The Washington times., 1923-04-07
AUTO IS SEIZED
IN 81 AII|lG OF
TWO GIRLS
SEATS splasned With Red
Stains. Which Are Being
Analyzed z Men Held.
lcontlnuea ron Flrst HID

CONTINUED from First Pasel
IslanA. threwn there. apparently,
from a automobile.
The search Tor . blood stained alito-
mobile has been the principal trail
taken by the police IN the search Tor
the murderers.
The car was found in the garage
OF Johnson and Stanlos. and bore
New York license number. The name
of the man who LETT the ear ct the
garage was not known. Police I'M
Inediately arranged to have an anal.
yais made Of the red stains-tO deter
mine whether they we're made ~
blood.
while this Investigation was
unoer way James Blandino, hus,
band Of one Of the slain women.
and Rosario ii Lorenzo assistant
III his Jersey city barber shop,
were arraigned on short aftidavits
charging them with nanslaughter.
They were held In bail Of $4,000
each by Magistrate Featherston IN
Stapleton, staten Island.
The action came a. q surprise az
there was no intimation that either
man was suspected Of completely in
the crime and police had only ex-
pressed the desire to hold them as
material witnesses.
Magistrate Featherston, In refus-
ing to fix . lower bail. declared:
NJ believe we can connect these
men with the crime-one Of the
worst ever committed in the his
tory OF New York State. They
do not live In the State and II
given a small bail they may never
come back.
The automobile was examined by
detectives who said later the marks
had been Obscured, probably by an
attempt to remove them. They
said an analysis would have to be
made to determine whether they
were blood stains.
In the arrest last night In Jer-
sey City OF Alfred Montitaro, long
shoreman, the police learned that
the young women were not at all
conventional In selecting com.
panions for their search for thrills.
Montitaro il being detained a. q
material witness.
Wednesday, Montitaro told police
he met the two women on a Jer-
sey City street. He picked them
up" and they walked along to-
gether until another man drove
along In an automobile.
Taken for Ride.
The women. Montitaro said, asked
to be taken for a ride. The owner
Of the car, Joseph Padizo. of Jersey
City, agreed and the four drove
about several hours. Then, &C.
cording to Montitaro. at Miss Nc
Mahon's request drove to a restau.
rant where she made inquiries for
Eddie" and, finding him out !
asked for "Joe."
James Blandino. the barber hus.
band. and Brezario Di Leorenzo
who worked in his shop, were still
held today without bail as material
witness. Detectives are still check.
ing their stories. They are to be
questioned again. police said.
William Steering, taxicab driver,
who said he took two men and two
women to Staten Island early yes
terday morning and drove them to
q point near the spot where the
bodies were found. has been cues.
toned by the police. He IL to be
questioned again.
Find Possible Motive.
He described the male companions
OF the women as ''swarthy," but at
the morgue was able only partly 10
identity the victims as his passen.
gers. The hour OF the murder has
been fixed at or 2 o'clock Friday
morning.
Detectives were checking back
over Mrs. Blandino's and Miss Nc.
Mahon's careers to find a possible
motive for the crime. Several years
ago, detectives said, Mrs. Blandino
lived in Newark with a Sicilian, but
excited the admiration Of Frank
BonRiovani. Bongiovafi, a friend
OF the Sicilian, induced him to GO
to Buffalo on some pretext, and
during his absence married the
woman.
Shortly afterward. Bongiovani
was found In the street suffering
from many stab wounds and a few
days afterward died in . hospital.