The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-22
SUNDAY BRAWL IN NEW YORK,
,r RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF
THREE ITALIANS.

Row Was Between the SpinelIa ana
CoIIetti Famiiics-One of the Latter
kicked in Door, and 1t Cost
Three Their hves-TyvO of the
SnineIIas Under Arrest Charged
with Murder-One of Them Es-
capped.
Nv York, Jan. 21.-Three Italians of
one home We're shot to death in an inter-
family row, which began in an Italian
tenement house on East Eleventh street
at noon to-day and ended in one of the
worst Sunday brawls the East Side has
seen for some time.
Antonio Colletti. 81 years old, married,
was shot through the lung and died in his
tracks: Casper Colletti, 10 years old his
br5ther. was SHOT in the breast and died
shortly after being taken to Bellevue Hos
nital and David Salvatore, 40 years of
ace a cousin of the Collettis, was shot in
,bs stomach and died in the hospital to-
night.
Kincenzo Spinella and his son, Frank,
n wears old, have been arrested and
CHARGED with the murder and the police
arr sun searching for Frank Spinena.
brother of Vincenzo, who also played
part in he tragedy.
TIN. trouble between the Collettis and
tine spinellas, which ended in the tragedy
to-day began last night between Joseph
Couetti and Frank Spinela, the house
keeper of 1872 East Eleventh street, where
tb, Collettis lived. Coletd came home
in company with a friend and found the
d5or of the tenement house locked To
cain an entrance the two men kicked in
panel of the door, against the protests
Of the housekeeper. A lot of words pass
ed between the housekeeper and Coletti,
bilt there were no particularly hostile
demonstrations on either side.
The Colett family were well known
among the Italian residents of that sec
non of the city. There were eight broth
ers and six sisters, the brothers being
mostly engaged a stone masons. They
lived in the Eleventh street tenement.
He Started the Fight.
OF the Spinellas there We're three broth
rs and one son. Vincenzo Sp.nello broth
er of the housekeeper, lived with his son,
Frank on East Thirteenth street, and
the latter youth, who is II years old, pre-
cipttated the murder.
Shortly before noon young Frank went
around 10 the Eleventh street tenement,
and on the appearance of Antonio Colletti,
assaulted him. Colletti resented the at
tack and was Immediately Joined by his
brother Caspar, the two of them starting
in TO administer punishment to the youth
Al the same time the boys father, Vim
cenzo Spinella appeared on the scene and
number of the Colletti familys relatives
Joined in the struggle. This was the sig
nal for a general riot, and the street was
filed with a shouting, struggling mob.
The shouts of the participants, accompa-
MED by pistol shots, and the cries of res
idents of the neighborhood filled the air.
patrolman was attracted by the noise
and he summoned an ambulance from
Bellevue Hospital, at the same time nod-
fving Capt Diamond of the Fifth street
police station. The captain rushed to the
scene with his staff of detectives, and on
the appearance of the officers the riot
stopped suddenly.
Results of the BrawI.
Three men were lying on the ground,
one cad and two MORALLY wounded. An
10 Coletd had been shot through the
left .ag and had dropped in his tracks.
Caspa. Collett was bleeding and helpless
from a shot which had penetrated the left
breast and David Salvatore had been shot
in the stomach. Caspar was rushed 10
drug store and thence to the hospital.
where he died a few minutes after being
aHtQltleL
Salvatore lived for several hours Vim
ceuzo Spinella and his son fled from the
scene on the arrival of the police. Frank,
the boy was captured before he had gone
far but NincenZo ran 20 his home on
Thirteenth street, firing at his pursuers as
he He was found under bed in
his rooms and arrested, charged with hon.
lcide as was also his son.
Joseph Colletti whose forcible entrance
into the tenement last night started the
trouble was also arrested.
Frank Spinelia, the housekeeper. has dis
appeared.