The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-27

Diamond was hurled to. the floor, screaming as he lay there:
 My God, I'm shot again. I'm shot again!"
 The firing continued. scaccio ducked and the passageway and nearby walls were riddled by the shotgun charges. The attack was so terrific and unexpected that none in the roadhouse was certain how many men were firing. When 1t had stopped the body guard rushed to the side of his fallen chief and lifted him up. T guess they got me that time" Diamond moaned. They must have used q machine gun" But the gangster was less serious ly wounded than he thought. A hurried call brought a private am- bulance and dash was begun to the Albany hospital. some 25 or 30 miles away. Diamond was carired into the hospital at 2 a. m., with one arm broken and painful founds on both sides and his back. After an examination 1t was an. nounced he was not critically wound- ed, and an emergency operation was performed to remove the shot from his body.
 But Diamond was not yet con- vinced that he would live. He kept saying to Scaccio, If I so over the hill, be sure to take care of Alice" Alice is Diamonds wife. It was she who nursed him while he was fighting for his life in the hospital after the Monticello hotel shooting, despite the fact that at the time he had been at the hotel with Marion Roberts, his 19-year old red-haired show girl sweetheart.
 Marion, in recent weeks, has been staying at the Diamond Fortress" in Acra, having been persuaded by Dia- mond to return to him. after he had recovered from the shooting. Mrs Diamond, 1t was said, had left the place when the chorus beauty was brought there.
 Two state troopers went to the Acra home shortly after last nights shooting and took the girl and three men into custody for questioning. Miss Roberts and two of the men later were released. The third man. Walter Brooks, was held for further questioning.
 A party of state troopers who had been in the vicinity conducting a personal investigation of Diamonds activities arrived at the scene and found ten .12-guage shotgun shells lying on the ground outside the porch. Inside they found Diamonds bullet-riddled cap. It apparently had been blown off by q charge which missed Diamonds head by a fra ction Of an inch.
 The troopers have been investi- gating the case of Grover Parks, who fat.ttt hAa nfl ly marketing cider in Diamonds vi- cinity. Diamond was arrested and held for two days until he could raise $25,000 bail. Parks had ac- cused Diamonds "mob" of attacking him. and Diamond was to have gone on trial tomorrow.
 Neigrbors in the vicinity have been aroused by the case, and many threats were reported to have been made against the New York gang ster in the laet few days.
 Only two buckshot pellets of a fusillade fired at Diamond lodged in his body, according to superficial examination made at Albany hospi- tai this morning. An x-ray was to be taken later in the day.
 Psysicians who attended Diamond said he might be able to leave the hospital later in the day, unless arose.
 Later to-day the condition of Dia- mond, who at first was thought to have suffered only slight wounds. was characterized by Dr Thomas M. Holmes at Albany hospital as ''crit. ical." He said the gang chieftain's right lung has been pierced by what he thinks is q machine gun slug. and that annthar htillef nOaaibiy m aged through his liver.
 The right lung was the same which was pierced when Diamond was shot at the Monticello hotel last fall
 Diamonds condition Is critical :" Dr Holmes announced at 11:3O a. m. His wounds are not super ficial, as first was thought"
 An operation will be performed this afternoon.