New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-26
A BOY MURDERER ESCAPES.
YOUNG ITALIAN BARBER SHOOTS HIS SHOP
MATE-JEALOUSY SUPPOSED TO BE
TILE MOTIVE.

THE MOTIVE.
The point Just agitating the Central ONCE de-
tectlvcs and the police Of the Ninth Precinct is-Why
did NlcOo Vncenzo murder Antonio Louppi1 Tie
latter lies In the Morgue with bullethoe In his nSht
lung. The man who shot him coolly saunteed away
up sixth ave. after the murder and Is still In hiding
somewhere In New-YOrk or Jersey CITY.
The police have received three stories Of the shoot
Ing. PasQuae Capozzi. brother Of the barber who
employed the murdered man and his murderer tried
10 convince Detective Sergeant OOttIell that Louppl
had shot himself When this " bluff" would not work
he suggested thut the man. then bleeding to d'ath al
his feet had been shot by accident while examining
Ninenzos pistol. But the story told by man named
Joseph Chstasma probably explains the real motive
Of the killing 1t IS nothing than the Old worn
ont lurid meodrama Of love and vengeance, dear 10
the hearts of Mn berry Bend.
Both Louppl and vlncenzo little more than
children, the r3t named being but sixteen years old
while Vncenzo is year younger. For two weeks
they had been employed as assistants in the ten-cent
barber shop kept by Rocco Cap0zz at No. Sixthave
scarcely anything known about either Of the two boys
Lonpp lodged in "a Jersey City Stun, while Vincenzo
slept in the first lodging house he happened to find
LOupp, SO the story runs, was engaged to marry
Teresa faIni, pretty, dark eyed tweNo
year-old girl, who, 1t Is said' ives
at No. 81 Mulberry st. sunday hight was the ume
set for the regular betrohal party, and on the invi-
lie was handsome daslng fellow ia his way, and no
sooner set ewes on the pretty Thelcsa than he pro
c,eded to monopolize her. This was how he repaid
Ouppls hospitality. Ills attentions TO lhefesa were
extremely warm-so as TO excite Louppps deadly
hatred. Louppi waited for Nincenzo unul the httcr
came out oi che house. Then lie sprlng ut hili put
Tho two we're separated before mischief could be done
Loupp went away heapIng curses on the head OF the
girl who had deceived him and swearing revenge on
the
The boys were ut the barber's shop ON lme yester-
day morning, outwardy CAIN and unrufied. Ihey
even spoke To each other with apparent frendliness
But there u steely glitter In the eyes oil cich'
which was not noticed by any one except ChrstSih''
who looked in several times during the day on the
chance Of Il fight. Rocco CapOzd was out OF the CITY
yesterday, leaving Pasquae In charge. Whether any
hot words wr, exchanged by the boys IS known only
o him. and ne after Li, unsuccessful lying, nAntaiDs
Il risid silence. II just o'clock when fssQnae
into an alleyway at the rear oi Ino
shop, leaving the two boys alone. The next mohcht
The report Of u revolver shot rang ont sharp aho
clear on the air. There rush Vi people to the
st,t from whence the sound came. and. James Como
the first man to enter Capozh's shop, saw Louppi
wing on the floor the blood flowing from wound In
hi, right breast while ylncenzo with the smoking
revolver I'm his hand, paCdly looked down upon MN
As the crowd rushed In Nincenzo calmly put 'he
pistol in his pocket, walked ont Of the shop through
The rear yard aud into the hallway Of the adjoining
house a louor store Through this hallway hi
reached sxth-ave.. and in "a minute all trace oi hin
WAS lost The shop was now filed with men YET
no one thought OF laying finger on the murderer Oh
u finding policeman officer hlentzln OF the N'hu
Precinct, turning into SiXthave. from SIDE street,
saw the crowd heard what had happened. ana ran u
The shop. and at once sent out hurry aiio''''not
cu About the same time Dctective-sergeihts Cot'iei
md ponnoll were walking down Sixthave. and seeing
The tlrung outside Capozzl's shop crossed the stiee'
and pushed their way In Immediately Dehiih h'c''
Au Cottrel at took charge Of the case ana aier
hearing PasQuale tapOZI's tWo diverse slo'I,i''
promptly put bin under arrest ny ms olurT ai,o
tuup and Chrisasna were taken TO the Charies-st
station and detained witnesses After biecdng ana
gn suing for nearly half hour, Loupp lapsed lnto
in sen sibilty and In that condition was 'akei W gu
Iiuc-ut's Hospital. An hour later he was DEAD. .
Until Nncenzo Is captured the true story OF th'
quarrel which Immediately preceded The shootihg can
n,t be known. There Is. however, little DOUBT tl
Iouppi, free for the moment from Pasqnlhc 'aPoIA
rsrnnIng presence burst Into fierce vtnperaus0n n
VircrnrO and that Vincenzo finally And declsvely
ended the quarrel by killing him.