New Britain herald., 1917-08-21
REVOLVER BATTLE
 IN HARLEM STREET
One Killed, Three Injured, When
 Gangs Open Fire

New York, Aug. 21-Just as New York was beginning to believe that !. the good old gangs and gang shooting were happily past, a revolver battle took place in one of the most populous sections of Harlem last night For Wlldness and picturesque effects the combat was equal to anything seen here in years. That a dozen persons were not killed or wounded was re- markable.
 The fight took place at One Hun dred and Tenth street and Second Avenue. Seven men first "shot up' the saloon of Giuseppe De Luca and a few minutes later wrecked a drug store opposite because one of the wounded men had gone there to have his wound dressed.
 Joseph Sacco of No. 245 East One Hundred and Tenth Street, said to have been the leader of the gunmen, was instantly killed, and three men were taken to Harlem Hospital suffer- ing from shot wounds. They are Dominic de Luca, son Of the saloon- keeper; Nincenzo Sucarato of No. 347 East One Hundred and Ninth Street, 8 lad who was watching the fight, and Francesca Alta of No. 25S East One Hundred and Twelfth Street. another spectator.
 The gunmen drew up in front of De Lucas saloon in an automobile, drew ,revolvers and entered. In the saloon were Giuseppe De Luca, his wife and their sons, Dominica and Antonio. The latter lives across the street at No. 2135 Second Avenue
 The crowd outside imm ediately heard shots. These were fusilade fired at the De Luca family Most went wild for only Dominick was hit, but the sa- loon was wrecked. The mirrors were shattered, the windows were broken and most of the glassware was smash ed In the excitement Dominica De 1uca escaped through a back window and ran to his home. Thinking his family had been killed, he armed him. self with a French army revolver and mixed with the crowd.
 Calmly Drive Of in Car.
 After demolishing the saloon the gunmen put their revolvers in their pockets. climbed into their auto and leisurely made off up the avenue. About a block away the car stopped and the men looked back. Not per- son in the throng of 5000 persons made a move to interfere with them.
 After a time Domjnick De Luca OC0geI out Of the saloon and ran to the drug store. The gunmen saw him enter and rightly judged that he had gone to have his wound dressed. Thereupon they headed the car back and stopped in front of the drug shop. By this time the crowd had greatly in- creased and the shop was packed with l men and women.
 The gunmen calmly sat in the car l and began to shoot into the drug store. The first shots smashed the windows. Dominick, feignins death, store yelled and darted out of the door Or behind the counters. The druggist vanished behind his prescrip- tion case. The boy Sucarato and Alta were slow in getting under cover and were hit.
 With the store partly cleared the gunmen had better view and they shot bottles, glass cases, prescription case and pretty much everything else in the place. After they had done thorough job, the automobile proceed ed up Second Avenue and disappeared.
 But Sacco was left behind, dead, in the street in front of the drug store.
 The police got on the job quickly and arrested Antonio DeLuca on charge of violating the Sullivan Law. They say he admitted he had singled out Sacco and killed him. He was locked up on a charge of homicide.
 It was two hours before the neigh borhood quieted down to normal.