,.
. ‘ perpetual carnival.
.. New Your, Saturday.
N 1493 an italian discovered
America. About forty years ago
the Itaiiaus discovered Amer-
ica. and acted upon the discovery.
promptly and thoroughly. And the
immediate outcome of that was that
America suddenly discovered the
_,Itallans in our midst. hundreds of
thousands of them. and has been
worrying about them eyer since.
. Salvatore and his monkey were
among the first to come over, back
in 1‘880. when the Italian inundation
began. There had been poor har-
vests for several years. and people
had little to spend for gayety. Salva-
tore had the artistic temperament.
He had the restless spirit. The high
. ambitions of a Julius Caesar throbbed
under his Vest. He was not afraid
to try his fortunes in a new land, this
descendant of the conquerors. -So
' Salvatore and his monkey took steer-
age passage for the chill streets of
New York, slipped into their place
inconspicuollsly and humbly, and
shortly made themselves indispensa-
ble.
\Vhat would New York be without
the hurdy-gurdy? You don't hear it
in other cities. It lends an air of
The jingly tunes
come rattling in at the roar windows
in the downtown business offices:
they \vhcczc up one populous street
and down another in every section of
the city; they servo up Vcrdi a in
Irving Berlin. and the "Marscllaise"
disguised as a foxtrot. \Vhy. spring
couldn't come to New York without
the accompanying melody of Salva-
toro‘s grind trgan.
'Jtalisn Population of 700.000.,
Salvatore wrote to his four broth-
ers and his seven uncles and his
godfather. and his thirty-seven
cousins; or it? he did not write to
them all direct. his letters were
passed around for gonerai perusal.
He told them of railroads, houses and
roads being built—labor enough for
every one. good sure money. and no
Worry about the crops. Whercllpon.
all of his relatives began saving
money for stccmge passage to Amer-
ica. And since familics are prolific
and family connections numerous.
Bobbed Hair and Summer Furs.
you can readily understand that Sai-
vatore had started something.
What Salvatore started amounts
to this in 1922: New York. with an
Italian population of 700.000. has as
many Italians as Naples and far
more than Rome. Italian names
crowd the directory. Italians are
found in all ranks and every profes-
sion. Gaspare is a doctor. very emi-
nent, though his father kept a fruit
stand. Giuseppe has an import busi-
ness in olive oil. which has an A‘ '
rating in Bradstreet's. Guido is an
orchestra conductor. Pietro a bank
president.
Yet these outstanding successes
are only one phase of Little Italy in
New York. The reverse side has also
its charm. Gaspare, Guido. Giuseppe
and Pietro are altogether American-
ized. Italy. un-Amerlcanized. can be
found in three densely populated
Italian towns on Manhattan Island.
The greatest of these 'is the'lower
East Side colony. Which probably
harbors more human beings to the
acre than any other equal area in
the United States. The Bowery,
Elizabeth. Mott and Mulberry streets
from East Houston to Chatham
Square are the approximate confines
of this district. On the West Side is
,- another all-Italian section. south and
west of “'ashington Square and
along Bleecker street. In Harlem.
First and Second avenues from 105th
street to 120th. is a third large Ital-
ian town.
Besides these large towns there are
villages scattered through the city, a
block here. a couple of apartment
houses there. And these villages are
not accidental. nor are they newly
formed through a desire for compan-
ionship in a strange land. They are
transplanted. complete. from Sicily
or Catania. neighbors there becoming
neighbors here. “I buy da leetle
deviifecsh from Pepino in Napoli, I
buy (is loeile deviifeesh from Pepino
in Elizabeth street. My Antonia. she
take. da care Annunciata's baby for
Annunciata to go to da festa in
Napoll. An'nunciata. she taka dn
_‘ “ sense
care my baby, let my Antonia go to
da tests in Elizabeth street." That
lathe way ltisdone. - -
Transphnied—ufisrth and 'Al
Some of these little communities
Ktranmlanted as you would take up
a. claim; or violets. roots. earth and
Ill, and- set it in your garden) are
.8 self~sutfiéient as they ever were
in their native state. There is a
village at Sixty-ninth street and
Avenue A, all from Cinisi in Sicily.
Cinisi is closer to them than Lexing~
ton avenue. All their social stand-
ards are the standards of Cinisi.
Maria. who is young and pretty. buys
herself an American hat with cher-
ries on it and goes forth to observe
herself in the shop windows. The old
’ women of the community shake their
bonds "In Cinisi she carried a bas-
ket of tomatoes on her head. Now
she carries a hat. She is groMng
vain." 0:- Tony movu to Brooklyn
andprospers there. The gossips com
for. "How Is it one so shirtless can
make money in Brooklyn? When he
moved away he was so poor he could
not afford a moving van. but piled
all his furniture onto a little wagon.
And he was so stingy he would not
pay his wife's car fare, but made her -
ride on top of the furniture."
For the better dissemination of im-
portant facts. such as the profit on
the olive crop in Cinisi or the
christening of Angelina's baby. there
is the Journal of Sicily. This is not
a publication. It is an old woman of
keen observation and abundant leis-
ure. self-appointed to the task. who
devotes herself to it without reward
other than the interest of her hear-
ers. She offers information. advice
F
and comment: as a good 101111131
should.
It is a well known fact that all...
Italians do ,‘not dwell together in
brotherly love. Much of the dissension
is caused by provincial feeling. The
attitude of a Genoese to a NeapOll-
tan can be compared with the atti-
tude of a Manhattanite to a Brook-
lynite. A Venetian is apt to consider
1-. Sicilian as “poor white trash.” The
Harlem settlement is North Italian.
In the Bowery district, the. southern
part of Mulberry street is exclusively
Neapolitan. while Elizabeth street
and most or the crosstown streets
of the section are Sicilian. And
mess the Sicilians townsman cleaves
to tomman. so that you find both
sides of the street for three blocks
- Depulated by immigrants from the
city of Siacca. one block from Mes-
sina. two from Palermo.
Rivalry of Patron Saints.
Each city‘of the old country has
it's patron saint. its own special
festival days. These festivals the
exiled sons and daughters have
broughr'with them, and all summer
long the Itelianfiuarters blossom
forth at intervals with revelry by
night. Festoons of glittering elec-
tric bulbs are strung across the.
street. forming an arcade of dazzling
light. Children play with fireworks
in the middle of the street. tossing
sputtering sparklers into the air or
setting off booming firecrackers.
From doorsteps, window’s and fire-
escapes their mothers keep a watch-
ful eye upon them. Confetti flies
about. Jostling crowds drift along
or stop to talk with friends on the
front steps.
Four things are essential to the
m noawm 1:ch .
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correct observance of, a. resins—lots
of lights. street stands selling viands
especiallyjappropriate' to the occa-
sion. 9. band stand andthe saint in ‘
whose honor the aflair is conducted.
The saint may reside in a church
located in‘. the block or he may have
arspeclal shrine constructed for him.
. .1"... .
in}. 1"”.‘1‘.’ '
‘I‘. -
' nil
In Any Italian Colony.
When there is a shrine\ it is placed
at the end of the avenue of lights.
It is made of white and gold and
liver paper. on a framework of
lathe. and its elaborate paper archi-
tecture towers twenty feet into the
air. Within the shrine stands as
efligy of the saint. with tail candlu
burning before him. One may obtain
here, for a due consideration. a holy
picture to adorn one's home. ‘
The shrine is. however. not so
neat tn attraction as the band stand.
which is placed opposite. an impres-
sive structure decorated with red
cheesecloth and gold paper. In the
street before the bend stand the
crowd is packed densely. waiting for
the musicians to recover from their
latest exertion and begin. to make
more music. The refreshment stands“
always present special array for the
feats. dainties not to be found on the
push carts at other times. strings
of dried, chestnuts. almond taffy in
bars and in huge chunks. little round
caka all stuck together with a
poisonously pink frosting.
Macaroni in Many Forms.
The genius of Italian imagination
expresses itself in mammal. They
are not content with it in the ordi-
nary tubular form only. It appears
in a multitude of variations. in rib-
bons from a quarter inch to an inch
wide. fluted and ruffled. shell shaped
curlicues. short tubular sections with
. and play
'\
Transplanted Italy Has Colonieso-Her Own-
cor'rugations. twisted strips, skeins
and braids of fine spun vermicelli.
Italian macaroni. made in America,
is now being exported to Naples.
It is usually the men only’who
seek evening entertainment far from
home. Itis woman's virtue to keep
strictly to her ‘ own neighborhood
but a man may go to the "pastic-
ceria" and eat spumoni and geiatl
cards with his friends.
Italian theaters are found in the dif-
ferent sections. ,Caruso is honored
with a theater on the Bowery named
after him. On West Fourteenth
street is. another variety theater.
Italian vaudeville flourishes in these
homes of art. The bill is quite sim-
ilar to the American, though only
the Italian language is heard. ,The
manner. of pmséntation,’ however.
would astonish and perhaps annoy
an America}: audience. In the cen—
ter of the footllghts rises a metal
hood. the prompter’s bo From the
balcony may be seen the occasional
flutter of white pages or a hand ris- '
ing into view from the box. The
Italian audience is quite undisturbed
by this and even sees nothing amiss
in the copious prompting demanded
by the popular tenor. At the end of
each phrase of his song. there is a
sibilant gabble from the prompter.
which serves as an accompaniment
to the last prolonged note. and. hav-
ing been supplied with the next
phrase, the tenor continues.
Down on Mulberry street, south of
Brooms. is a relic of early days in
the Bowery colony. Before the
American moving'pictures became so
popular the puppet show of the old
country was a favorite inexpensive
amusement. This is the last of the
puppet show. It is far removed from
the marionette theaters of the
modern art moVement. These are
not the exquisite little figures de.
veloped by Tony Sarg. but huge.
ponderous dolls almost two-thirds
life size. with WOO
wooden expressions.
lation is not at all s
den heads
Th‘C‘il‘ m
u'rtl
forceful. An iron rod 258.52.)“ “9'!
A 1"
.poker is solidly attached . ‘ k"- 3.5 I
Another iron rod 0 ~ ‘0 ‘he
hand, while the let: ha.
vered by means of a ”be
are not controlled by (1(er The 198!
carefully. weighted so ”1:15. but are
U moves with ‘a pepuiiu 2356 don
can be deénhea only b:"~ Which
mg." } {11.13 800d
The play pI'ESEn
which continues for a. f. L
and has for its theme .. (sure so
Paladins. The arm... at "j'lrs of :5,
performance is somqgjji m‘Bllt'g
Two knights in goidpn a-
embossed; with iron A
right hands and
ends. enter from 0-- . , ‘
the eight foot $2529.
each other sonoroug 1:
that have all tin ma.
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cano." The l.
in .,,
as.
number. He lZ-iurrps‘
sword, and talus «up
~ . finer:
After a number of icon-tows
soliloquies there is a and
which is a gay:
trumpet sounds
v
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(a l..
two opponents advance 53,1;
down. their shields up. _, .- st“:
face to face and fight. Duc- in some
miscalculation of the operate:- one
usually thumps his own sh. ill. 'Thay
draw apart. then take :1 {Lung tackle
from opposite sides of the stage and
meet in the center with a crash like
a bo'mb in a tinshop. One is knocked
out completely. the victor thumps 113
shield, delivers a resounding oratloz.
and leaves the stage in a sfrmie leap,
The Italian. more Completc‘ly than
any other immigrant. has brought 5‘;
country with him. In these colonies
of Manhattan he is in America. but
not of it. The older mcn and women
never will be. for there is no neces-
sity for them to adapt themselves
They speak their own tongue; they
have their own environment: they
can support themselves in the nua-
ner to which they are accustomed.
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Gigi, the Garlié Man.
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Continued from Preceding Page.
of course, they had gone to Police
. Headquarters and enlisted the aid of
local detectives. Then, wearing old
clothes. they haunted Chliago crim-
inal resorts. posing as “thugs." They '
made inquiries about Kinsman and
Spluine. and sucoessiully trailed
them to a fashionable apartment
house. They had spent several days
in the underworld section of Chl—
cage. but Kinsman. they learned, had
returned to New York. Splaine was
still thought to be in Chicago, but
they could hot find him. They tried
several ruses, but none worked. The
"Orange Growers" found a woman
with whom Splalne had spent some
time. Clare went into the. place
where she lived and represented him-
self as a “strong-arm." a holdup
’man; described Splalne to her. tell-
ing her that he and his partner were
lookingv‘fl'or the rich guy” to “stick
him up." They described Splaine
and promised the woman that they
would give here part of the loot if
she would tell where her friend was.
She said she didn't know whom
they were talking about. Clare and
Daly posed to her as desperate char--
acters and told her that they were
going to find the man. anyhow.
They went out. and two Chicago de«
tectives came in directly afterward.
' tolling the woman they were looking
for ‘ two desperate "yeggrnen," for
. :33th they had warrants—two of the
3 worst characters in the country.
The officers had trailed them to this
rbullding. They described Clare and
I Duly. The woman vowed she had
" never seen them and the officers left.
.After a while Clare and Daly re-
viewed. and the woman told them
“the bulls"‘were on their trail. Daly
replied that they'd as soon kill a cop
‘15 anybody else. and said they were
going to stay by her side till Bplaine
"returned. Then she told them that
Splaine had left town that day: she
did not know where he had gone,
The “Orange Growors" believed her.
They hurried to Police Headquar-
for. and the alarm to other
m
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DIY
day I had him in my office all day
and made an attempt to get his con-
fession. I had him describe the men
who sat beside him in the chauf-
feur's seat, and he described Kins-
man with exactltude. Then I sud-
denly lot a picture of Kinsman fall
into his sight and watched closely
for his reaction. He saw the photo-
graph. but his expression did not
change.
Sunday night, the second Sunday
after the robbery, an informant tele-
phoned me that Kinsman had been
seen in New York in the company
of “Swede Annie” and an unknown
man wearing a bright colored neck-
tie. Immediately afterward Mrs.
Goodwin telephoned that she be-
lieved Kinsman was back in New
York. But Annie had been followed
by the shadow men. I soon learned
that five of them were—outside a
hotel on Third avenue. near Forty~
second street, to which they had fol-
lowed Kinsman and Annie. I called
for twenty-five detectives. and in
thirty minutes the hotel was com—
pletely surrounded. But I thought it
better to not arrest Kinsman at
once in the hope that he would lead
me to others. So I sent squads ,of
men to the railroad station and lim-
ply kept watch on the hotel.
I was in the Eighteenth street sta-
tion house Monday night when a.
.man was brought in for drunken-
ness. He gave his name as Molloy.
He turned out to be the Molloy who
has turned up twice before in this
story.
Kinsman and Annie and the man
in the red tie were followed the next
day. He was arrested in the Grand
Central Terminal. Annie and the
other men were with him. The un-
known man turned out to b‘e’Kias-
man's brother. who was not “in on"
the robbery at all.
Kinsman was brought to me at
Police Headquarters. His bearing as
he was ushered into the room was of"
supreme confidence. almost arro-
gance. I asked him first if he would
standupandletmeseehowtallho
was. He laughedand stood.”".l1ion
Iopenedhiscoatandlookedattho
label. “I see you've been in Qi-
_ v
cage," I said. I looked into his hat.
“This was bought in Chicago. too.”
At his tie. "And this." Then I
looked at the label on hisunderc
clothes. “These were bought in a
State street store in Chicago." I said.
"and a very good store it is."
“Look here!" he turned on me as
if ready to fight. "do you take me
for a boob?" _
“Yes. I do." I replied. "Why didn't
you make your getaway with a brass
band instead of taking ‘Swede An-
nie' with you to Albany to attract
attention ell the way? Why didn't
you advertise in the papers instead
of sending her back here to tell
where you had gone?"
Then a police lieutenant came in
with Annie's hat—the one with the
little row of red roses adorning it.
I became angry. turning to the
lieutenant and reprimandlng him for
bringing it in before I was ready
for it. .
"How did you.get that so quick?"
asked Kinsman.
I told him how we had traced him.
and his reply was to the effect that
there was no use of his telling any-
thing. since Irknaw so much. Then
I changed my'tactics. I\saw how
vain he was. and I appealed to his
egotism. flattering him personally'
and praising the taxicab robbery as
a masterpiece of tactics in holdup
history. I told him it was my opinion
that whoever had planned the robe
bery had a great mind, and Kinsman
began to warm and glow under my
phrases. He actually became home-
what genial after my talk of his~
cunning. after my inferences that be
was one of the smartest criminals I
had every, dealt with. I guess he,
looked upon me as a sort of boob. at.
the same time increasing in his con-
fidence that no officer was agile
ultted enough to catch him. _
When his self-complacency was.
at its height! made my stroke to
break Kinsman. While we had been
sitting in the room talking Joann:
brano had beenplaced under arrest.’
Kinsman'l brother, wesbeing exam. '~'
med inanothel' .. ‘ " ‘
OST THRIL'LINjG DET
Mrs. Sullivan was brought into the
room where Kinsman and I sat. She
was followed by Commissioner Waldo.
who took his seat near Kinsman to
hear what the witnesses would have
to say about him. The genial old
landlady told all she knew—about
Kinsman's attempt to get her to
testify for Molloy about the black-
Jacks. Then Kinsman's brother (who
was not aware that any robbery had
been committed) came in and told all
about him that he knew: specified”.
of a package in which- it was
believed money was bundled in a
cabinet at the Kinsman home in
Boston. , We conQonted our prisoner
with much that Annie had told and
much more that she had not until
at last we had dragged a complete
confession bit by bit from him. After
he had told us all he went through
the whole detailed admislon again.
His story brought new characters
into our mystery.
While serving as a waiter at the
Nfitshell cafe Kinsman had met sev-
eral men who were afterward to
exert considerable influence‘uvon his
life. Among them were “Dutch"
Keller. ”Joe the Kid.” “Scotty the
Lamb” and Gene Spiaine. Through-
these he was introduced to Jess Al-
brauo. Another whom he met was
Molloy. and “Dutch” and "Joe the
Kid" had been Albrauo's museum
to Molloy when he was ill 911803 in
Brooklyn. ..
Jess had been the first to tell Kins-
man of the plan whom no m3 taxi-
cab. Meetings followed in which
plans were laid. flinging principally
upon Jess's friend Geno Montani.
who drove the taxicab in which in.
money'was cos-tied and who would
‘be willing to collaborate on the Job.
At such meetings general advicewas
contributed. and no one man had
bang-'responsibie ‘for the ehhorato
plans, including the asdnmeut of
twin men to pushythe actual assail-
ants into the taxicab. The. confer-
ences were held in',the saloon of
.‘Jimmre the Push: and 18‘ was
mes-that the loot wan-”tryout. -
over the ground carefully from the
bank at Beaver street to the spot on
Park place where the escape car was
to be stationed, and then through
the streets by which flight was to
be taken.
At 8 o'clock on Thursday morning.
February 15, the six bandits were
out of their beds. Gene Splaine and
“Dutch" Keller took the two black—
jacks Mrs. Sullivan had seen in
Kinsman's drawer. Kinsman. being
a boxer. asserted he needed no
weapons. .
“Scotty the Lamb," a Scotch
youth who was literally roped into
the Mair, a most interesting and
amusing character—his real name
was Joseph Lamb-was appointed to
stumble in front of Montani's car to
give thb driver a reasonable expla-
nation for. having stopped after the
police ’began, to investigate him.
But. unfortunately perhaps. Mon-
taui was so wrought up that he did
not give "Scotty" time to leave his
station on the sidewalk before he
came to a halt.
The six ate breakfast together in
a cafeteria and then went to the
saloon of.“Jimmie the Push.” where .~
they had a round. of drinks. There;
the final plans were gone through,
Jess Albrazzo withdrawing from‘ac- .
tuel participation with the explana-
tion that he was the chief of the
robbers and would employ his. privi.
p . loge. Then three other characters.
heretofore not implicated in the rob-
bery,tookahandandtheaifairtook
a nortwlst. A little band of Italian
deeper-afloa- known in the under-
world as “file Three Brigands.“ en- -
tel-ed themes» and put in a claim. 7
asserting that they proposed totake
‘no’pa‘rt in the'holdup but to be at-
the spot with fitting; weapons to see
that it should :0 through without a
hitch. Then, they said. they would
put upon. claim for their share of the
spoils. “ThejThree Weds" ‘me f
men to be teased. and so the ski-ob- ,
.bers went on their mission some--7. '-
what .more ‘difldentiy than before,
~ Then they took a street car.
- conductor of the surface car no-
ECTIVEJ STORY
cab ambling up Church street and
gave the signal._ Montani stopped
gave the signed. Montani stopped at
once; “Dutch" rushed for the taxi-
cab door nearest him and struck the
old messenger. Smith, on the head
with his blackjack. On the other
side of the car, Gene Splaine opened
the door and was pushed in by “Jm
the Kid." The younger messenger.
Wardle, put up a little struggle. but
was knocked senseless in quick time.
Kinsman. who had boosted "Dutch"
into the cab. jumped on the seat be-
side Montani and pointed his finger
at the driver‘s side to simulate a re-
,volver. The car sped toward Park
Place._ There the robbers alighted.
“Dutch” carrying the bag with the
money in it. He and Splaine were
spotted with blood. The green ca:-
standlng nearby was a ruse. The
three bandits did not take it. They
Went to the elevated station. boarded
a train and rode to the next stop.
The
ticed the blood and remarked on it.
“Dutch" said they had been in a
fight. ‘ ' - ‘
They headed for the saloon of
"Jimmie the Push." Arrived there
they‘ found Jess and “The Three
Brigan‘ ds" waiting for them. "Dutch"
placed the leather bag on a table.
Matteo Albrano. leader of "The
Three Brigands." immediately drew
a revolver and held- up the taxicab
bandits. Another of his band opened '
the bag and took a parcel contain-
ing 810.000. Matteo gave the re-
maining 315,000 to Jess, Kinsman
and the robbery gang; Jess then
took $3,000 for himself and the same
amount for Montanl. ' whine took
his $3,000. and Kinsman had to be
content with $2,750. ., Neither "Joe
the Kid" nor "Scotty the Lamb" was
present. so the former .was counted
'out with {250 and "Scotty’9.-- with
nothing at all. What wasTJeft was
to gb to “expenses." ' Then they sep-
muted and man e their escape '
good while. and finally I walked over
to where he sat. and pinched his left
ear. Then I left the room. As soon
as,I had gone out he turned to my
assistant and asked 'why I had done
that. .
"To see if you were lying." was
the reply. Then I came back and
looked scrutinizingly at his ear.
"Yes," I said. “he's lying all right.“
I called in several to examine if.
and all agreed that he was lying.
Jess himself was so curious that be
tried to turn his head to see his an
ear. Then‘ he weakened and can-
fessed. VThat night Jess and I went
togethEr to see "Jimmie the Push.“
‘wbom he had implicated. In a day
or so we placed "Jimmie the Push"
under arrest.
When we arrested "Jimmie the
Push" we 8.130 arrested his partner.
Robert. Deillo. upon whom we had
proof of complicity.
Meanwhile Splaine had arrived on
extradition papers from Memphis—-
and confessed. “Scotty the Lamb”
was found. and he confessed. H5
’had been promised $35 for “doing 3
10b. for Jess." He had not cues.
tinned what he was to do; his faith
in Jess Was implicit.
We set out to find “Dutch" Keller.
"Joe the Kid," and “The Three Brit-
ands." We had some luck. bail”!
a great deal. We found no W 3‘
“Dutch" or Joex But we did the!
Matteo Albrano. who had robbed 1‘39
holdup men; and we learned son}?
thing of his two mates who writ:
him made up “The Three Brigandtl
Both of them were in Mexico.
Matteo confessed to if: part. 35
did all of our prisoners except NO“
tani. ’ The chauffeur. inadm-
got the longest prison senteneo ‘1
them all. ~
The real twist of the case can.
when we learned that Jess. "at:
Three Brignnds." “Jimmie the M-
Montani and Deilio——thc Raina-—
had planned the whole robbery m
beginning to-end. using the W.
Americans. Keller. Kinsman. 8W
and "Joe the Kid." as well as lb!
unfortunate “Scott!” to do th. not:
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