New-York tribune., 1910-12-02
THIRTEEN ARRESTS IN
COUNTERFH|NNG CASE
Bills Made by lupo Gang Found
in Cellar. Secret Service
Operative Says.
ITALIAN BUREAU ASSISTS
Raid Headed and Planned Dv
Taylor, Flynn's Successor in
Federal Service-Four
Men Released.

Nine men. said to belong to the
counterfeitins gang formerly headed by
Lnpo the Wolf. were arrested in their
homes last night by Secret Service men
and detectives from, the Police Depart
nent's Italian Bureau, and were de-
tanned for the federal authorities -Four
others gathered in were permitted TO go
home on their promise to appear this
morning as witnesses.
The coup was planned by Richard III.
TAYLOR, who succeeded Deputy Police
Commissioner Flynn as head of the Sec
re, Service IN this district with the cor
dis, co-cperation of Mr.. Flynn, who
caught eight members of the Lupo gang
last winter, and saw TO it that they were
duly shipped to the Atlanta federal
prison, where they are now serving SEN
fences which aggregate 80 years
In addition 10 counterfeiting, the Lupo
gang. headed by Lupo the Wolf, who got
= thirty-year term, and Giuseppe MOT
relic. now serving his twenty-fve-year
term. were said TO be concerned IN the
barrel murder and countless cases OF eS-
fcrtior hv Black Hand letters OF the
eight convicted, only one pleaded guilty.
Two other men, said TO be mempers
of the gang, who were arrested a' 'he
same time. Will be placed on trial on
Monday IN the Federal Court They are
Josenr B,Iscarini, alias Monte, and Lu-
ciano Maddi.
Still "Shoved the Queer.
Since the members Of the gang were
convicted, according TO Taylor. si'uoo III
counterfeit money in two and fNe ooiiai
bills, have been f1oated-
The counterfeit seemed Identical Win
that manufactured by the Lupo gang at
q farm near Highland, N Y
TayIor said last night that he did not
believe the gang had new plant. but
that they were using up the connterfelts
saved from the former raid STACKS OF
TWO and five dollar counterfelts were
found by the Secret Service agents in
cellar in the downtown Italian quarter
last night and taken to Police Head
quarters.
Taylor has been getting Information TO
round UP the gang for several weeks, aho
the arrests last night were the culrnlna-
lion. The men suspected of being lmpll-
Gated have been kept under observation
for DAYS past by Taylor and his agents,
Lieutenant Eachris. Detectives Mlcheni
and Cavone and dozen other men from
the city Italian Detective Bureau.
Ii was arranged that all arrests should
be made simultaneously. and the agents
and detectives trailed their men around
the city throughout yesterday until the
sTh
arrested his man. Most of them lived in
rhe neighborhood of chrystie street
At Police Headquarters they said they
were Nincenzo Torina. thirty-three years
old. q druggist, of No. 9 Prince street;
Salvatore Sahatino, -forty-four. q saloon
keeper. of No. 81 Chrystie street;
Michael Albanese, thirty-five, laborer,
Of No. Sc Chrystie street: -Fincenzo
D'Anronio, fhirty-seven, Of No. 137
Chrystie street: Francesca De Somma,
eighteen. and Modesto DE Somma.
fwenty-eight, brothers, and both BARRIERS
of Ne "a Chrystie street: Giorgio Cata-
MIA. alias MorrelIo, thirty three, of No.
132 Chrystie street; Rosario Tuso, forty
one. lahorer. Of No. 112 Chrystie street,
and Dominica Sspienza, twenty-nine, of
- -
protested he had just come from Bridge
port, Conn
Physician Indignant.
The mon arrested and then told TO
Rppear as witnesses to-day said they
were Joseph Grazzianno, shoemaker, No.
IS Last So street. Saba stino Quagente.
hhorer. No. -75 Chrystse street; Clio
Prince street. and Joseph Munna. ply
sicfan. of No. e1e East 13th street
Nunna was very indignant about his
arrest
Taylor would give but little informa-
ton about the arrests. but said that the
detained prisoners would be charged
with passing counterfeit money. The
rae Somnlas were arrested at No. Se
Chrystie street, and TAYLOR regarded
Modesto de Somma as one Of the most
important Of the prisoners
D'Antonio. according to Taylor. was a
California wine agent, and kept his
stocks in the rear of q cellar under a
saloon on Chrystie street between Hes
ter and Grand streets Taylor said he
found the counterfeit money there,
stacked in q fireplace TAYLOR described
D'Antonio as the principal agent in dis
tributing the counterfeit.
Torino, the druggist. was another dis
1Tjbutor. according to Taylor, who called
him the between" Albanese was
the guardian of the stuff. Taylor said
while the other prisoners pushed the
queer" that Is, got the counterfeits in
circulation. On D'Antonio and Sabatine
Taylor said. he found keys of the Chrys-
tie street cellar, in which the counterfeit
Was kept