New-York tribune., 1907-08-27
MAN KILLED IN FIGHT.
ITALIANS SON NAY DIE.
Wild Shooting Afray in Cherry
Street Tenement House.

one man killed. another seriously injured and
likely To die and still another with his head
sIashed with a knife the outcome OF a
shooting ARRAY last night on the third hoor OF
the italian tenement house at No. 149 Cherry
street
The dead man was Joseph Pelletiore. who.
with his wife and three sons. lived In the front
apartment on that floor. His son. John. is In
ST Gregory's Hospital, with revolver bullet
In his abdomen and Harry Green" the man al
legged to have done the shooting. was locked up
in the Madison street station. charged with the
murder of the old man
According to the story told by the members
of the Pelletiore family, Green" as he called
himself entered their apartment shortly after
6 o'clock and without warning began firing
from a heavy army revolver The second shot
struck the elder Pelletiore, who had only just
returned from his work.
Hearing the firing. John Peetiore, eldest
of James. who was mounting the stairs 10
his home ran up and grappled with Green
Being heavier man than his fathers assail-
ant, the young man forced him behind the door
and was overpowering him when the man, he
says, fired the two remaining shots In his re-
volver. The first missed, but the second took
effect in Peetore's stomach In spite OF the
wound however. Pelletiore continued the strug
gle, and in a few seconds was aided by the
other tenants of the place.
The crowd pounded Green and he fled glad
ly TO the refuge offered by the revolver Of Pa
troIrnan Daniel Donagan. of the Madison street
station. Green begged tho officer TO save him
from the mob of yelling Italians.
At the station Green. who is known bout
the neighborhood by that name alone, told
peculiar story TO account for the shooting, which
he denies.
He says that shortly before the affair he WAS
called upon by friend, whose name the police
refuse TO divulge. and told that he was wanted
at the Pelletiore The man accompanied him
the landing. just outside the fat of Pelletiore
when the elder Pelletiore. he said. burst out OF
the front door and hit him in the head with
knife, cutting his scalp badly. The man had
long cut, running down from the crown OF his
head we'll nigh to the right temple, TO SUBJ
stantiate his story.
After being attacked Green said he drew
the revolver which he carried and began firing
In self-detence.
The story told by Michael Pelletiore differs
materially from this. He says his mother, Anto-
nino. his two married sisters and his sister-in-
law the wife OF John. were sitting in the dining
room facing the front windows His father came
in from work and chatting with the other
members Of the family when the door was
thrown open and Green entered. shouting.
There is who says that one Of you say
1 borrowed money from Johns wife, and I'm
here TO kill him. for it's a lie"
Without further warning Green" began fir
ing. the said. the second shot striking the
father in the breast, just above the heart. He
dropped TO the floor without a sound
Green" started 10 run. when John appeared
and seized him. The two fought furiously until
Green" so the boy says. backed away and
fired two more shots the second OF which en-
tered the mans abdomen.
Green's revolver now empty and the
arrival of the other tenants changed the ap-
pearance OF things. and ne was forced back into
the end of the long, dark hallway, where he was
being badly beaten when the policeman ap-
peared
DIR. Heacock, of ST GregOry's Hospital. was
summoned. He found the elder man still living.
and rushed him TO the hospital soon as pos
slble taking John along at the same time. Be
fore reaching the institution James died.
Assistant District Attorney Simmons was sent
to the scene to collect evidence. Detectives Dean
ana Donlin, OF the Madison street station, ar
rested Mrs. Jose Masl daughter of the dead
man, his wife and Mrs John Pelletiore. all OF
the same address. as material witnesses.