New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-27
GIRL SHOOTS LOVER
AND TWO OTHER MEN
Opens Fire at Crowded Street
Corner and Many Bullets
Go Wild.
HATPINS REPULSE "COPS"
Finally Subdued on Flathouse
Roof, She Is Held for Feloni-
Gus Assault-Found Out
He Was Married.


After she had shot and seriously in
jured three men last night at 14th street
and Avenue A. Gaetana Seilenhei. twenty
years old. OF No 400 East 18th street.
dropped her revolver in the street and
ran 10 the roof Of fiathouse at No. 221
Avenue A. where for several minutes she
held two patrolmen at bay with hatpins.
She was finally subdued and taken to
the 9TH street police station. where the
against her.
The three men shot. and who were
later removed to Bellevue Hospital are:
FIvERONE. Antonio. thirty years old. Of No
400 East 18TH street shot through the
stomach and hack: condition serious.
sAyoRNA. GigsepPta. twenty years years. old; 9ld "a a
the head. will probably die
DI BELLO. James. thirty-fve years old. of No
sol East 10th street, shot in the groin. viii
probably die.
According 10 witnesses the woman
was attempting TO shoot at Fiverone,
her lover. and accidentally shot the
other two men.
Learned He Was Married.
A week ago Fiverone. who has been
calling on the girl for several months.
brought her a revolver TO keep in her
fat for protection. 1t was with
this weapon that the shooting was done.
She was questioned at the station by
Detective La Santa, Of the Italian de-
teCtive bureau, and declared in Italian,
he said. that Fiverone came To her
apartment a few days ago and asked her
10 elope with him. she refused. as she
had found out that he was married.
Last night, according to witnesses of
the shooting she met Fiverone at 14th
street and Avenue A. and upbraided him
in her native tongue for not telling her
before that he was married. a crowd
was attracted 20 the scene. Suddenly
the girl drew the revolver from her
waist and levelled it at her lover, who
darted into the crowd and ran up Ave
nue. A.
The girl fired. the bullet striking Sa-
vorna in the head. He staggered and
fell to the sidewalk She fired again at
the fleeing form OF her lover. The bull
let went wild and struck Deffla in the
left groin. AS he reeled she pushed him
aside and rushed along the avenue.
Between 18Th and l4th streets she
caught up with Fiverone. thrust the re-
l., he 2
ger. He fell 10 the sidewalk. holding his
hand before his face for protection. His
assailant stood over his prostrate form
for a moment. holding the smoking
weapon in her hand Then her anger
turned 20 fear and she threw the re-
volver into the street and ran.
The shots had been heard by Patrol
men RoIger and Donlin, OF the otn street
station. and they hurried 10 the scene oil
the shooting They saw the girl run
screaming into the vestibule Of the fiat
house at No 221 Avenue and followed
her 10 the roof of the building. There
they found her with her hair disney
eued. leaning against a water tank.
FIQht Shy CT FdIplnS'
They started toward her, but retreated
for the woman held four hatpins in heI
,ords and her eyes flashed defiance
She cried out in italian, but the officers
o,d not know what she said. The patrol
men spoke to her IL English. but their
words were meaningless TO ner. BY de-
rrees the girl quieted down. and then
,rvev the hatpins away. She surren-
dered and was taken 10 the station.
An ambulance was summoned from
bellevue Hospital. and Dr. Reid respond
cd He found the three men lying on the
sidewalk. bleeding profusely. After
being temporarily attended 70 they were
,loced in the ambulance and taken e
the hospital Fiverone was unconscious
ara at a late hour last night the hos
nital authorities reported that he haC
not gained consciousness.
shortly before midnight Detective l.
santa returned 10 Headquarters witt
Miss Saglinbe. who was identified by th'
three men at the hospital as their assail
ant. A IfNtANtl' btd4A4iE DAR'A scam.
,ras taken from one Of Fiverone's pock-
cts.
Father De Marco. OF the Church Of th'
Immaculate Conception, in East l4tf
street. administered the last rites 10 tht
wounded men DR.. Donovan operated
on Fiverone. The latter's condition /!
critical
She admitted. the detective said. tha
she shot the three men. but was en-
deavoring only 10 shoot her lover.
Il had been 10 Fiverones house z
number Of times" she told the detective
IN Italian. I met there the woman whom
later learned was his wife. but he al
WAYS told me that she was employed
there as a servant. He told me that h'
loved no one else but me- and that he
was going 10 make me his wife believed
him until learned that he was married
and vas the father of two children.
knew that he could not marry me and
determined 10 kill him didn't mean tC
shoot the other men"
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