The Ordway new era., 1911-09-08

tie poolroom he maintained at ~
Coles strsst. Brooklyn. whom b wAs
shot dead.
Quickly the police reached the spot.
Back across the yard whence came
the shot that had killed Giovanni went
the police. straight to house 'front.'
ing on the next strsst But thsTs tns
trail stopped.
But II the police aid not know then.
they do now. that the Cardinsllis
knew who had firsd the shot. even
though they would not tell.
ut 10 the work Of the Other" said
tho Cardinsilis.' "Ths Other must
die"
Little 10 known Just how much the
Cardinellis have retaliated against
their enemies. Yet no great stretch
Of Imagination 10 required to picture
tho other side of tho story.
Back no later than March OF this
year q particularly sinister-lookins b.
Gillian was found lying badly wounded
in the gutter Of q street in the Latin
quarter of st. Louis. In his body were
forty-three distinct knife wounds.
1t was days before the police OF st.
Louis we're even able to force the man
to tell his name and admit that he
had come from New York. Other
than that he would not tell. Why or
how he had been injured. Of that he
would not speak. Who had attacked
him? He knew. but he would not tell.
II know; md l fx him." was all he
would say.
In due course Of time. thanks to
good nursing and a marvellous consti-
tuition. the man recovered and left the
hospital. The next day he disap-
peared from st. Louis.
Tho CardIneIli Side.
Was that one incident in the other
side of the Cardinelli vendetta? The
police say It was.
We're 1t not. how. ask tho police.
did the Cardinellis in New York know.
even before a word was published in
any newspaper. that the Other had
been stabbed forty-three times In
street Of st. Louis? For the injured
man was the Other.
And then came the third warning to
the Cardinellis.
Bartholdi Cardinelli lived in a mod.
OBI Hut uOueo II oSS =. Sibt oeAcos'
New York. Right next door lived his
father. his mother and his brother.
Two years and more had passed
since the death Of Giovanni. In the
interim the Cardinellis had escaped all
harm. The vendetta for them. at
least. had apparently ceased to exist.
And then came the warning:
"You will dIe-at the window"
The message did not seem to inter.
fere with Bartholdi's occupation as a
barber To and from his work he
went. apparently as care-free as any
man could possibly be.
Bartholdi even dared to sit on the
front steps Of the house In which he
lived In the early hours Of the even
ings. But once he set foot across the
threshold of his own home-then all
was changed. There. and there only.
did danger lurk for him.
For two weeks Bartholdi Cardinel.
lis form never showed at a window Of
his home. either by day or by night.
And then came-death.
The night was particularly hot The
small rooms OF the fiat were stufry
and oppressive. Suddenly Bartholdi
rose from his chair. walked to the win
dow-fell back dead
A pane Of glass lay shattered on
the floor and five gaping wounds made
by as many crudely shaped slugs Of
lead showed in his body.
Five minutes after the shooting the
entire block was surrounded by po-
lice. Not a house. not a roof. not a
cellar escaped their search. but the
slayers were not to be found.
Murderers In Safety.
It was not difficult for the police
to trace the source of the shot. Al
most on a line across the street from
the home OF Bartholdi they located
the lair Of the murderers. but the mur.
derers were gone.
They had left behind them the gun
with which the crime had been com.
mitted. crude. old-fashioned shot
gun. a pile OF cigarette ashes. an emp.
ty bottle or two. and that was all.
Vincenzo is still alive. Francesca.
the father. is. too. But 1t is not Fran.
cesca who Is In fear. He Is old and
his days are but few as 1t is. But
Vincenzo.
As he stood by the casket ir which
lay the body Of his brother his cheeks
paled and his knees trembled at the
burden they bore.
II am the next. there is no escape"
said the man. They who have killed
three will return for fourth. What
Is to happen will happen"
Know them? Yes. Vincenzo believes
he knows who killed his two brothers
and his uncle. but to the police he will
say nothing They can do nothing
he repeats over and over again. land
should speak 1t would only hasten