Mass Poison Ring Could Spark Summer Trials
Philadelphia reports describe a vast poison murder ring driven by money and love. Mrs. Carina Favato, a notorious 200 pound widow, confessed to poisoning her common law husband and others, naming many victims across a decade. Investigators cite $100,000 in life insurance proceeds and a broad network including Mor ris Bolber and Stella Alfonsi amid a sprawling Italian neighborhood case. Public notices in Amarillo show a zoning hearing for 1100 1102 N W Twelfth Ave on June 6 1939, with others protestations noted. The scope and motive of the crimes remain under police scrutiny as more arrests unfold.
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Carina Favato
Charles Ingrao
Philip
Giuseppe di Martino
N. W
Twelfth Avenue
City Commission
City of
Amarillo
Council Chamber
City Hall
Miller Heights
Poison plot targets loyal wives in widow’s scheme
A woman's plea details a murder conspiracy involving Petrillo relatives as prosecutors describe a scheme using love deceit and poison. Wives were urged to buy love powders to poison husbands and enable marriages to plotters. Judge McDevitt noted the issue of culpability for the women.
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Harry S. McDevitt
Jose
Amarillo Woman Recounts Love Potion Claim in Suit
A Amarillo mother of two testified that her husband fell ill and died after a bottle given by Mrs Favato was said to contain a love potion. The witness denied giving any potion herself and said she was happy in the marriage. The attorney described the sequence three years before the husband’s death.
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Rose Davis
Louis la Vecchio
la Vecchio
Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Phine Romauldo
Muskingum College Students Preach Across Regions
Six Muskingum College students travel to serve as part of a student preaching program approved by a district conference board. Their work benefits both the students and congregations lacking full-time ministers. The nearby Canada United States boundary spans about 3,000 miles.
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New Concord
O. W.P
Muskingum College
Canada
The
United States
Three Admit Guilty in Wholesale Insurance Murders
In Philadelphia on May 25 three defendants in the wholesale insurance murder cases pleaded guilty and seven others pleaded innocent as they were arraigned on charges of murder and manslaughter in the deaths of five men. Bolber, linked as an executive, pled guilty generally to Mandiuk’s murder. others denied guilt.
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Philadelphia
Morris Bolber
Widespread Syndicate
Albert S. C. Millar
Roman Mandiuk
Mandiuk
WPA Murder Ring Revealed With Poison and Insurance Schemes
Authorities detail a death-for-profit plot tied to a WPA worker Ferdinand Alfonsi and suspect Petrillo. The scheme used hard to detect poisons like witchs brew and hemlock, arranging policies via relatives and awaiting natural illness to trigger deaths. Alfonsi's wife Stella awaits trial as Petrillo faces murder conviction with mandatory death penalty.
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WPA
Atlantic
Socrates
Ferdinand Alfonsi
Herman Petrilio
Secret Service
Petrillo
Alfonsi
Stella
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Stella Alfonsi
Grace Webster
James Kelly
Ring
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Paul Petrillo
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Rafaele Caruso
David Brandt
Agnes
Christina Cerrone
Caruso
Schuylkill River
Samuel Sortino
Roney
Sale Distribu
Fieise
Smart America
Pabst
Pabst Sales Company
Chicago
Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer
Frigidaire
General Motors Sales Corporation
Dayton, Ohio
Vro CO
General Motors
Western Light
Polk Street
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East
Seventh Avenue
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