New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-07
New Britain Officials
Could Have Trapped
BARBER In Beaver
Street House If They
Had Been Notified
McCue Forces Friend of
Fugitive to Admit His
Wounds We're Dressed
Here Before Flight to
New York.

Failure of the Hartford police to
notify the New Britain police OF the
murder of Carmelo Tirlongo in
Hartford Sunday noon, with the i'm
portant fact that Cezare Barberi.
murderer, had been driven to New
Britain, is believed to have given
Barberi his start towards New York,
it was said at local police head
quarters today.
The murder occurred about noon
Sunday, yet it was 12:45 o'clock
Monday morning before Desk Ser
geant Patrick A. McAvay, on duty
at local headquarters, was notified
by telephone that Barberi was be-
lieved to be at Sc Beaver street. In
the meantime, Barberi had arrived
in an automobile and had his
wounds dressed and bandaged by
Carmelo Bongiovanni of SIS Beaver
street, who, it is alleged, drove the
murderer out of the city.
Late Search Of House
At 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
"a hours after the murder, Detective
Sergeants John F. Mudigan and
Nicholas Gallicchio of the Hartford
police department came to local po-
lice headquarters and asked that
detail be given them to search the
Beaver street house. Chief Hart
said today he did not know the
Hartford police were coming until
they walked in. Nevertheless, he
detailed Detective Sergeant William
?. McCue, Sergeant Patrick j.
D'Mara and Officers Alfred Tan
quay, John Kennedy, Thomas c..
Dolan, William Cronin and Herbert
c. Lyon to accompany them.
Seargeants Gallichio. Madigan
McCue and O'Mara went into four
houses on Beaver street, while the
other officers watched outside CO.
yering every exit. In a dark closet
under a flight of stairs, at No SO
bundle of bloodstained bandaSes
was found. There was every indica-
tlontion that the bandages had been
thrown there in an attempt to hide
them until the opportunity of de-
stroying them presented itself.
Bongiavomi Admits Part
Last night, while the Hartford de-
tectives were in Waterbury on
fruitless search, Bongiovanni. hav-
ing heard the police had been seek
ing him on Beaver street, came to
police headquarters and was grilled
in the detective bureau. According
to the police, he admitted to Ser
reant McCue that Barberi was dri-
ven to his home Sunday afternoon
n short time after the murder Bar
beri's face and head were bleeding
and he told the local man he had
been hurt in an autom obile acct
dent. On his request, BonsiaVonnl
obtained bandages at drug store
and helped bind the wounds, after
which he drove him out of the city.
Sergeant McCue, after long grill
ling. drew from Bongiayonni the ad-
mission that he knew Barberi had
been wounded in fight. He admit
ted, according to the police, that he
had faxed the story OF the automo-
bile accident. Other ADMISSIONS ne
is alleged to have made We're given
TO the Hartford detectives on their
return from Waterbury, and Ser
geant McCue placed the charge OF
aiding and abetting in Barberi's es-
cape. Bongiovanni was turned over
TO the Hartford detectives, who took
him to New York, where, 1t is be-
lieved, Barberi Is hiding.
Hart Puzzled BY Delay
IN reply to questions today, Chief
Hart said he does not know why
the Hartford police delayed sending
the alarm to New Britain. 1t Is
customary, he said, to notify sur
rounding cities and towns after &C
cidents and scrimes in which some