New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-26
HERE IN SEARCH OF
BRIDGEPORT SLAYERS
DeteCtive Hears big Andrew"
and "HartfOrd Jimmy"
Came to New York.
LEARN OF MORE VICTIMS
Three other Women Lured to
Their Death in White
Slave" Plots, 1t Is
Said.
NV telegraph to The Tribune. J


bridgeport, Conn, Oct. 25.-Following In
,,rrnstion received late this afternoon by
,bs state detectives working on the case
81 the woman called Giovanina Caveoire,
murdered last Tuesday night on the Shell
g., turnpike. near Peck's Mill Bridge. by
no. Buonomo with four others TO keep
her from informing against him and his
companions in the white slave" traffic
De,ectiye Frank Vereln jumped on the
srst train he could get for New York 10
-,,r down a tip that big Andrew" Ca
,ori and Hartford Jimmy Lewis, the
.u,o men accused of the crime, who are
s,u at large, were in hiding with friends
in that city.
Eve have pretty definite information
,bst Big Andrew and Hartford Jimmy
have been seen in New York. said Verelli
toa Tribune reporter. Il also will make an
e1ort 10 find out just who the murdered
wornan is We are not sure on her Identity
vet We know, from papers found In her
trurE that she was herself nigh In the
White slave traffic. and also that she was
:, q position to give the anti-vice pc opIe
damaging evidence against her associates.
We believe she was killed 20 prevent her
aoirg this. We have learned that she has
supposed relatives in New York that she
was married twice and that she probably
came from Tripon. These are things mat
am going to New York TO clear up II
possible"
A ABSORPTION Of the two men has been
.snt broadcast to the police throughout
the country in circulars bearing theI
nbo.oTraphs. Caponi is described as good
looking. aged twenty-four. five feet ten
inches tall. one hundred and sixty poohus'
brown eyes and hair, sallow complexion
with the tip Of his right index hnger miss
ing. three faint scars on the right SIDE OF
his face and a large scar across the rlsnt
corner Of his mouth.
Both Desc DIS white SlaVers''
James Ricco, alias Hartford Jimmy
Lewis IL described in the circular az
tuentv-six years old, FIVE feet seven ana
a half inches tall one hundred ana sew
ort, Mounds In weight, eyes and mar
Ao-t brown and Of a dark complexion
po,b man are Italians, and are said IN
the information sent out about them 10
have a large acquaintance IN the enoei
v,or1d end IN be associated with a gang
ENGAGED IN the traffic Of white slaves IN
Chicago and the transportation thereoi
between cities East, with headquarters IN
Brooklyn, n. "
A woman was found in this city to-day
who II is thought by the police lie the
much wanted Rose White. Her name ap-
,osrs number Of times in the papers
found I'm the murdered woman's handbag
and trunk. and she is supposed TO nave
vritten the letter which brought Gio-
WANNA Caveoire to Bridgeport. The wom-
an found to-day lives at No So4 State
street, and said her name was hosie
Feneue. She denied that she knew
great deal about the affair, saying tha'
she was afraid 70 tell what she did know
II was positively ascertained, however,
that she was acquainted with some oil
the men accused IN the plot TO muroer
the dead woman and that she has re-
ceiyed mail under the name OF Rose
White.
Further Investigations into the history
o, the house at No. Al Water street, out
OF which the murdered woman was lured
10 death, have convinced the local police
that Il is one Of the worst oens IN the
underground system connecting great
cities In the country in the evil traffic OF
the underworld.
Hear About Two Other Victims
In addition to the disappearance from
here last winter OF Dora Herman. VINO
has never been heard OF since. II was
harmed that still two other women mao
been enticed there, later TO be taken
away, never to be heard Of again as iar
Ne the police can learn. One was named
Jane Smith, but the name Of the other
has not yet been wrung from the haoitues
q the district who are thought TO be
hllly oonversant with events In the house
Following out the discovery made by
The Tribune that last Sunday night there
vas a meeting OF Italians at the house
Of Francisco Pizzicherno, at No. l3O South
ivenus, the police to-day said they were
confident II was at this conference that
the plot was formed against the woman.
Ths alleged plan was simply TO slash her
face and end her career as an informer
by those well understood. telltale marks
but 20" Buonomo, who, II is alleged,
wAS 10 do the deed, got intoxicated and
lost his head, killing her instead Of merely