Putnam patriot., 1921-09-30
CHILDREN HUNGRY
AND so HE STOLE
Pasquale Perillo In Signed Con-
fession Tells Why He Com
mitted Grimes
Assaulted John Murray Because
Officer Prodded Him

I
I those are the reasons Pasquale Peril
. 10 gave Ia the city court Saturday
morning for his guilt 10 breaking
and entering, larceny, assault and re-
sisting an officer" His explanation
he made IN a signed confession which
was read in court.
According 70 Perillo's confession.
be had met Salvatore LaRosa on the
afternoon Of May 29th in the streets
Of tins city Periilo had been out Of
work for some time and had been IN.
able TO find work His wife and ha=
f bies were in need Of food lie told
/ LaRosa II his predicament and La
Rosa had suggested that they steal
some chickens that night
About midnight the two men, ac=
c0rding 10 the confession. had started
for Putnam Heights with bag. They
had broken into the hen house Of Ed
ward Wood and mad stolen ten hens.
When on the railroad track near the
gas house on their way home, they had
seen someone coming and had hidden
in some bushes Officer Murray, the
man they had seen. had spotted them
and had asked % see what was !u the
! bag they were carrying The con
f fession claimed that the officer had
/ prodded their ribs with a revolver.
which had made them angry.
Perillo had struck Murray in the
face and had knocked him down.
When the officer attempted TO put the
handouts on him he had hit him in
f the face with the revolver. which he
j had obtained possession Of. LaRosa
/ had then struck Murray on the head
with hammer. and the two men had
/ fed.
Murray said the confession was
substantially correct, although he
would make two or three changes He
claimed he recognized the accused as
the man who had assaulted him. al
though his impression had been that
he hair was light rather than dark. He
aid the voice sounded very familiar.
The evening on which the assault
eeatfrd WINS during May a that
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beaten hy two men. whose identity he
could not give but whose general APP
peafance he had described te the local
police Murray was laid up for zeq-
.eral days after the assault with bad
scalp wounds. cut Itp and broken
tooth
After Murray had recovered con
sciousuess. he mad picked up the BAG
containing the stolen hens and had re
ported tie affair 10 the local police.
The first clue obtained was the infor=
nation from Mrs. Perillo. who lives in
Putnam, that her husband and LaRosa
/ had been absent from the city since
the night Of the assault.
Charles Satti Of Webster, and a
member Of the railroad department,
went in search of the missing men He
had found LaRosa in Boston and had
brought him back to Putnam. LaRosa
/ kas given a hearing IN the city court
Sept. z and. although the evidence
against him was weak, probable
cause was found by Judge Geissler,
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court on $4,000 bonds. which were
not paid.
satti had found that LaRosa had a
criminal record in other states The
confession Of Perillo involves LaRosa
as well as himself in the blame for the
affair Perillo was arrested IN Law
renee. Mass
The confession WIS obtained from
Pcrino BY Captain John Bulger. 9TH
ers who had tried to obtain iuforma=
ton had failed in their attempts But
the captain after long conference
persuaded Perillo 10 tell al he knew
and in this way secured the entire
story. which clears up the doubt con
corning the case.
The hearing Saturday was held al
II o'clock in the morning at the Of
fee Of Judge NJ H. Geissler. The
Judge found probable cause and
bound Perillo over TO the Superior
court on $4,000 bonds As perillo
could not settle. he was taken to
Brooklyn Jail
County Investigator VIM. h, Jack
son, Satti and Murray. railroad police
men, and Captain Bulger Of the Put
nam police force. were the officers
present at the court session.