The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-31

Wuurobk M lUd west Sdtn street,
nayonne, N. J. According 10 police,
his Bayonno address IL 122 West
2ard street.
Made No Resistance
Slight In build and dapper In mp.
poarance, Tortora gave the two de.
teetives no resistance and submit.
ted passiveiy to the court proceed
ings. He admitted to detectives that
no was o fugitive from justice but
would offer no details.
Learning that Tortora was want.
cd for major crimes the day after
he had been released on bond, Capt.
keegan had his men conduct n city.
wide search for him but no had
fled the city, leaving no traces be.
hind him. Police all over the Gust
were notified 70 be on the lookout
for him but no eluded capture,
avoiding his homo In BayonnO aft
or q visit there. lie Ia said to have
q wife ana children In the New
Two other mon, arrested with
T0rt0ra by Capt. Dan Carson and
Patrolman Patrick M0yinn and
Fred Hickey for idloness, were
given suspended sentences when ar
raigned In city court two weeks
ng0, ana this 10 believed 70 have
lullod Tortorn's suspiolonH, un-
doubleday aroused when no wns
hngerprlntod. When no walked into
city court today, no evidently OK.
pootcd to receive lenienGy on tho
idlenoss count but instead found
himself booked for murder.
Boston Murder Suspect
When only 10 years old, In 1879,
Tortora, or Bruno, ms no was known
| In Boston, was arreator after thu
death OF Annaboll0 Stilio and
| charged with second degree muir.
dor. Htill0 had been, according Ia
the warrant sent here for Tortora
recently, assaulted ana thon shot.
Freed undor the $4,000 bond. no
was taken meanwhile TO Chicago
for questioning In connection with
q triple gangster killing there.
Either whilo on route 10 Chi.
eago or after questioning there,
no escaped ana Jumped tho bond.
A nationwide search led by Boston
authorities failed to locate thefug-
1.-Two.
Coming quietly into Waterbury,
the fugitive began living horo M
Dnngrodi Tortora, lie worked AZ
a. barber, being employed In several
shops here. Ho had been arrested
but once previous 10 this yonr. for
froquontinR "a house OF III fnmo In
1929. He was fined $40 ana costs
at that time.
In Police Drive Net
The police drive against vice
conditions. begun In April, Jesuit.
Cd In more than q score OF arrests.
Determined TO clean up the city.
all suspicious characters, having
no known occupation, were round.
cd M, Tortora being ono Of their
number. Taking alarm no fed Inn
modiately after raising tho neces-
snry bond, Just n few hours before
police learned that no was wanted
on murder charges.
Boston police notified Capt.
Kdegan late this morning that de-
tectivos from thorc were on. tho
way here ana were prepared 20
murder charge, New York detoc.
tlves arc likewise coming here,
bringing with them witnesses to a
recent murder In that city.
Police departments In other
large cities have been notified OF
Tortoras capture and are search
Ing their records for possible
charges against him. An investiga-
tion into tho i022 triple killing In
Chicago has boon reopened and
new Developments are expected
today or tomorrow.
Boston Officers Coming
Boston, May 3i--(U.Po - Ser
geant Arthur Herman and Detcc-
tive william j. Bonner OF the Bos-
ton police department left for Wa
terbury, Conn, to-day to return
Dangredi Tortora, alias Albert
Bruno, defauited murder suspect
missing for 10 years.