Evening star., 1933-09-11
MRS. BUCCO[0 HELD
FOR GRAND Jury
Wife of Slain Coffee Sales
man Bursts Into Tears
at Verdict.

A coroner's jury today ordered Mrs.
Mary Irene Buccolo. 38, held for grand
jury action in the shooting of her hus-
band, Rudolph B. Buccolo, 35. who fell
dead before a fusillade Of shots in her
bed room at 41O4 Fifth street last Fri
day morning.
Mrs Buccolo received the verdict
with a burst of tears. 1t was read b.
Acting Coroner A. Magruder MacDon-
aid after only few minutes Of DELHI
Grafton by the jury.
Shortly before, Mrs. Carrie E. Mack
mother of Mrs. Buccolo. said BuccoiI
minutes before she fired six bullets
into his body. policeman had tes-
titled that Mrs. Buccolo admitted
shooting the coffee salesman
Other Woman Is Named.
Testifying tearfully and halting at
frequent intervals to regain her COM
posure, Mrs. Mack injected the name
of another woman into the case, de-
claring Buccolo had threatened to kill
himself, his wife and Florence" She
identified the other woman as Florence
Galliher, 800 block of Virginia avenue
southwest. She offered no further testi-
mony regarding the woman for her
I
At the time of the shooting, Mrs
Mack testified. she was on the first
floor of her home, 4l04 Fifth street
setting the table for breakfast Her
daughter and son-in-law were in the
formers bed room on the second floor
she said
Her daughter and son-in-law had
been arguing, she said, and, suddenly,
she heard him shout that he would
choke your lying tongue down your
throat" A few moments later, she
testified, she heard shots.
Slipped and Fell On Steps
She hurried to the foot of the steps
and listened for a while. Il didn't hear
sound" she said. Il started up the
stairs, but slipped on rug and fell. 1t
was some time before could get started
again. When I got upstairs, found
my daughter leaning against the back
Of the bed, her face all drawn up. I
asked her what was the matter, but she
didn't answer"
The BuccoloS separated about fou,
weeks ago, Mrs. Mack testified Since
then, she said, her son-in-law had
been staying at hotel near Union Sta
ton, but had come to her house every
morning before breakfast, and, some
times in the evening. for dinner Sew
eral times, she declared, her daughter
had telephoned Buccolo, urging him tc
give up the room, but each time hs
abused her. Once. she asserted, she
heard Buccolo tell her daughter:
If you don't stop bothering Florence
and myself, I'm going to put an end to
all of u.s.
Mrs. Buccolo Sobs Silently.
Throughout the inquest Mrs. Buccolo
garbed in black. sat beside her at
torney, George B. Fraser, her head
bowed and q handkerchief to her eyes
Most Of the time the Civil Service
Commission employe sobbed silently
but occasionally she cried aloud
Smelling salts had to be administered
to both her and her mother at frequent
intervals. She declined to take the wit
ness stand in her own behalf.
Testimony had been offered by Pc.
liceman Francis A. Peacock, first o1
the two tenth precinct officers to reach
the Buccolo home after the Staying
When he arrived. he said, he founc
Mrs. Buccolo sitting on a sofa in the
| first-floor living room. She told hin
she had shot her husband, he declared
| and in response to a question added
that the .32-caliber revolver was on 9
bureau in the second-hoor front bee
room.
In the bed room. the officer said, hi
found Buccolo lying on the floor be.
tween the bed and front window. Mrs
Buccolo did not elaborate on her orig.
inal statement, Peacock testified. add
ing: THE only thing she would say
after that was to see her lawyer"