New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
PAYS AND THEN SHOOTS
EH4SES RL4Ck H4NDERS.
Detecfires DO Not Come Grocer
Takes Lac an HIS Oscn Hands.

.though New Yorks newly formed Italian
socie1y for the suppression Of lawlessness
enong its people is in full stride, the Black
rIsna industry seems undisturbed judging from
ss-ery5av's record of attempted extortion and
shooting.
Michael PulIini. d grocer. Of No. o19 East
,e.b street who was instructed by the detec-
.,,e bureau 10 meet CarInelo De Marco. an al
Isse5 Black Hand agent. AT First avenue and
7.s,h street. fired several shots the latter
o,a wounded him in the right hand. Through
,e misunderstanding the detectives did not
,aer when Pullini handed roll of Confed-
-o-e money with two real dollars the out
eide 10 De Marco in response TO letter de-
.,on7jnr S3ea The Italian decided to take the
So, in-o his own hands and ran after De
,Earco firing several snots Patrolmen from
-, Fast 126th street station arrested the men.
ne Marco was taken to the Harlem Hospital
.-5 fater locked up on charge Of extortion.
r.un; was held on a charge of felonious as
ssut
.,e arrangement had been TO meet Pullini at
..o ,,toyyn station Of The Third avenue elevated.
- a. 10th street about $50 o'clock. PuIlini
:z,,l,- misunderstood the arrangement. go
a., 5iract 20 the place. at the corner of 10th
-. and First avenue. where the writer Of the
,.-.- had demanded that he meet him with the
- The detective said that he waited about
= ,o,,r for Pullini and then decided that the
"a, had been telling him fairy tale
z:,f;a,,, NJ Atkinson OF the Baltimore de-
=. e,-oo came TO this city yesterday and
,,-;ead The body Of Tony Calcozno. "A barber
-,o nas rlvSteriously shot at Second avenue
,s 77s,l, street on Monday and died in the Har-
=, FJosuital on Thursday from huckShot
rounds Atkinson said that Calcozno was
,o,o-ious Black Hand leader in Baltimore ana
-.s v-snted in connection with the burning of a
torec and the killing of a man IN Pfttsburg
T.atactI~e Iieutenants Cavone and Arcipol Of
she italian SQUAD. arrested Vito Catalano Of No
A. Fas- 18Th street yesterday and in the Jeffer-
cor Market Court charged him with being sus-
-scfoDs person. The detectives say they hope
- rroarce evidence TO connect Catalano with
-, sxrlosion f q bomb which wrecked the
ssIoon NJ Frank La Court. at No 43G East 18th
.,-ae- on January : Magistrate Harris held
Cstalano in s1.000 bail
Salvatore Cianconio. of No. o. Elizabeth
street and Giuseppi Parlatinio. Of No Ia
Cl7r1-s-ie street. were arrested last evening ny
Italian detectives and charged with being Sis
rscious characters The detectives say they
know something . bout the demands for money
snd threatening letters sent 10 PasGuaie Canlzlo
n No - Snrins street. The last letter sent, on
January i. demanded SItt ana Cohtdh.to INC
threat that unless the money was speedily paid,
Canfzio would be killed The Italians denied
writing the letters.
Detectives found a letter addressed TO Pale
rrino Mule Of Nc. :}31 East :i2d street. in a
search Of his bakesrop. where ne and his son
were arrested on Friday suspicion of being
connected with the Black Hand Society 1t IS
signed Mother" and in one place says: When
the case Of the murder of Mammaluco was tried
in GirgenIi the evidence given was all against
you. tie proofs were clear and the sentence
given by the president Of the court of justice of
Grgenti is very heavy and 1 tel you all the
money il the world cannot save you
70 TIE police Of Baltimore, according to word
III hero last night. seem quite certain that
,ony Calcozno was Camelia Larosa. alias Cheva-
ler and that he was the real head Of the Black
Hand in his country.