The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-12
MURDER OF BUTCHER
LAID TO TRADE FEUD
Three Gangsters, Accused Of
Killing, Caught in Police
Dragnet.
VICTIM HAD CUT PRICES
Hunt for Slayers Of Brooklyn
Man Traps Suspects in
Saloon H0ldup.

| Giro Acconzo. a butcher OF 179 Court
street, Brooklyn, was about to close
his butcher shop Saturday night when
three men entered and asked for two
pounds of pork chops. Acconzo cut
the chops. and when be turned to ring
up the purchase on the cash register
received four shots in the back. He
died a few minutes later. His three
customers escaped in waiting auto
mobile.
Neighbors Of Acconzo were inclined
at first to attribute the murder to
cocaine crazed gangsters intent upon
| getting the contents OF the cash regis
ter. who lost their artlfcialily stimu-
lated nerve at the sight of their VIC
| TINS blood.
But II the whisperings that have
reached the Police Department are
! substantiated In fact il was another
murder for hire. The crimes features
| recall the murder of Barnet Ban, Wash
ington Market poultry king, four
years ago. But the outstanding diff
ference is that In less than q week
three men are already under arrest
| charged with the homicide.
Roundup OF Gangsters.
The police in a general roundup
Tuesday Of gangsters caught ten men
| who were held as suspicious charuc-
tiers in connection with a series Of
| hoidups EAST and south of Blocker
4 ct 10 4 \
yesterday with killing Acconzo. and
one Of the trio. with three others Of
the ten. were identified by Isaac
| Hirschhorn as four OF five men who
| entered his saloon at 10 Second ave-
nu. week ago. held him up and
robbed the cash register and his
patrons of more than $500.
Police Inspector Cray said yester-
day that in the ten arrested Tuesday
in the apartment of Dan Barbella at
8 Spring street the police had the
working element Of as bold lot OF
gangsters as has operated in tho city
for many years. Inspector Cray said
that he was completely satisfied with
the strength of the case against the
prisoners.
| Furthermore, he said, two OF the
| group had been positively identified
as being concerned In the murder OF
| Ettore Occhirneeri. alias Little Danny,
who was shot to death In a gang row
! IN Blocker street the day after
, Thanksgiving. Inspector Cray said
! the detective department was at work
| on the theory that the murder OF Ac-
! COMO had been done by hired gunner
| because Acconzo undersold a COM
| bination OF his competitors who had
established q scale of prices for beef
and Thanksgiving Day turkeys.
| The three men charged with homicide
are Frank Pasty. 2s. a barber of 1874
| Bowery; Charles Paserelll, 10, 1877
| Thompson street. a driver, and Joseph
! Mongelli, IS, OF Commerce street
saloon Robbery Solved.
! Paserelli. according to the police, Is
also one of four identified by Hirsch-
horn as tie men who did the stick up
! job in his saloon a week ago The
three others described themselves as
Vincent Fratina, II, of IS Sullivan
| street: Charles Zenie, "a, of 3l6 Mott
street, and Ralph Di Baise Of l69 Mott
street.
! Two of the remaining four, Peter
| Zuzzare and Alfred Fa!cco, are being
/ held in connection with the murder OF
! Little Danny. The ninth. George
! Sabatella of 80 Jones street, is held
! on general suspicion. The tenth Is
/ Dan Barbella. in whose apartment the
! half score OF prisoners were rounded