New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-18
TWO SHOT DOWN
IN HARLEM FEUD
Most Hated Man in Little
Italy and Son Dying, Vic
tins of Black Hand.

Giosuc Gailucci. said TO be the most
feared and most hated man in all Of
FGrlem's Little Italy. was shot and
mortally wounded last night while in
his sons coffee house at $50 East l09th
Street His son. Lucca. proprietor OF
tho place. was also shot. Both were
wounded in the abdomen, and a sec
ond bullet for good measure was sent
through the elder mans neck. They
were taken to Bellevue Hospital and
are said 10 be dying.
So far as the police could learn
Giosue Galiucci went 70 see his son
last night. and the two were talking
across the counter OF Lucca's shop
when gang Of Italians entered and
began shooting.
A patrolman standing two blocks
away heard the voljey and, knowing
5he neighborhood, at once sent in
call for the reserves. By the time
Captain Brady got there with the re-
serves from the East 104tn Street sta
tion only Giosuc Gallucci and his wife
were ~ the place.
Lucca Gdllucci. the son. was found
alone I'm his fathers coffee house. at
that both were shot in the coffee house
at 33G East l09th Street, and that Lucca
either craWled or was carried the short
distance to his fathers shop.
Acting Captain Jones of the Harlem
branch detective bureau, who has had
long experience with Gallucci and his
ink. is confident that he and his son
we're shot BY rivals who were trying
90 break into the rich field the Gal
luccls had long had under their thumbs
and levied tribute upon.
IN December, 1908, Genarrie Gallucci,
brother Of Giosue, was shot and
killed there. He had escaped from an
Italian prison and come 10 New York
10 join in the business enterprises Of
his brother, the police said. They
ascribed hi murder to a dispute over
the division Of money.
Two years later Anielo Frisco, better
known as "Zopo the Gimp was shot
and killed in the same little shop. That
again was believed TO be a matter OF
division Of spoils
Through Anielo Prisco, the police
linked the place with the murder OF
Little Italy's richest woman, Mrs. Pas
quale Spinelli, who was shot with
rife March 20. 1911. in q stable which
she owned on East l0Sth Street. "Zopo
the Gimp" knew much more about that
tragedy. the detectives opined, than he
ever dared to tell.
Linked with the Staying Of Mrs. Spi-
neli was the murder OF Louis Lazaz-
zara. her partner. who was shot to
death in front Of the stable on Fcbru-
airy 20, 1914.
OF late there have been indications
that Gallucci'5 power in Little Italy
was seriously threatened. There had
been frequent disputes as TO the diV-
sion OF the spoils. The blood kin OF
those slain or manned in these fights
held Gallucci responsible. Their 10y
;lty to hlm was waverlng.
4 few months ago Giosue Gal
and another friend. Acting Captain
Jones and p couple OF detectives ar
rested the three as they walked in the
park. The detectives asserted that all
three had revolvers.
In Galluci's case the jury disagreed.
His two friends were convicted and
sent 70 Sing Sing. Galluci felt that
this humiliating arrest was but an m
dication Of the unrest that stirred his
realm. Two dozen times or more his
life had been attempted in vain. Now,
he was convinced, his enemies had
stopped to the baser method of carry
ing tales to the police. He was loath
TO believe that those detectives had
happened upon him by accident in
Thomas jefferson Park.
Nine men last night were placed un-
der arrest. although they protested
they knew nothing Of the shooting.