New-York tribune., 1922-07-16
Hunt for Jimmy Glass Continues
Among the Gypsy Bands Of Porto Rico
Mysterious Costello Fam.
ily Identified With Wan
derers Supposed TO
Hold Boy

refused to sell her. His upper front
teeth are all of gold except one. He
said he was married. His wife used
to tell fortunes and make plenty of
money in this neighborhood. She came
to town nearly every day. She wore
aluminium medals of occult sciences;
also she dressed herself In very bright
colors, such as dark yellow and big
red handkerchief on her head or about
her collar She charged fifty cents
for telling the fortune of one person.
She went with little girl with blond
hair.
"John Cruz, father of Nicholas Cruz,
was called Georgino. He was always
dressed in dirty clothes, smoked a
straight pipe and wore felt hat. His
face was pale and his hair was getting
gray. Also he had a mustache. He
was about fifty years old. When the
gypsies were out he was kept in charge
of the tent.
"This party of gypsies left this place
about four months ago. They are al
ways wandering from one place to an
other in their Ford car. They never
live in the town; they always live in
the country, and itsis very difficult to
trace them. The advertisement Of the
Chief of Public Safety of Jersey City
was placed after they left this town.
On June was informed by the Chief
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of gypsies were on the road between
Barceloneta and Manati. | took an
autom obile, for which I paid twenty
dollars, and went as far as Manati, but
as the gypsies keep away from the road
as much as they can we could not find
them along the road that day
~ am perfectly sure that the party of
gypsies is the same which stole the boy
James Douglas Glass, of Jersey City,
and advertised in all the postoff3ces of
the island. l think and have no doubt
that they are still on the island. The
party of gypsies was last seen near
Caguas week ago, which proves that
they are in the center of the island,
where they can easily hide in the
mountains. | hope that same will be
captured soon. The persons signing be-
low saw the gypsies personally and
recognized they are ones advertised.
"(Signed) ISMAEL CALDERON.
"P. o. Box 1913, Aguadila, Porto Rico,
June 20, 1922.
"Witness:
"MONSERRATE RUE,
"LUIS CALDERON,
"RAMON GUERERRA."
One member of the band of gypsies
led by the Costellos has been located in
the San Juan penitentiary serving a
fve-year term for burglary. This man,
Domingo Semidei, alias Gutierrez, alias
Chino, suddenly has become violently
insane, and cannot supply the author
tiles with any lucid information con-
cerning himself or his friends who
may have custody of the Glass child.
He is a driver and mechanic, and has
been arrested in company with Costel-
los at various times for speeding.
Once in the vicinity of Ponce, the
southern part of the island, last Janu-
ary. At that time the Costellos were
not under suspicion by the police, and
a cursory examination of them, filed
with police records, made note that the
man Costello stated they had just ar
rived from Venezuela and were await
ing transportation TO Cuba. This may
have given rise to the theory that they
are now in Cuba. but the rumor cannot
be traced to any logical basis. The boy
Calderon's statement that the gypsies
were seen in the neighborhood of
Caguas last week (near San Juan) is
substantiated by various persons, none
Of whom, however, had the perspicacity
to report their information to the po-
lice