New-York tribune., 1911-01-31
ABDUCTION IN TAXI FO|LED
Girls Cries Lead Chauffeur to
Summon Policemen.
FOUR SICILIhNS IN THE PLOT
Impetuous Lover Tells Court he
Tired of Constant Refusals
to Wed Him.

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prospective bride IN true Siciiian style yes
terdsy morning. His fleet steed naPP.
"a 10 tasicab. and the mountain ia't-
nesses Of Sciian romance turne" o"'
be the corner Of F1atbush and E'eh'n a,e
rues Brooklyn: but Natalie had Inc pdnu''
] instinct. anyway ~
| pa,rolman Francis J. Farrell and De
,oc,ive 1ohn J. Dowling. OF Brooklyn. were
standing near Mayor Gaynors mousse
,eraav morning at rs o'clock when the.r
attention WAS attracted by a taXicao chaul-
t.ur annarentlv cranking up ms machl"o'
ue had the hood back and noting at ias'
tina, be was making signs to theh ''o
natro,man and the detective went 10 MN
"Nhat's the matter" asked po""n-'
"Dunno." said the chauffeur VINO iuIn'"
OH, ~ he Joe" Buckman. Of No -'o r'"',
1874 street. driving car for the bou,e'' '''"
1axiceb ,omrany. of No $50 Second aNc-
nue.. - .rore,s
"Dunro." he said again. hut t'''e
something oueer going on inside.
4 man on the front seat Sainu'' ''
by name agreed 10 this.
The detective and the patrolman lookef
through the windows Of the taxi, ana III
side were cour Italians. dressed III tne"
hest clothes. and a young girl VINO ~
dontlv had been crying one % The Ita'-
tang was holding ner. for she was S''"S'
glirg. but Dowlng and Farreh SOON p"' "
sion 10 that. ana the whole party "'"'
around 10 tive Bergen street police S'd''o'''
There tho girl gave her name as Nnlo"'"a "
SongateIlo, seventeen years old' o' No %
| Monroe street. Manhattan. ana tne nv wv
described themselves as salvatore iiS
zerione. twenty-five years old, oI 40 -
Hamilton street. Natalie Tizzeriohe' '"e"-
ty-one years old, Of No. - Marker suett'
IId.igi Garentore, twenty-three wears o'"'
or No s0 Hamilton street. and Joseph FIN
noto. twenty-four years old. OF NO = hd'''
uton etreet Part Of tie story came o"t
., tho nolice station. but all of IT was
oir.o ., the Butler street police court be-
toro MAGISTRATE VOORHEES,. The Italians
needed an Interpreter to tell their story
Ruckman said that he received can
for & a m for No % Monroe street ana
as precaution he took Lyons, agent oi
the taxicsb company. with him. the can
drove down into the italian quarter anu
waited outside 80. 80. which Is hathouSe'
After some time two young Italians came
ont Of the house and sat in the can. Al
715 o'clock they told Buckman 10 crank UP
the machine. and here is whore Antonihd
Songatello's story comes in.
| The girl SAYS that she had had her
breakfast and was going downstairs with
her friend. Mary Garvone. on their way to
work in q shirtwaist factory, in Wooster
street As she reached the door two men
pounced on her from the hall, stuffed
| 1,
into the taxicab Two other men jumped
in and the cab dashed away with orders 10
| go 70 the corner Of seth street and Eigh-
teenth avenue. in the lome"ood part OF
! Brooklyn.
| TaXicabs in Monroe street between Mar
ket and Oliver are q bit rare. and there
! was nuite a crowd when this one went
away. on the way over the bridge Buck
| man and Lyons heard the girl crying, ana
| as she kept it mp they stopped the machine
near Mayor Gaynor's house and waited for
policeman. while Buckmsn tnkered with
the motor "iust for bluff" he said.
Natalie said IN court that he had decided
I that Antonina was the girl for him and
/ that he had asked her on three successive
/ Sunday evenings to marry him she re-
| fused each time and, Natalie says his pa
/ tlenCo gave out CODlplPl'ly Hulbd@ HlN"'
and he decided 10 take the matter into his
| hands and marry her anyway.
/ The other men denied the abduction
charge saying they thought Antonina was
willing TO go Magistrate VOORHEES, did not
| think so after hearing Antonina's story
and hold the men in $500 bail each FOR eX-
animation on Thursday ncXt
Antonina will 90 back to tie shirtwaist
| factory She SAYS she does not love Natalie.
There was great excitement in the Songa-
telo family yesterday. TomasSo. the
| father, has been over here two years aud
is the assistant janitor in the Oak street
! school. Alfredo. The son. was the one n
whom Mary Garvone ran when AntonIna
was yankcd away from her side. Alfredo
lost no time in getting To tho Madison
! street police station, ana the detective bu-
reau here was working on the case wnen
the Bergen street station reported tho ap-
pearance Of Antonins. the Heroine Of tho
| TaXicab.