The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-23

Mrs Cataieo was carried over TO the
adjoining building by her brother-in-law.
Iiazo Catdleu and taken by him to his
home at 3lU East Twenty-ninth street.
she dropped dead while eating break
fast. and her death is believed to be due
to the excitement through which she had
passed.
The burned tenement is directly op-
pOsite the pathological laboratories OF
Bellevue II sp.tal and the injured were
taken there. Coppello was terribly
burned. He sat IN "A window OF the top
floor. and Patrolman Charles +. Kane
worked Ills way over from The adjoining
building and carried him down over the
face of the FIR escape.
Inspector owen Eagan OF the Bureau
cf Combust!bles was making an exam
ination OF IN" building after the fire when
he saw Gaetano Saembri in the crowd He
recognized him as the man who had
been driven from his former home, at
i43 East Thirteenth street, a year ago
BY band OF blackmailers. After several
hours of grlling Shembr made "A state
ment.
He said that he was a Sicilan and
came to this country four years ago. He
IS a shoemaker empioyed by Sixth
avenue company and admits that he
has saved some money. \ year ago,
when he refused to hand up $1,000 in
accordance WIN INSTRUCTIONS gwen "
nm in Black Hand letter. bomb was
exploded next door to where he lived
in East Thirteenth street. He left that
place and moved to 403 East Twenty
ninth street. where he lived with his wife
and two children on the third floor.
within the last year. he said. he has
received three more letters, the last one
five days ago. He turned them over to
the police, on Friday. he says. while he
was at work he was called by telephone
and tod IN Italian by man who spoke
with French accent that he had just
twenty-fou- hours to live unless he paid
the Black Hand $1,000. He was told 10
take the money to Fourteenth street and
Avenue Il between and o'clock that
night and to hand ii to a man whom
no would recognize by his red neckte
sticks to His Story.
Hhembri stuck TO this story He said
that 500 in bills and several checks were
burned with his clothes. but he refused
10 say what the checks were for, He sale
he was awakened by the report of revol
vers and that when he opened his hal
door the whole place was afiame.
Fire Marshal John Pr!al thinks the FIR,
started on the first floor behind the stairs
hut all the investigators are agreed tina
il burned fiercest in front of Shembri.
door, spreading from there to the tw,
upper noo's' SnenDrl sald mat the black
malers didn't make it clear to hin
whether h. would be killed by bomb OF
by fire, He has been subpnnaed to ap
pear before the fire marshal to-day.
There We're twenty families in the tene
mcnt and those adjoining II on either sid
were crowded The police turned abou
eighty families into the street, most o
them in their night clothes A son o
Louis Costa, the lessee of the building
Oh a n N al l,,,t Il Il
know how and it was several minute
before policeman, attracted by tn
screams OF tenants and the shooting O
revolvers, came running to fhe scene
Two alarms Were turned in and whe
the first frenen arrived flames were shoot
ing out Of all windows in the three uppe
floors. The fire escapes have no ladder
and TO leave the burning building tenant
ad 10 walk along the fire escape and int
the tenement adjoining.
The bulding Is owned by Gordon. Lev
CO.. whose offices are at gao Gran
street Yesterday afternoon there wa
another mysterious fire IN one OF thei
buildings, At i07 West Fifty-third stree
FLAMES came shooting out OF the frs
hoor of the five story building With
h't-cn m uutes after julius CHAT
tailor had LETT his shop there,
CHAT says there was no stove or lam
or ANYTHING else that could have starte
the FIRE, lie and his family. living :
no rear Of the. shop. had narrow escape
~ getting ont. Most of the families
the apartments above got out by goin
70 N" roof and crossing to adJoinin
hIild.uFs
The East Thrty-uinth street buildin
leased That I'm I'ifty-thrd street
rented directly t. the tenants by the con
MANY, which H. a big concern with man
holdings IN various parts Of the city. tt
officers of the company did not know ,
the fires until 'st night