Evening star., 1933-09-08
HUSBAND IS SLAIN
BY j. S. EMPLOYE
IN HER BED ROOM
Six Shots Fired Into Body by
Mrs. Mary Buccolo Of
Civil Service.
ATTACK THREATENED,
POLICE ARE INFORMED
Scene in Fifth Street Home Fol.
lows Separation Two Weeks
Ago, Relatives Reveal.

Rudolph B. Buccolo. So, fell dead
before fuSilade Of bullets this morn
ing In the bed room Of his <estranged
wife, Mrs. Mary Irene Buccolo, 80. Of
4104 Fifth street.
Mrs. Buccolo, q Civil Service Com
mission employe, was arrested by tenth
precinct police and held for q coroner's
inquest; %ouess tentatively set for 1880 am.
Questioned at the Woman's Bureau,
she declared, according to homicide
squad detectives, she fired six bullets
into her husbands body after he at
tempted to attack her.
Buccolo was found lying on the floor
OF his wife's room by the first officers
to reach the Fifth street house, a hand
kerchief clasped in his right hand.
Call Informs Police.
The policeman went to the residence,
Capt. Ira Sheetz, tenth precinct COM
manoer, stated, In response to q mys-
ter1ous telephone message reporting .
shooting.
None Of the neighbors heard the re-
ports Of the .32-caliber revolver, but
passersby said they saw q motorist stop
his automobile suddenly just as he was
about to pass the two-story dwelling.
The driver parked his car, It was said,
and halted other machines with the ex-
PLANTATION, there's some shooting in
one of these houses, and Q stray bull
let might hit you II you're not care
full" The moment the shooting ceased,
ne drove away-presumably to tele-
phone police.
When the first officers reached the
residence, they said. they found Mrs.
Buccolo sitting In the front room on
the first 1loor, apparently perfectly calm.
However, her mother, Mrs. Carrie Mack,
the only other person in the dwelling at
the time. was hysterical. She. too, was
taken to the Woman's Bureau where
detectives planned to question her.
Detective Sergts. w. j. Dubuskey,
John c. Dalglish. Buck Jones and
Clyde Strange, who investigated vari-
Gus ahgles Of the case, reported Mrs
Mack told them the shooting occurred
during q quarrel.
Table Set for Four.
Mrs. Mack said, according to the de-
tectives. that her daughter and son-in-
Jaw were In the second-fioor front
room, preparing, 20 far as she knew, to
breakfast together. Four plates had
been set on the dining room table
OOWA otoA&6- OAAC AOx n0Io. 0uCCUlO, O4lS
for Mrs. Mack, one for her son, B. Al
fred Soper, and one for Buccolo.
Mrs. Mack was in the room next to
the one occupied by her daughter, she
said, when she heard the shots.
The police found Buccolo, coffee
salesman, lying face-upward on the
floor. five bullets In his left side and
one In his chest, ON q line with his
heart. The .32-caliber pistol was ly-
ing on Q bureau.
Separated Two Weeks.
The Buccolos, who were childless,
separated about two weeks ago, accord
ing to the detectives. At about the
same time, it was said, Mrs. -Buccolo
purchased the gun, explaining, when
questioned by the police, that her hus-
band had threatened her.
Since the separation, Buccolo, the de-
tectives said, had been staying at q ho-
tel near Union Station.
Following her arrest. Mrs. Buccolo
declined to give the detectives a de-
tailed account Of the shooting. saying
she wished to consult her brother, who
was away at the time.