Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-01-21
VICTIMS LEFT GAGGED
AND HEADS BATTERED
Well Known Barber. His Wife and
Mother Law the Ones Horribly
Slain-Lone Canine PAGES In Blood
from One Corpse to the other-No
Direct Clue to Murdcrers.
lny Associated Press.J

NEW YORK, Jdh. %V'- i''P''
murder was revealed in an obscure
mai in the heart OF New iCrk's East
Side at Nos. 10 and IL Montgomery
street at dusk today.
Two. women and a man are the VIC
tins, and the manner OF death was
horrible.
Gagr d with silk handkerchiels and
their heads crushed with hiSnher
or an axe, they were left Elet ding ana
fully dressed on the noor win
whimperin bull terrier as companion
for the dead Robbery was the motive
or else il IL another case of the black
hand
Salvatore Scalrone. G well known
young Italian barber, his wife and
middle aged women, believed Ia nave
been Mrs. ScalpOne's mother, are INV
victims. His failure to appear at n .
shop today started an investigation
which resulted In the discovery III
the crime. Policemen. summoned ny
the janitor of the apartment. entered
tue iOck'u " WY W =" ~
Mans Body in kitchin.
In the kitchen, Scalpone's bSdy was
found IL was tied 10 the door. the
face battered beyond recognition ana
living in a great smear of blood. Near
his master stood the whining bull dog
covering and blood spattered- The
animal had paced aimlessly from bopy
to body. smiling one apd then the
other. staining the floors crimson Win
his footprints.
In the next room were the Iodies'
cf the women. gagged as was. the man,
the handkerchiefs similarly knotied
and the heads battered asst the same
instrument had been used on all three.
Bat no weapon, with which ''nch
wounds could have been inflicted, was
found in the fat.
Looks Like Robbery.
Inspection by the officers revealed
de confusion; drawers were dump
cd out. cupboards ransacked, mat
tresses rippen open and every cen
ceivable hiding place for money or
lvaluables pried open. In little DaH-
way the last traces of the murderer
/ or murdtrers were found There. con-
cealed Under potato lack, was
basin half filed with bloody water. \
blood stained vessel and pair OF
oyeralls, also blood-spat;eTed- They
had prsb badly been crimsoned as the
| SLAYER washed his hands before Sc
curelv locking the apartment ana
making his escape by the fire escape.
whoever took the three lives worked
quietly else next door neigbtors are
confused in. their statements II was
late last night that the crime was
committed for Scalpone worked as
usual at his shop until 10 O'Clock last
night.
First Clue to Murder.
loss oh Jingo. Scaipone's assistant
barber. alarmed at the failure Of IS
emrl lover 70 appear for work today.
gave the first clue TO the murder. he
called al the fat late this afternoon.
found il locked and summoned me
janitor. The two tried the door. but
with no avail Thsn the police were
called and BY the familiar FIRE escape
entrance stood aghast before the three
iifelsEs forms.
The police are OF the opinion that
m,re than one person took part In The
murder. for with the bull dog on
guard and three persons 10 cope with-
one man would have been haniiclp-
ped. Although ovidf noes showed thar
Stalpone's body had been dragged
from the dining room 10 the kitchen.
where IL was left There 3 direct
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