The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-21
Salvatore Gallo Battles
Police Seeking st.
J Rocco Dynamiter.
LOITERER WITH RAZOR Is
ARRESTED NEAR CHURCH
Attempt to Take Life Of Father
ZuccareIli Seen in Attack
on Parish Property.

Salvatore Gallo. arrested in connec-
tion with the dynamiting OF tho
parochia1 school and parish house of
ST. Rocco's r. c. Church. In Bedford
street. early yesterday morning. has re-
fused to make any statement to the
police All questions put to him by
police inquisitors he stolidly refuses to
answer. He was ordered held by Judge
Herr in the Fourth Precinct Police
Court today.
Antonio. Delisa, % years old. of Is
Fourteenth avenue. who was lettering
In Redford street near the church at
2;3o O'Clock this morning. was taken
into custody by Roundsman Troy and
Policemen Salter and Mueller. When
searched a razor was found in his
pocket, He was arraigned before Judge
Herr ON ascharge Of carrying concealed
weapons and held in default of $1,000
ball for the grand jury.
Gallo was found In the neighborhood
OF the partially wrecked church and ar
rested by Plainclothesmen Kaas and
Sebold, of the Fiurth Precinct station.
He has a police record, having been
arrested five times for various offenses.
on two Of the earlier occasions the
charee against Gallo was larceny. The
most recent cause for his detention was
the charge that he was carrying con-
ceAled weapons
sought Priest's Lie.
Detective -ssrseant Kuhn, of police
headquarters, and Plainclothesman
Adubato. OF the Third Precinct station,
are continuing their investigation into
the cause for the attempt to destroy
the church and the identity Of the men
fesponsible for 1t today. They were as
stbted BY Edward H. Schwartz, in
charge .of the Bcrtillon bureau at police
headquarters.
Schwartz found that the explosion.
of one stick Of dynamite had broken
the fuse which was connected with the
can containing two other sticks found
unexpIoded. The fuses had been COW
cred with Insulating tape to insure their
burning slowly.
There seems to be no doubt that the
church was dynamited by enemies Of
the Rev. James Zuccarelli. pastor of the
church. In an attempt to murder him.
Father zuccarelli, Sister Mathilde and
four nuns. who teach in the school, and
two servants were asleep on an upper
I1oor OF, the school building when the
explosion occurred. They escaped un-
injured.
IT was shortly after 2 o'clock yester-.
day morning that. persons living near
the church were awakened by the ex
plosion. Policeman McMiniamin, the
FIRST to reach the scene, saw that the
front Of the parish house and parochial
school had been partially wrecked. He.
found near the scene what seemed to
- a crudely fashioned bomb and ex-
af11ined 1t. 1t was made of "a quart
tomato can wrapped around with cop
per wire. Inside the can were two
sticks OF dynamite. A fuse was stuck
through hole in the can halfway be-
TWEEN the top and the bottom. This
fuse had been lighted. but had broken
on when the explosion occurred. In:
the door frame directly over the place
where the bomb had been placed is
hole made by a bullet fred at Father
zuccarelli several weeks ago by his
brother-in-law. Salvatore Musumesce,
who is now out on 81, 500 bail awaiting
sentence. having been found guilty of
attempting to kill the priest.
trouble Of Long standing.
Hvery window in the school building,
which is four stories high and of wood,
was broken.
There has been trouble in the church
for over year. 1t had its source in a.
factional fight between Father yucca
rellie and Musumesce. A suit for
slander and Musumesce's attempt to
Kill his brother -in-law have been some
Of the results Of this church war;
shot 1t Father zuccareIIi.
Musumesce was arrested year ago
on suspicion Of being concerned In
blot to blow up building with dyna-
mite bomb. He sued sergeants Tuise
and Hofter, of the detective bureau,
for false arrest and got small verdict
II was a short time after this that he
shot at FATHER zuccarelli. AS the priest
was standing In the doorway of the
church Musumesce fred point blank at
him. Believing he had killed his enemy.
Musumesce gave himself up at the
Fourth Precinct station.
police investigation early yesterday
morning revealed the fact that Mu-
surnesce and the members Of his family
were asleep In their home. II Bedford
street, few doors from the church. at
~ dine pf the explosion.