The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-21
BLACK HAND
 VICTIM DIES,
 LIPS SEALED Ghuiro Refuses To Tell Police Who Fired
 Fatal Shot
Authorities Blame Brother Whom They Expect To Apprehend
 Very Soon

That Frank Ghurio was murdered by his brother, Lttoueco Ghuiro, be- cause he refused to carry out some bIack-hand plot or undertaking which fell to him by lot, or that he was shot because it was feared that he might divulge to the police secrets which would lead to the apprehension of a band of counterfeiters in this city, are the chief theories that the police are now working on in Bridgeport's latest murder mystery.
 Frank Ghuiro died as a result of the shooting at St. Vfncent's hospital this morning at $40 o'clock and the police are ncW looking for the brother who escaped after the shooting and have notified the Brooklyn and New York police to be on the lookout for him in the event of his returning to the met ropoIis.
 1t was reported at first that Frank Ghuiro was shot by his brother fol- lowing an argument over who should get the stakes in agame of mor- ra'' which the two brothers with oth- CT members of the Ghu1ro family were playing. The police take little stock in this tale, however, and are working on the theory that the GFlufro family is part of a gang of notorious black handlers and alleged counterfeiters wanted by" the New York police. It was stated this morning that the fam fly came to this city a little less than a month ago, perhaps with the inten- tfon of beginning operations here, and the supposition is that Frank Ghuiro was picked by lot to undertake some desperate bIack-hAnd job, that he re- fused and was therefore murdereo- the fate of every b1ack-hander who re- fuses to undertake job which has fallen tc him by lot to do.
 Rhe--sothenzath thaory that the police are working on is that Ghuiros a mem bcr of a gang of counterfeiters, had threatened to ''squeaP' to the police fo- scme reason or other and that his brother, fearing that he would car ry out his threat, determined to get, him out of the way before he had a' chance to do so. At any rate he was shot and was game to the end, refus- ing to say that his brother shot him or give any information whatever In regard to the affair to- the police or he spita1 authorities.
 It was about 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon that the telephone in the emergency hospital rang and the am buIance surgeons learned that Frank Ghurio had been shot at 119 Wakely street The ambulance made a. record rim to the scene of the shooting and found the man lying on the lawn in front of the house where he had been carried by other members of his fam fly He was very near death and to all appearances had been bleeding from the shot in the abdomen for at least an hour before the emergency hospital was notified. The members of the family explained that they had not called the ambulance when the man was first shot because they had first tried to obtain a private physi- clan for him.
 The man was rushed to the hospital where he sank steadily until the end came at twenty minutes to four this morning. All the occupants of the house were placed under arrest ex- cept the one brother who ran away immediately after the shooting and whom the police are now seeking. The occupants of the house taken into cus- tody by the police are: Tessie Ghuiro, 55 years old, who is the mother of the family; Mary Ghuiro, 30 years, the wife of the man shot; William, 22 years, a brother of Frank; Susie, IT years, and Tessie, II years old, sisters of Frank; Salvatore Russo, 28 years, and his brother, Charles, 31 years, Carmine Cortese, 29 years. and his brother, Nicola, 21 years, Russilino Guaragno, 22 years, all of 119 Wake ly street; Pasqua1e Marchuine, IT years, of North Washington avenue and Eugene Huto, 31 years, of ITO. Housatonfc avenue.
 State Policeman Frank vireIli and the Bridgeport detective force under the direction of Captain George Ar mold are working on the case and ex- pect to apprehend the murderer with in a very short time.
 It was stated on reliable authority that the man was evidently shot in his bed as a result of a prenedftated plot against his life and that he was then carried down stairs and laid on the lawn where he was when the ann bu1ance arrived on the scene.
 Medical Examiner S. M Garlick per- formed an autopsy on the body of the murdered man at the Cullinan and Mullins norgue this noon and said that the bullet had evidently been fir ed from a distance of only a few feet, from the dead mans body and that it had entered the walls of the stom- acE perforating the intestines and the stomach as 1t passed through them.