The evening world., 1913-03-20
'N|uS|CA AND SONS
ARE ALL INDICTED
FOR BANK FRAUDS
They Tried to Borrow S375,ooo
Day Before Flight, but
Got Only s25,o
MOTHER IN THE PLOT.
Detective Burns Says She
Shipped Hair on Which
Swindles Were Based.
MOTHER IN THE PLOT.

The GRAND Jury this afternoon re-
turned indictments against tho four
male msmbers Of the Musica family con-
csrnsd In the Bank Of Manhattan Com
any frauds. The evidence showed that
on shs day before their flight the Mu-
ssoas attempted to borrow sS7b.ooo. This
coup failing. they accepted $4,000 on ZIG
cases Of worthless human hair and Ded |
a0lty.
vsm wAoMps were given to q woman
~ .sso d,nlns stMurica was frsauent-
Sselssr. whore he maiatss2tca kn'rker-
rssms. The Burns Detective Wlte OF
vnloh effected the capture OF xs
1nssicas. 10 now looking for the woman.
who vanished from the city almost CO.
suuidentaily with the fitting Of the
06aDicas.
Another angle Of the case developed
to-day when william J. Burns. head
AZ the detective agency which has had
eharss Of the case. told an Evening
world reporter that the efforts Of his
men would now b concentrated upon
an attempt to arrest Mrs. Musica. the
wife Of the aged and plausible Antonio
Musica. Mrs Musica 10 now in Ma
pies, and Il was from that port that
the fraudulent shipm:nts of hair we're
made.
GAYS ELDER MUsicA HvPNo.
rizgo THE DANkgRo.
"rhs woman 10 proosbay mixed up- in
the case" said Burns TO-DAY. ''and Ne
ahaii make . determined sfbost 70 ob-
tain evidence upon wtAch ~ may b
arrested. Tue oAss y one of the moa
remark abls wtt1la my experience. Au-
E0. the sSdsr. BY his personality ~
psars to have ossn abas 10 hypuotiss
bankers into isetang him have what he
wanted. TIE history oe ths oass mslkn
II unique IN criminal annnls. Thsrs b
no doubt ta,aA ehs snt1rs 6nnliy 90
operatsd IN ths swtn1ssA That 10 b
asy. while ola AnAsnso end Philip were
the a0tivs hsaAs oe ~ fz~nduisut
schemes ths dauGhtsrs were fs,1ly oog.
nisant OF what was Ootng on.
when Il Was arst discovered that
the hair goods vpon wfaOa tAs e3o0.00e
advAneed b. The Bank a Manhattan
was rAiss1 wsFs practically WORTHLESS.
having bssu ovssmsasursd. Mr.. Rush
moro Of counsel Tor the bank. sent for
Old Antonio and accused him Of trying
to psrpstrats . 0wtndiA
gLoEN AauoicA IN rEAAS WHEN
FlRoT ACCUSED.
'Ths OLD man broke down and cried
asA Gwors that 4 vas al Q mistake.
H blamed n upon . clerk named
gEssssG TAb young man. he said. had
m0oe . mistake In making out the
eGinG Of the goods. and suoh was
Aus1na's power over Horst that the
clssk actually admitted Il As . mat
ter Of fact Horst had cooked up the
wAeas thing at the instance Of young
Philip Ausica. who. although but
thaety ysars old. = one Of the most
sh1oful and dangerous bank swtndlers
] AAvo ever encountered.
me 0ueicas were not traced by q
peculiar TRUNK. which. by ths way. they
bowowsd from this same clerk Horat.
T1e1r eWest was due In the main to
1e6 constant communication with q
mon IN this city. Th1s man kept them
coos9autiy Informed by wire Of what the
NV York papers had 10 say about
tA1m. and II was by watching him ths,
NO men got their first clue.
'Pdllip Auacas jewelry swindles may
- much greater than the $1,000 men,
uonsd. understand that none Of the
seu6 was found with the party at New
og9nns. and there 10 no doubt tina,
ths woman to whom Philip WAS payin:
aktsntions has the diamonds right now
Young Auaca's method Of getting Jew
Slry waA stmpse. He set up . line o,
credit With some Of the most prominen,
houses In that line q business In New
York and then proceeded to buy Jew
elry. He made the first payments pune.
tihously. and ~ all these purchases tooh
place but q short time before his flight
the second payments were never made.
WHITMAN SENDS AFTER THE
CAPTURED MusicAs.
The Musicas are reported TO have sait
that they would night extradition, bu
this u declared At the District-Attor
ney's once to be ridiculous. Detectives
Flood and Lee OF Mr.. whitmsns star
LETT to-day for New Orleans to brini
back the family. Burns said that tn,
whole affair was In the hands Of thu
District-Attorney's once and that thu
New York Police Department had moth
ing whatsoever to do with II.
TIE ofhces Of the United States Hal
Company At No 81 Front street hav
been closed and all the employees dis
charged. They said that their saaarie
had all been paid. The capture OF IN,
xusicas was inevitable. according 4
Burns. Every steamer leaving thi
country for foreign shores was covere,
aud there was not chance for then
70 slip through the net.
Mike D0sOvan's wife Dead.
Mr. Cecilia Donovan. wife Of MIX,