The New York herald., 1922-08-07
KIDNAPPED MOTHER
FOUND; GONE AGAIN
Two of Alleged Abductors to
Be Brought Here
From Utica.
FRIENDS GUARD HUSBAND
Relatives Fear Man May Be
Attacked by Criminal
Gang.
FRIENDS GUARD HUSBAND

Mrs. Salvatore Ivarone, young wife
of retired East Side butcher, who
was supposed to have been held pris-
oner for weeks after she had freed her
child from kidnapers by delivery Of a
$5o.000 ransom, was found yesterday
only to drop out of sight soon after
when two alleged kidnapers were ar
rested in Utica, N. Y.
Both the woman's husband and
Michael Fiaschetti. head of the Italian
squad. say they know where she is. but
shroud her actual wherea bouts with
mystery. Fiaschetti would say nothing
more than that he would produce Mrs.
Ivarone at Police Headquarters to-day.
Advices from Utica stated that she
had been living in the italian colony
there. but had disappeared Immediately
after the arrest of Sam Contadino and
Tony Mancini. the latter said to be a
brother of the supposedly kidnapped
woman. Detectives of the Italian squad
will bring them here to-day.
Arrested Man Csnsesses.
vincenzo Damiani. a longshoreman. oi
ifS Tenth avenue. was arrested several
days ago and Ia in the Ton,bs in de.
fault Of $4,000 bail 1t was through his
confession that tho others were located
ana arrested. A fourth man is being
searched for by the police
Ivarone. who has left his home at 5.
Oak street through fear of Black Hand
vengeance. and is living in secrecy sur.
rounded by friends. declares that the
four alleged kidnapcrs were men he
once considered his friends and who
recently came under his suspicion. Ht
said they often came to his butcher
shop, directly opposite his home. which
he had opened up sixteen years age
after he had come here from Naples
He was accustomed to give them meats
and other edibles because Of their pov.
erty. They were all laborers. he said
Fiaschetti. on the other hand, said
the four men have been blackmailins
Ivarone for five years They have de.
manded weekly payment of S25 by
threats
According to the detective, on June "a
at the time OF the disappearance of both
wife and child, Tony, aged 8, there dis.
appeared from a hiding place in the
Ivarone home $4,000 which the retired
butcher had drawn out OF bank. un.
known even to his wife. to use to re-
turn secretly to Italy. He was acvious
to escape from his tormentors, Fias-
chetti added.
Denials by Suspects.
Contadino and Mancini submitted tc
arrest meekly. but denied any connection
with the kidnapping. The fact that one
or the men Is said by the police to be
the kidnapped woman's brother lends q
peculiar twist to developments Ivarone
declared that the kidnapers had used The
most ruthless methods to extort the
money from his wife.
They had threatened to take the life
Of the child. he declared, unless she gave
them the ransom demanded. He showed
several notes he had received from her
during her alleged captivity One blamed
him for the trouble in which she had
become involved.
The boy was returned TO the father
In Grand Central Terminal on July {
after the $4,000 had disappeared and
an additional 5000 had been turned ovei
to Damiani
Damiani. according TO the police. has
said that only $4,000 of the ransom
money has been spent and the rest car
be recovered. The father. however. dc.
clared he cared nothing about the
money.
Il want to see the kidnapers in prison
for the protection OF other mems wives
and children" he said.