New Britain herald., 1921-12-10
Joseph Cianflone, Former Local Rum Runner, Arrested In New Jersey By Detective Tomanio
States Attorney to Begin
 EXtradition Proceedings and CrOpanese
 Already Under Arrest.

More sensations growing out of the New Britain rum running scandal de- Veloped last evening when State Po- | liceman Anthony Tomanio, who has been working on the Renaldiho mur- der case ever since the day of the murder. wired to his chief that he l had placed under arrest in West New York, N. J., Joe "Cowboy'' Clantlone, formerly of this city, charged with the murder of Enio Renaldlno, in 1 Pennington, October 25, 1920. Following the arrest of Cianfione, who according to a statement made to Herald representative by Mary Fra 1 tino, formerly of this city, but now of Hartford, was the employer of Dom mick Cropanese, a bootlegger.
 The state police admitted that Mike Ruggerio. the Berlin man, arrested in New Britain last Monday by Patrol man Cosgrove, is being held on the same charge. Croranese also is charged with being implicated in the crime.
 Ciannonc the Murderer? Cianhone. it is said, is the man who | dCludllS lfeu the ldlal SnOt, dll1OuSn state officials at Hartford are reluct- ant to give any information until the men are brought before the court. Superintendent Robert Hurley of the state police stated this morning that | Ruggero was arrested on charge of being implicated in the Renadino murder and he intimated that Crop anese was being held on the same charge. T do not care to say any, thing at this time" said the state police head, except that the three men have been arrested and I have every reason to believe, will be pros cuted for the murder of Renaldino."
 Will Not Commit Himself
 When asked if he had any com ment to make concerning the state ment in a morning paper that Cian- f1one had fired the fatal shot, Super intendent Hurley remarked that he did not know on whose authority the statement was published but that he did not care to make any such state- ment at this time.
 States Attorney Hugh NJ. Alcorn stated this morning that he would take immediate steps to apply for ex- i tradition papers in the case of Cian- Hone.
 Story of the Murder.
 According to the alleged story of the murder, Cianfone, who is said to have been former cowboy with Ruggerio and Cropanese, the latter being the chauffeur, drove to the scene in Pennington, where a meet ing had been arranged with Renald- i ino. Renaldino, who was working for ! Salvatore Nariola, now in jail at Hart | ford. had planned to go into business | for himself and had arranged to pur- chase d quantity of liquor from Cian- I Hone.
 Richardson Appears.
 It was at this point that the mur- der is alleged to have taken place. | Ruggerio is said to have pinioned | Renaldino's arms behind him while Cianfone fired the shot which ended his life, The body then was adjust ed in the car and fixed so as to pre- sent an appearance of a suicide.
 Then it was that the local police were apprised of the finding oi the body in the automobile and A. J. Richardson, then at the head Of the
 
 case. Arriving there first, the ser geaut is said to have removed the gun, or at least had the gun in his 1 possession. and stated later that he | had removed it from the hands of the dead man. Richardson, who might have surmised something about the murder and possibly was desirous of preventing an expose of the bootleg ging activities, immediately declared the death to be due to suicide. al- though this theory was not generally accepted. State police Immediately went to work on the case and the ar- rest last night is result.
 similar to Wrinkle.
 While the towering of facts in the case of which Richardson has been suspected, has not been proved and may not be the actual truth, the similarity of various features of both the Renaldino death and the Wrinkle death are felt to be significant. It was Richardson who declared ISrnal- ldino a suicide, It was in conference |With Richardson and Prosecutor Grcenberg that the alleged ''kalkow- ski confession was made, The Rem Ialdino suicide theory was believed by few but the police and the death of Louis Wrinkle is not believed by many to have been accidental
 Woman Gives Tip
 A recent interview given a Herald representative by Mary Fratno, stated that Cropanese had told her during trip to New York, when he went to that city for load of rum for Cian- Hone and Narioa, who he haid were in partnership, that he knew who killed Rcualdino. Mary told her story to state Policeman Tomanio and Croranese's arrest was the be- ginning of developments leading Up to the present ease.
 Alcorn Not Palliative. l When asked this morning if he in-