New-York tribune., 1919-11-06
Cave-Nan Suitor
Foiled After Wild
Taxi i'm Bronx
Intended Bride Fights Fc-
rociously When Seized
on Her Way to Work
and Attracts Detectives

For d year pretty Anne Paonc had
known Tony Brutto, husky young
laborer of twenty four, and liked him
A few months ago she allowed him to
call at her home. $3.50 Villa Avenue
The Bronx. He called several times.
Then he began an ardent courtship
Miss Paonc was friendly. She didn't
object to being known as Tony S
steady but when he insisted on inn
mediate marriage she told her father
and Papa Paono, who is husky himself
threw Tony out Of tho house when he
called again several nights ago Anne
thought tins had finished hectic
romance. but she was mistaken.
Brutto insisted on another and far
more thrilling act yesterday.
taXicab was standing at tho curb
near the corner Just beyond Mary S
home when she left the house on her
way to work yesterday morning. As
she passed two men leaped out and
seized her. Before she could recover
from the surprise and scream one Of
them clapped his hand over her mouth
and. aided by his companion. bundled
her into the machine The chauffeur
started ms motor and with the girl a
prisoner between the two men sped
through Villa Avenue to Grand Boulo-
ward and thence to the Grand Con
course and Jerome Avenue. They
were making apparently for he Boston
Post Road and open country.
Anne thnuph Slander ,,-o- ,,,,o,l
with the strength of fright. and the
two men had all they could do to hold
her IN the machine. It Was a battle
all the way. the girl scratching when
ever she could get a hand free aud
using her teeth at every opportunity.
Detectives Give Chase
At the Jerome Avenue corner. lust
beyond the police station. were two
detectives, Frank Pickett and Arthur
Johnson, of the Sth District As the
taXcab Whirled around the corner. dis
regarding the speed limit they caught
a glimpse Of the struggle going on
within the car. and halting a passing
automobile started in pursuit.
Jerome Avenue was fairly clear Of
t'ffflc, else there might have been a
Smas h-up as the two raced along The
car in which the detectives vero ridinp
:.
and gained hardly an inch. But in the
next two miles it drew close enough to
be in fair small-arm range. Then.
with his revolver drawn, Pickett rose
IN the tonneau Of the pursuing ma-
chine and fired. There were two re-
ports-onC when the bullet left tn
gun the other when il punctured a rear
tire OF the taXicAb. johnson fired next
and missed; Pickett also missed on his
second shot, but his companion's second
bullet blew up the taXi's remainin,
rear tire. Yet the machine did not
stop. The driver kept his motor hum
ming iul speed Tor another half mile.
Two Escape in Flight
Within a few yards OF the city hne.
however. one Of 'hc men leaped out Of
the taNicab and lied. moment later
tic driver applied his brakes and
sought safety aioot. and when the dc
tectlves' car drew UP they found Miss
laonc lying exhausted and almost uu-
conscious in the arms of Brutto. The
machine was then exactly on the city
hne. beyond which the New York police
have no authority
brutto, who has been a longshors
man, subway digger and a porte~.
with muscles hard and corded fro,
constant use. MAS TOO exhausted FROM
ms battle with the girl TO do anything
but passVeiy submit TO arrest H.
Was taken before Magistrate joseph
Schwab. II the West Farms Police
Court. and held without bail for d
hearing to-day on short affidavit
charging an attempt to kldnap