Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-31
SHOTGUN PATROL
/. TO HUNT GANGMEH
AII-Night Vigil Ordered in
New York-Garment Rack
eteerS Kill Man.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. July 31.-In relentless
war against the gangster baby shooters
of Little Italy, Police Commissioner
Mulrooney announced that the side
walks of New York would go under
shotgun rule at o'clock tonight.
From 6 o'clock every evening to
o'clock in the morning until further no
tice. Mulrooney said, detectives would
patrol the whole city in automobiles
armed with long-range shotguns.
I'VE will meet force with force and
guns with guns" he said in revealing
the new order.
Previous Patrol Shorter.
Previously the motorized detectives
have patrole6 the city only from mid
night until 6 o'clock and have carried
only their service pistols.
AT police meeting last night Com
missioner Mulrooney called on his force
OF more than 1900 men to bring the
gangsters who killed one child and
wounded four others on the crowded
sidewalks of East 107th street to ac-
count.
Another murder was committed IN
New York today. Guido Ferreri, 26
years old, was shot as he was about
to enter his automobile, parked in front
OF his house. Three men in another
car opened fire upon him simultane-
ously, then drove away
Police attributed the murder to rack
eteerS in the garment trades. Ferreri's
family operates two small plants. one
IN Brooklyn, the other in Plainfeld.
N. j. The Plainfield plant has been
the subject of dispute for some weeks,
police learned, as a result of labor dis
agreements. The Brooklyn plant is
unionized. .
The weapons used by the killers ap-
parently were shotguns and automatic
pistols.
The hunt for Harlem's Little Italy"
gunner was intensified today as a new
clue and offers Of rewards totalins
$4,000 Spurred every policeman on.
The new clue, which Commissioner
Mulrooney called his most important,
was the finding of man who said he
was the intended victim Of the gunner.
He Is Anthony Buzzone, bookmaker.
known in police circles as Big Teed."
With Buzzone admitting 10 police
that it was he the gunman aimed at.
detectives today almost definitely placed
the cause of the shooting on a policy
gaming feud and not beer fight, as
previously reported.
Names O1Ven POIlce.
Under constant questioning for Iour
hours, Buzzone told police about his
friends and enemies and furnished de-
tectives with a long list of names Of
men who might like to see him out of
the way.
The two previous newspaper rewards
Of $4,000 was augmented today by
$4,000 by the Patrolmens Benevolent
Association a police social prOllD
Mayor Walker and Police Commits
sioner Mulrooney. who addressed I,200
policemen yesterday at a downtown
theater about the shooting. warned the
policemen to get the gunner and
shoot above. the waist" The $4,000
reward offer was voted at that NEE ling.
Mayor Walkers ringing remark to the
policemen was: Drive the dogs who
were guilty of the killing of one Of
these little ones-drive them out for
the protection of your own children.
Find the perpetrators and bring them
back dead or alive. This shooting was
a diabolical thing"
Legion Offer $4,000 Men.
The American Legion in letter to
Mayor Walker, offered to place 10000
men at the disposal of the city to help
rid it of gangsters. The Legion said
it was ready to organize vigilante COM
mitteeS if necessary.
In a telegram to President Hoover
Representative Andrew L. Somers, DEM
ocrat of the sixth congressional district,
called the shooting orgy" an eloquent
evidence OF the benefits of prohibition"