Smyrna times., 1929-10-02
KILLING OF BROTHERS IS
TRACED TO GANG FEUD
TWO BROTHERS SLAIN BY 2
BROTHERS IN BROOKLYN
All Four Semi-UnderwOrld Friends
Lived Largely on Terrorizing
Shopkeepers and Thievery

New YOrk.-BrOoklyn police re-
Gently sent out a countrywide gen.
eral alarm for Anthony Muro,
COney Island gangster, who is al
legged to have shot and killed Vim
cent Buono, another young Coney
Island racketeer.
The fatal shooting was the lat
est development in feud between
the racketeering families, which
has resulted in the killing of two
Buono brothers by two Muro broth
ers within the last four months.
All four had been Semi-under-
world friends running with the
same gangs, which lived largely on
terrorizing small shopkeepers and
bookmakers. Now and again they
went in for more outright thievery,
and a holdup on Long Island some
two years ago, according to the po-
lice, started the fatal feud.
Get Life Sentence.
Carmine Buono and Frank Muro
are alleged TO have been in this
hOldup, which appears to have been
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that both decided to go to the Pa
cific coast for a while.
There, in California, they quar-
relied over the division of the spOils.
The quarrel got to the pistol stage
and Carmine Bu0no was shot to
death. Frank Muro was arrested,
pleaded guilty to manslaughter and
was sent away for life.
Recently the two remaining men,
bers of the two racketeering fami-
lies met in the Frankfort club,
which police say is a speakeasy,
and the subject came up for discus
sion. Some 60 persons were in the
place, including Patrolman Frank
P. Martin of the COney Island sta
ton, who was off duty and without
his revolver.
Muro had been sitting at a table
with another man and two girls.
Buono came in with several other
men and approached Muro's table.
81 want to talk TO yOu," he said
to Muro.
"Well, l don't want to talk to
you," Muro replied.
81 can't forget the death of my
brother" Buono continued.
aDon't bother me now"
81 can't forget that he was killed
and that your brother killed him"
'Well, forget it."
'T can't forget it. L"
At this point Muro drew out a
revolver and fired four times point
blank at Buono, according to po-
lice. Three bullets entered Bu0-
nos body. The fourth went wild.
Then, as the patrons covered
and sought to get out of the way,
Muro walked out, jumped into his
touring car waiting outside, and
quietly disappeared.
Fires Last Bullet.
Only one man followed, Patrol
man Martin. AS he pursued Muro
along the alley outside the club,
Muro turned and fired his last bull
let. The policeman was shot in the
chest. He was sent later to the
Coney Island hospital, where it was
said he will recover.
BuOnd was Sill awe. his
friends half carried, half dragged
him outdoors, where they found a
taxicab operated by Rocco Grillo.
who drove him to the Coney Island
police station. From there the
wounded man was taken to the hos
pital.
The police came down to the
Frankfort club and arrested Frank
Jordan, proprietor, and Louis Repi-
sardi, his helper, on charges of sell
ing liquor. Jordan, according to
the police, was once a lieutenant
of frankie Uale, or Yale, gang
leader killed in the Boro park sec
ton Of Brooklyn a year ago.
In the COney Island hospital be
fore he died, Buono charged Muro
with the killing. Muro's car was
found some three hours later at
Johnson and Jay streets, near the
approach to the Brooklyn bridge
and police believed he had slipped
away to Manhatton.