The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21

Jimmy This was the last word she spoke, and
It was my name she spoke looked at her, anu,
God in heaven saw that there was a great
hole in her head. and realized that 1t was she
l had shot and not a bandit
IL pounded on the floor of my home with my
shoe and my brother. who lived on the floor be-
low with his wife, hurried upstairs in accordance
with the signal we had arranged in case Of dan
ger He saw what had happened and ran for the
doctor. When the doctor came my wife was
dead"
Investigation by the authorities uncovered these
facts:
For several months Sapie2za had been receiving
black hand" letters demanding $1,000. under pen
atty he refused. Of having his son. the eldest
Of three children. kidnapped and killed More than
six weeks before Mrs Sapienza was shot the
manufacturer had taken one of these letters to
Chief Of Police A. s. Green of IrvingtOn. and had
begged that detectives be assigned to catch the
men who, he said we're threatening his sons life.
Chief of Police Green detailed two of his men
to follow Sapienza, but when they arrived at the
place where the money was to have been paid
over they found no one there to meet the manu-
facturer The chief of police Of Newark also sent
men to watch for the writers Of the letters. but
they did not find them
Nevertheless additional letters continued to ar
rive the last being received by Sapienza a few
DAYS before the shooting. In addition to the
usual signature this missive gruesOinely dec
Grated with what SeemeO 10 De tDc DtOOu Spots.
as a vivid reminder Of the fate in store for young
Sapienxa unless the father deslsted from his eff
forts to catch the criminals and paid over the
money demanded by them.
Residents In the vicinity of $50 Colt street.
where Sapienza lived. agreed that he and his
wife had always lived afectionateIy together.
The manufacturer, the neighbors said had never
been seen with any other woman.
Cnief Of Police Green Of IrvIngton asserted
, that Sapienza had always had an excellent repu-
ration II don't want to prejudice the case" said
the chief ~but can't help but be inclined to be-
ileve his story.
The prosecutor of Newark (of which Irvington
ts a suburb) thereupon established precedent
An smurder cases In his jurisdiction by moving
FOR the release Of Sapienza Oh $4,000 bail and
tho manufacturer left court In company with
louis A. Fast his lawyer
Mr. Fast SAID IF the went TO trial.
which. he then seemed to think II would nOt-he
would defend his client by citing cases In which
a, ND baeo nroyed that the defendants had taken
life ar committed other acts OF violence, when
asleen Although few such cases have found their
way into the courts there are several on record.
This Sapenza tragedy is fascinatingly interest
INC "a Ali of us because 1t touches so closely ON
our own experiences In connection with the
.World Of Dreams" Most of Us dream. We dream
Of flying; of falling; of appearing IN Pubic scan
THY clad These dreams and others appear 10 DC
common to all OF us. Then there are our OWL
individual habituaI dreams-Of child loved scenes
of relatives and friends, Of personal experiences
Most Of us have have haf our own ndivluua