The Detroit times., 1911-11-13
TWO NEAR DEATH WHEN BOMB
WRECKS LITTLE SHOE SHOP
BLACK HAND SUSPECTED
Peter and Joseph Pezzitola
Buried IN Debris, But Escape
Serious Injury.
EXPLOSION AT 5 O'CLOCK.
Force Of Shock Splits Building
In Twain and Damages
Others In Vicinity.
EXPLOSION AT 8 O'CLOCK.

After Peter Pezzitola had laboreC
| for three years as "A shoemaker In hi
little one-story shop at No. 264 Hast
ings-st, in order to realize his dream
of going back to the old country will
"a big roll of American money in hi
pocket, TO marry pretty Italian cir
TO whom he was betrothed in old
country fashion, and just as he wal
| preparing TO make the trip, with tn,
big roll that he had saved, amounting
to several hundred dollars. some mer
cenary Italian placed big bomb un
der Peters shop, directly under hi!
bed, and nearly blew Peter and hi!
brother. Joseph. to kingdom come.
A few minutes before 5 o'clock
Monday morning, while Peter, who IL
247 years old. and Joseph. who is Is
and who drives a coal wagon for 10
seph Palisano, were asleep in bed IL
the rear of the little shoemakinE
shop, there was dull roar. and the
bed rose to the boarded ceiling and
came down amidst a mass of wreck
age which had once been the interior
and n part of the walls of the shop
iihbtAo NOlt ullNth NllIOukH tutDCu
and some OF them seriously injured
Joseph. One big timber was blown
through the inch planking of the
ceiling.
The iron stove and pipe were re-
duced TO heap of scrap, and the
whole shop loked as though a Kansas
cyclone had just called. So great was
the force of the explosion that the
building was ripped in two and twist.
ed and torn.
In the grocery store OF Max
Schwartz, No. 266 Hastings-st., on the
north, Schwartz was thrown out Of
bed by the shock. and his wife ano
babe were frightened nearly TO death,
while windows in the building were
shattered.
Across the alley. on the south, every
window on the side of the brick build.
ing was blown out.
d. Letter, his wife and child, were
sleeping in a bed beside the window
across the alley from Pezzitola's shop
The shattered PaHes OF glass scattered
all over them, and the baby was
slightly cut. Jacob Adler, his wife
and three children, who lived up
stairs, were forced TO make their
home in their store at No. 260 Hast.
ings-st., as all the windows of their
home were blown out, and the freez.
ing atmosphere was unbearable.
But Peter Pezzitola is canny per-
son, and while his bed was descend
ing from the ceiling, he reached under
his pillow and extracted a roll OF bills
as big as his fist, and chung to il man
fully Joseph was in a semi-con-
scious condition, and was rushed 10
st. Mary's hospital. where il was
found that his injuries were mostly
from shock.
most innocent manner possible, and
insisted that he had never received a
Black Hand letter. He said he had al
ways been a good fellow TO every
body, and didn't know that he had an
enemy He insisted that 1t was a
great surprise TO him when his bed
and shop went skyward.
II is common gossip in the neigh
borhood that Peter has received sew.
eral Black Hand letters, caused by
the knowledge that he had saved up
tidy sum for his wedding.
Bit Peter denies 1t in the blandest
manner possible. ~
Maybe somebody's jealous because
I'm going TO get married" he says,
with smile. Peter is not disturbed
much.
MY girls name? No. | don't tell
1t till go and get her. She belongs
TO her mother and father. now. when
] 20 and get her. then she belongs
10 me-
And Peter adds that when he gets
his bride, and comes back here, he
will open shoe shop at the same old
stand If the landlord, Mrs. Stein. will
let him.
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