New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-14
GROCER ARRESTED AS
BOMB GANGS EMPLOYER
italian. Accused Of Plotting to
Wreck Rivals Store, Is
Given "Third Degree"
CRIMINALS IN TWO BANDS
Explosion No. 113, for the Year,
Is Laid to Second Set of Black
Handers-Prisoner Adds
to Confession.

AS the result Of confessions made by
some OF the members OF the bomb throw
ing and Matchmaking gang now under ar
rest Detectives .Barbera and Cavono late
last night arrested Vincenzo hi Scafano.
a grocer. on the charge that he hired four
members Of the gang TO blow up rival
grocer
When hi Scafano was arrested In his
store, at No. 3O6 East 10Sth street the de-
tectives found a loaded revolver in his
possession. and an additional charge Tor
carrying concealed weapons was lodged
against him.
According TO the detectives, Anthony
Sadaitys. "Zump' Piccirelli, Cologaro
Iemma and other members of the gang
confessed yesterday that Di Scafano hired
them to blow up a grocer who had
bigger store than his. just across the
street. at Nos. 20S and 205 East l0sth
street.
Di Scafano was taken to Police Head
quarters and at once put through the
third degree" He was confronted with
his accusers. who identified him as the
man who hired them
The bomb was 10 have been placed in
the store of Di Scafano's rival Thursday
night. but the gang was frightened off.
They were to have gone the following
night. but were then behind the bars.
The detectives have the names of six
other business men who hired the gang
10 blow up the stores OF their rivals.
The detectives also have the names of
several labor leaders who may follow hi
Scafano TO Jail before long. They. too.
the prisoners say, hired them to place
bombs in the factories OF garment makers
when the bosses" would not come to
terms with the union.
With one band of alleged bomb throw
ers and blackmailers already under ar
rest. bomb explosion No. 1lS since the
first of the year occurred yesterday ard
served TO call attention anew to the Of
forts of the police to run down a second
band. The explosion wrecked the front
Of Candelo Gattos grocery store. at No.
Monroe street MANY windows were
broken throughout the neghborhood, but
no person was injured.
Giuseppe Guida. who lives at No y
Goerck street. was arrested by Patrol
that Guida was seen near by few min
utes before the explosion.
Guida was arragned in the Tombs
court before Chief Magistrate McAdoo as
a suspicious person" and remanded to
the custody of the police for twenty-four
hours. All day Guida was questioned in
third degree style. by several members
of the Italian squad and by Deputy
Commissioner Dougherty.
The police believe the second band has
its headquarters room in a little street
on the lower West Side.
Assistant District Attorney Manley was
assigned by District Attorney Whitman
10 work with the police on the bomb case
Mr. Manley had a conference with Deputy
Commissioner Dougherty Yesterday and
as result, II was said, evidence would
be presented 10 the grand jury. probably
to-day, looking to the indictment of John
Rizzo and Alfred Lehman. two alleged
members of the band who are under ar
rest in Hackensack. w. j. Bauvelt. the
Prosecutor OF Bergen County. is will
ling 10 surrender the two men to the New
York authorities If they are indicted.
Acting Captain Jones. in charge Of the
Italian squad. spent the better part Of
yesterday with Lehman. alias Schmidt,
or "Schmitty," as he Is better known, in
the Hackensack jail. He submitted to the
police list Of bomb explosions since the
first Of the year. and the prisoner is al
legged TO have declared he was concerned
in forty-eieht.