H2H 4.166. Maria Barbella. A Crime of Passion in Little Italy
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H2H 4.166. Maria Barbella. A Crime of Passion in Little Italy

April 26, 1895, Little Italy, New York, New York. Maria Barbella, a twenty-two year old Italian immigrant who worked in a sweatshop, is angry with her boyfriend, Domenico Cataldo. He’d promised to marry her, but was now reneging and leaving out of New York harbor on a boat back to Italy. She followed him to a saloon and begged, but when he told her only a pig would marry her, Maria was done and Domenico was dead. This is the story of Maria Barbella. A Crime of Passion in Little Italy.




Sources used for this podcast:

The New York times 7.19.1895

The New York Times 4.22.1896

The New York Times 11.4.1897

The New York Journal | 11.28.1896



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