New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-18
EXPECT ARRESTS TODAY
FOR TRUNK MURDER
Detectives Say First Absolute
CIeWS to Connecticut Pond
Mystery viii Be Furnished.
POLICE STILL GUARD FLAT
Will Withdraw After Pictures
Are Made Of Rooms and
Exhibits Found
There.

Practically conclusive evidence that at
least two of the persons believed to have
been associated with the murder OF Car
incline Geracci, whose body was found
week ago in a mill pond near Georgetown,
Conn, are still In the city, cheered the
squad of detectives who worked the East
Side Italian districts yesterday. No In
formation was youchsafed on the subject
other than that the arrest OF these men.
which it is believed will be made to-day,
will furnish the police with their first
absolute clew since they began work on
the murder mystery, seven days ago.
The detectives who surrounded the
house at No. 315 East 10th street upon the
issuance of the general alarm Friday
were still on guard yesterday. Commis-
sioner Dougherty will have photographers
90 TO the house to-day to take pictures
Of all the rooms in the fat and the eE-
hibits which were found there As soon
as this work is completed the police
guard will be removed and the apart
ments turned over TO the owners Of the
house.
Until an analysis can be made OF the
material which was found on the sheets
and other articles that were wrappe.
about the body of the murdered woman
the police will not give the new poison
theory much attention. The dark stains
on the sheets, which correspond with
those found on the mattress IN the de-
serted Nat, might have been caused ~
nitrate OF silver. and the foudness of
Italian criminals FOR this kind of poison
strengthens the theory considerably. THE
blood stains. however. are good indica-
lions that the woman did not come 20 her
death by a poison, but was attacked as
she lay in bed.
While the present whereabouts OF tine
fifteen-year-old daughter Of Suc.ciaeo 70
main as much a mystery as ever, the cone
hrmation OF the report from Brauohylla
Conn, that she, together with lombard
and her father, arrived In that town the
day the trunk containing the wcmaus
body was shipped from this city puts an
lend TO the suspicion that she had been the
second victim Of the murderers. The room
for speculation offered by the discrep-
| d0ty DtkWtth Ait "1AbAN "a NttN 'tt''.-F..
victim and that of the trunk, as shown by
the express company records, is unat-
fected by the fact that the girl was not
the victim but the Connecticut story con-
siderably lessons the probability that
double murder was committed.
Information 70 the eff ect that lombard
was seen IN an East eth street butcher
shop three days ago caused the detectives
to redouble their Efforts yesterday TO set
a line on the persons kao1n to have been
associated with the killing OF the wom-
an. Whether the two persons toward
whose arrest the police are now bending
every energy are Lombardi and Suciclaao
IS a question which no one would answer
last night, but there is every indication
that one Of the Sicilians will soon be IN
the clutches Of the police,
The familiarity Of Norman c. Beers, ths
Danbury Prosecuting Attorney, with every
feature Of the Connecticut end OF the mys-
terry has made his offer Of assistance a
welcome one. He has been at work on
, the case ever since the crime was discoy-
cred. and has sources Of information re-
garding the habits and makeup OF the
Italian colony around Georgetown which
make him valuable addition 10 Commits
sioner Dougherty's forces.