South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-24
MOTHER PINES FOR
THREE DAUGHTERS
WHOM FATHER SLEW
In Fit of Temper, Enraged
Parent Murders Own
Little Girls.

KANSAS CITY. Mo. Sep, %
Asrertoa. so often the and of hope
% the fore gu-1orn has spelled
nothing but tragedy n capital let
tiers 20 Are Tony DlneLo. Of sunny
sitaiy
In riekety shack on the banks
OF the Muddy Missouri river, TINS
rttle dark-eyed. black ha.red immi-
grant E.rl ~ yesterysar r. grew
ing her heart Out-tOrn by he
knowledge that her husband. her
Tony. is scIf-contessed murderer
and hat the victlms OF this mad
acr were their own two daughters
Helen. Of the p.s-tal age Of .hir-
teen. and Florence. tHo years her
ilr.or. and Gust az cute "A could
SEE" Her husband IN q At OF anger.
dubbed them with a hammer and
threw their bodies into the water.
"Oh-oh. God in Heaven, can Il
be 90. can % be 500" she means
Gay af.er day.
Worried over julia.
And as II this were not enough
tragedy. the broken-hearted mOtn-
or - more worried than ever about
Julia. 90. her oldest daughter Ju-
Tia who disappeared mysteriously
three years ago. The mother, who
had been living In hopes that she
would some day see Julia, now fears
tha. che. too. is dead. The pOEce
have suggested that maybe the ia
Their also killed Julia, but-"No' no.
no. 1t can't be So" the motler
cries hoping almost against hope
that what she hopes IS rue.
All the time I have troublel"
the little mother said. Il wish
or how I wish for Italy"
Mrs D.nelo's mother, IN Italy,
made her marry Tony Dinello
when she was Is years old, she
said.
and 1 have Aad trouble ever
slncer she moaned beating her
breast and her head. And her mo-
lions did not seem melodramatic.
Tony was god TO her at first; in
fact. ne wasn't a bad husband. "a
husbands go. until about three
years ago when she became i'll.
and he had 20 buy her medicine.
Tony. naturally fiery tempered,
few into a rage over the smallest
annoyances.
+. was about this time that
Julia disappeared
Father Loved Her.
Now. Tony loved Julia. The
Dinello family thought that he
cared more for Julia than anyone
else in the house She resembled
her dad. and ne was fond OF TAX
ing her upon his knee and telling
her stories Of far-off Italy.
But. with Julia gone, the father
became unbearable. and another
of .hdr children. Angehna-who
is now II years old and who comes
40 her mother 20 comfort her in
the hour Of sorroY-left her river
bank home and went TO Kansas
city 10 live with a girl chum.
And then came the terrible
tragedy-.he killing Of Helen and
Florence.
q waA away shopping" the
mother explained in broken Eng
Tsh. II asked the girls II they
wanteS to go along They didn't.
returned in about three hours. I
asked IOnN MNtIt lAt SINS NNA
out playing ne said. But they
did not return. I was not worried
At first
but It is 10. Il, 10 days since
7 seen them-oh. I shall never see
themi"
Tony COnfesscs Crime.
The tat-tempered Tony told the
police what actually happened.
He had missed some money. He
. demanded that -he little daugh-
sters ten him where It was. He
took Florence INTO the chicken
house.
she deny" he explained. 81
got mad 7 hit her on head with
hammer She CRY out I hit hei
again
Then get Helen. She afraid
/. she run and scream. But [ ca;cf
her I hit her. too.
Il put both bodies IN CHECKER
house. That night put them IL
f sacks and toss them into tn
r.vert"
Into the rever-yes, he SAM
river upon which the dark-eye'
. Immigrant girl a. yesterday gaze
hour after hour with emotion!
.ro. or.,- -ho can understand