The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-02
MARKED MONEY LEADS TO AR
REST of CAPToRs OF FRANK
LONGO.
STARVED AND BEATEN
LAD OF NINE YEARS. HELD FOR
RANSOM SINCE MAY IS,
TELLS OF HIS Ey
PERIESCE.

New York. July 1.--F'rank Longo,
| going on nine years Old" who was
stolen from his father and mother.
but carne back to them last night, in
telling of his experience today. said
that at times ne felt SO hopeless and
hungry in the dark rooms where his
captors held him that one day he
tried to kill himself with knife.
II wanted to die" he said. be
cause I waited In the dark room
since more than a. month ago for my
papa to come for me, and he did
not"
The family and neighborhood, in
ecstacy over little Franks home
coming, had not died down even late
this afternoon. although it was 10
o'clock the night before that the lit
tie lad, his pale face streal1ed with
tears had come YEARLY into the
bakery owned by his parents and was
wrapped in his mothers arms.
Kidnapped May IS.
The little boy was kidnapped May
13 last, as he WAS on his way from
school to his fathers bakery on
Bleecker street He said "a dark
man" spois to him "He said he was
my uncle said Frank today. land
he took me to q store and bought me
candy He said my papa was away
for the day. and l was to go with
him, and he gave me two cents, too.
Then we walked to a street and got
into street car. We went under a
big iron bridge and came TO a wooden
house. Then the man took me up
to the top OF the house IN rooms where
there was another man and a woman
and some children
Frank said that they did not give
him enough to eat and beat him.
Finally last might, he said, a man got
his cap and took him ont into street
and left him. Frank said he wan
dered about for a while and began to
cry. A passerby asked him what was
the matter and Frank told him every
thing and also where he lived
The man, according 10 the boy.
took him along the streets until he
saw the bakery store of his parents
and ran In. Then Frank said his
papa and mama picked him up.
Kdnappers Trapped.
Frank did not know II. OF course
but mama and papa and the Tot OF
men" had known for two hours that
to the bakery at any moment after s
O'Clock last night. At that hour
Franks father had paid $500 In mark
ed bills-s5, 900 ransom had been ask
ed for at frst--over the counter OF his
bakery to Frank Macafusso. thirty
eight years old, who runs q grocery at
all East Seventy sixth street
Some of the tot OF mem who were
in the bakery when Frank came home
were also present when the money was
passed. The men were detectives. They
did not dare grab Macalusso as he lef.
the shop with the money. for fear,
as some times happens. the boy would
be made away with IN revenge.
The night of the day Frank was
led away his father received letter
signed with the usual ''blackhand." In
which he was told that unless he paid
1000 ransom his boys body would
be sent home by parcel post" Half
a dozen letters came at intervals.
Ten Persons Arrested.
It was long after dawn today be-
fore the detectives had located the ad-
dress When they entered the fat they
found the woman. Frank says had
charge OF him. She is Mrs. Catherine
Aeoeno. With her were her children,
but her husband. vincenzo, was NOT at
home. He entered later and was ar
rested.
Minute by minute detectives came
into headquarters with more and more
prisoners until there were eight with
Aeceno and his wife in room of
Inspector Faurot's office.
Frank. meantime. was brought to
headquarters. They sat him on
desk. He identified Aeeeno and Mrs.
Aeceno and he picked cut Achillo
LaRosa as the man WHO had bought
him the candy. Macaiusso was among
the prisoners. In hts possession, the
detectives say. they found $11s OF the
marked 800 Franks father had paid
as ransom. Nine men and one woman
In all were arrested.
Magistrate McQuade held the ten
prisoners In $500 pail each on the
kidnapping charge this afternoon. The
prisoners We're locked up and will be
held for examination next Tuesday.