The New York herald., 1921-07-04
6 BYSTANDERS shot
. IN EAST SIDE Trays
OF FBLACKHAND TYPE
Two Mysterious Shootings
Take Place in Elizabeth
Street at Night.
ONE MAN is ARRESTED
Found With No Weapon,
but With Two Cartridges
in His Pocket.
SHOTS FROM A TAXICAB
Many Bullets Fly in Italian
Quarter-Only One Victim
Hurt Seriously.
SHOTS FROM A TAXICAB

Six persons We're wounded, one seri-
ously, In two mysterious shooting az
fairs in Elizabeth street last night.
Those wounded were bystanders. and
the police are seeking a connection be-
tween the shootings and a possible re-
vival Of Black Hand activities.
The circumstances in both shootinss
were substantially the same. They oc-
Cured less than two blocks apart, and
IN each case without warning. AS
Elizabeth street is one Of the most
congested OF Italian tenement streets.
and as the street, windows and fire
escapes were jammed with perspiring
men, women and children seeking es-
cape from the heat 1t is remarkable
that any of the score Of shots that
were fired went wild.
One arrest was made. but the police
have little to connect the prisoner with
the affair He was Salvatore Guardino.
40. fish pedler. OF 21o Fast 127th
street. He ran after the first shooting
and was dragged out from under a bed
In a strange apartment by the police.
and offered the excuse that he had taken
refuge there from the flying bullets.
Shots From Taxicab.
A mysterious taxicab. which appeared
at Prince and Elizabeth straets at about
the time of the second shooting, and
from which excited residents declared
the shots were fired. is being sought by
detectives 1t whipped around the cor
ner and made off on Prince street. The
police were unable to find sny one who
got clear glimpse Of its occupants
said to have been two men IN addition
TO fhe driver.
The first shooting occurred in from,
of stable at 124 Elizabeth street, In
the midst Of a group OF four or FIVE men
Five shots were fred. and the men
scattered in all directions. Accurso
Cuaro. 50. of 167 Elizabeth street, was
wounded in the right foot, and Ignatio
Desaro. 10, of 119 Elizabeth street. was
shot In the right knee. Both were taken
TO st. Vincent's Hospital.
Not long afterward. near Prince and
Elizabeth streets, Germarito Ferdinedo
25 years old. a shoemaker. of 166 Eliza.
beth streets. fell with bullet wounds In
his left arm and abdomen; Carmellc
Benanti, 10. of 237 Elizabeth street. was
struck in the left leg at the doorway OF
her home: Rose Mauro, 10. Of 241 Eliza
beth street. was struck in the right hip,
and Joseph Locascio. 81. of IS Stanton
street, had a bullet Craze his nose.
walking with His wife.
Ferdinedo was walking arm In arm
with his wife when the bullets struck
him. He was carried 70 a drug store on
Prince street. where the Rev. Jerome c.
Pasquallo came from old St Patrick e
Cathedral. across the street. and gave
him the last rites. He was taken TO Belle
vue Hospital.
The other wounded were taken to st
Vincent's Hospital.
Guardino. the prisoner. ran UP the
stairs at 11s Elizabeth street to the tor
floor. pushed open the door OF Tony
Tota's fiat, and dived under the bed
frightening Tota's sister -in-law sc
much that she ran down stairs. Tota
won't UP and locked the door on the in
truder. Then he called the police. Guar
dino had two cartridges in his pocket.
but nothing else to indicate any connec-
tion with the affair.
When the police brought GUARDING to
the street, an augmented crowd that had
watched their operations set UP a reg
ular cheer. This in itself indicates that
the custom of the Italian quarter may
be changing. In times past the police
were not popular there. and Little Italy
preferred to settle its own affairs.