The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-27
STRANGE SHOOTING
NEAR MURDER SCENE
f.. T. Barrett, Aged Civil En-
gineer, Probably Fatally
Wounded at DObbs Ferry
WOMEN CONFESS A PLOT

Elisha T. Barrett. a civii engineer
living In Dobbs Ferry. was shot and
perhaps fatally wounded there yesterday
In an attack as mysterious as was the
murder of GreRorio George a week ago
last Saturday. and linked with the latter
In a way that has made the police sus-
pect that the two crimes may he a part
| Of one plot.
, MIR. Barrett. who IL 81 years old and
employed on the new aqueduct work at
Peekskill. was shot while on his way
from his HON on Ashford avenue to the
post office. Joseph Bernardo. a former
saloon keeper n now a gardener. who
has taken the job formerly held by the
dead Gregorio George ri the estate Of
G.. A. Cass at Ardsley-on-Hudson. was
arrested charged with attempted murder.
The shooting took place in front Of
D%enardo's home on Ashford avenue. a
short distance from the home Of his VIC
tim. Barrett fell with a bullet in his
right lung. He told the police thst
there had been no quarrel. and that he
had never spoken to Bernardo. Bernardo.
when arrested twenty minutes later at
his home by Policeman Edward Fay.
refused 10 talk. He had done the shoot
ing for personal reasons. the police say
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tails.
Bernardo was taken to the White
Plains jail and locked up by sheriff
Weisendanger. who has been working on
the George murder. II 10 the theory NJ
the police that Barrett was mistaken
for some one else.
Murder Recently In His saloon.
Bernardo eside getting GEORGES posi-.
ton. formerly ran a saloon in which
Frank Lombard. a friend and boarder
OF Georges. was Killed in a bra wi some
time ago the police say
A new development, in the search for
| the killers of George was announced
yesterday when the police of Hoboken
reported that Kitty Mccormack broke
down under a long grilling at the hands
Of Capt. Thomas Garrick OF Hoboken
and Sheriff weisendanger OF Westchester
county and confessed that she had hired
the two men under arrest to Kill George.
She described In detail. IL was said, the
negotiations entered into between her
self and Mrs. Mary Figoiio. who was
arrested soon after the murder.
As result OF their Investigations the
police last evening arrested william
Kelly OF ais Savoy street, North Ber-
/ gen, y. J., and Adolph Riso OF 5l2 JEFF
ferson street. Hoboken Kelly was ar
rested az Kitty MacCormack's home.
where he was hiding. Riso was az ST.
Mary's Hospital, being treated for some
wounds on his leg which no said he
had received from being thrown on a
train. Two men who described them
selves a. John Craven and James Mad
son were also arrested. being taken at
81 Madison street. Hohoken. where they
boarded with Mrs. Serio. the mother Of
Mrs. Fisolio. Mrs. serio was taken
from the Westchester county Jail TO
Hoboken in a closed Limousine. dressed
In mems clothing so that she mIght not
be recognized. When shown raven
and Madison she admitted tina, she knew
them. but denied that they had killed
George. The two men were released.
Gil Explains KILLING Plot
The story that the police say was
told by Kitty Mccormack was that
Mira Figolio had asked her to get two
men 10 Kill George because she wanted
To marry erne one else. Mrs. Fgo.io
| offered &c0o. the police understand, but
the men refused to do the job for less
thar $500.
two men. whose names she gave the
police. obtained Iron bars from Mrs.
Serio's home and went with Mrs. Figolio
10 Dohhs Ferry. There the woman met
the victim. started toward his home
with him and then gave the sigma which
brought the two thugs down on Gcore.
one struck him down with the metal
club and the other drew a razor across
his hroat Then they bound Mr
Figolio with clothesline. az agreed.
The rope that was used, the police
learned, was taken from 81 Madison
street. Hoboken. the home OF Mrs,
Serio. 1t WAS this that formed the most
important clue on which the detectives
worked.
KITTY Mccormack was arraigned on
a charge OF being q disOrderly person
and remanded for thirty days to ALLOW
time for tho necessary e~xtradition
papers to he obtained by the Westchester
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