The evening world., 1920-07-16
DEAD MAN IN AUTO
PROBABLY SLAIN
IN FAMILY FEUD
Grazeano'S Brother in i Law
Also Met His Doom at
Hands of Assassin.

! The story Of the murder OF another
member OF his family throws O. side
/ light on the staying early to-day Of
Alfredo Grafiano, who was called from
a table in cafe at No IS Kenmare
Street. whore he was dining with Miss
Kitty Flynn, cabaret singer, and shot
TO death with a double-barrelled shot
gun which had been concealed in a
guitar case Grafiaho was hurried to
Bellevue Hospital in a taxicAb called
by Miss Flynn, where the physicians
pronounced him dead. HIS slayer es-
capped.
Grafiano's brother-in-Iaw, James
Canaule, was shot and killed in the
! hallway Of his home, No. e5 Grand
Avenue, Brooklyn, two years ago, ac-
cordlng to Detective Sergoah Michael
Fiaschetu. That is the address Of
Grafiano's sister. Mrs. Louise L.
monte, who identified her brothers
body at the Morgue and said he lived
at No. Fl Second Avenue. Manhattan.
The body was identified also by Graf
iano's father. who lives at No. Al First
Avenue. He said his son was known
10 his friends as Mike" Mccarthy.
The two tragedies suggested the
possibility Of a family feud.
Miss Flynn, who lives at No. 20
West 9sth Street, and two others de-
tained as witnesses were taken to
the Homicide Bureau to-day by De-
tectives Mcitrick and Snydecker,
where they were questioned by As
sistant District Attorney Joyce. The
others are Pasquale De Frlma of No.
81 Thompson Street, who was with
Grafiano in khe cafe, and Wilson
Jackson, colored, of No. 2460 Seventh
Avenue. the chauffeur who drove the
slain man to the hospital.
In the. presence of detectives and
reporters, Miss Flynn said:
II met Gratlano for the first time
four or five days ago. met him
again about 1.20 this mornlng in the
restaurant. l had gone there with a
girl named Buster There were four
OF us sitting at the table the other
man being DE Frlma. We had been
there about twenty minutes when
Grfiaano got up.
~ said to him, Evidently you don't
like my company .'a-.'.t1 -....- .' '-
"He said, Yes, do. but I'm going
out to get some fresh air A moment
later / heard shots and ran out. Gra-
fiano was lying on the sidewalk,
bleeding. called to walters and
others to help get him to hospital,
and finally took him to bellevue.
Graflnno was shot in the back,
according to Medical EXAMINER
Schwartz who performed an au-
tOpsy; not in the chest, as the police
had reported.
Miss Flynn at first gave her name
as Loretta Leroy. and also gave the
police a wrong address. She said at
first she had met Grafiano nt Atlantic
| City and clung TO that story until the
negro chauffeur told OF Grafiano's
having met her for the first time in
the cafe in front OF which he was
killed.
! After the shooting Policeman stan
! kowich had been notified by = taXicab
chauffeur. Fred Hanson, mo. 1873
! sklllman Street, Brooklyn, who saw
Grafano being put into the taXicab,
| and found the policeman at La
!
liceman jumped into Hanson's cah
and followed, but lost tho trail.
Other policemen, who heard the
shot, reached the scene OF the shoot
| ing after Grafiano had been taken
away. Under the basement stair
way OF the holise they found two
now double-barrclled shotguns. one of
which, had ben discharged, and an
empty guitar c0Se. The case, thoy
believe, was used to conceal the guns
The negro chauffeur, jackson, told
the police he had been driving GTVi-
! fiano and Miss Flynn around towh
for several days.
Three nights ago, according 10 the
uhauffeur's story, Grafano had II
fight with several Italians and had
severely beaten one of them when the
Ipolice interfered.
Grafiano had considerable jewelry,
including a large diamond stud. APP
parently no attempt was made to rob
him.
The police have been unable to de-
termine whether the murder was for
revenge or because OF Jealousy.