The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-07-30
HOlD-UP MEN KILL
CAFE DANTE OWNER,
: CASHIER WOUNDED
James VareIlo and Jack Pizzo
Shot Down by lntruders on
"Pinochle Came"
TWO ARRESTS ARE MADE.
Alleged Gangsters Invade Re-
sort Where Cain, Captor of
Caruso, Is Manager.
TWO ARRESTS ARE MADE.


pinochle or something else on the third
floor OF the Cafe Dante. No. l63 West
Thirty-fourth street. early this morning
ended In the killing OF James varelio.
thirty-two. the proprietor, the wounding
OF Jack Piza, thirty-three, the cashier,
and the arrest. charged with homicide.
OF Albert Contento. twenty, of No. 2iO
West Tenth street, and William Lorenzo,
known as willy the Wop." thirty, OF
No 2V5 West Twenty-seventh street
The Cafe Dante has a reputation of
Its own. that It started 10 get even be-
fore Detective James Cain. the man
who arrested Caruso in the monkey
house in Central Park. was attached to
1t In various capacities. including that
OF lookout after 1 A. NJ. 1t opened
Oct 3. 1911. with Its liquor license In the
name Of George w. Garrison, but its
real owner said to be ex-State Senator
Frank J. Gardner. now in the Raymond
Street jail awaiting trial on a charge
Of forgery in connection with the will
OF old Samuel w. Haslett. a recluse.
Gardner sold out to varello who had
been . feather importer, and Varello
put Cain In charge as manager. The
Tenderloin still remembers the opening
last May under the new regime. when
everybody who was anybody" in tho
Red Light district was there. along
with policemen in uniform, when the
drinks flowed freely. and all the girls
TOOK away souvenirs IN tho shape Of
willow plumes that cost not a penny
less than 3 wholesale.
Various activities go on at the Ca,e
Dante. including the third floor game
that Is euphemistically referred to as
pinochle.
FOUR MEN IN THE PLAN FOR
HOLD UP.
Well after hours this marninK Varel,o
was sitting in and so was Plzza. Cain
was downstairs In his usual carly hour
capacity. since his intimate acqua.rt.
pncs with the denizens Of the district
told him unerr!ngly who was right"
and who wasn't. Thomas Casey, the
)'Profsssor." known also as Dope"
Casey. was dreaming over the worries
In the drinking room on the second
floor. and everywhere was the swish Of
skirts. the tinkls OF glasses, and from
upstairs an occasional clicking sound az
Of ivory counters
Four men who had been drinking on
the second floor went upstairs softly
and concealed themselves. Pizza de-
ciares they waited there to hold up the
pinochle players as they departed. At
any rate. there was q sudden rattle Of
gun-play.
Varello went down with two bullets
in his heart. PLEA fell with a bullet In
his right ankle and another in his knee.
The women and men yelled and ran. up
acting Cain as they tore into the street.
Down the steps came the young men
and up from nearby corners came Po-
liceman Chevrett and Policeman Nc
Cormick.
Chevrett arrested Contento at Thirty
fourth street and Seventh avenue as
the prisoner. Chevrett says. weak with
the loss OF blood. was showing an
smptied revolver under q newsstand.
Chevrett then raced back to the cafe.
and with Mccormick held the crowd
At bay until they had rounded up seven
witnesses, including Plaza. In the mean
time Detective Trojan captured Lor-
enzo. running away. Pizza positively
Identified Lorenzo. the police say. as
one Of tho assailants.
Contento was found to have a bull