The evening world., 1911-01-31
LIFE Of MYSTERY
LED BY GIRL HELD
ASD0CTOR'SSLAyER
Madeline Bacigalupa Refuses
to Disclose Facts That
Puzzle Police.
SPURNED COMMON FOLK
Aged Mother, Dazed by Arrest,
Says She Never Knew How
Her Daughter Lived.
SPURNED COMMON FOLK

Absolutely refusing TO say a word.
Madeline Bnclgalupo was ~self-possess ed
In her cell in the Tombs to-day. The
policy OF silence she adopted from the
moment she was arrested Yesterday Of
;crnoon. after the unexplained killing Of
Dr. Daniel A. Casella. while the two
we're alone in the omce In the rear Of the
dead mans drug store at No. 60 Cath
arine street. remained u~nbroken.
To an Evening World reporters re-
guest for an interview she sent out a
Aaconic refusal. IN the handwriting OF
aNperson of education. From the mo-
mdht she was placed in her cell she
reclaimed her s~elf-control. and though
she wept at times she gave Matron
O'Bfien no trouble. She cried a little
during last evening" said the Matron
to-day. but now she is quiet and we'll
hammered
Mother Dazed In Her Sorrow.
Al the girls home her almost totally
blind mother peered through strong
magnifying sp~ectacles as she sat near
a sacred candle burning on a bureau
near the window and rocked herself TO
and fro In grief. She didn't quite TN
derstand what had happened and no
one had the heart to tell her the Whole
truth. This morning n young man who
said he was her nephew stood guard
over the old woman. whose husband.
Seranno Bacigalupo. a former clerk and
Interpreter at the New York Post
ONCE, died two years ago. and for the
sake OF whose memory the sacred can
die was burning to-day.
~ Don't tell her. the young man
}~Nrleaded. she mustn't know that Made
8 Pine Is accused Of killing any one. i,
q would kill her"
The nephew. who refused to give Ms
rame. said that Madeline was practically
her mothers only support.
u W never heard of her having gone
n visit Or. Casella." the young man
b added. He was the family physician"
Al Did she ever talk about Dr. Casella
NJ In the house?' the reporter asked.
= no un'erstan' Aingaiish." spoke
up the old. half-blind mother. Further
questioning was useless.
Girls Life a Mystery.
When Madeline Bacigalupo was nues-
toned by the police and Coroner Fem
berg she said she worked at SIX waists
In a shop somewhere on Twenty-;hird
street. but refused TO give ITS exact To-
cation. To-day Coroner Fe!nberg said
he believed she did not work at all.
"Of course | must not prejudice the
case" said the Coroner, but I canno.
understand how a grri employed as n
scamstress, and earning from 81 to 80
a week could have such costly clothing
as this woman has. | am positive that
her statement that she worked on Twen-
ty-third street IS untrue because when
she was asked for the name and address
OF her employer she refused.
No one In the Italian quarter APP
parently knows anything about the
, ylrl. An Evening World reporter Wis
y tied cafes along oak. Oliver and Madl-
Nson streets, where the oilers ana oeaux
Ct the colony congrerate, and not a
PERSON could be found who had ever
ses the girl. Il guess she never liked
our company" one man In an oak
street place remarked.
Shooting Had No Witreoo.
Coroner Feirberg said that the quar-
rel alleged to nave taken place between
the girl and DIR. Casella did not occur
until some time after she had gone into
lie private Office with him. The con-
versat!on. as nearly as the Coroner
could ascertain. was entirely amicable
at first, and during It's course DIR, Cas-
ella called to one OF his CLERKS to bring
In a bottle OF very exquisite perfume,
This bottle. wrapped up. stood on the
desk, ready TO he taken away by Miss
Dacigalupo. when the shooting oc'
CURED.
The police Of tho Madison street sta
ION have been unable to lota'e tbs
g,rl's place % employment. The In
quest, according 70 Coroner Feinoerg
WA not take place for at least ~:
weeks.