Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-19
BRICKS SOLD.
FOR HUMAN
HAIR BY
DEALER
MuSica Family, International
SWindIerS, Arrested in New
Orleans on Steamer.
HALF MILLION IN MONEY
CONCEALED ON PERSONS

NEW ORLEANS. March 1s.-Con-
Tossing TO swindles involving 100000
or more by which certain bankers OF
Atlanta are affected, Antonio Muslca
alias Fuscale, is held by police here, to-
gether with four sons and two daugh-
tiers. The family party was arrested
to-day, and more than $4,000 in cur
rency and checks was found in their
valises, their pockets end concealed in
the women's hats.
The father declared that he is a hair
importer with a business ests blishment
At So to SO Front street. New York.
Human hair" which he claimed to ex-
plot ON a gigantic scale, was the com
modify, on the basis of which the frauds
were alleged to have been committed
Besides mentioning bankers in At
lanta as his victims, Musica named
financial institutions. twenty in mum
Der, of New York, New Orleans, Lon
don and some German cities as having
contributed to his Ill -gotten fortune.
. Advices from New York state thai
Musica and his son, Philip, were in
dicted yesterday for a fraud of $16.7g3
on j. and W. Selignan. bankers Two
hundred cases of human hair" con
signed to foreign firms, confiscated on a
pier there, we're found to contain only
brick when opened. Musica owns hair
stores all over the world
The sons are Frank, George. Albert
and Philip, and the daughters, both
beautiful. are Louise and Grace, aged
10 and IS, respectively. Their arrest
was marked by dramatic incidents.
They were all asleep in their berths on
a steamer about to sail for Honduras
when detectives entered and aroused
them to place them under arrest. The
father and his four sons fought vi
ciously and came on only after battle
lasting several minutes
Attempt to Discard Money.
While the men were struggling the
two daughters attempted to throw into
the Mississippi river 100000 in cur
rency concealed in their large hats. but
the plan was detected just in time to
prevent them from doing 50.
As the prisoners were being taken 10
the police station, the father seized q
magazine revolver from the pocket Of
his son Philip and attempted to com
nit suicide. lie was prevented only
after another fierce struggle with the
detectives who had him in charge
More complete search of the parry
after it reached the police station re-
vealed the fact that they had in theft
possession currency amounting to
nearly $500, 900, all in large denomina
tions Aside from the currency, one Of
the daughters attempted to throw over
board from the steamer the detec-
tives found $4,000 in the pockets OF
Grace Musica and $4,000 in the stock
ings of her sister, Louisa The party
also had about 100000 in negotiable
securities.
Came From Mobile.
The party came to New Orleans
from Mobile, where. advices state. they
narrowly escaped arrest. Information
reached them there that detectives
were close upon their trail. Fearing to
go TO the rail- DAD station. there TO
purchase tickets they went by automo-
bile to Theodore. a small station on
the Louisville ana Nashville railroad.
on the way to New orleans. They had
only been away from the hotel wher,
they stopped a short time when Chief
Of Police CIenshaw arrived there i'm
search OF them Learning that they
had started for Theodore, Crenshaw
and the detectives started in pursuit,
arriving there shortly after the train
had departed for New Orleans.
No knowledge of the Musica family
or it's swindIing methods could be dis
covered among Atlanta bankers or
business men today. All of those APP
preached said that they had no deal
ings with the firm of that name, nor
of that nature of business