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GOT THE RECTOR’S MONEY.Italian Told Him He Could Procure a Better Place for Him.Special to The Kerv York Times.MONTCLAIR, N. J., Aug. 1.—A remarkable tale of deception practiced on a clergyman by an Illiterate man was unfolded in the Montclair Police Court today, v’hen Michael Vllloce CutlerStreet, Newark, was arraigned before Recorder Yost on complaint of the Rev. j Father Vito E. Cic-eone, curate of the ! Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, in j Pine Street, Montclair, charged with obtaining money under false pretenses.Villece came to Montclair on June 23, the day after two men were murdered In a stabbing affray that took place in Glen-ridge Avenue. Ke represented himself as a deputy from the office of Sheriff Sommer at Newark, and said he was commissioned to Inquire into the murder. He circulated among the Italians, and by his authoritative manner impressed/TTRT^for-elgnefs with his importance. \He oaet Father Ciceone and gained tho^rirst’s confidence by representing himself as a Sheriff’s deputy and telling him he had great influence with American ecclesiasts.The ‘curate has but a bare living, and when the professed Deputy Sheriff toid the young priest that he could have him transferred to a more lucrative place at Bayonne, N J., the clergyman believed him. Villece represented to'^he priest that it would he necessary for him to advance the funds whereby he could travel from place to place and confer with the ecclesiastical authorities, who would have to be induced to sanction his promotion to the Bayonne parish.Father Ciceone readily gave from his small store of savings, and the Italian departed, presumably to accomplish the transfer o? the priest. He had not been gone long when he returned and told Father Ciceone that additional funds would be necessary. The priest again gave what money he couid get, expecting that he would soon hear of his promotion. Again the man demanded money of the clergyman. This time the priest gave him some reluctantlly. and made inquiries concerning Vlllece’s standing in the Sheriff’s office.When he found tha* Villece was an Impostor he got a warrant for him. Recorder Yost at the hearing to-day held the defendant in $300 hail for court.
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Sun, Aug 02, 1908
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