The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-04
CAMILLA CAME AS A DECOY,
AND LED TER BETRArER AuAY TO
BIZ SHOT M HER DROJBER.

BIZ SHOT M HER BROIBER.
Sho Had Two BROTHERS Here, hut They
We're Married Men, and so Mcr Bach
eior Brothcr WINS Imported from rtniy
TO Garry Nut the Family Vengeance.
Five ringing reports from big pistol drew
the police to tho foot Of East Tooth street Mt
$3.50 o'clock Saturday night A man fed M
the street, carrying two bullets In his body.
He was pursued until his pursucr had e1-
haustcd his ammunition, and thon the pursuer
turned and fed In On opposite direction. Half
an hour later tho wounded man reached the
East Eighty-eighth street station. 10 is
Michael Cestcr, 40 years old. and he keeps q
saloon at 800 East 109th street. He has wife
ana Ave children thcre.
PasQualo Rusciano had shot him. he said,
and no gave a pretty fair description OF his
nssailnnt. Then he was sent to the Prcsby-
tcrian Hospital. whore the wounds were found
to be painful rather than dangerous.
Detectives Cannon and Farley md Police
man Hamilton started in search OF his nssail.
ant The wounded man had little to say about
the cause OF the shooting From other sources
the detectives learned. as thoy tell tho story.
that dark-eycd Itulnn beauty, tho sister OF
Rusciano. was at tho bottom OF tho at
tempted murder. She is Camilln Rus
ciano. she is 10 yoars old. md
livos ut % Oliver street. In the guiso Of II sim
gle man Ccster courtod her and finally le-
trayod her She hid her misfortune from her
relatives for n long time Meantime she
urged Cester to marry her. He kopt putting
her of with promises until it bocanio next to
impossible for the girl to keep hcr secret
longer. Then she began an investigation
boon married several years and mad family
ny II the Italian colony in Harlem. Then
Ap,a rira wi hnr la hrn hnr urn IN m NJ.
pei Sew iofs pfSs
4 10Y was born to Camilla about year ago.
and over since the hrothers have waited and
America to calculate that CARRYING out I. cir
plans In person meant n long neriod o! hiding
and separation from their families in tho event
ture A third brother. Pas1uale, was in Italy.a
Ills sister apnsaed to him and he t came.
Meantim. months had elapsed. and Ccster had
eeen nothing Of Camilla. pasqunle arrived
s%1 1T anI G hut aaS Se asr %
| the weeks went by and Ccstor had nearly for
lie expected TO have to listen to her upbrald:
incs. Instead she met him smilingly and told
him that tne had tanned ner anger. until only
| the memory OF past happiness. when she be-
ne 90 I
s ssnl not hot x ,GhG walk together he
to him. tho cirt led h i'm. down 70 tho loot Of
lessy nehnd them. and tho girl had kept
watch of her brothers. movements in furtive
Chances over her shoulder that were unnoticcd
They had reached the pier ut the foot Of the
street; and PasHnale was close upon then.
Wnter, with quick exclamation OF Look
'' Caster looked. and Camilla turned md .fcd.
At the same Instant Pasquale beRa'r to xhoot.
and Caster ieit stlnSinT pain IN his DAck:
S .aw him.
and ficd in the direction the girl Ind taken.
nn,susd iE at the sal19 Keeper
At tho saloon tho detectives found an italian
who knew lnsauale. and they impressed him
they found him. Dononico Enseiano. thsy
learned. lived in smith street, Corona. l. \.
They vent to Josephs house first. hut Pas
Quale had not been there. They caught the
l2:3O train to Corona. and the three policome on
jumped from the platform nearest the loso.no.
sSsa New S 3ork ' Tho '" srans ss ' was
to feel IL That was Being and
acted SO suspicionsly that the detectives felt
SurC that ne was IaSquale. detective Farley
suddenly levelled n revolver in the face of the
guide. and under the benifcent influence OF
the weapon the man admitted that the Italian
who had jumped from tho train was iasuuae.
Tho detectives bounced upon him, and in a
moment found themselves surrounded Ivy hall
4 dozen or more Italians. who seemed to have
been lying in wait along the dark country
road as n sort Of body guard for Pasqualc.
There WAS an excited conversation n Italian
In which the prisoner and the Italian from
New York took an active part. and the ltal-
lens crowded threateningly around the officers
The policemen drew their revolvarsand fired
three shots over the heads q the Italiann, and
the Italians fell back. They followed the
officers to the public room OF n hotel near tho
depot. whore the officers handcuircd their
prisoner and hired u two-soated opon wagon
to take them to Long Island CITY. tho last
train for the night having left Corona.
Tho prisoner was takcn to tho Presbyterian
Hospital. where tho detectives learned that
tho wounded man Ind gone homo after having
They took the captive to Cester's house. whore
they found the latter in bed. At sight OF the
prisoner he tried o spring up and Crnpple with
him, bEt found himself too weak. He idrnti-
fed the prisoner. and PasQualo was locked up.
AS usual. tho prisoner refused to admit or
deny anything. He is rs years old Justice
Taintor committed him without bail in the
Harlem Court yesterday for examination.
The Oak street pol Ice had detectives out
not succeed In finding any trace Of Camilla.
No 25 Oliver street IS q five-story tenement,
occupied chiefly by Italians. They pretended
last night not to know the young woman or
her brothers or any Of her family. or anything
at all.