The evening world., 1912-04-09
At PRAYER,
ne KlELT GUARDED
/ BY FAITHFUL DOG
Bonano Stabbed to Death 6y
Men Whom Fierce Bull
Must Have Known.

must have known.
NEEDING sn "a ssttuds Of Draysr b.
$50 Ais bed ana guarded By Butts"
Nhis vicious but faithful buradog. ysan,
1880 DooAne. . Goesr q No. ~ Eft
ons Hundred and Ninth street, who
'Was murdered last night. was found
0aHy this morning In his room st the
wear Of his store. His rosary had faien
Oso HE Angsrs - he died.
Denano. who opened his store only Q
meath EGO. haA bssa stabbed 20 death
NTH such violence tha. the weapon
ussd 70 stilstto seven inches ions) was
Bent almost into . circle By the anal
oaewsI
That the man vas tone to death by
men. apparently two in number, whom
he knew we'll and who were on friendly
terms with "Butx." was evident. The
dog put up a fierce tight to keep the
police from his master when the crime
was discovered.
FINGER PRINT CLUES MAY
SOLVE MYSTERY.
This IL the second murder in Har.
TENS Little Italy within three weeks.
Tue scene 81 II 10 close by where Mrs.
PasQuarele ~spinnelii. the Hstty Green
Of the district. was shot to death at
~ end Of last month in sight Of her
daughter. The only witness Of las,
n!sht's crime was Butz. the bulldog; but
the police " finger print clues which
they hope will solve the mystery.
Shortly before midnight Patrolman
Merkle Of the East One Hundred and
Fourth street station was passing Bo-
nano's store n noticed that, CONTRARY
- custom. the place was fully lighted
up. Usually Bonano turned out his
iights at II o'clock and went to bed.
Merkle tried the door and found II
unfastened. lie opened 1t. suspecting
something was wrong. and was abou,
20 enter when Butz. Bonano's bulldog.
made for him with a savage growl.
Aierkle knew the character Of Bu,z and.
quickly jumping outside. closed the
door and raped on the pavement for
assistance. Policeman O'Connell re-
sponded.
With nishtstick IN one hand and re-.
volver In the other. the two policemen
entered the store together. The bul,.
dog dashed at them and they dove
him back with their nightsticks. As
they neared the rear room they saw
B6nano apparently kneelins In prayer,
and shouted to him.. Getting no re-
: eponse they kept UP their ngh, with
''Butz'' until they had forced the dog
into a corner and rolling him over
with a sack mansgsd to snap his
chain on. Y
! DEAD ONLY FEW krNurEs BE.
\ FORE DISCOVERY.
DR.. Hubbs OF Harlem Hospital. who
responded to the ambulance call. found
THAT Boaano's body was still warm.
lie thought he could have been dead
4 only a matter OF minutes. In the mans
back, chest. neck. stomach and Kidneys
<~rere a number of deep stab wounds.
i beneath the bed. where apparently 1t
A rad been flung after 1t had served It's
y purpose. lay Il s~tlletto. the seven-lnch
blade OF which was doubled back onto
the hll:. 1t was still wet with stains.
The police reused up / eter Medico.
his wife and three children who lived at
tive rear OF Boaano's room. Not one OF
. them had heard an unusual sound
=, Whether when Bonano found that he
was MORALLY wounded he staggered
quietly to his knees at the side 0, his
/ bed II tried TO prepare himself for
= death, or his murderers made him pray
before they killed him. the police coull
a not decide. The absence OF disorder
showed that there had been no fight.
That robbery was not the obJec, ~
the slayers was evident. Bonano's golI
watch and chain were left in his pocket,
his ring on his finger. his change. sl.G0,
In his pocketbook and SO in the cashboy.
Nor was there any sign that anything
In the room had been ransacked.