The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-11-25
FIFTH VICTIM
SLAIN TO AVENGE
BARREL MURDER
Giuseppe Farano Shot Dead
by Two Men as Third
Holds Him.
ALL SLAYERS GET AWAY.
Only Two Left of Seven Who
Had Part in Killing Bene-
detto Madonio.

The long arm Of the vendetta stretched
out In Brooklyn to-day. and In a busy
hour In n populous street snAtched the
life Of the nfth Of the seven men who
were held In 1908 charged with
tho murder Of Benesietto Madonio. the
victim Of tho noted Barrel Murder"
Only two Of the seven are alive and the
police figure that the friends and rel
atives of Madonio will eventually get
them. one. Lupo the Wolf" Ia in the
Federal Prison at Atlanta
Giuseppe Farano was the man the
avengMs dropped to-day. lie was thir-
ty-six years old, six feet tall, immense
" powerful and absolutely fearless.
For some time he had been employed
a. All inspector for the Union OF Fruit
Merchants AID he lived with his family
at No. 1866 West Ninth street. Brooklyn
Farano was walking through Column
bia street. on the river front at 1910
o'clock on his way to . fruit steamer
at the foot OF Montague street. In front
lof No. roc Columbia street three men.
who had been trailing HIM for blocks,
closed In and grabbed him from be-
hind
Seized. DRAGGED INTO NALL.
WAY AND SLAIN.
| The moment he falt . hand on his
body he knew what the sasure meant
He fought with all his strength and
called for help. but his captors wsrs
strens too and they paid no attention
to fts cries. Despite his e1ertions they
hurried him into . hallway and two o(
them drew revoivsrs and began to hre
into his back. while che third man kept
bis arms pintsns6
The capture, the struggle. the shoot
ing-au were over IN lees than . minute.
When policemen reached the scene and
entered the hallway OF No. iOs Columbia
, hoor with two pistols. from each Of
which two bullets had been discharged,
lying bestds HE bodS.
The three AssAssins had made their
escape through the hallway 10 rear
|. yard and thence Into . network OF ten
sments. No trace Of them could be
found. Not . man, woman or child
could BE- located who would even admit
that = shot had been heard. Such men
- grab their victims In the public
street and shoot them to death in broad
daylight are not likely to b betrayed
BY witnesses In the Italian quarter OF
Brooklyn.
Detectives Csrberry and Melai were
, assigned to the case from Brooklyn
HeadquArtsrs. They esta blished the
identity OF FArano and Melsi remem.
bored that FSrAho was one Of the
} seven men held out OF thirteen who
? wsrs arrested in connection with the
barrel mystery. Farano and one othsi
, we're indicted Tor perjury. but were
/. mover tried.
> LITTLE HOPE OF soLvlNo THE
LArEsT MYSTERY.
4 search OF FArano's effects ma,
! bring to light some letter or warntn
: that might furnish . clue TO the as
sassins. But the detectives haven
lmuch hope. They never found the MAJ
, who shot Pstto the OK" In q little min
Ing camp near Scranton. Pa. nor wa
any trace ever found of the gang tina
killed vito Laduca IN Palermo, Sicily
These were the two leaders In the al
legged plot which led 10 the death q
: Msdonio.
: Tho Barrel Murder Ia one OF the un
solved mysteries of New York. On
= morning In April. 1908. the body M
). man was found packed In n barrel o
= the sidewalk at Avenue ID and Elevent
street. After Q lapse Of week IN
body was identified ~ that OF Benedict
MadOnio. who had arrived in New Yor
but "a short time before from Buffalo,
- II happened that Secret Service agen,
had been trailing . band OF counterfeit
!. ers who had been making their hsa,
>. quarters In the butcher shop OF VII
- L.aduca at No. ID stanton street. The
recognized from photographs OF III
dead man. published In The World. on
!. !. they had seen In the company of SON
Of the counterfeiters . few days prit
to the murder.
The Secret Service men took their IN
formation to the police and in a round I,
- thirteen men were arrested charged wi,
" the murder OF Madonna, SIX, We're sua
" discharged, Those held were Petto I'll
:. OK" lAGo the WoH," I.sduca. Fansr
!" Antonio Geneva. Pietro lnaarillo an
Vi;o l>,boJio.
All the work OF the Secret Seryi,
>. men ana tee police went for nauyA
|, was found impossible 10 convict al
~, OF the defendants because OF the Ia,
." OF positive evidence. The police We
even unable to learn Just where NJ
donio was killed aad placed In the ma