The New York herald., 1921-08-18
DETROIT SEEKS AID
IN MURDER PROBE
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the Michigan city in recent years. Lieut..
Mcpherson. chief of the Detroit Italian
squad. VIII come to New York within a
woek TO do what he can TO help solve
the situation here. and IL necessary
other detectives viii be sent TO aid him.
He also will try to have Fontana give
clues which may unravel the seventy
murders committed In Detroit.
Fontana was attacked yesterday morn
ing by Stefano Maggadino of 105 Roeb-
ling street Brooklyn, when the men ar
rested after Fontana had told his story
to Detective Fiaschetti had been lined up
at headquarters for finger printing. Mag
gadino edged close to Fontana and
jumped at him as the latter stepped for
ward TO place his fingers on the ink pad.
"I'll burn you for this |" he yelled. and
tried to grip his fingers in Fontana's
throat Detectives standing in the room
grabbed him and subdued him after q
fight.
Fiaschetti says that Fontana mourns
! the killing of Ciazzo, fnasmuch as he
regards the latter as lost friend. He
| is said to have referred to Ciazzo as his
very best friend and that he mourned
the necessity that compelled him to
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gun into the back OF Ciazzo.
Fontana's alleged confession is said
by Fiaschetti to have been scared out of
him. Fontana believes that Ciazzo's
ghost haunts him, and 1t was this ghost
that is supposed to have appeared to
| Fontana on Tuesday night and opened
the barber's sealed lips. Fontana was
arrested at 36 St Marks place by Fla
schetti Fiaschetti decided to slcep in
the same room with his prisoner. The
sleeping was successful until some time
after midnight, when, according to Fla
schetti, Fontana ieaped out OF bed ut
tering loud cries for help.
whats wrong?" demanded Fla
schetti.
'The ghost of my best friend" is Fon-
tana's alleged reply. IT murdered him
He was my best friend and his ghost Is
here"
Fiaschetti and Fontana took up other
quarters, but sleep was impossible. the
detective said. The ghost OF the muir
dered Giazzo clung to Fontana. Fon-
tana began explaining. Fiaschetti says,
and the confession and implications fol-
lowed. Likewise the arrest Of five
others resulted.
selves to Magistrate Corrigan as Fran
cesco Puma, 204 East Twelfth street /:
Vito Bonventre, 115 Roebling street.
Brooklyn: Giuseppi lombard. 271 Eliz-
abeth street; Stefano Maggadino, los
Roebling street. Brooklyn. and Mariana
Galante, 1913 Orchard street.
They all looked the worse for their
night in Police Headquarters. Edward
A. Wynne, lawyer for Puma, Galante
and Bonventre, called upon the Magis-
trate to look at the physical conditions
of his clients. Maggadino's face was
heavily and generally bandaged, and
there was blood on his shirt and even
on his hat Puma's arms were swollen
and blue black. His eyes were In deep
mourning and all but closed. Puma then
removed his shirt for the Magistrate,
and the latter beheld a back well
marked with welts. Mr.. Wynne went
into no explanations, no conjectures.
Magistrate Corrigan committed the
men on the charge that they were fugi-
tives from justice. This charge was en-
bodied in warrant presented by Jacob
b. Rue, a detective from Monmouth
county, ". ]. The warrant charged the
six defendants with the murder of
Caizzo and contained the statement that
Fiaschetti had informed Rue that Ca
lante Bonventre ana Maggadino had
admitted that they had induced Lorn-
| bardi, Puma and Fontana to do the
actual killing.