Murder in Mulberry Street
Item
- Title
- Murder in Mulberry Street
- Source
- The sun (NY)
- Date
- 1880-06-08
- page
- 3
- Identifier
- https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1880-06-08/ed-1/?sp=3&q=murder&r=0.267,0.013,0.238,0.114,0
- Crime
- Murder
- Subject
- unknown assailant; murder
- Gender of alleged offender
- Male alleged offender
- Gender of alleged victim
- Female alleged victim
- Law enforcement involved
- police
- Stage of the Legal System
- crime
- Location
- In-State; 22 Mulberry street
- Length of story
- 849
- Description
- MURDEn IN ntULnnnnr STHERT A a Italian YFomn Killed In her Koem bJ an Vnknown Assassin A orowd of Italian men nnd vvomon stood around the entrance to 22 Mulberry street yes t erday afternoon and discussed In whispers a t errlblo tragedy that had occurred within Tho house ls I n large double building occupied almost exclusively by Italian tenants The ront f house Is separated from time rear one by 1 narrow dark and dirty yard nnd both build Inns t arc crowded III ventilated nnd so badly lighted l that the passages on most ot the slot Ics are as dark at noonday ns In thee dead ot night Among the occupants of the roar house was Norflno Mangano an Italian about 45 years ot ego Hu lived with his wife Mary Anna Mancano and his throo children the oldest of whom Is only 10 years In a small front room In the second story Mrs Mancano was a rather pretty young woman 28 years of ago and nn industrious i housewife Her husband despite the not very remunerates nature ot hlstrndo ragplcklng worked so hard thnt he was ablo to t furnish his room comfortably vend support his family well All the children wont to school and the neighbor say thnt during the six months that the Mangano family have been In thf house they leave conducted themselves Qllotv Among the other Inmates of 22 Mulberry street wns 1 young Itnllnn who said hn wn Michael Glneorello though It Is now asserted by tho neighbors that this was not his real name Ho worked nt whatever ho could get to do nnd boarded with ono of tho families In limit hous Hn camp from 1 part of Italy not far from Mnnganos native plncii and this circumstance stance brought about I friendship between tho two men Glncorollo wits In thin hnbltof going to Mnnganos rom In the evenings and silting tll 11 ni thor for an hour or si The Intimacy Iho young man with lien family Mnngnno nvers culminated in Improprieties on Glncorello part toward Mangnnos wife Finally Mrs Mnnimuo told her liusbnnd nf Olncorellos bn hnvlor Mnngnno forbade Olneorello to corns to his room again but despite this Injunction he Wont them frequently In thn absence ot the rncplekcr On Saturday the husband nays tint I I woman told him that ulncorello hail entcre thn room when she was alone and threatene to kill her Mangano cnutlontd his wife hl snys to keep nor door locked on tim Inside wlnn hownj away anti not to allow Olacorello to otitnr on any uritnncn Mnngnno started on his usual rounds yesterday nt 1 very early hour At noon ho returned but the door of his room was locked Lonrulng from sonic of tim neighbors that his children hid not comeback from school he cnmn to the conclusion hint their mot ho i hAd gone to moot them is she hnd occasionally donn before He waited a short time rend us ohe did not come ho wont out nnd continued his rngplcklng Mnnirnno when lie went out without his din ner said nothing about his wlfns absence but bn hal told one of tim women of thn tMrnat thud Ilroni Qlncorcllo hnd made nealnst Mrs Mnngnno mnlo 1lnnlllo and naturally before many hours had nlnpsed tit secret wns common property When lien woman who had matte the discovery that Mrs Mangnnos door was locked coil them seemed to bo nobody In the room told her friends of inn clrcumstnncn the minds 01 many of them reverted to that threat Ono womnn who occu Plod a rear room In the second Storm of tho front house could look from her window di rectly Into the apartment rented by lien Man ganos She ran upstairs nnd looked out Shin could see a womnns body on tho floor Tollon mnn Nugent of the Mulberry street police was called and burst ofln tho door Them was no disorder nmone the artIcles of furniture In the room Ayrvlhln was In Its place But In the middle of thn floor lay thn diad body of Mrs Mnngauo How long lilt hail been extinct It wns Impossible to say but time limbs were cold nnd rigid Ther was n deep wound In the back of this head thnt had evi dently been made with n blunt Instrument No other Injuries were found Whlln Policeman Nugent wn stooping over thn body Mnngano entered When hti learned what hnd taken place In I hlsnbsence his grief knew nn bounds Hn at Ant accused Olncorello of having murdered his wife nnd the Central Pollen Ofllce having ben notified deioctlves were smit to search for the missing man Lutn last night ho hat not returned home nor hind time detectives succeeded In finding him Man gnno was arrested and locked up cud a police man was detailed from tIes Mulberry street sta tion to wnteh time body during tIme night Coroner Brad hns chance of the case but ho was unable to view tho body last night
