The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-21

An effort is under way to ssbreak Frank VireIli, a state policeman, for nerIy employed on the Bridgeport police force and now a resident or Fairfield, just beyond the Bridgeport line of this city.
 As a result of an affidavit drawn in a local lawyers office shortly after the arrest of a prisoner whom the state detective was said to have tipped off'' prior to his arrest, fed eral detectives attached to the se- cret service department have for two or three weeks been quietly working in Bridgeport to ascertain the full facts in the case.
 It is known that virelli made the arrest and turned his prisoner, Joseph Della, of 1170 Pembroke street, over to a. United States marshal within thirty minutes after being reused from from his bed in Fairfield at an early hour in the morning. This fact is asserted by the state police man to eaa1Sute the allegations which have been made against him. The attempt to break the state DO liceman arose from long standing bit terness over the Delia-Borino-Ma Main ero episode which resulted in the ar rest of Ralph Borino and Leonard Mainero upon charges of blackn1ail, which charges were nolled later in the superior court.
 
 a bicycle store on Pembroke street, applied for bankruptcy discharge He filed with Referee John w. Banks in the United States district court a schedule of liabilities and assets. Stanley Kellogg, another bicycle deal 1 CT was appointed trustee on May 4. I-1914, after Della, had been adjudged bankrupt
 At a hearing before Judge Banks Della was said to have sworn false | ly about statements he had previous | ly rendered national mercantile agen- cies. At this meeting John P Gray i Joshua MeItzer and other well known attorneys appeared for a host of cred itors who subsequently, charged that Della, had committed perjury. >On May 28, 1914, Ralph Borino and Leonard Mainero, known as in lterpreterS and business men, were ar rested by Frank Vire1li upon dicta- phone evidence and marked bills purporting to show that they had at tempted to b1ackmail Della. Attor- ney John P. Gray, acting as assistant | city prosecutor, unexpectedly came to the front and stated that he had em- l p1oyed both men in an effort to get evidence against Della and not for the purpose of blackmail They were discharged from custody when the case was noIled in the superior court. l A discharge in bankruptcy was de- 1 n1eO to DGA16. aIGeT several 110dE1I1SS
 had tended to show that he had not told the truth about certain business
 dealings at the initial hearing before Referee Banks.
 1 Upon a review of the proceedings
 held in this city some time ago, the government decided on the arrest of 1 Della, on the charge of perjury. l United States Marshal Sidney B
 Hawley was given the warrant. Wish Ting to catch an early train and not
 having a particular knowledge of the
 man wanted, he is said to have called l Virelli by telephone. Virelli was in bed 1 and not knowing to whom he was speaking refused to make any arrests
 without further and more detailed in 1 formation.
 1 A second telephone call reached him
 within a few minutes and according tc | the state policeman his informant | said: This is Marshal Sidney B
 Hawley. I want you to make an ar
 rest for me, as I only have short
 time in which to catch a train fo1
 Hartford. Will you arrest Joseph IDelia and place him in my custody al l once? will wait for you at the sta | tion.'
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