The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-02-18
HUNT MADMAN ON SHIPBOARD
ITALIAN. (RAZED ny BLACK
HAND, SHOOTS AT PASSENGERS.
Di Ten,porc Breaks Away and Is Traced
to Cabin by the shippers DOg-A
Musician VINO was on Ills Way BACK
After Visit to His Native Land.

When the Italian steamship America
Of La Neloce Line, in yesterday. was
two days out from Naples. Natala di
Tcmpore, n musician of 1856 Broome
| street. who has been five years an Amef-
can citizen. became mad at luncheon in
| the saloon. He had been poking a re-
volver in the faces of his friends the day
before and intmating that he suspected
they were allied with the Black Hand,
which had forced him TO leave America
for while. and were still pursuing him
! aboard the ship. His friends thought
! that he was drunk and never suspected
/ that he seriously believed that no had
been marked for assassination by the
Black Hand
/ Everybody was in the very best of
moods when the musician. who had been
sitting at the head of n table whore there
were several women and children and a
dozen men, got up and pulled his gun.
Other diners pounced upon him, but not
before he had fired three shots One hit
Antonio Commistare Of Messina, bound
| for san Francisco. in the left thigh, and
another lodged in the hip of eightyear-
old Henry Bianchi of 523 West 1hirty-siXth
street. who has travelling with his father.
| Dominic.
After firing the madman threw away
his gun. wrenched himself from the men
who had grabbed him and ran out of the
saloon. Every one of the Isl cabin pas
sengers IN the saloon got up when the
firing began. and when the madman
rushed out there was panic. Thirty men
passengers and most Of the ships officers
ran after the fugitive.
The excitement extended to the second
cabin and steerage and soon the whole
ships company was in uproar. Men
from every part Of the ship Joined in the
pursuit and knives We're brandished by
many The pursuers thronged into sec
ond cabin and steerage, but the fugitive
was not found in either place
| The akipper's dog. Gil Rlas. which had
| joined in he chase. was heard barking
on the saloon deck before the stateroofn
that di Tcmpore had shared with Gaetano
Pa Gan of 2lU9 Belmont avenue. The Bronx.
The pursuers stopped at the door and
asked If there was any one within. There
was no response and they supposed the
dog had hit the wrong trail. But the
dog stayed and they finally came back
to the ,tateroom and forced open the door
The madman ragged out and AK Italian
Stdilltn ltli upon nm anu Ituuttu MN
to abject submission. incidentally IN
nicting IA lot of bruises.
On his promise to behave himself
Tempore was permitted to stay IN his
stateroom under guard without the
humiliation of irons or a strait jacket
He kept his promise and when the ship
arrived yesterday he was not violent
The day before the America got TO the
Hook conference was held between
the skipper Capt. Schaffino. the pas
senger who was shot and theSfather of
the little boy who received a bullet. They
decided tht they would not prosecute
the musician because he was irrespou-
sible.
The agents OF the line thought that as
the MUSICIAN was an American citizen II
was a case for the New York police. Capt
Lahey of the West Thirty-seventh street
station vas notified by wireless to be al
the pier to meet the maniac. When h.
learned that the shooting had taken place
near the Strait OF Gibraltar he said il
was out of his jurisdiction. An ambulance
from the New York Hospital brought q
surgeon. who after examining the musi
clan said ne should be taken to the psy
chopathic ward at Bellevue.
The Italian Consul, who was also calleC
in. decided that the musician should b,
kept aboard the ship until his relative.
or near friends should decide what to d,
with him. He was still in his s'ateroom las
night
Tempore had been visiting his mother
in Naples He told some OF his friends OF
the America that he had been forced on
of New York by threats of the Black Hand
but that he would be prepared for then
on his return and that he did not intenC
to be prosecuted by them without fight
He gave the skipper of the America 81 .on
in American money to turn over TO hi
mother in case anything should happer
to him, and he turned over TO Pagani ;
check on a New York bank for 81 600 10 b.
given. should the Black Hand get him. Il
a friend named Garfalone