The New York herald., 1922-07-13
WOMAN AND 5 SONS
ASSAULT POLICEMAN
Jealous, She Accuses Mani
curist and Stirs the Bronx
With Battle.
RESERVES ARE CALLED
HOstilities Start With Brick
Throwing-Two Persons
Shot in Melee.
RESERVES ARE CALLED

Mrs. Adele Santini and her five sons.
of ASP East 149th street. the Bronx, be-
gan throwing bricks last night at a
pretty Bronx manicure to whom 1t Is
alleged their husband and father has
been paying attention, and before the
fight was over Mrs Santini and an
other woman had been taken to Lin
coin Hospital with bullets In their hips,
a policeman had been kicked in the
stomach and internally hurt, and another
policeman had been beaten so badly that
he had to go home. The fight was en-
joyed by a crowd of several thousand
bystanders, who were prevented from
Joining in by reserves from the Tre-
mont. Morrisania and Alexander avenue
stations.
Capt. John Z. McGrath. head Of the
Bronx detective bureau. said after the
battle that the cause of the trouble was
Miss Daisy Leroy. the manicure 10
whom Annuncio Santini. who Is more
than sixty years old, is said to have
been paying court. Miss Leroy. the
police said. telephoned the Morrisania
station about s 80 o'clock last night and
said she wanted to go through l4sh
street but was afraid she would get
killed. So Patrolman John Taggart was
sent to escort her. meeting her at l49th
street and Brown avenue.
Nothing happened until they reached
seven story warehouse at AL East
l49th street, owned by Santini. Then
brick knocked down Miss Leroy. and
Mrs. santini swept forth from the ware
house with her five sons. The sons
turned their attention to the policeman.
while Mrs. Santini got after Miss Leroy
Hair pulling was done, and some biting.
but mostly it was a case OF Mrs. Santini
hitting Miss Leroy with brick. She
held one in each hand and Is ambidex-
trous.
The policeman managed to plow
through the Santini brothers with his
nightstick and tore Mrs. Santini loose.
Then the whole Santini family closed
in on the policeman. He drew his gun
and started to fire into the air for help.
But. according to his story later. Mrs.
Santini dragged his arm down. so that
when the weapon was discharged twice
she got one bullet in the left hip and
Miss Josephine iVerbetta, aged II. of 452
Brook avenue, The Bronx. who was
passing. got the other in the right hip.
About this time some one summoned
Patrolman August Uhle and another
person telephoned to Police Headquar-
ters. which ordered out the reserves.
Patrolman Uhle was greeted fiercely by
the Santini family. He was knocked
down and his club was taken from him.
and then he was beaten about the head
and face and kicked in the stomach.
He was sent to the hospital with the
girl and Mrs. Santini. while Taggart
went home after an ambulance. surgeon
had patched him up.
All Of the Santinis except the wounded
vanished when Capt McGrath came
with the reserves, but he caught several
"a xr,o -a1,A l.~ Il. Rt.,@
arrests, the prisoners being Mrs. San
TIM. her husband and her three sons.
Victor. William and Reynolds. They are
looking for George and Ferdie
Several hours after the fight woman
who said she was Daisy Leroy's mother
called at the Morrisania police station
and told detective that her daughter
had had business deal with Santin..
which was wholly misunderstood by the
members OF his family. Fortunately
she said. her daughter was not injured