Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-19
TRUE STORY OF
ITALIAN LOVE
ROCCO RUSSO PULLS OFF REAL
"R0ME0 stunt" HERE AND
STEALS DAUGHTER OF JOE
FiLLIt.
FATHER Is ENRAGED
Young Lovers Ei0pe After Midnight
Brother Pursues the Pair to Pre-
vent Wedding.

a tale of Italian love, though not
taking place beneath the silvery moon
is nevertheless interesting and was
a topic OF much discussion among the
Italian colony of the city yesterday.
The two lives particularly affected
lily this love story is Miss Mary Failla
the eldest daughter of Joe Failla, Il
we'll known fruit dealer who operates
a stand on West Barraque street, and
Rocco Russo one of the owners of
the Pine Bluff Fruit Company, at No.
BOG Main street Aside from these
two parties Joe Failla, father of the
bride, is angered to the numbering
point and some of his Italian friends
state that he is very much aroused
Failla could not be seen for a state
ment yesterday and his wife refused
to talk of the affair only saying that
she had one girf left.
According to Italian friends of the
Failla family, Rocco Russo has paid
many attentions to the pretty daught-
er of Faifla, who is very young wo-
man. Failla is said to have been op-
posed to- Russos attentions and at
one time refused to sanction : mar
riage OF: his daughter to the young
Italian business man. Mis- Failla
loves; Russo however ana their adj
miratiot1 is generally admitted. Evil
IDENTIFY coming to the conclusion that
they could not longer live apart,
Russo played the Rome act early
yesterday morning, according to
friends of the couple, and going to
the apartments of the Faillas, over
their fruit stand, at No. 116 West
Barraque street, coaxed the fair, young
lady out into the dark night via the
rear stairs and the pair of lovers
stole quietly away, catching the
southbound Cotton Belt train, No. !
at o'clock.
Friends of the couple yesterday
stated that they believed; Russo and
his bride had gone to the. first sta
ton south of here on the. Cotton Belt
They are said to have spent the rest
of the morning there. and passed
through here yesterday afternoon at
1 O'Clock en- route to Memphis. It is
reported that the. couple Will return
here shortly to make their home, or
as soon as the unwilling father Will
permit of the union between the two
Sam Failla, brother of the bride
could not be located in the city yes
terday and il is thought that he has
gone after his sister to prevent the
couple from being married, as it was
not believed that the clipping pan
were married yesterday morning raj
lowing their elopment from the city
The Failla family is one of the best
known Italian families in the city
FaAla has been in the city several
years but not until few months age
did he bring his two daughters and
two sons to this city from Italy.
An elopement of young Italian
couple is said to be a rather grave
offense against the religious laws OF
the Italian people. In fact, some To-
cal Italians class 1t almost with
divorce. Not only the fact that his
daughter eloped and is now probably
the bride of Russo against his Will
greatly angered Failla, according tt
his friends, but the reputation Of
Russo is other love affairs. Intimate
friends say that Failla knows love
making incident in which Russo
figured in Sunny Italy. 1t is fos this
reason, friends say, that Failla Is sc
indignant at the elOpement OF hls
daughter.