The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-09
POLICEMAN TOOK S35O FOR ARREST OF BAIL JUMPER Police Board Will Pass on Propriety of Loperci's
 Action. SPECIAL SUBMITS
 SWORN STATEMENT Woman Betrayed Secret of Fugitive's Whereabouts
 to Loperci.

The question of the fpropriety of ac- ceptance of $s5O reward for the cap ture of Joe Della, better known as Cfcerei1i, by Special Policeman Frank Loperci, will be submitted to the po- lices commissioners Tor their decision by Superdntendent Eugene Birming- ham.
 Loperci appeared at headquarters thls morning to submit an affidavit of his actions in the case to the superin- tendent who read it with interest and ment that he might show it to the commissioners.
 In the afadavtt Loperei vindicates his action and exonerates State Police man Frank Virein from all responsi- bihty The document which was is also attested as fact by Angelo Sta Vola, who pa4d the money reads sub stantially as follows:
 ssf went to see Angelo Stavo1a who I heard offered a reward for the return to Bridgeport of Joe Della who had ling.to pay $50 to get Information that would result in DeIza's being brought back b Bridgeport. told him; I would try and get the 1nfornaf50n de- sired. I met Frank V1re1i9 and told him EtaNtla5 had offered to give me
 
 would lead 1o getting Della back v1- re1h told me that as long az I had IaEreed with Stavola that should go ahead and do it, but that he CV1rel1il dcould not pay me anything from the s3ate- He said. If you want to take 1.-the chance, go ahead
 Then said to Virelh, If work on 1 the case for two or three weeks and l do not get any dnfor1natton as to the l whereabouts of Joe Della. look at the
 money am spending and cannot get | back V1reli said, Well, I have noth- ing to do with that, If you want tc itake the chance. all right
 sl tSo I went to work and got the in- I formation and turned it over to Sta sI vola, who in turn placed the address lin the hands of virel1i, and vfrelH I went to Buffalo and arrested Joe De lia-
 i After Della was brought back tc
 this city dr. Stavola came to my house and paid the amount as agreed T 9Comment today in Italian circles is
 run1ored upon good authority that I5o.
 percf was not the only person striving
 to get the reward and in fact that h. iddd not have the address of Della. al che time the offer was made to him.
 It is asserted that the only man who T held the address at that time was
 Frank Boino, and that others know ling this fact had approached Stavols land demanded $500 for the infe4na. ton It was while Stavola was con. Egidering the payment of $500 to the IsIr1dxnown parties that Loperci saw the Opportunity of getting the address
 c1andestinely and making a price sc
 low as to at once attract Stavola. While Borino was of the opinion tha1
 he alone held the key to the situation T 1t is reported that Loperci so appealed
 to 8 woman relative of Borinoss family that he obtained the address in Buf jfale, N. r., and turned it over to Sta hvola-
 As matter of fact it has been as certained that Della was not appre l hended in Buffalo. but was traced b. Detective VtrelH to Clean, N. Y, wher, the captutre was made. the prisone having been taken later to Buffa1t while extradition was being effected
 Further inttmations that are rife ol the East Side today indicate that a least one Italian citizen in this cit,
 was furnishing money and inforrna } tion of pursuit to Della, at the time This fact could not be officially con } f1ru1ed