The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-04-07
Two Girls
Murdered
With Knife
Discovered by Milkman Be-
side Road in State Island,
N. Y.-Tossed from
Automobile.
Three Men Held in Jail

Jersey City, n. j. April 6.-Three
men are detained i'm police headquar-
ters here in connection with the
brutal murder of Mrs. Irene Blandino
and Miss Bessie Mcmahon, whose
bodies were found on Staten island
today.
The men are James BIandino. hus-
band Of the murdered women; Nicho-
las DE Gregio, his partner, and Ro-
sario Di Lorenzo. No charge has
been made against any Of the men
any they are being held until police
can check up their stories and move
ments last night.
New York, April 6.-With their
tllroats slashed, the bodies of Mrs.
Irene Blandino, IS, Jersey City, and
Bessie Mcmahon, of Utica, n. ",
were found today lying on road
i'm Staten Island where they had been
tossed from an automobile after
their throats had been cut with a
butcher knife. The bloOd-stained
weapon was picked up i'm a field 100
feet from the scene.
DIR. George Mord. Richmond county
medical examiner, found three stab
wounds in the throat Of Mrs. Blan-
dino and wounds in her back COR
responding with cuts in her fur coat.
through which The murderers
plunged the butcher knife as the
coup de grace in the horrible killing.
Similar cuts were found on Miss
Mcmahon except there were no holes
in her coat, which must have been
put on her later.
The faces and arms of both young
women were scratched.
Bodies Transported.
Despite the fact bloodstains were
discovered further down the road.
the police are consincad4s the two
young women were slain at some
other spot and their bodies transport
ed TO the lonely spot in motor car.
At least two score detectives in
Staten island are working on the case
and a general alarm has been sent
out to all ferries asking policemen 20
watch for blood splotched automo-
bile and to arrest the occupants.
Mrs. Blandino WAS identified by
means Of her cork left leg. receipt
for which was found in her pocket
She is IS years old. while Miss Nc.
Mahon is %. In their pockets were
found rolls OF s5 bills, amounting TO
$50.
The place where the bodies were
found is an exclusive section. but
thinly settled, and is the rendezvous
of bootleggers and Joy riders. Nearby
a creek trickles its way to the bay,
affoIding just enough water to float
small craft of rum smugglers. .
Found by MiIluman.
Walter J. Donovan, the milkman.
who found the bodies, was taking
short cut back to his dairy about
daylight when he saw something at
the side of the road that arrested his
attention. Investigation revealed a
horribly murdered girl. lying face up
ward, with blood from the wound In
her throat over the front OF her dress
and neck.
Donovan looked around and on the
ether side of the drive found the body
OF a second girl, face down In the
grass. He leaped into his wagon and
drove az fast as he could to the Staple
ton police station, where he reported
the tragedy.
Acting Inspector Cornelius Colahane
sped to the scene In an automobile
accompanied by a party of detectives
from the homicide squad
Captain of Detectives IL. l.. Won
WAGNER assumed charge OF the case
and 20 detectives were assigned TO as
sist him. He Immediately ordered ev-
cry exit from the island guarded on
the theory that the murderers might
still be near although they had ample
time to make their escape after the
gruesome killing.
The district attorney sent repre-
sentative to the scene.
Donovan, while not under suspi-
cIon, is held near the scene so he can
be questioned from time to time.
The murders come right on the
heels OF the police departments tight
ening up" to halt n so-called "crime
wave" that has swept New York dur
ing the last 10 DAYS.
Evidence of fresh marks from auto
mobile tires and no signs of struggle
at the scene OF the finding strength
ened the theory that the young women
were killed before they were brought
to the place. Their hats were found
several feet from tho bodies.