man made this singular plea
he cringed and his chin trembled VIC
lently, and he had every appearance of
man willing to promise anything to
get free. When the words pronouncinS
sentence Of twenty-five years fell from
Judge Rays lips MOrello appeared for
moment as though stunned, and then
doubled up in a heap and had to be
supported by two deputy marshals. As
he turned toward the strong room he
tainted and was carried out. A physi.
clan was called in to attend him.
Il Think, continued the court. that
you would permit perjury, and | think
that you would swear to anything and
glory in it." The boy took his sentence
fiippantly. as, indeed, he had conducted
himself throughout the trial.
When Lupo was summoned for sentence
everybody in the courtroom became in
tod fnlf tnf in of
the severe sentences imposed on the other
men his sentence must he still more
revere. Lupo walked boldly to the bar
in strong contrast to Morello's attitude.
He kept stiff upper lip until Mirabeau
l.. Towns, his counsel, began his strong
plea for mercy for him. AS the lawyer
described what a generous man and
honest merchant he had always been,
Lupo suddenly broke down and wept long
and bitterly When Judge Ray asked
him if he had anything to say. he said
he had always been honest. He admitted
he had been logged by the police for
years, but he professed not to know why.
They say that I am an assassin in
to go back to Italy and face my ac-
cusers,'' Lupo said earnestly.
Thirty Years for Lupo.
When Judge Ray finally pronounced
sentence-thirty years in the federal
prison at Atlanta-there was a hush in
the courtroom. Lupo took the sentence
in absolute silence, and walked unassisted
to the strongrOOm.
When the corridors had been cleared
the men were brought out and taken
down to the main entrance, where a large
crowd had congregated to see the prison
ers. Though the police tried to prevent
the crowd from following the procession
to the Tombs. they were indifferently
successful
At the corner of Worth and Center
street, just before the prisoners disap-
peared in the door of the Tombs, a small
group of their women relatives had gath
cred and there was wall Of lamentation.
but that was all.
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