New-York tribune., 1902-09-11
PROBABLY FATAL DUEL.
rrEEING SPECTATOR SHOT,
rORSETS SAVE WOMAN.
,-.1JaNS N STREET TURN BAChS 1o
EACH OTHER, MARK PAGES
WHEEL AND FIRE.

-o,r mere injured. one fatally, in a
-..a+ 5uel between two enraSed ltailans d
,t1herrv and Broome sts- about sou eioh
=. r5ef7t Arthur Guardiro. twenty years ol"'
hotter Of No 202 Grand-st. spectator was
=. T., rI7e groin. and is dying in ST vincent
1I,,a1 Mrs C5eIsone Denisco. Of NO ii+ Null
IS shot in the back as she was try
t. - enter the door Of her home ana heF ii1e
= -r,bsrl, saved by her Corsets. Frederico
r,a,;,,ttno Of No IA Thompson-st-. one of the
,,,.l,s+s zlss wounded in the forehead. but only
.,.c,-,,- The contestants enptied five chambers
= .,,.,- rez-,1z-ers AT each other. Rolinuno anu
=, ,s, he WAS fighting with. Ferdinafloo
,-i,o,,e IF No l76 Bleecker-st. are locked up III
,pe N,,lherrv-st station. charged win 1eiolllou'
assault which viii probably be chahseu ~
homicide -,
Gimme and RoIinfino are BARRIERS. Cinque mas
,oe,, o,,- Of work for some time, and there mas
been had blood between the pair because fo''ii-
tiro got ? nosition that Cinque was UEllle
,r.teir II VAS said last night by theIF
that they have been looking for each oll'e' l0
some time. and had carried revol7ers N ah''Vi-
nation Of the meeting
When they met before word was spoNei
.,o,- er.,r,ed. and each tried to get his weapon
7-+e,. fell 10 The sidewalk and began 10
,,,~se each other as they struggled. a big croWo
.,,,o.a7 hi, no one tried 10 interfere. Cinque
.,La - his antagonist. and they separated.
-rt,- s,,ranr suddenly to their feet at the same
,iyoa drawing their revolvers- They stood back
IN hack for moment, and at word from
,-;rc,e each walked five PAGES away and, turn
,ne toward each other. they began TO fire.
AZ soon as the pistols seen the crowd
f,agsn 10 scatter in all directions When theE
had enrtied their weapons the duelllsts started
10 run away. ClinQue down Mulberry-st- aho
Bolinto through Broone-st The latter ran INTO
-, --,s of Policeman Haywood. of the Null
l,errv-st. station, who. attracted by the shotS'
~ running 10 the scene Of trouble Blood was
,oz5r.- from the mans scalp where q ball had
rrazed the frontal bone Haywood took his
rrisoner TO The station house, only short dis
+ance away and then hurried back TO the cor
ner of Mulberry and Broome sls-
Cinque waved his pistol and frightened every
hoiv as he ran. Men and women jumped ASIDE
m get out of his way and several pushcaTt ven
5ers 1av fat in the street a man known as
Colonel" Butts Of No. 164 Mott-st-, a chaTdc-
Ter in that section of the city, chased Clnqoe
and at Hester-st- tripped the man up throwing
t,rn heavily 10 the ground Then he held him
ln:il Policeman Hines placed the man uhoeF
arrest He was uninjured-
When the shooting began G1Iardiro was stand
ing in the crowd. and attempted 10 get away
Before he could do so he was hit in the groin
nd fell unconscious TO the street Mrs Denlsco
had been sitting en- the stoop of her home when
the fight started. and when the shooting began
she ran up the steps and tried 70 open the door
Il was locked and she had no key. She was
rounding furiously on the door when she was
shot in the 1eshy part of the thigh. She tainted
and fell in d heap on the stoop.
The shots were heard in the police station
end three men were sent out An ambulance
as called from ST. Tincent's Hospital when
l-uardro was found and when Dr. Garrigan ar
lived in the bus he said that the man prob
sbly would not live many hours. He examined
Mrs. Denisco. and found that she had a painful
hut not serious, wound. He said her corsets
had proba bly, saved her life. as the bullet
had glanced from 4 steel back of the heart and
entered the feshy part of the thigh Both she
snd C5uardiro were removed 70 the hospital
When arraigned in the station Cinque and
fSolintino slared f1erCely At each other " hen
Cinque saw the blood on Bollntinos forehead
he shouted out something IN Italian and smiled
The duel caused such excitement in the neigh
borhood and there was such crowd around the
station that the reserves had TO he called out 70
clear the street.