The New York herald., 1922-06-16
EAST SIDE CORTEGE
BEARS DEAD3 MILES
Murdered Brothers Buried
From James Street as
Police Watch.
RED OAK CLUB IN LINE
Eight Groups of Pallbear-
ers Work in Shifts to
Transport Coffins.
KILLINGS STILL UNSOLVED
Women Commiserate With
Michael Lattorro's Widow
in Cherry Street.
KILLINGS STILL UNSOLvED

Forty-eight neat and hatless young
men from the Red Oak Athletic Club
carried the bodies Of Michael and
Raphael Lattorro nearly three miles
yesterday through the lower East Side
to the Delancey street ramp Of the
Williamsburg Bridge, where they slid
the huge mahogany and silver caskets
into white and purple motor hearses
that carried on to Calvary Cemetery.
The Lattorros were shot to death
early Sunday morning while they were
strolling through James street toward
the Red Oak Athletic Clubs rooms. 65
New Chambers street.
Just wEo did the shooting and why
remains one Of those mysteries that
such aggressive young men as the
Lattorro boys are so prone to be in
volved in. Not one of the twenty de-
tectives who attended the funeral has
found out. The Red Oak lads-235 Of
them-were at the funeral keeping
very quiet and watching the de-
tectives.
Big Event for East Side.
Capt. Hayes Of the Oak street police
station says that it was one OF the big
gest funerals the East Side has seen in
years, and of course nothing like it ever
happens on the West Side except when
some president of the Marginal Club or
some other popular organization is gath
cred, violently or otherwise. to his
fathers.
The Solemn Requiem Mass was cele-
brated in st. Joachims Church. 26
Roosevelt street. Six large automobiles
were heavy with floral wreaths and
broken pillars, snapped harps and gates
ajar. and many bouquets of lilies and
roses and carnations. Twenty-seven
brand new motor cars were on hand to
carry relatives and closest friends from
the church to Calvary.
Capt Hayes, Lieuts. Deering and Far
ley and fifteen patrolnen bunted UP and
down the brief length of Roosevelt
street fighting back the great crowd of
mourners and merely curious. In and
out of the crowd that overflowed into
Park Row and Madison street pushed
the detectives. here patting a young
fellows coat and hip pockets and there
asking a nifty lad where he was Satur-
day night and Sunday morning.
PaIIbearers Work in Shifts.
The forty-eight pallbearers worked in
shifts of six to the casket. Out of st.
Joachim's they came, the caskets on the
shoulders of the first and second SEX
tettes. They all wore neat blue serge
suits and FURNISHED tan shoes. Each
nal e.ao hofr t1y 1aI fptn
patent leather stiffness. Each on the
lapel of his trinity buttoned coat wore
a mourning badge on which RED Oak
A. c." had been stamped in silver.
The two empty hearses led the way.
First came the body of Michael borne
on high. Fifty Red Oak boys followed.
Then Raphael In his heavy casket rid
ing just as high. Next the automobiles
with the flowers. And then the rest of
the club members. The twenty-seven
brand new automobiles for the relatives
and closest friends were parked near
Delaney street.
There was Just room enough for the
procession to move slowly Virtually
all the old Fourth Ward was out, ac-
cording to Robert Vnnella. funeral di-
rector and Mayor OF James Street"
Mayor Vanella himself led the way.
The procession moved through Roose-
welt street into New Chambers, to Oak
street, to Catherine, to Cherry, where
Michael used to live. up Market street
to Clinton and thence to the bridge It
was long. difficult march. The morn
ing was warm and the crowd somewhat
sulen. Now and then the procession
would halt In order that a fresh detail
of pallbearers might shoulder the
burdens.
Every Member Present.
Both bodies had been laid out by
Mayor" Vanella in the home of the
mother OF the two young men, 1866
Fifty-second street. Brooklyn. 10 II was
necessary to fetch them over to st.
Joachim's for the services. All the Red
Oak 1ads--the forty-c ight neat pail
bearers and the 22S less highly honored
members--had reported at the Brooklyn
home early in the morning. The start
for the church was mpde at 8 80 and
there was a general scramble to get
back 20 Manhattan, because the Red
Oak A. G.. had let II he understood that
no member was expected to be absent
In front of the clup house a great
throng had gathered and the police had
quite time showing II aside. At lis
Cherry street, where Michaers pretty
widow and their two small children live.
there was another crowd, but the creator
part OF this one was made up of women
who were crying bitterly because Mrs
Michael seems to be as popular with the
women as Michael was with the boys