New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-23

A sombre mourning wrap, earsIessiy
tossed aside, red roses undisturoed IN
their waIed- paper covering, . marriage
certificate, thumb-marked and worn
along It's folded edges, lay scattered
about yesterday on the bed that Anna
Maria de Marco had prepared in the
top floor front room at 14l Mulberry
Street as a bier for Joseph de Marco.
Anna Maria loved de Marco as a hus-
band. but the grief that tore at her
heart when he was killed at % james
Street on Thursday afternoon, victim
Of his aspirations to gang leadership in
Harlem's Little Italy. had turned to
other emotions.
Another woman. with a prior ciain
to de Marcos body, was weeping over
another bier at 14O West 116th Street
Two small fatherless children played
In the apartment that was furnished
completely as home and in striking
contrast to the poorer rooms In themui-
berry Street tenement house. Samuei
de Marco, the slain mans prother'
consoIed this widow. A mother and SIS
tiers comforted the other.
She would have TO return to WORK.
of course, but no little dc MARCOS were
clanoring TO her for their father.
Secret of Gangster's Dual Life
Meanwhile this secret in de Marcos
perilous life, that had been whispered
about only with cautious side glances
and to trusted confidants, passed the
Inns of even the pushcart vendors IN
Mulberry Street. No one feared the con-
SEQUENCES yesterday. De Marco. the
prosperous restaurant proprietor and
powerful autocrat, was powerless TO
trace the whispers.
Anna Maria donned her mourning
dress early Yesterday morning, TOOK
her marriage certificate and her mother
along and went TO the Morgue. iran
ces Simonetti de Marco and her
brother-in-law started downtown on
the same mission-to get the BODY OF
Joseph and prepare it for burial. She
rad learned on Friday of the other
Mrs. de Marco. l..
Frances de Marco was the first to
climb the mortuary steps. Anna Mara
came a few minutes later. But JACK
Moran. acting keeper of the Morgue'
was aware then of the impending dls-
mite. News of de Marcos secret, 1t
seems, travelled rapidly since the snot
was fred that killed him. Moran looked
ND the law and was prepared Tor iran
ces de Marcos demand for the Dooy'
She presented several papers, one a
duplicate COPY of a marriage incense
issued TO Frances SimOnetti and Joseph
Mario de Marco by City Clerk +. j..
Scullv. Another was a copy Of the GER
tficate of marriage. issued 10 inc
couple by an alderman who performed
the ceremony on June 10. 1907. A third
document was an affidavit by Mr.. Sculiy
10 the effect that the marriage records
were on file in his Office. The young
woman from Mulberry Street presented
only one. Il was certificate OF mar
riage issued by the Rev. Father Thomas
NcGrath of old ST. Patrick's, when ne
married Anna Maria Landri to Joseph
Mario de Marco on November ~ 1914
Two Wives Face to Face.
The two women sat at opposite sides
of the waiting room. Mrs. Frances de
Marco knew who the other woman was.
The other woman did not know her
until Moran had examined the first
ones claims and broke the news to
Anna Maria. Mrs. Frances de Marco
had q prior claim, she had two small
children, and her family was about to