New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-30
4 Minutes TO FIND
BOMB MAN GUILTY
Jury Acts Quickly in Case
of Sylvestro, Accused
by Informers.
JUDGE URGES A
40-YEAR PENALTY
Defendant, Dazed at Verdict,
Refuses to "Squeal" on East
Side Outrages.

The Jury In Judge Rosalsky's part OF
General Sessions took just four minutes
last night 10 put the stamp Of its belief
upon the hideous stories Of bomb out
RACES told by the witnesses against An
eelino Sylvestro. by returning a verdict
Of guilty. Judge Rosalsky was moved
tc comment upon the evidence.
He announced that as a result Of the
testimony Of Alfred Lehman, alias
"Schmitty"; Rocco Pucieli, alias
"Zump." and Anthony Sedaitis. alias
"Burky," he had conferred with AS
scnblyman Sufrin and that Monday
bill would be introduced making the
offence Of which Sylvestro was con-
victed punishable by forty years i'm
prisonment. The extreme penalty is
now seven years.
At the request OF Sylvestro's counsel
sentence was postponed until to-day.
Judge Rosalsky asked the defendant IL
he had anything to say 10 the District
Attorney.
Il amt got nothing TO say to the
District Attorney, your honor" ne
mtmbled
sylvestro was led away in daze.
II had seemed 10 him impossible that
his emphatic series Of denials could
have been so lightly discarded. When
he took the stand yesterday he said
that he had never spoken 10 any of the
three bomb shooters" who testified
against him. except lump" His ac-
quaintance with "Zump.' he said was
limited TO seeing him hanging about
saloon, at Houston and Elizabeth
streets, where Sylvestro delivered milk.
What clinched Sylvestro's guilt in the
minds of the jurors was a story
brought out Yesterday by Assistant
District Attorney Marley. partly by the
defendants own admissions and partly
by the testimony of detectives, Of an
attempt TO plant another bomb In East
10Sth street the day before he was
arrested
'Zump" had told Of trip made to a
Madison street bootblack TO whom
"Zump" said, "Give this fellow the
cigars" The bootblack thereupon
handed a package containing two
sticks OF dynamite to Sylvestro, who
was with "Zump." To satisfy busi-
ness grudge, "Zump" said, they took
the dynamite TO a grocery shop in
East 10Sth street with the intention of
blowing the shop off the map. They
forgot to take fuses with them, and
the lob" had TO be postponed.
The two sticks of dynamite, "Zump"
said, had been hidden by Sylvestro in
the stable in East 11th street where he
worked. Yesterday Detective Corrao
told of two unsuccessful attempts to
find the concealed dynamite Then, he
said, he got the defendant to call up
the office Of his employers. Sylvestro
told the man who answered the phone
10 put that stuff back where you
found it"
Then Corrao made third trip 70 the
stable with Sylvestro, and in the
manger where Sylvestro's horse was
munchng his breakfast the detective
found two sticks Of dynamite. They
had not been there when he searched
| before.
There was also an Illuminating Incl
dent when Colagero Emma. who is
said to have accompanied Sylvestro
upon his dynamiting trip 10 East lOSth
street was called by Mr.. Manley.
do you know this man." Mr.. Man
lev asked Sylvestro.
Emma evidently considered the ques-
ton addressed to him. and answered
promptly, Yes" Sylvestro's faltering
NO" came too late TO save the situa-
ton.