New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-08
: WEN GIVE LIVES
.T0PAY FEUD TOLL
Aspirant to Throne of Lit
tie Italy and Aid Are
Shot in Brooklyn.

The heritage left by Giosue Galucci,
the murdered Gar of Little Italy. was
swelled Is two more lives yesterday.
Nicholas Morelo. the Blacksmith"
a ruling power of the upper East Side
and an 1spirant to the throne left "a
cant wher Gallucci and his son Lucca
died. riddled with slGgs, eighteen
months ago. passed the way of all such
aspirants yesterday in the dust OF a
Brooklyn street, with bullet IN his
neck. two in his chest, two IN his groin
and one in his leg. BY his side died
Charles Ubriaco. his follower and gun
man. shot through the heart.
The throne of Gallucci still stands
vacant, and the De Marco gang has
added another chapter TO the long tale
of its feud with the Morellos. They
have wiped clean the score that has
stood against their rivals since Joseph
De Marco and "Nine-Fingered Charley
lombard were found lying dead across
the table in a room at 81 James Street
Negro Tells of Shooting.
An ash,n faced negro ran up to Pa
trolman Coon. Of the Adams Street sta
ton. in Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon
at 1870.
Boss" he gasped. there's been a
war down on Johnson Street. Shootln
and shootin'. and there's two men lying
in the gutter dead"
They were lying in tho gutter, dead,
both Morello and Ubriaco Two little
swarms Of Italians stood near the in
tersectio7 Of Johnson Street and Hud-
son Avenue In the centre Of one lay
ID krt11s.r4
torn by bullets. smeared with dust and
blood. one dead hand clutched the re-
volver which had caught in his pocket
and could not be withdrawn before he
was brought down. A little further
along, U0riaco had given his last weak
cough and died. Men had stood about
and watched him pass away. No one
had stretched a hand to help him. No
one had dared
Most of those who stood about the
dead men had seen the shooting, but 10
all intents they had been blind, deaf
and dumb until the moment the police
arrived. Il was from a negro that the
only account Of the killing came
Norelo had come swinging up the
street. his bodygusrd at his shoulder.
Two men had followed them on the
opposite sidewalk. Then they had
stepped out into the street and opened
fire, pumping their automatics as fast
as their fingers would work Caught
in a souall Of bullets. Morello had
spun around and fallen. Ubriaco had
brought out his gun and fired one wild
shot before a bullet knocked him of
His feet
Then they had lain there while ltal-
inns swarred ont OF the dingv tene-
ments and stood around curiously,
watching them die. The gunner had
slipped into a doorway and disappeared
What had brought the TWO men from
Norello's blacksmith shop at $50 East
l16th Street 20 Brooklyn the police do
not know. The politics Of Little italy
can be followed only by their progress
from murder to murder. Three tunes
in the last year. the Morello-de Marco
feud has seen the light Of day.
Gives Life for Attack.
In November. 1915. ThreeFincered
sam Antonio walked up behind Morello
with a sawed-off shotgun, hidden be-
meath his coat. On l0Sth street, near
the East River. he paused and poured
both barrels in the Blacksmith oach,
Morello went TO the hospital ana
Joseph de Marco saw mis- way clear %
the place vacated By Galluccl, also By
the shotgun route.
But Norelo recovered. and on July
2i Joseph Dc Marco died in the httl'
room on James street, with his body
Guard bv his side. Yesterday the otner
part in the feud spoke again.
ONLY one arrest has been made on
the police. Ricco Volenti. twenty one
Of 3l3 Hudson street. was brought into
the Adams Street station BY petect'v'
Nellie. When asked where he live
he said eh did not know the number
but he could take the detective there
In his room a .3s-calibre revolver wa
found. He is held on a charge OF vlo
f..t,, .bo Sullivan law.