New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-09
Drink HEALTH TO
tune Of BULLETS
Chicago GalstsS Follow Toast
With LeadM Hail

Chicago, JAN. ., REAt Pasqua-
limo Lolordo's house late yesterday
three smiling men raised glasses to
drink the health of other host: then
they shot him dead.
Eleven bullets from automatic
pistols drilled into him. When he
Tell, in the fingers of her right hand
still was clutched the stem Of his
wine glass. The bowl had been
shattered by bullets.
Lolordos assassination was Sc
quel, as are all Chicago gang and
Malta slayings; but whether it was
a sequel to the murder Of Tony
Lombardo last fall. to blackhand
operations OF recent months, or to
some unexplained gang hatred, police
were not prepared to say.
Has Witness
They were looking, however, for
Joe Aiello, oldest of seven brothers
whose participation in gang violence
has come under police scrutiny
several times in the past. John Siege,
deputy police commissioner. said he
had a witness who identified Aiello
as one of the three men In the
room when Lolordo was slain.
Detectives were still at the Lo-
lordo fiat, questioning Lolordo's
grief destracted widow. when an
other gang shooting left Rocco Mag
sio severely wounded in his parked
automobile. Maggie. once convicted
of murder. was shot in the head by
men who fired shotguns from their
automobile as it sped by Maggio's
home.
The guns that removed Tony Lom-
bardo from gang power four months
ago in a downtown street shooting.
echied in the Lolordo fiat yesterday.
FOR it was Lolordo's brother, Joe,
who walked at Lombardo's side when
that leader among Italians fell. Po-
lice believed the two assassinations
were connected. but in what manner
they could not say. There was even
one report that Joe Lolordo was in
The room VIII his brother was shot,
and that he was wounded. His wife
refuted this, saying he had been out
IT town several days.
43 Years Old
Pasqualino LoIordo, who WAS AZ
wears old, was described to police as
the uncrowned but powerful success
kor to Tony Lombardo in the affairs
Of the Unione Siciliano. His widow
said she knew only that he was an
olive oil dealer and that she had no
knowledge of any other activities In
which he may have been engaged.
An IS year old son, Vincent, is a
student at the University of Illinois.
When police phoned him at Urbana
last night they said his first words
were: did somebody kill my
father?"
Mrs. Lolordo said she had seen two
of the three slayers at least 20 times
before, but that she did not know
their names. They frequently came
to the beautifully furnished fiat In
the severely plain brick structure on
West North. avenue. where her hus-
band had many visitors.
closely upon laughter and gay talk,
Mrs. Lolordo ran from the kitchen
into the room where her husbands
body lay. The three men brushed
past her as they ran. Two pistols
were found on the stairs leading to
the nat when police arrived shortly
afterward.
Convicted Murderer
Rocco Maggie, shot In approved
Eunman fashion several hours after
the Lolord0 killing, was convicted
few years ago of the murder Of
Frank Lamacchio. one OF the first
Chicago gang victims ever taken for
a ride" The testimony was that
Maggie held Lamacchio and another
man shot him. Maggie was sentenc-
ed to life imprisonment, but was
granted new trial which has never
been held