New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13
Brick-HurlingGi GirLAttacks
Msnicurist and Soon
5000 Jam Street and
Fight 20 Patrolmer.
Family of Six Held,
One as the Leader
Shower Of Missiles Falls
and Men Rush Out as
Pair Turn Cor er

A woman and a girl wtEe shot and
two policemen beaten lat night in
fight rcsuit.ag IRON an. attack on d
manicurist, said 20 hare been ins.i-
gated by a Jealous wife, which tied
up traffic on 14oth Str tet, between Ber-
zen and Brook ave Gues. The Bronx,
for almost an hour. attracted a crowd
OF 5000 persons iand required the
presence Of seventy policemen.
Bricks and BULLETS whizzed through
the air. Patrolr.en fighting on the
pavement amid Kicking feet and pelt-
ing missiles, f'Sed their REVIEWERS az a
signal for help and one OF their ran
dom bullets 'srick Mrs. Adele santini,
Of 452 East 149ih Street, IN the hip,
while anotlkr lodged in the side Of
fourteen -y4s.r-old Josephine Barbotta.
Or $40 Br6ok Avenue.
They fse both in Lincoln Hospital,
MI SsiDini being a prisoner, charged
with f'JonioGs assault in attempting
20 wroet a revolver from a '.oli-eman.
Patroslan August Uh!, Of tho Morri-
{ sania 'police station. is patient in the
same iasti ation sun Nc from Mt
merSus severe bruises.
Most of Mrs. Santini's family are
alrII under arrest. Her husband, An
n1ccio. owner Of warehouse IN front
! II which The fight started; her sons,
Reynoi5s, William an Victor, and he
daughter, May, seventeen years old anG
alleged 70 be the hurler Of the frss
brick, arc all held.
Girl Asked Police Escort
Daisy lie Roy's ia the face that
launched the 1000 bricks. more or less.
Miss lie Roy is 2 manicurst, whose
shop is at i4sth Street and Willis Ave
nue.. She telephoncd 20 the Morrisania
police station that her lie had been
threatened and asked for police escort
ol her riway home.
PatrolmRn Jonn Tsggart was detailed
10 escort duty and regarded it a. an
lunusAaily attractive assignment g he
I contemplated the charms Of his com
panirn.
An went we'll ss they walked down
Wills Avenue ard turned into i49th
Sgeet, one Of the main thoroughiarcs
IS the Bronx. They had reached the
sirht-story storage warehouse OF san
Itini Brothers, between Brook and Ber-
gen avenues, when q woman sprang
from the shadow OF a doorway and be-
ban to fling brickbats. 18th which the
crook Of her left arm was piled, at
Miss lie Toy.
Tagcart. lis head bert TO the hail Of
missiles, caught a glimpse Of hall
dozen men stealing toward him from
various quarters and the next m oment
found himself the center Of human
pinwheel His assailants gy.ated about
him, aiming blows indi 5criminately at
him and the fair manicur.st
The p-trolman already nad been
beaten to his knees WREN he drew hts
revolvC- and threatened 20 shoot IN
less MS assailsnts withdrew They re-
tired, but only Tor a IaoIcrt. The'
they e-ne At hin IN a sudden rush
! vn.ch laid him PROSTATE on the side
val.
Mrs. sartini, who is sixty years old
was trying 70 wrest his revolver IRON
in. Taggart eaid, while the men
kicked him or rained missiles upon
bir The entire block was IN an uproar.
Women were screaming, men yelling
md running toward the hght, police
whistles shriiling and nightsticks beat
ing tattoos on tie AaestoneJ -or bloc. 3
around.
Woman Shot - H'p
Convinced thai his extremity was
desperate. Taggart pulled the Trigger
o. his revolver, confident that the snot
would bring prompt assistance; Inc
bullet struck Mrs. Santini IN the mp
end tho shot brought Patrolman Al
gust Uhl, Of Morrisania police station
on the run.
his g-asp and he also vas beatea ~
tie sidewalk. BY this .Ime both patrol
men Eal their revolvers cat and an
other bullet was discharged from one
Of them, which struck the barbetta
giIl. -
Some one had telepnoned in tio.
call, and within few minutes llty
uniformed reserves from two police
stations and score Of detectives, with
Deruty Chief Inspector Cornelius Ca
haiane at their head, cam charging
throueh the crowd, walsh now hlltd
the street from building line % build
ing line, with automobile and trucks
stalled in its midst
Al the onset of the reinforcements
the assa;Iant Of the two patrolmen
vanished, leaving them lying almost
sense'css In the street.
Several hours alter the fght detec-
tiyes found Miss Lo Roy at her nome
ee4 Cour.laadt Avenue, the Bronx.
She had several bruises but was not
seriously hurt. She said the affair was
merely q misunderstanding over busi-
ness matters" but promised 20 be N
police court to-day 20 testify against
the prisoners.