New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-05
AN ITALIAN MURDER.
MYSTERIOUS TALK ABOUT THE MAFIA
,v,rxrssEs TO SHOOTING IN ELizAbEin'''
MELT AWAY AND DIsAPPEAR-THE

WITNESSES TO A SHOOTING IN ELIzABETHsr'
urrr AWAY AND DIsAPPEAR-THE
MURDERER QUICKLY CAUGHT.
Francisco Barcia, a butcher. OF NO 20 90.
beth-st was shot down only lew iee' i =,
home late yesterday afternoon. his murue'e, -
r,.orcssco Carsata n barber. The immaculate
~ 30 ,ho ooht that occurred between the men
CAUSE =, ~, De-, tho ominous word "Maha' went
orrd amonp the oungers In the Italian par
rooms Of the neighborhood as the poi'ceme" .ei,
the scene CT the murder with the ma" VIZ =,
shot the butcher to death, tightly hanocu.eu "
,ho,r midst. on all sides the opinion seemed gen
noi ,hat the murder was the result OF careiu'y
arranged plot and although there is no u'.e.' so,
aanoa 70 substantiate the belief 1t Is noted 'ha'
49, no,ice have been unable to obtain s"'se
adult witness who will say that ne sa" go.
do the shooting. and there Is oiny w
notion az 10 the subject OF the fatai quaiie,
dozen men were present all the t'iiie' wv -
,bev nretend to have turned their heads away %
49, n,,,oaI sbot was fired or their identity can
M, no sufficiently established Three or ioui
childrcn positively Identify the murderer anu 'ie
evidence ia sufficient to dispel all oouo' "' !" w
guilt. .,oo,sh,e
Francisco Barcia, the butcher, was d resp'
married man. about forty-four years ola. anu no.
.a .,ua-o, pa.ro fifteen wears old and Tina, TWO.
Francesca Carsata his murderer had a slight ac'
ouaintance with him only. He was only thrS o"e
years cd and kept BARRIERS shop In the Dasei
n, Eiftieth-st and SIxth-ave. Yesterday morning
Carsata left his work and went downtown Tie
turned I'D in the afternoon at Joseph Costelo TUT
niture store, No. 2H EZabeth-st.. and joined Nos-
tello and half a dozen other Italians In the pacK-
room OF the store They drank beer there all AFTER
noon, chattering among themselves ana .a.S"'a
and a cousin of Barca. the butcher. quarrelled ana
called each other names. Barcia himself passed IN
and out from his store two doors away during the
afternoon He heard Carsata's abuse Of his cousin
and took his relatives part. The cousin VINO Is
said 10 be a small. slightly built man, shranK away
from Carsata, and the butcher who was STANDING
ia his doorway the men came out, rusned ior-
warl to defend him.
The butcher was known to have gone armed
lately and Carsata fed before him. Barcia, ne
now SAYS. had a razor in his left hand. With his
RIGHT he was ready to draw his revolver. but be-
fore he could do so the barber spTahg OH ar
the Sidewalk and pTfdnS At hs assaant
The murderer ran right INTO the arms OF one W
the officers who had heard the shots lie did not
deny his crime. r,. ,...
II had "a quarrel with man. and Barcia inter.
fered" he said. He attacked me with razor
and was gong TO draw his revolver % III Sell
Barcia died in ten minutes. and when the police
began to Investigate the crime the crowd melted ssd
Mand!n had been leaning out OF me winuow .. MS
home across the street S man ana sSoo and PssSuae
Cortantino. who keeps grocery store at NO: 20
ElIzabeth-st. had been serving WON woman Win IN
a gray sack .uit-the description OF the murdererr-
come out o, the furniture store and after the the
shooting run away up the street This was All the
Information that could be obtained. All last
night the police we're searching for the man whose
ing him. and with him. the clew to the mystery
witch hung over the cause OF the quarrels In the
'' carsata will be arraigned in the Tombs Police
Court this morning.