New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-24
.F|REBUC QUEEN TURNS
ON HER FORMER PALS
Torn by Jealousy Of Lover
Who ForSoOk Her in Jail,
She SuueaIs.
.BARES JERSEY ARSON PACT
Tells How Gang Set Fires by
Candle and Kerosene and
Used Her to DECKER
for Insurance.
for Insurance.

Hackensack. y. j. April 23.-Leona dc
Lucca. alias Amelia Levato. alias Amelia
Zocolla. alias Lena kando. wha at the
time ~ her arrest. six months ago. was
called the queen Of hrebugs." turned
states evidence to-day when called as a
witness in the trial Of Samuel Lupico and
Nicola Fulcinlta. alias Nicola Paresi. who
are charged with several incendiary fires
boa Lodi Kingsland and North Arlington.
jealousy caused the young woman 10
forsake IN, traditions of her race and
soueal When told that Fulginita had
another married woman for a sweetheart
when Leoua was in the Hackensack jail
she Missed II will get even with him
wait and see"
Amelia Levato as Prosecutor Wright
called her said sre was married in New
burg 20 Joseph Levato when she was hf-
teen years old. She is now nineteen years
old
TN. detectives insist tina; this young
woman was used by a gang Of organized
urebugs to collect the insurance policies
and arrange for the insurance because OF
her good look pleasing smile and her
ability 90 speak and write English.
"Fulgini,a often told me he burned W
houses in order Ia get the insurance
money" she said. In the Arlington fire
ne received $500 Insurance. but there was
uttle. If any. furniture i'm the house at the
time Of the fire I know all the rugs and
carp,ts were removed from the house the
night before the fire.
81 know that Fulginita set fire to the
Arlington house. for he told me how he did
il. lie also told me about the Lodi fire. the
house being In Division street FulginIta
had trouble with Iupico. and often threat
ened To squeai or him If he did not stop
annoying MIN.
"Fulginiia used TO tell me how easy 1t
was to set house on fire. lie said ne
always used kerosene oil and soaked the
floors and the stairs. Then he said n
used certain Size OF candle and arranged
il so that when the M" broke out In the
Lodi house he was safe In Newark or III
some other city. many miles away. Just
before the Arlington IRE Fulginita brought
five cans OF OH into the house.
j. Victor d'Aloia. of Newark. and p W.
Stagg. cx-Prosecutor counsel for the de-
testimony of the "frebug queen but
Judge Seufert denied the motion
Amelia Levata was arrested last Octo-
Der in Harrison. She was indicted and re-
Gently pleaded not guilty. William NJ.
Clerrens. arson expert Of New York. col
lected the evidence that ended In the capt
ure OF Luplco and Fulginita ON cross
Examination LAWYER d'AlOia asked the
Young woman: rs it not "A fact that YOU
have changed your story the last two
weeks because YOU expect 10 go free
t. which Amelia replied certainly"
Peter kuhr. an insurance broker, or
Lyndhurst. said policy was issued t.
Nicola Paresl. alias Fulginita. for $1,000
To run three years tina, about two weeks
thereafter. or on August 10. the house was
destroyed by lire. ON the morning fol-
lowing the fire Paresi called at his office
with list purporting To be the proof OF
loss which he wanted him 10 accept.
julius Diamond Of New York. pris-
oner in the Hackensack Jail, testified that
FulgInita had admitted several cases OF
arson To him In the Jail.
The case will so to the jury on Friday
morning.