The New York herald., 1921-09-05
MAN SHOT IN FIGHT
FOUR HELD AS ROBBERS
Brother Wounded in His De-
sire to AUenge Defeat.

Michael Delesco, 336 East 11Sth street.
was taken to Harlem Hospital last night,
suffering from gunshot wounds in the
wrist, shoulder and abdomen, which he
said were inflicted by Peter Lesonti or
231 East 11ith street. The shooting oc-
CURED in front Of 23S East 117th street.
and Policeman Rocco. who found De-
lesco lying on the ground. searched the
tenement and found Lesonti crouching
In the top floor hallway.
Detectives learned that Lesonu had
an argument Saturday night with De-
| lescos brother. which led to fist fight
| in which Lesonti was victorious. De-
\ lesco, it Is said. started out to avenge
the beating his brother received and
| came upon Lesonti In East 117th street.
There was another argument, the police
| say, followed by six shots. Lesonti Is
| held on felonious assault charge pend
ing the outcome OF Delesco's injuries.
! Soon after Alpheus Woods of 259
Clerk street, Jersey City. was taken to
1 the Jersey City Hospital yesterday. suf-
| fering from fractured skull. which he
said he received when he was held up
and robbed Of S340, Allison Bird of 104
Lafayette street. Jersey City, appeared
at police station and said he was
| assaulted and robbed at about the same
place as that mentioned by Woods. The
police questioned Woods and he re-
membered that Bird was walking along
| the Jersey Central tracks with him when
he was knocked unconscious. Bird then
was arrested and Edward Maurer of sos
Pacific street, who had accompanied him
to the station house. also was held on
suspicion of robbery.
Two alleged members of the old 'Hud-
son Duste-" gang were held without ball
by Magistrate Marsh in Jefferson Mar
ket court yesterday on charges OF
violating the Sullivan law. They were
arrested at Hudson and West Eleventh
streets late Saturday night by squad
of detectives who found one OF them
armed with two butcher knives and the
other with blackjack
The prisoners. Harry Woltjen. cnauf-
feur, 5s7 Hudson street. and Charles
Mccullough. longshoreman. 744 Green
wich street, were found sitting on
box at the street corner. The de-
tectives, Stephen Devine. John Shevlin,
Michael Mcnamara and Jack Enright.
confronted them and n flgnt developed
in which Detectives Devine and Enright
were handled roughly. The butcher
knives were found lying on the box
where Woltjcn had been sitting. and the
blackjack. the detectives said. was re-
moved from McCullough's pocket. They
we're held for further examination to-
morrow.
Samuel Berenberg. 1o4 Monroe street.
and Abe Zaiotnz. 16 Pitt street, were
/ held in $1,000 bail each by Magistrate
Renaud in Essex Market court on COM
plaint of Max Kaufman, proprietor OF "A
candy store at 124 Broome street. Who
! alleged they were two of -four boys who
| held him UP Saturday morning in his
store Kaufman said he resisted and
| that Bcrenberg hit him over the head
with pistol. The storeleaper said his
mother. who Is 20 years old. came to
his assistance and was beaten about the
body.
Edward Teamoh. a negro. 100 West
136th street. was held in $4,000 5ari by
Magistrate rockingham in Washington
Heights court on a robbery charge.
Hugh Peacock of 462 West Twenty
third street accused Teamoh of beng
ona Of two negroes who attacked him
Friday afternoon In the hallway Of II
West 137th street and stole s22.