New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-05
THREE WOMEN SHOT.
ONE OF THEM INSTANTLY KILLED.

PISTOL FUSILADE IN AN ITALIAN TENEMENT
HoUsE-A WIFE OF ONE OF THE GUILTY
MEN SAID TO HAVE HAD HAND
IN THE FIRING.
Several families Of Italians living in the old iene
rcnt- house No. 60 James-st were alarmed ~ noon
Yesterday by pistol shots in rear room on the ionrh
eoor The shots In rapid succession A. II TWO
or three persons firing, and the reports were
punctuated by the screams OF women nan ooHeh
or more shots had been fired, and excited women and
children were crowtiing the Railways In the lower
stories when Antonio Berquto and Giuseppe scsnono
who lived on the top floor ran down stairs WIN re
volvers in their hands. The two Italians lotto"
their way out Of the house, and disappeared IN lAc "
escape rom a policeman who was called IN oy eho
other inmates. In the room where the shoouhg nAo
taken place the officer found the body OF woman
who had been shot dead. and two women VINO ha'
been wounded seriously. An Italian girl' "h years
old was crying over the body of the dead woman
WITH some difc,ntv the policeman learned that the
room had been occupied by the two wounded women
Petronea Pezzo and Maria Scanzo, and mat the ueah
woman Mrs. Pezzo's daughter MIS- Ahtohe''o
yarilla Of No. James st. Mrs Pezzo bad been sho
I'm the shoulder. and Maria Scanzo had wouha III 'iS
arm Somebody told the policeman that woman VINO
had taken part In the shooting was hiding undA Deo
in the next room, and he dragged out Mrs Asunda
Berquto wife Of one of the Italians who had escaped
The little Italian girl said her mother had Deen he"
by Mrs Berquto and another woman In the house de
olared that Mrs Berquo had fired some OF inc sho's
Ms Berquto was taken TO the Oak-st police station
and locked up She refused t0 tell anything aDo'
the shooting The wounded were taken to the
Chambers street Hospital IL was believed that they
would recover but they would say little about me
shooting.
An examination showed that Mrs. Vaflla had oeeh
killed BY bullet which entered her BACK ana passou
nearly through her body. Her husband, salvatore
Varla went TO the room where she had died ana
acted like a man crazed by grief The police couiu
got nothing out of him. HIS little daughter said that
the quarrel about money. Late in the afternoon
the police were hunting for Berquto and scanno ana
did not know what had led to the murder MIS- Der
unto was sent to the Tombs Police Court and remanded
italians in the Jamcs-st house sad that MIS- Berq1to
had a husband living in Italy, but She pretended
10 be a widow when she came to this city, and was
married to BerqutO few months ago. Her Dr0ther.
ScantOuo, lived with her Berquto lately fouhd out
that his wife had another husband alive In Italy ana
there was quarrel On recent night Berquto lett
his wife I'm rage and went 70 stay with the Narias, at
No JameS-st.. but truce was patched up somehow.
Mrs. Varilla heard yesterday that there was heht
between the Ber1utos I'm her mothers room. and shf
went there followed by her little girl The shooting
began soon after Mrs. Vartlla arrived. some OF the
Italians said that Mrs. Vara probably was acunS as
nparemaker when she was killed. Mrs. Berquto nan
been heard 10 quarrel with her husband and accuse MN
of intending go away from her with the money
which they had saved