THE MURDER OF SALVATORE AND FELICINE SCALPONE

One of the most dramatic passages in the history of the Scalpones was the brutal murder of Salvatore Scalpone,
his bride Felicine (Fosco), and an older woman who had recently come to live in their apartment in New York
City's Lower East Side. Married in 1909, the couple were found murdered in January 1910. The crime was never
resolved. Was it robbery? Was Salvatore (owner of a barber shop nearby) involved with the underworld? Far-
fetched as it may seem, at one point it was hinted that Salvatore's father Alfonso had committed the murder
because he disapproved of his choice of Felicine as his wife.

There are three articles from the New York Times describing the murders. They are fascinating not only for their
detail, but also because of the unusual style adopted by the writer--journalism a century ago. Click on the headline
to read the article.

    1.  First article, dated January 21, 1910 :

            THREE FOUND KILLED IN EAST SIDE FLAT
                     Italian Barber, His Young Wife and an
                           Aged Woman Friend Beaten to Death

                    Shrieking Relatives Forced by Police to look
                         Upon Scene of Crime -- No Clue to Murderer

    2. Second article, dated January 22, 1910:      

                POLICE LACK A CLUE IN TRIPLE MURDER
                     Brutal Eastside Killing Threatens to Go Unsolved
                            Like Thirty Seven Others of 1909

                     BURGLARS NOW SUSPECTED

    3. Third article, dated January 29, 1910:       

                THE ELDER SCALPONE TURNS UP