The New York herald., 1921-10-19
CAPTURED IN BUFFALO
Asserts That He Was Not
Running Around World
as Police Charge.
DENIES DOING SHOOTING
Says He Is Willing to Go to
the Chair, as He Has Seen
/. Enough of World.

Giuseppe di Paiama, alias Salvatore
al Rosa. who was arrested in Buffalo
last Sunday night on an indictment
charging hs;n with the murder OF Cres-
cenzo Tanzillo in New York twenty
years ago, was brought TO New York
last night by detectives and locked up
NJ Police Headquarters. The police
say that they found Di Palama at last
after searching for him for twenty
years through Spain, Italy, England
rope, but Di Palama said that this was
not true.
II was never out OF the United
States" he said last night. II went to
Buffalo as soon as / heard that Van
siilo had been killed, and I have never
left there. have been working there ali
the time as carpenter"
Tanzillo was a butcher twenty years
ago. with shop in 303 East lO7th street.
Only short time before he was killed
the butcher hired Di Palama as a help
er, although the man was carpenter,
other In Italy and he wanted to help the
man out. On the afternoon Of March 9,
1902, Tanxillo was found dead in the
back room OF his shop, his body lying
across the carcass of q sheep, which he
had been carving. He had nineteen bull
let wounds in his body. the police said.
Witnesses told the police that they
had seen Di Palama standing over the
body OF Tanzilio, firing shot after shot
into the butchers body, and that the
mans attitude had been SO ferocious
that they did not dare interfere. Di
Palama disappeared Immediately after
the murder, and until he was arrested
by Buffalo detectives Sunday night on
information sent TO them by Detective
Michael Fiaschetti, in command OF the
New York Headquarters Italian squad.
they never had been able to find him.
Detective Fiaschetti said last night that
during the years the department had
searched for Di Palama he had been
heard Of in England. in Italy. in France,
and in many other places, but he was
always gone by the time the police Of
those countries had been notified and
had gone to arrest him.
Recently Detective Fiaschett heard
that Di Palama had returned to the
United States and had gone to Buffalo.
He sent this tip to the Buffalo police
ana the QetccliNeS tnerc leaTNeu ditcE
considerable search that the man was
working as a carpenter and using the
name OF Salvatore Di Rosa He was
arrested on warrant issued on De-
cember 20. 1920. at time when 1t was
thought the man had been definitely
located in Italy. The indictment against
Dl Palama was returned on April 3,
1902.
Di Palama told the police at Head
quarters that he had nothing whatever
TO do with the murder OF Tanzillo He
said that on the afternoon Of the murder
he had been sent to market for some
meat for the butcher shop. and that
he had returned and was about to enter
the shop when he saw a crowd there.
He knew very little English. he said.
and became frightened. He went to
Astoria. where he stayed with a friend
for few days, and then. he said. went
to Buffalo when he learned that the
police were after him.
Di Palama said that II in spite of
everything he said and did the police
managed to convict him he was ready
TO go TO the chair.
Il have seen almost everything" he
raid. II have seen enough. i have
lived long enough. i am ready to die
IL they tell me 1 have to die"