Year: 1879

ACTING SUPERINTENDENT wADDY, OF BROOK


LYN, TELLS HOW LARRY o'NEIL WAS TRACED


THE PRISONER CONSENTS TO GO TO BOSTON.


Acting superintendent Waddy yesterday gave
reporter of the HERALD the subjoned statement of
the circumstances under which Larry O'Neil" the
alleged accessory the murder Of Mr. John T. Frye,
arrested in Brooklyn.


ION Thursday afternoon" said Mr.. Waddy. my
attention called the matter by Detective Dor
sey, of New York, who came over to me. bring
ing with him young italian, from Boston, who is
in the employment of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children. They said
they were in possession of facts which
led them to believe that Larry O'Neil
had come either to New York Brook
lyn, and they asked me to assist them in find
ing him. I sent for Detective Roach. and he. in
company with Detective Woods. Of Boston. who is
experienced officer, searched the Italian localities
that night. Woods said he had information that
Larry left Boston on Monday night to visit one
James Bouanznga. Italian stevedore. who
living in this city On Friday morning sent to all
the precincts circular letter ordering strict search
to be made for Saro Chiovaro, alias Nino Antonio.
alias Larry o'Neil. gave full description
of him and all his clothes and other prop
erty, and also of James Bouanzinga. from whom
thought % Neil would try to obtain money go
Europe. then suggested to Detective Dorsey that
it would be well to locate the friend of Larry by
going along the docks of New York While working
along the east side the young Italian and the detec-
tive found BouanZinga at work. The Italian ap-
preached him and held conversation with him
his native tongue Tho Italian told the detective
that the stevedore. when questioned by him to
whether he knew Larry O'NeiP, said. Yes he came
on here Monday night aud stopped at my house.
heard he was in trouble and that the police OF New
York and Boston were looking for him. They
won't get him. because l shipped him the next
morning u vessel going to Canada


LOCATING THE sTEvEDORE.


dorsey hurried over here and impaired this in
formation to me. made up my mind at once that
it was ruse." continued Mr.. Waddy. land l said il
was not possible for Larry to reach here Mon
day night and be shipped Tuesday morning Tor
Canada. In all my police experience 1 have never
known one Italian to give evidence to convict fell
low countryman. They never betray each other, If
they can possibly avoid doing SO. With that
idea predominant / made up my mind that
Larry ONeir was somewhere about New York or
this city. then told Woods to shadow the steve
dore and to keep the young Italian interpreter with
him. / ordered Detective Howell to work with
Roach yesterday morning. and to try and locate the
house of ONeils' friend i'll South Brooklyn. The
latter Individual had told the Boston interpreter
that he lived within stones throw OF Mr. Marietta,
the Interpreter for the Brooklyn courts The theory
was that Larry in Brooklyn and 80 lowered all
the ferries with officers in citizens dress furnished
with full descriptions OF the man. Woods went
to New York to watch the stevedore. who, when he
stopped work, struck bee line for his home. He
crossed the Hamilton avenue ferry and entered his
house, on Sackett street. near Columbia street.
Woods and Roach entered the house after. At
the appearance the officers he and his wife be-
came very much alarmed, and he a limited that he





that the man not in the house then. but he
would arrange so that the officers should meet him
on the OF Van Brun and Sackett streets about
eight clock. Then he said the officers could avert
suspicion from the family by arrestng them all to-
gether and taking them to the station house Shortly
before o'clock O'Neir was arrested, has boen
described in the HERALD. after leaving Italian
loon Hamilton avenue.


TOLLS


when he was taken 20 the Third precinct station
house the officers told him that he could not
taken out of tins State without u requisiion from
the state of Massachusetts unless he chose to go,
and that II would take two three days to obtain
requistion. The prisoner said Il will go back with
you. aont want to stay here any longer He
shed tears during the night but 'braced up in the
morning and assumed the defiant air which is said
to have been characteristic of him while in Boston.


''1he prisoner admitted while her. this morning.
said the acting Superintendent, that his two
panions went into Fryes house while he remained
the outside keeping guard. 1t was arranged be-
tween them, he said, that he Larry was to know
if Mr.. Frye made any noise by hearing ono of them
strike the keys OF the piano. Wncn he heard that
noise he got frightened. he says, aud left


The prisoner was taken before Justice Walsh, and
upon expressing his readiness to go to Boston
emsnded to the custody of the detectives and left
in their charge the eleven o'clock train from this
city,