New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-08
Wife Accused
OF Aiding Gang
ToRobHusl,and
roar of Alleged Kidnapers
arrested Decorated With
Iewelry and Carrying
large Sums of Money
$4,000 Hoard Is Taken
,-.,,,,e Relieves Wife Is i'm
Fear That Blackmailers
U;ll Kill Her Child


s., Maria Ivarone, wife of Saliva
,,.rnne. wealthy retired butcher
:, nak Street, who has figured in
..s.na, stories as the victim of kid
-. - was locked up in the Tombs
sS s;rht on charges of grand lar
90 ns.ective Sergeant Michael
s w. of the italian division, &C
,be woman of having stolen
= - aso in italian Liberty bonds, jew
r. r. and money, the property OF her
a- ,ss.a,e the husband, who spent
.,..oless nights after ransoming MS
' '' raor.old son Tony, who disap-
~ - with his mother June %, is at
,oss 10 understand it all.
~. yyarone was held after four
naars of the alleged kidnapping
"a Matchmaking band had been ap-
s.anded The prisoners held besides
Iva,one are vincinzo Damiani,
Il confession led to the arrest OF
others; Tony Mancini, Of 30 Madi-
.or Street. a barber, and relative OF
Nc 1varone; Giuseppe Contadino, OF
~, North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago,
vbolesale groce-. and Samuel Con-
,,a;po. Of PA Chrystie Street, Man
tattau, a brother of GIUSEPPE.
Scent Money Lavishly
c;ussppi Contadino and Mancini were
wasted in UI,ca, from which city 1T is
hood Mrs. lvarone fed in company
rs;1s Samuel Contadino. Sergeant
g;ss,hefti charges she was living with
e,-srol after she had left her husband.
lll Inc prisoners were wearing much
.evelYv and carried considerable sums
Il money. ~.
..,j;e7 squad, who worked on the case
II4ica went direct to an address, 40
Isnsin~ Street, where Damiani said
F;rr,rSe Contadino and Manc.ni were
i;y;or 9-hev were out. The detectives
I'd word hat the gang had been spend
40 money rather lavishly around the
Kos and canvassed these places, To-
ring the men at table in the most
srnfnsjve Italian place in the town.
Thew then sought Samuel Contadini
,rd Mrs. Ivarone. but learned the two
I'D LIT together for New York. They
-Ieprarhe Sergeant Fiaschetti, who
seEed IN the couple at the station
IN tbe room at as Lansing Street,
|, ytiea. tine detectives found key to a
,,is deoos;t boz in the Bowory Saw
i.es Bank. New York, which is to be
sssrehed to-dey. Damiani has said
IL bulk Of l5arone's property viii be
srnd in this hox. 1t is charged o.
T,srbetli Chat Mrs Ivarone rented
s ii, hay when she left honle for The
lei t;mo with het baby, and when l.
!, CHARGED she withdrew her huSbaa q )
saginq, Of lifetime from another
ksak,
Husband Doubts Her Guilt
The .woman's personal handbook
srt t personal account. On her per
nm wbea arrested she had $3.50 IN
ssh Ter husbands diamond tie pin
md other jewelry. On G. Contadlnl
thsy foand $500 in cash, q watch, with
uearl-studded chain and a diamond
rne. worth $4,000. Manchinls mooeSt
possessions were S35 in cash and some
Gismsnd jewery.
Even now that his wife is under ar
rest it was said last night there is
lingering doubt Of her guilt in the
mind of her husband who still pc
lieves it possible that she has acted
because Of threats of the gang to
strangle her baby unless she did as she
vas told. Mrs Ivarone has denounced
her husband in statement, but even
his the husband believes may be due
TO her fear for the life of her child.
Mrs. lvarone said that she lost her
love for her husband when she learned
he bad been conducting himself i'm
properly She would not say whether
she had come to this belief IN her hus-
bands alleged double life, because Of
something a member of the gang had
said. She said hes husband once at
| tackled her with butchers cleaver.
1 She was represented by an attorney,
'hTho got in a wordy battle at Police
Radquarters with Detective Flaschetti
AEday afternoon. This attorney
that Mrs. Iyarone was in the
Ner Of the blackmail gang and that
&c nd not even know the men who
fhad exercised such terrible coercion
| ana intimidation over her"
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