The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-25
KNEW OF HIS DOOM
AND WARNED POLICE
Two Hours Later Antonio di
Lucca Lay Dead in Harlem's
"Little Italy,"
HIT BY THREE BULLETS
Another Chapter in Gang
Feud Which Previously
Had Cost One Life.

Save fo- the four snots which Police
;nan Jacob Lamour heard as he was on
post at Second avenue and 18TH street,
and for the bullet riddled body OF An
t'nio di Lucca Of 2135 Second avenue
In the morgue, the police had little evil
dence yesterday in connection with the
r.ost recent staying to set Harlem's Ital-
ian colony by the ears.
Little Coochi," as the man was known
| among gangsters, had believed himself a
marked man for months-ever since the
hight last August he and his brother
Dominick and their father sat tilted
/ ack in chairs in front of di Lucca's sa =
loon, which is directly across the avenue
Il ON their home, and an automobile con-
tanning Pietro Bianco. Samuel Sacco,
Giovanni Pegano and Charley Young,
who is known as Cifello, drove up to the
corner of 10th street and stopped. The
four clambered out of the motor car and
approached, loosening a fusilade of re-
volver bullets
Dominick's arm was fractured by a
bullet and Giovanni, his father. carried
Him into a drugstore. Antonio, who had
darted inside the saloon, reappeared with
a revolver and opened fire. Sacco
cropped dead upon the pavement and the
| remaining three men jumped into the
automobile and escaped. Later Antonio.
Cifello, Bianco and Pagano were arrest
ed. Pagano jumped his bail. Antonio di
Lucca was acquitted and the other two
gangsters were sent to Sing Sing Prison.
Antonio's friends say that late Tues
day afternoon tip came to him that
the time had come for the score to be
| settled. About 2 o'clock in the evening
he stopped n policeman in front Of his
IN fharia SALMON
I'm going to be croaked tonight;
get me?" he said.
The policeman laughed.
I've known 1t for over an hour"
went on the youth "Just wait and see."
A couple Of hours afterward Antonio
stretched himself and started across
Second avenue from his fathers saloon
to his homo. He had not reached the
car tracks when Patrolman Lamour
heard the four shots in rapid success
sion. He ran into 10th street, where
he found Antonio in heap in front of
the Suydenham Hospital at 337. A bull
let had pierced his heart. Another ell
tered his left eye and a third shattered
his hip
The theft Of s1.o4s on August % from
s. Henry AdleT's clothing store at For
teth street and Broadway. became known
yesterday when Mr.. Adler offered a re-
ward Of 500 for information leading to
the discovery of the whereabouts of
Joseph II. Jaffe Of 81 West 124th street
who Is manager of one II the Adler chain
of stores at Church street. Jaffe took
the days receipts from the Fortieth
street store about Q :15 in the evening
and started in a taxicab to take them to
banker Mr.. Adler believes he met with
foul play. Both the police and private
detectives ara looking for him.
| 81,
nue. was held in $4,000 bail for a hear
ing to-day by Magistrate McClosky in
the Flatbush avenue court. Brooklyn, in
connection with the $4,000 robbery of the
Irving Bond Company Mt 9Si Fulton
street, September H.. He Is the fifth
man arrested for the crime and was
picked up in Manhattan by Detectives
Conway and Casey of the Grand street
station, Brooklyn. The police say fouI
other charges are pending against him
two for robbery and one each for felo-
NOUS assault and assault and robbery.
Despite the policy of the police in at
tempting to keep knowledge OF crime!
from the public it became known las
night that two night watchmen wer,
overpowered, bound and gagged at thu
factory building at 2419 to 2427 Wood
haven avenue, Woodhaven, Queens, early
yesterday. when $4,000 worth OF knitted
| goods, overcoats and material wer,
stolen from the Standard Knitting Mill.
ard Cohen, Goldman G. Co. who occupy
the premises.
The Waterman said they heard al
automobile outside just before three mel
entered through a window and over
powered them. The waiting motor ca
was loaded with plumber and driven of
The Standard Knitting Mills lost $1,000
worth of material and sixty-four over
coats. valued at $40 each. were takei
from Cohen, Goldman & Co. Three hour
later one of the watchmen managed I,
free himself, unite his comrade and Civ,