New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-19
FATHER IDENTIFIES
BARREL VICTIM
Murdered Man Was Luigi
MacalusO, Who Lived
i'm East 18th st.
VENDETTA SWORN
BY BODY IN MORGUE
Woman in Tombs Says Slayer
Took Revenge on Police
Stool Pigeon.

The man whose body was found IN
barrel late Tuesday In a little ire
quented part Of Vernon NV, Long ISL
and City. was identified yesterday as
Luigi Macaluso, Of 3ll East 4th st.,
Manhattan. The identification was
made By the victims father, Michel
angelo Macaluso, a maCaroni baker or
that address.
The father. a Sicilian. swOre VEN
detta against the slayers Of his son
after he had made the Identification no
the Queens Borough morgue. The po-
lice have trailed him. believing he VIII
try 70 carry out his oath. BY shadow
ing him they hope not only TO fore
stall another killing but to arrest the
slayers Of young Macaluso.
Inspector Faurot, who has charge OF
the case, said last night he had no idea
why Macaluso was slain, unless 10 was
in "A gang feud Other members Of the
Police Department said the same thing.
Members OF the department who
would talk. knowing their names would
not be mentioned, said Macaluso was
murdered because he was suspected Of
giving information TO the police con
corning some OF his companions.
Briefly. he was killed because he was a
stool-pigeon.
Louisa Macaluso, woman in the
Tombs, herself awaiting trial on the
charge of murder i'm the first degree,
who claims kinship with the murdered
man, told several newspapermen yes
terday a story which bore out the the
DRY that Macaluso was slain by Sicilian
gunner and thugs because they be-
iieved he was an informer
The woman's story, which was told
in the presence of Warden Hanley and
two prison matrons. follows:
Luigi was killed because he squealed.
That gang down around llth, 18th and
18th sts., around Avenue { the SiciI-
ian colony killed him. They framed
him up by giving him "A revolver TO hold
last February, ard then he was arrest
ed and got four months
"How do | know they framed him
up? He wrote 20 me when | was in
the hospital, telling me about it, and
7 learned all about 10 elsewhere. Then
they didn't like MIN because he had
two pretty sisters whom he would not
permit them 20 modest. They are vile
men, those fellows, and they live on
theying and by other crimes, but
mostly on unfortunate women.
Luigi wasn't bad like them. lie told
them he didn't want his sisters 20 be
white slaves. He hated these men,.
and when they had him sent up on this
frame-up he wrote 20 me saying, i
must tell the police all know about
them. hiding nothing They learned
about this. and that is why they killed
him. | didn't tell them. though.
ct was the same gang that killed
Giuseppe Marine last April They made
me say I killed him. / didn't. I'm
going 20 tell the police the whole truth
now. know | will be killed by them
if I don't 20 TO the electric chair. But
! don't care much what happens now.
you will find Luigi was killed
around 18th ST. and Avenue c. near
where they killed Marine lie was
probably killed In a stable near there,
for il was there they intended TO take
the body of Marine and cut Il up. but
were frightened Off
Macaluso was arrested 100 "a saloon a
No. I3G East 18th 81. on February Il
last. charged with carrying concealed
weapons. lie pleaded guilty TO this
charge. and Judge Wadhams ON Feb
ruary p sentenced him TO four months
IT. the peuitentiary because he had
never before been arrested.
While Macaluso was serving his sem
teuco. Giacomo Corrigio, also known as