The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-17
GIRL HELPED IN
THWARTENG PLOT
Police Get Cooperation
from Girl to Identify
Nash Blackmailer.
BENDELLI OUT OF JAIL
Friends of Man Arraigned On
Serious Charge Deposit
Bond Money Monday.

Police working on the investigation
into the life of Pietro Bendelll, 2S'
whose arraignment on charge OF at
tempted extortion in the municipal
court Monday, caused considerable
stir in Kenosha, have pieced together
the story of the girl in the case, thus
providing motive for BendellTs al
legged attempts to secure $4,000 from
C. w. Nash on threat to take his
life if the money were not forthcom-
ing.
The girl is Miss Olga Cairo, 10, pref
tv daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Cairo, ITO Park street. She is en-
ployed in local factory.
Had Written Her Letters.
Miss Cairo was brought into the
case Immediately after Bendelli was
arrested and spirited to Racine for
safekeeping Wednesday afternoon. In
vestigators learned that Bendeili had
written several letters to Miss Cairo
in which he professed his undying de-
yotion. These attentions were per-
sistent and constant rebuffs from the
girl failed to dampen the youths ar
dor, He continued to write notes to
her. some in italian and some in Eng
lish. but to all he received the same
reply silence.
Told to Stop His Attentions.
With no signs of abatement, MISS
Cairo appealed to relative, whose
name the police refuse to give out, to
help her out of her predicament. This
relative wrote a letter to Bendelll,
which is now in the possession OF the
authorities, in which. Bendelli is told
that he must stop paying attention to
Miss Cairo. The letter also said that
there could never be any possibility
of a marriage between the two since
Bendelli chad no money" Bendelll
was asked to forget the girl at once,
since she did not love him.
Offers Motive for Letters.
On the same day that Bendelli re-
ceived this letter-December HE is
alleged to have written the first
threatening note to G. w. Nash, presl-
dent of the Nash Motors company, in
which he demands that $4,000 IN bllls
Of small denominations be placed In
cigar box at the corner of Newell and
Market street on the night of the next
day or 81 will kill YOU"
When Bendelli is believed to have
received the reply of Mr.. Nash to the
first letter he wrote his second note.
At the same time-both were dated
December 4--he wrote reply to the
girl, warning her not to pay any at
tention to other fellows since they
meant to do her harm.
Identify Peculiar Figure.
1t was through these three letters
that police were given their first def
mite information which they declared
positively identified Bendelli as the
author of the extortion letters to
Nash. In the date of the two letters
Bendelli has written a peculiar figure
which is exactly alike in the letter
to Nash and the letter to Miss Cairo.
Other characters are shown to be ex-
actly similar, and the stationery on
which the two letters were written is
the same, as is the ink. Fingerprint
identifcations are also positive.
Miss Cairo promptly turned over all
of the letters she received from Ben
delli and District Attorney Lewis w.
Powell ordered them taken to John F.
Tyrrell, handwriting expert in Mil
waukee. TyrrelPs reputation in this
field is second to none in the middle
west. 1t was he who worked out the
thin string of clues in the Loeb and
Leopold case.
Tyrell has in his possession these
letters and other fingerprint specimens
and he is drawing up report on his
findings which will be presented to
the court when Bendelli is ordered to
appear for his preliminary hearing in
the case on December "a.
Bendelli is now free on bonds to-
falling $500, deposited with the clerk
of the municipal court by Harry Ko-
pen and Dominick Caponi.