Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-22
MOTHER Pines
FOR DAUGHTERS.
FATHER KILLED.
In Fit of Temper, Enraged
Parent Murders Own
Little Cirls-Thrcw
Bodies in River.
by JAMES l.. KILGALLEN.
international News Service STAFF
COrreSnOndeIlt

by JAMES L. KILGALLEN,
international News Service Staff
Correspondent.
Kansas City. Mo-, Sept. 21.-
America, SO often the land of hope
to the forcign-born, has spelled
nothing but tragedy in capital let
tcrs to Mrs. Tony Dinello, OF sunny
Italy.
In rckcty shack, on the banks
of the muddy Missouri river. this
little dark eyed. black-haircd inmi-
grant girl of yesterday is griev
ing her heart Out--torn by the
knowledge that her husband, her
Tony, is a self-confcssed murderer
and that the victims Of this mad
act were their own two daughters
Helen, of the pig-tail age OF thir
teen. and Florence, two years her
Junior, and Just as cute as could
be-" Her husband, in fit OF anger,
dubbed them with a hammer and
threw their bodies into the water.
the news of which was. published in
The Daily Press dispatches Of several
days ago.
"Oh-oh, God in Heaven. can it
be so, can it be 500" she means
day after day. $1,000.
Worried Over Julia.
And, as if this were not enough
tragedy, the broken-h hearted mother
is more worried than ever about
Julia. twenty. her oldest daughter
Julia. who disappeared mysteri-
ously three years ago. The mother,
who had been living in hopes tha
she would some day sec Julia, now
fears that she, too, is dead. The
police have suggested that maybe
the father also killed julia. but
mo. no, no, it can't he SOL TIL.
mother cries. hoping almost against
hope that what she hopes is true,
"All the time | have trouble.'
the little mother said. II wish
oh. how | wish for ltaly!'
Mrs. Dincllo's mother. in Italy,
made her marry Tony Dinello when
she was fifteen years old. she said
And have had trouble cvel
sincc." she moaned. beating hel
breast and her head And her mo.
lions did not seem melodramatic.
Tony was good to her at first; in
fact. he wasn't "A bad husband. as
husbands so, until about, three
years ago, when she became i'll,
and he had to buy her medicine.
Tony. naturally fiery tempered,
flew into rage over the smallest
annoyances.
1t was about this time that Julia
disappeared. , ~.
Father Loved Her.
Now, Tony loved Julia. The Din
clio family thought that he cared
more for Julia than anyone else
in the house. s;hc rcscmbled her
dad, and he Was fond OF taking
her upon his knee and telling her
tories Of far-off Italy sts l..
pnt. with Julia gone. the father
became unbcarablc. and another 0.
their children. Angelina who is
now seventeen years old and who
comes to her mother to comfort
her i'm the hour of sorrow--left her
riverbank home and went to Kansas
City 10 live with girl chum.
And then came the terrible trag-
ody-thc killing of Helen and Flor
cnce.
II was away shopping" the moth
or explained in broken English.
Il asked the girls il they wanted
to so along. They didn't. I re-
turned in about three hours. j
asked Tony where the girls were.
Out playing. he said. But they
did not return. was not worried
at first. \
But it is ten. eleven. twelve
days since | seen thcm-oh, shall
never sec thcm.''
Tony Confesscs Crime.
The hot-tcmpcrcd Tony told the
police what actually happened. He
had missed some money. He de-
manded that the little daughters
tell him where it was. He took
Florence iuto the cbjckcnhousc.
She deny he explained. Il got
mad. hit her on head with ~
hammer. She cry out. hit her
again! a.t
Then | set Helen. She afraid.
She run and scream. But catch
her. l hit her, too.
Il put both bodies in chicken
house. That night put them in
sacks and toss them into the river"
Into the rivcr--yes. the same
river upOn which the dar6-oycd
immigrant girl Of yesterday gazcs
I, but