Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-12
HOLDS ALLEGED I
WHITE SLAYER IN
BAIL OF $4,000
William CarrierO Accused OF
Holding Jennie Shanks by
Threat OF Death.

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! William Carriero, an alleged white
SLAYER, was held in $4,000 bail for the
grand jury by Judge Hahn in the
First Criminal Court today.
He is charged with having held
Miss Jennie aShanks, twenty-five
years old, of S16 Elm street, North
Arlington, as a white slave by
threatening her with death. When
she made an attempt to escape Sat-
urday night, he is alleged to have
assaulted her and attempted to shoot
her.
On the white slave charge he was
held in $4,000 bail. On the charge of
assault and battery, made by the
girls sister, Mrs. Helen Noonan, ~
North Canal street. he was held IN
| $500 and he was held in an addi-
| tional $500 on a charge of carrying
loaded revolver. A pearl-handled gun
was found in his pocket, according
to the police, and another revolver
was found on the floor after fight
in Mrs. Noonan's home Saturday
night. James McDermit, Carriero's
counsel waived examination on all
three charges.
Miss Shanks was one in large,
hard working family of six girls and
theatre, and two years ago, left
home.
Her father, who was hurt in foun
dry accident a few weeks ago, said
today that she came home frequently
during those two years. She always
told her parents, SO he said, that she
was managing a boarding house in
this city. Carriero, too, visited the
home of the Shanks.
Two Couldn't kpna him aWaVb said
Shanks, although we knew he was
married man."
Carriero-"Dago Mike" as he is
known to the POLICIES alleged to have
followed Miss Shanks to her sisters
home Saturday night and ordered her
to return with him. When she re-
fused he is said to have drawn a re-
volver. AS he pulled out the gun the
barrel opened and the cartridge CON
tainer, so Mrs. Noonan says, fell to
the floor. She wrested the useless
weapon from him and was still strug-
Cling to prevent him from drawing
his other revolver when Patrolmen
Sickles and Van Ripper arrived.
Carriero, his wife, who witnessed
the fight, but whose home is at IL
| South Canal street, with her three
small children, and the Shanks girl
were all taken to the First Precinct.
They were questioned by Cap
tain Ryan and Plainclothesman
Mcclure. After the statements had
been taken the white slave charge
was made by Captain Ryan, the girl
held in a witness room and Mrs. Car
riero paroled.
Carriero is thirty years old and has
been married several years. He for
merly was a saloonkeeper at 10
Ferry street and later on Market
street, selling out the later place
about six months ago. The police
say he caused them considerable
trouble while in the liquor business.
According to Mrs. Noonan her sister
met him at a social gathering about
a year ago and became friendly with
him. believing him at that time to be
single. Through some means he in
duced her to leave her home and
since that time has kept her in fur
nished rooms under his complete con-
troll, her sister claims
Many times during the year the
girl is said to have attempted to
break away from the man, but each
time Carriero is alleged to have forced
her to return with threats of death
if she disobeyed. Becoming desper-
ate, she solicited aid from her sister
last week, and left the furnished
room at 144 Plane street, where the
two had been living, but not until
her sister had visited the room and
taken a revolver belonging to Car
riero.
Carriero visited Mrs. Noonan in an
effort to find where her sister was on
Saturday morning, and also to recover
the revolver he suspected had been
taken by her. He failed In both in
stances, but later in the day traced
the Shanks girl to where she was en-
ployed as a domestic, on Lafayette
street. He located her at the same
time her sister was warning her OF
his visit earlier in the day.
The two women started for the
elders home with Carriero in pursuit,
and on, the way met his wife. The
three women attempted to keep Car
riero from entering the house, but
he is said to have forced his way IN
| and then the alleged assault occurred.
When questioned by the police the
Shanks girl related the full story of
what she described as her year of
torture. She told them II Carrlero
was freed she preferred to stay in
| Jail for the rest of her life, according
to Mcclure. Last night Mrs. Noonan
lcorroborated the statement of her sis
| ter's great fear of the man and said
the girl would have appealed to the
police before but for the threats made
| by Carriero that his friends would
take care of her IL she turned against