The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-22

With Dominica Cesare of 624 East
 Main street picked out and positively
 identified by Dora Hermann as the
 man who pointed her out on the
 street, Saturday night, February 10, just before she was assaulted and
 slashed by Joseph Lagno. the man
 who turned States evidence in the
 criminal Superior court yesterday.
 prospects today look blacker than ever for the ten men who were arrested in the sudden and sensational raid that followed Lagno's testimony
 The State is rapidly collecting dam aging evidence against the accused, l and all face the prospect of long pris- 1 on terms when they are formally ar
 raigned before the Superior court.
 The arrest Of the ten accused white slavers" was made without warrant, under the Connecticut statute which | provides that arrests may be made on speedy information without the for ma ity of waiting for warrants. | The whole affair occurred within l twenty minutes time, and the accused men were rounded up so quickly that 1 they had no chance of getting word
 or warning to each other while the | raid was in progress.
 The denouement in the Superior | court which led to the raid was sud | den and sensational. Joseph Lagno. | known to have acted as the tool of a | for slashing Dora Hermann, sitting | her cheek from mouth to ear with | hooked carpet knife a punishment | for her defiance of the ''white slav- ers.''
 Under the guidance of his counsel. l Attorney Frederick B. Fallon. the ac- l cused man was giving his testimony in his own behalf. Suddenly he halted. 1T want to tell the truth,'' he declar- l ed. -I will tell all I know" He then began to make complete l a0 no ef0 1 1 a hurried conference of counsel fol- | lowed. Lagno's confession came as a | thunderbolt to Attorney FalIon, to 1 whom Lagno had a'ways protested his 1 innocence. Attorney Failon at once 1 arranged for a continuance to Friday | to arrange for a change of plea and then Lagno's statement was taken. | Knowing that word of what had l happened in the city court would spread about ''the tenderloin'' Ike l wiIdfire, Prosecuting Attornev Alexan- i der Delaney arranged a raiding party on the spur of the moment. Deputy Sheriffs J. w Vollmer, Antonio A b. riola, H. R. Ewood and Datect've Hall and Patrolmen Bray, Glennon and Barton, and Special Officer Chembelos at once star+e out with Lagno acting as their guide.
 Then followed a sensational and hur- ried raid around the ''tende~loin'', half a dozen different places being visited and Lagno pointing out in each man or men whom he accused of being
 
 which employed him as it's tool and assassin.
 The patrol wagon was pressed into the service of the raiding party and the prisoners were bundled into it. After this section of the city had been secured, the auto patrol rushed with the party to 624 East Main street, where dwelled Dominica Cesare, the alleged leader of the ''white slavers''
 The raiding party surrounded Ce- sare's home. Prosecuting Attorney Delaney entered through the back door whi'e Cesare was keeping the front door shut against his unwe1con7e visitors. Cesare was immediately searched for weapons and then bun died out into the patrol wagon with
 Those arrested. and the places at which they were found, was as fol- i'To Hoo,inico cesare, s24 East Main street.
 tanruzio Cavillio, Union Square.
 Frank and Ernest COzza, prcp~ie+ors of a rool room at Main street and South avenue
 Chiiino Gregorio. keeper of Spaghetti house in Water street. l
 James and Frank Matti. lower end Of State street.
 Alert Testo. Union Square.
 Gaetano ROnanDo, New York city
 James Arfcolo, South Main street.
 After they were taken to the county court house and locked up in the cell rooms there, bench warrants. which bring them immediately before the su- perior court, were issued for each. Last night they were removed to the county jail in North avenue, where they are kept in isolated cells today Nobody is al owed to talk with them
 After. the raid and arrests, Lagno. who a1Ro goes under the name of Guiserpi VinCi, was put under a more extended examination and gave a com PIete statement.
 While no definite understanding had Teen reached today. 1t is probable that Attorney FaIlon will enter a plea of guilty to some minor offense for his client when the latter comes to trial, 1 and the state will not press for severe 1 punishment, in view of Lagno's con- fessIon and valuabl tetimony in the other cases. No agreement to this 1 efect has been made between the | counsel for the defense and the states ! attorney but some leniency is gener l ally accorded a witness who turns l states evidence and confesses.
 After the arrested men were brought | to the county court house Dora Her. | mann. the victim of the gangs con- | she immediately identified Cesare as ] the one who pointed her out on the | street to Lagno on the night of Feb. l 10, just before Lagno entered her | apartment and slashed her.
 Others were identified by her as l members of group that threa tened | her in the Waterbury cafe one night | and warned her that she would be 1 sIashed for her interference with their | nefarious business.
 The Hermann woman had told her | story very frankly. before Lagno was called to the stand. She testified that ! she had induced a young woman nam ed Stella to leave an Italian procurer { named Tony Youngs and come with her to live. Threatened by the band i