The Detroit times., 1913-11-29
Attempt to Blow " Syz u
Grocery Fails. But Wo1e
Across Street Hss Mar %
row Eseaps a
POOLROOM RAIDED AND W
FIRED By THIEV X
AWork Of PikerA Trying |
Shake Blackmail Money Free u 4
Foreigner" /" Says rslies

The work Of 'plker6' txying tps
shake little blaclrmail mun1y OF q
the foreigners. terrified " ~ rseeG
outbreaks In the Italiau oC1ony
| the way the Black Ennd scnn M
police headquarters yefe1H u f6fr
and torch ortrageas of roDu10r IN
national complexiCus that - &|
early Saturday morning..
Someone placed Z bou1lb, yS1 M n
piece Of iron pipe about = ~
and loaded with POWDER boo1M ~ ~
grocery store Of "Niko" Ato60s S
Syrian. at No. $50 yxa1kl1nfok Gn1
Saturday morning, The boznb exD1Q6*s
Ing at o'clock, and expenn1uGs 11n
forcc In flight across IN ntyoo1s ~
Ing no damage to the oyrlGn HtQ QQoe1s Z
The main portion Of ~ psna &Gn1lo1
through . window n the N6~o - 49, ~
Mansur, ct No. ~ J11n13 3luro1s u
wrecking the window. but hurting "A !
ona. 'sg
A small piece o. the. bomb. ahoat
the xixe Of q mans thumb, to9o
through the window Of Mrs. Dennio
McCarthy's home at No. so Frpnklln
st.. just as Mrs. Mccarthy was ae0s
to prepare breakfast for her husban&
The missile graxed her head BY Z mo1-
ter Of inches. a. It tore through the
window and imbedded itself IN the
wall Of the room.
ITS either = little real estate deal
to scare Nike into disposing az hio
proerty 1t bid price. or an elIort. -
shake him down for some cosy mon-
ey." say the members Of the B1nck
Hand squad. I'VE are inveStiG1ttne.
but we are devoting most OF our q.
forts to the main Issue. the shot-gpa
Tiis Utnsr csss u whas ths vo,IS
room of ''Joe" Agrusa, at No. 169
Fort-st. east. where some one poured
gasoline on three pool tables, set f1re
to one, and escaped, the fire being ex-
tinguished by terrified occupants OF
the building, with damage Ut only
about 500.
Sam Zerillo, Of No. 1853 Champlain.
st., - the owned OF the building.
Indicating thatd the affair was not
a regular Job by q member OF the
BLACK Hand union. the persons who
set nre to the table. raided the cigar
case IN the pool room, and stole sew
erai packages OF cigarettes, and some
cigars.
"A screen had been cut from q rear
WINDOW to give entrance to the place.
Detectives regard the gasoline part of
the anair az rough practical lobe by
some cheap thieves.
| A Jewish tailor occupying the rear
portion OF the building, was also badly
frightened by the latest i,anifesta atf0a
or terrorism" In trre Ttalia0 ytyla.
ne shrugs his shoulders, shakes his
mead, and wiggles his chin In denying
aii knowledge Of what happened on
the pre- misses.
Meanwhile. Detectives Brooks, Rog.
gers and Bolone, determined to "Ret
results as demanded by Commission
er Gillespie, are working early ana
late In the Italian coloney, to solve
the inner story Of the feuds which
are bringing death and injury to Ital-
ians, through the sawed-off shotgun.
| Felipo Lacolla, friend OF Palma, shot
as he sat in pool room, and now
recovered from his wounds. has done
as he was expected to do in connec-
tion with the warrant which he swore
out against Salvatore Dana. charging
Dana with being his assailant. He has
now protested that he did not know
what he was signing when he swore
to the warrant against Dana.
As a result, Dana. who was held
under $4,000 bail for trial, was re-
leased, Friday afternoon. on a ball
bond reduced to $500. The case was
adjourned for two weeks. II may
never come to trial.
But the BLACK Hand squad" of de-
tectives Is working hard to get cor
roborative evidence which will allow
them to prosecute not only Dana. bur
others OF the suspects who were held
for days In the central station cell
block. and had TO be released wnen
Lacolla absolutely refused to accuse
them.
While the members OF the squad
were searching the Italian colony Tor
suspects, Fridaysnight, accompanied by
Detective Bennett. OF Syracuse, n. u.
who was searching for homicide sus-
pect. they found BENEFITS man. Vim
cenzo Marconnio. who was arrested
on the charge of stabbing an Italian
10 death In Syracuse. June 3.
Marconnio was found in lodging
house at No. $50 Gratiot-ave.. and 10
said to have admitted he was In the
brawl In which Angelo valente was
killed. in Syracuse but did not do the
stabbing.
He consented to waive extraditiou.
| p.r,,n'e cmufhus service In 1919 \