New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-10

whose manner was extremely nervous
bought a glass of beer. When he offered
the hill In payment Tape noticed the
stains and put it aside, not wanting to
put II with the other money in the regis
ter. When he heard OF the murder he
communicated with the police.
No Hope in Finger Prints.
When Detectives McKenna and Cas-
sassa saw him, he told them the Italian
had blood stains on his clothing and
scratches on his face and neck. 1t was
at first hoped that bloody finger prints
might be found on the bill, connecting
the man with those found in the bath
room of the fat.
Captain Faurot, head Of the finger print
bureau, reported yesterday that his men
had failed to get any serviceable speci-
mems of the fiend's bloody finger marks
in the bathroom. 1t was at first thought
there were some good samples on the
bathtub where the girl was slashed but
when the photographs were developed
they proved TO be only smudges.
Florence Molz the twelve-year- old girl
whose fabrications served TO confuse the
police during the first stages Of their
work, was taken before the Childrens
Court yesterday by an officer Of the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children. She was remanded into the
custody OF the society until Friday. Dur
ing the interval her mental and physical
condition will be thoroughly investigated
and recommendations for her further
disposition will be made TO the court,
based on these Investigations.
The funeral Of the murdered girl was
held at 10 o'clock yesterday morning at
the Church of Our Lady Of Victory,
where she was a member Of the choir.
So large were the crowds of friends and
morbidly curious that gathered about
her home and the church that Captain
Brennan. of the fremont police station,
took police to the scene TO keep them
back.
A requiem mass was said by Father
Kelly, assistant to the pastor of the
church. In his address he dwelt on the
dangers to little girls in the streets of
ing them to go out alone.
Children are not safe in the parks, the
streets or the nickelettes of this CITY," he
said. "Nickelettes are the source of the
worst iniquity. In spite of the warnings
of the priest the parents allow their
children 10 go there. Father Galligan in
his sermon last Sunday and the Sunday
before talked of the same thing and
warned the parents"
The mother of the murdered child cried
aloud when the priest said:
There was one mother who bore in
her arms a child who gave up His life
for humanity. God has asked little
Julia's mother to make the same sacri-
ace"
Police Reply to Criticisms.
There has been a good deal of bitter
criticism directed against the police since
the murder for the way the streets of
The Bronx are guarded. Captain Bren-
nan, of the fremont station, in which
precinct the murder took place, took up
the defence Of the policing of the section,
explaining particularly why Crotona
Park. which Father Galligan denounced
as den Of vice. was not better guarded
The park he said. is 154 acres in ex-
tent, and is guarded at night by two
patrolmen as a rule, although not al
ways, he explained, as he could not al
ways spare two men for that duty.
They are sometimes more needed in the
more populous districts. where fires and
the danger Of burglaries demand their
presence, he said. Claremont park,
eight acres in area, has one patrolman
The captain declared that he did not
believe Crotena Park and its particular
type of habitues could be held account
able for the murder. Complaints from
it were not worse than from other parks,
he said.
He would not allow himself to be quot
ed on the subject of the number Of pa
trolmen assigned to the fremont sta
ton, as compared with the number
needed in the precinct, which could not
be properly policed with less than 172
men, many now covering two or three
posts at once
The police said yesterday that they
were satisfied with their first formed
opinion that the extra shoes and cloth
ing in their possession, brought them by
child searchers, had nothing to do with
the case. The shoes were plainly worn
out shoes that had been thrown away
and the clothing had either been left by
some child or blown into the lot from a
clothesline.
None Of the objects was found close
10 the dead girls clothing. All children
reported missing during the last month
in The Bronx have been accounted for,
they said.
-