The New York herald., 1921-12-26
4 shot AS score
BATTLE in HOUSE
Riot Call Follows Free for
All Fight in Williams
burg House.
TWO YOUTHS ARE HELD
Wounded in Hospitals Re-
fuse to Tell What Started
the Row.
RESERVES CALLED OUT
Knives Used in Fray Said to
Have Been Caused by Quar-
rel Over Car.

I Four men were wounded, one so
seriously he Is not expected to live. in
a pistol and knife battle last night in
the hallway of the second floor of the
tenement house in 225 North Eighth
street. Williamsburg. So far as the
tion have been able to find out, be-
tween ten and twenty men. armed
with revolvers and knives. took part
in the battle and at least fifty shots
were fired.
The noise Of the fight attracted such
a large crowd the reserves of the sta
Nion house had to be called. and it
was with difficulty that they pushed
their way into the building.
The four injured men were found by
the police lying on the floor Of the
hallway, but no knives or pistols were
found. Only one Of the injured would
tell the police what had happened. He
is Tony Monteforte OF 81 Powers street.
who said he was visiting friends on the
second floor when he heard some one
call for help and ran into the hallway
He was shot. he said, before he had
time to see what was happening.
Wounded Men Silent.
The other wounded men, who refused
to tell the police what had caused the
row, gave their names as Joseph Caciano
of 225 North Eighth street, Peter
Gaimaro of Sc Havemeyer street and
Salvatore Coletta, 225 North Eighth
street. They suffered flesh wounds and
are under arrest in the Williamsburg,
Greenpoint and ST. GATHERINGS hospi-
tails.
Several hours after the shooting the
police arrested two brothers.. James
Cauci, 16, and Louis, 10. and locked
them up, charged with felonious assault
They were taken to the williamsburg
Hospital, the police say, and Louis Caucl
was identified by Monteforte as the man
who had shot him. The brothers live in
the North Eighth street house, and ac-
cording to Mrs. Bessie Anolia, were In
her apartment with number of other
men when the trouble started She said
that as they were aboutNto leave they
began quarreling as to who should drive
their automobile. and the shooting fol-
lowed.
Sends In Riot Call.
The first thing the other tenants of the
house knew Of the trouble was when
they heard shots and cries in the hall
way. Most of them ran into the street.
The section is populous one. and with
In a few minutes several hundred per-
sons were swarming about the place.
Some one called Patrolman Max Wolf of
the Bedford avenue station. Wolf man.
aged to push his way into the house and
went to the second floor. where lie found
the injured man lying on the floor BY
that time the crowd had grown to such
proportions that Wolf turned in a riot
call and sent for the reserves.
Patrolmen and detectives under Capt.
Daniel ]. Carey drove the crowd away
and then took several men and women
10 the police station, where they were
questioned by detectives and by Assist
ant District Attorney Selvetti. None of
them. however, was able to give the de-
tectives much information. Many said
they had seen men with revolvers rum
ming from the house shortly after the
shooting, but their tales differed so far
as numbers were concerned. One man
said he had seen two men running.
while woman said at least twenty
men had run from the place and escaped
down North Eighth street