The sun., 1896-06-23
MRS. ZUCCARALLO'S PISTOL.
NR. lND MRS. ROTH 60 Down BE-
EORE ITS EVE SHOTS.

1H. AND NRh. ROTH 90 DOWN BE-
FORE ITS FIVE SHOTS.
Both Thought They Were Badly Wounded
and Insisted that They Had been Hit
Even When IL Was Founa that the
Pistol Contained Only Bisnk Cartridges
vinosnzo Zucoarsllo and his family live on
tho fourth floor of the tenement at %<0 West
Fifty-fourth street. Richard Roth and his
family live on tho third floor. On the first, sec
oud. and nth floors live about ten other fam
lilies. Tho Roths and the Zucoerallos don't like
one another They have shown this dislike on
an average Of three times week for the past
six months, and each time the neighbors have
taken sides in the matter an6 q merry time has
ensued.
1t takes very little to fan the spark OF hatred
into . roaring flame In this tenement. AS n
matter Of faot the Roth and Tuccarallo fami-
lies spend half OF their time looking for an ex-
cuso to go at one another. II q Zuccarallo looks
ae Roth in . way which the Roth docs not
like, the Roth proceeds to punch the offending
Zuocarallo out of shape. Then host Of other
Zuooarallos come flying to the rescue from one
direction. whilo out OF tho other O horde of
Roths surge forward. Tho other tenants line
tho stairs and cheer the sorappers on as .
rule. When tho fight gets warm the excitement
spreads and the temptation to get in the mix up
10 too strong to bo resisted.
There was ono OF these nRnts In the mousse
yesterday, and It was unanimously voted the
greatest ecrap of the year after 1t was all over.
2 This is how it started. One Of the Zuccarallo
children, a boy, aged IL years, met ono OF the
Roth children. q girl. aged years, in the hall
shortly after noon and punched her in
the nose. The Roth child kicked the
zuccarallo boy In tho shins and then
made hasty run for tho door Of
tho rooms occupied by her family. Master
Zuocsralla gave chase but didn't GROSS tho por-
tai after tho fugitive. Instead no stood out
side and said things, while tho little Roth girl
simply scraped the index finger of her left hand
with that OF her right. and chanted In agra
waiting tones:
Sticks and stones NAV break my bones,
But names can never hurt me.
Finally she picked up piece Of kindling wood
which stood in the doorway and threw II at the
as ss
on hish cad. Then as Iuccarrallo dashed at her
che slammed the door In his face. catching his
WOW Wowi wowI Help; %smma nam HH,IIII Hol2i;"
Down the stairs she came. two at q time, gave
one leap at the door. knocking 1t in. and releas-
Ing Ing ba, The bowling 5ounEs'er then yelled down
Come ont, Mrs. Roth. II you dare"
Mrs. Roth did come out, and when che saw
her enemy with one foot across the portal she
@ast out Of my room. you daEo' get out
Mrs. Zuccarallo didn'. move, SO Mira Roth
gave one leap OF her. threw both arms around
IhsH Murder yelled Mrs zuc-
carallo. and down the stairs on run came q
Ssns G sesd MG Kosh
and out surged the Roth forces.
punched every body else, and /. was : battle
Royal. with Roths punching their own forces as
doing i = the he's same thing. for the first fifteen
minutes.
tho house like magic that the Roths and Zuo-
carallos were at 1t again, and the tenants below
started climbing up to see the fun. while those
above came down for the same purpose.
on the second door. and then he turned on the
oumed to cheer on the Zuccarallos and yelled:
What In hell are you cheering them dagos
The negro gave the man a push down tho
stairs. and then lie sailed into the heat * the
nght hmseii ms o n b. Ing eaeb bpSi0a la
This WAS the first outside interference of any
Kind, but 1t started the real fight Every ono
piled in and took sides. and the Zuccarallos and
hoths were almost lost in the general confusion:
10 II the halls and hured bits Of coal and kindlins
wood at each Others parents. and then they got
For ten minutes the fight wa1ed warm and
the neighbors for blocks around gathered In the
were too many things flying around to make
observation from the inside SAFE so they stood
inside, in the mean time Mrs Zuccarallo had
broken away for a moment and rushed up stairs
to her room. In second che was out again,
and there was something bright and shiny in
her hand. Immediately the cry went up:
She's got a pistol" and the fghters forgot
Mrs. Zuccerallo paid no attention to any body
but Mrs. Roth; Rushing straight at her she
Roth gave a scream and sank 70 the floor with
o eroan. Some one yelled Murderer" and
then every one turned on tho Italian woman.
They tore at her dress and hair. she in the mean
time fouIishing the revolver AROUND W in reckless
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Killed my wfs You b ds;o dsEo
and, pointing the pistol at Roth. fired four shots
II rapid succession: Down Down vent . Roth: Will: while
scared out OF their wits
In the mean time some one notified the police
fight, and three policemen came around on a
run, with drawn clubs. They had TO fight their
got MP stairs the only persons IN sight were Mr..
and and Mrs Both. who were @ PROSTATE @ on the floor,
in hss RS1d with
This looks ike murder" said Policeman
Wistar. who led the way. drop that gun.
Tho Italian woman handed over tho pistol.
and Wistar held her while the other two police
men aroused the Koths TO get them 10 Identify
their assailant. The Roths made great fuss
and we're apparently very weak from their
hadn't, either one, been hit at all. Then they
became Indignant and refused to believe that
they hadn't been shot.
They accompanied the policemen and tho
prisoner to the station house, where they made
4 formal complaint against Mrs. Zuccarallo.
The latter tsarfuily protested that she hadn't
shot anybody at all. There were only blank
cartridges in the pistol she said. and when the
facts we're laid before Magistrate Wentworth IN
Yorkvilie Police Court later in the day he dis
charged the woman with warning.
Mrs. Xuccaralio promised to leave tho ROths
alone in the future. and the Roths promised TO
hold aloof from the XucCarallos. so there will
probably be peace for whole week at the tene-
ment In West Fifty-fourth street.
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