The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-29
Antonio Cedroni Wanted
by Barre Pol ) or Sat-
urday Nj : fracas
BULLET I = ,PED PAST
CHRISTO1 t'ERO'S HEAD
Leo Spinelli, at Whom Weap-
ON Was Aimed, Escaped In
jury, Except Clubbing

The Barre police are still looking for
Antonio Cedroni, who is charged with
shooting at Leo SpiAeli on North Main
street, at the head of Granite street,
early Saturday evening, the bullet from
! the 32-calibre revolver missing Spinelli
but grazing the head of Joseph Christof
! fero, a companion of Spinelli, and then
! lodging in the door casing of Merlo's
bowlig alley. As usual on Saturday
evening, the street was alive with people
and il was lucky that the bullet EN-
| bedded itself in the wall without strik-
| ing any of the pedestrians. John David
had probably as narrow an escape as
anyone, barring Christoffero, because Da
vid was standing in the entrance to the
Merlo bowling alley and the bullet
whstled past him.
| Although there were many men in the
immediate vicinity, only one of them
seemed to have presence of mind and
courage enough to seize the revolver from
/ the hand of Cedroni as he and Spinelli
/ tumbled about the sidewalk, Spinelli
having clinched with Cedroni after the
! first shot This one bystander was
| Barney Burgess, who rushed up and
/ wrenched the weapon out of Cedroni's
hand Divested of his weapon, Cedroni
got up and ran, and Spinelli did the
same, one going down North Main street
and the other out Granite street. Cedro-
nj made safe getaway, as there were
no police in the vicinity and he has elud-
ed the pursuers since that time
The trouble over which the shooting
developed is said to have been of long
[ L. l. - l.,
said to have been a physical clash be
tween Cedroni and Spinelli at a house on
Granite street Saturday afternoon, in
which Spinelli is alleged to have chas-
tized Cedroni because of a statement
that Spinelli's father died in debt. At
least that is the story which Spinelli
told before States Attorney Davis
through an interpreter Saturday night,
three hours after the encounter.
The shooting took place at $3.50 o'clock.
/ Spinelli, according to his own statement,
/ was standing on the sidewalk in front Of
/ Smith & Cummings store, talking with
/ Christoffero, a Montpelier man, residing
at 203 Barre street, when he looked
1 southerly along North Main street ard
saw his opponent of the afternoon com
ing along. Cedroni, it is alleged, was
| carving his right hand in an inside
bocket of his coat and when he ap-
preached Spinell he drew the weapon
Meanwhile Spinelli, having suspicious of
/ the concealed hand, had ducked behind
/ Christoffero, much smaller man than
/ Spnelli, just before Cedroni aimed and
/ fred.
AT the same time Christoffero squirmed
and writhed, naturally enough; and per
/ haps his motions were the means OF
saving his life, for the bullet Just grazed
/ by his temple, doing little more than to
/ clip the skin The next instant the three
men were partly down on the sidewalk,
with Spinelli grasping Cedroni's shooting
hand and calling upon the bystanders to
| disarm the fellow. As already stated,
Burgess was the only man to respond,
and as he is large and powerful he had
no trouble wrenching the revolver away.
That act of Burgess was the signal
for dissolution of the fracas, and all
| three men deeamped; but Spineli and
! Christoffero returned later and went TO
! the office of DR.. f. X T. ArchambauIt,
where their slight wounds were dressed,
ChristofIero suffering from the abrasion
| by the bullet and Spnelli's head being
damaged where Cedroni pounded him
with the pistol as they clmched on the
sidewalk The revolver still has blood
stain, presumably from Spinelli's head.
| After taking the revolver away Bur
CESS deposited the weapon in nearby
store, where it was taken in hand by
! Special Officer Curtis, who was called
| from the police station Later Deputy
| Chief Gamble arrived from supper and
| took charge Of the search for the fugi
tive
But considerable time had elapsed and
| the fugitive had secured quite lead.
! Following a trail toward the westerly
side of the city. the police went to the
! Williamstown railroad track and gained
/ information which led them to believe
that Cedroni started southerly after
running westerly from the scene Of the
encounter There were stories of two
| men seen running southerly along the
railroad track and separating after they
reached the Jockey Hollow section. The
police and deputies have been following
| the clues at hand and there is a belief
that Cedron will be apprehended or will
come back to give himself up
| Cedroni is from 45 to 80 years of age,
| FIVE feet and six inches tall, weighs about
| l70 pounds, has dark hair and heavy,
brown mustache. He is a hand polisher
in the granite industry and has been
boarding at the home Of bis son on North
Seminary street. He has wife in Italy
Spinelli, who is also native of Italy
is employed in the granite business and
resides with his family in the A. Tomasi
| hnilding ON Merchant street