Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-04-27
| SHOT At RIOT
At PLANT; SIX
MEN QUIT CITY
Pitched Battle Between Rival
Factions = Man Dying in
Hospital-Shooters Flee.

ifUopitdi OftoOtCf . I lCCs
Two rival factions of Italians tried
to exterminate each other in a battle
in which fifteen revolver bullets were
fired shortly before o'clock this
morning at the entrance to the barrel
works of the Barber. Asphalt Paving
Company. AS the result one man is
probably dying at the city hospital
1t is thought that he was mortally
wounded when he was shot through
the loins and left thigh in the fracas.
At the city hospital the mans
name was given as George Groge-
branger, twenty-one years old, of 337
Washington street. Six other Italians
the city on the run after the man
had been shot. The man at the hos
pital is declared to have been the
only victim of the shooting.
Detective Sergeant Long, with the
assistance of officials of the Barber
Asphalt Paving Company, has Sc
cured descriptions of the fugitives
and their names, and Chief of Police
Burke believes that some or all of
them will be apprehended in a few
days.
1t was learned that the victim, af-
ter having been shot twice and cor
nered in cove near the barrel
works, threw up his heads to surren-
der, but that one Of his pursuera. de-
string to give - Enemy no quarter,
xzyzf1e,d 4hn frj revolver
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twice win fhE hiHzzle pointing III
I the wounded and bleeding mans i
head When the victim found that
the revolver only clicked, as all the
chambers had been previously
emptied, he turned on his pursuer.
They elinched and the wounded man
was struck in the forehead with the
butt of the pistol by his opponent.
He sank to the ground while his pur-
suers dispersed and members of his
own faction came up and removed
him to the gate opening to the barrel
works
The police were notified and Desk
Sergeant Dunham detailed Patrol
men Martin and Durham to the
scene. When the officers arrived
With tAO paw "aSon thoy AopAu
that those that were implicated in
the shooting had made their get
away the patrolmen then rushed
the bleeding man, who was semi
conscious, to the city hospital, where
he was attended by DR.. NJ. s. Mein-
ger.
1t is believed that bad blood had
existed between the two factions of
workers employed in the barrel fac
tory. One was called the Genoa"
faction and the other the "Calibria'
faction. These names are declared
to have been taken from the places
where they were born IN Italy.
A prelude to the fray this morning
started in a boarding house conduct
ed by Joseph Char at S9S Amboy
avenue, when Michael Lannle, one OF
those who skipped this morning after
the shooting, is alleged to have at
tackled a member OF the "Callbrfa"
faction OF gang. The members OF
the "Cal1bria, faction boarded with
Joseph Lannle.
Following the fight last night the
members OF the two rival factions
met on their way TO Work Just out
side the gate OF the DarreI Factory
1t is said that the shooting was
brought about by the continuance OF
the quarrel last night However. q
fight occurred which resulted IN the
"Genoa" faction routing the Cali
brfa" faction, who found their am
munition exhausted. man declared
to be Anton Lannle, who went by the
name Of Barney Tallto, and short
stout stranger separated from the
Genoa faction IN pursuit OF the
man now at the hospital. Yard
Foreman U. P. Mckee, who lives
close by and had been startled from
his breakfast by the shootlng' ran