New-York tribune., 1897-01-31
LAY IN WAIT TO KILL HIM.
. MURDER FOLLOWS AN ITALIAN GAME
OF CARDS.
THE ASSASSIN SHOT THE MoTHER-IN-LAw OF THE
INTENDED VICTIM BEFORE THE LATTER AP-
FEARED AND WAS KILLED-SEvERAL
ARRESTS MADE. But THE POLICE
ARE AFTER ANOTHER MAN.
WHO Is BELIEVED TO
HAVE FIRED THE
FATAL SHOT.


sastardly murder was committed about mid
,,rh. Friday at No S25 Potter Place where Rocco
IA sio an Italian. had a cobbling shop on the
Ground floor OF two-story frame building. The
n.iehhorhood is sparsely settled, and the few
houses scattered around occupied principally as
boarding houses for Italians who are employed on
,ba aoueduct. Into this neighborhood De So re-
I'll moved with his wife and four children and
hIs widowed mother-in-law. The fact that there
Was another cobbing shop about 1o0 feet away
,-oro his home did not deter DE Sio from starting
husness His shop was in front room. and his
icing apar;ments in two rear rooms.
THO proprietor of the other cobbng shop was
,,,,.o y,afore The men at once became business
,ro,s and i'll feeling aroused between them
card party was arranged to take place Friday
,eht AT De Sio's shop. Two OF his fellow country
r,.n went to Viafore and asked him TO go over TO
his rivals house and take part in the game. He
sn m, want 10 do so. but the temptation OF a
- =, cards and the promise Of social time
erouv induced him to accompany the others. Those
,esent were De Sio Viafore. Giuseppe Rondelo,
n.onato Popip. Pietro Sangnito and young 1tal-
Ian known only as Giovanni
u-be, the party got settled at the table. CARDS
,,.re brought and gambling begun A beer can was
roduced and the men drank heavily. Drinking
,d gambling went until midnight Then a
ouaruel started. The players began abusing one
,o,her Angry words were passed back and forth
o,a then blows were struck. De Sio became en-
rosed and ordered his gue~ts 10 get out OF the
..s. They went unwillngly and with deep NUT
terings. 49,,
NJ sio when he retired, forgot 10 lock the door
=, ,ho shop and his mother-in-law got up 10 do So
before locking the door she opened 1t and glanced
rn and down the street. short distance from the
bouse were the dark forms OF two men, AS she
locked toward them report of a revolver was
heard and the bullet struck the woman IN the ei'
Jaw. breaking the bone and coming out on 'he
.,aa Murder" the woman shreked in Italian, as
she reeled back from the doorway and fell faintlhg
10 the floor. W.
De sio heard the cry and saw her fail lie
rushed 10 the doorway TO see who mad done the
shooting As he stepped out of the door ano'her
s,o, was fred and bullet struck him IN the
r.ck lodging near the spine. De Sio threw up
h,s hands staggered into his little shop ana ieil
scross the hot stove The stove upset, ana the reo
coaIs were scattered about the floor Ihe TWO
shots and the cries of her mother aroused 'he
cobbler's wife. and she rushed into the shoP anu
pulled her husband and mother away from the
o..,o-ed nre De Sio was dead His mother-n-
law Law badly wounded close beside his BODY. Inc
murdered mans wife ran out Into the street anu
screamed frantically for help.
boy was started for a physician, the nearest one
being more than a mile away. Patrolman Kane oi
the fremont station, had In the mean time heard
OF the trouble and hurried to the scene On the wa!
he p,cked I'D Policeman Delaney The wounded
woman was removed to Fordham Hospital. ana one
O, the policemen sent word Of the crime TO captain
Price at the fremont station. He started out Win
his detectives and sent several mounted police IN
various directions looking for the murderer
Policeman Kaine met Viafore and Popipi ana TOOK
Them TO the station. Both said they were innocent.
Captain Price called up Police Headquarters about
the murder and Detective Petrosno was sent up
10 fremont to give assistance. He arrested sang
nito who was locked up as a witness The
others were charged with being suspicious persons
Petrosino talking to Sangnito in the hearing
OF the other prisoners. when Viafore. who did
M, know that the detective was an Italian. told
Sangnto in his native language not TO talk, as the
less ne had 10 say the better it would be Tor all
concerned The search of the police was still con-
,inued for Rondello and young Giovanni Captain
Price is satisfied that the murder was committed
BY Rondello. but he thinks that Niafore was the
ins;.gator Of 1t. 1t is the CAPTAINS theory that
Viafore gave his revolver his assistant and told
rim 10 shoot De Sio The dead mans mother-in-law
was evidently shot by mistake Rondello made his
escape promptly after the shooting, and the police
OF all precincts looking for him. An Italian
who looked like him was arrested. but he was dis
charged