Show GANGSTERS SH SHOT I To m DEATH IN ST ST. LOUIS WAR AR ST. ST LOUIS LOUIS' July 26 AP-An AP ambuscade in which two gall gangsters were cornered in a chicken yard yesterday yesterday shot to death wIth machIne guns was taken by the police police po- po lice today to indicate a a. renewal of oC I hostilities between the Cuckoo and I Italian gangs An automobile used by the slayers bore a Issued to a Cuckoo gangster The rhe Intermittent flaming of hatreds hatreds ha- ha between the two factions has claimed twenty one lives within a a. a year and yesterdays yesterday's battle resulted result result- i ed in the death of James Russo Ruso 29 I and Mike Longo 23 21 and the wounding wounding wound wound- ing of Jack Griffin members ot of the Italian gang Another shooting fray whIch polIce po- po lIce at first were inclined to view as gang warfare today was h. h to be the result ot of extortionist operations operations op- op and not connected with the slaying ot of Russo and Longo Russo Longo and Griffin drove to the chicken yard ard about 2 p p. m. m Upon turning their car about they ther saW confronting them an automObile automO- automO bile whIch blocked the They knew they were trapped as the other machine stood omInous and quiet RAN FOR TREE Seeking to fa avoid oid the inevitable they sought to reach a tree at the far end of the lot lot A machine machine ma- ma chine gun gUll suddenly spat Ire fire from the chIcken coop and Russo and Longo fell pIerced by dozens ot of bullets GrIffin managed to the porch o of the house all alive but with six bullet wounds In his body The dead gangsters heavily armed fought to the last emptying their guns at the automobile in the driveway apparently too toe confused to realize the gunfire came from the chicken shed Russo fell clutching clutch clutch- ing hIs empty caliber automatic Longo lay near the machIne his caliber automatic empty and the barrel split by machine gun fire Griffin who Is held In tho county county coun- coun ty hospital has refused to talk The slayers vanIshed in fri two bra automobiles automobiles au- au one of whIch later was found abandoned with the ba bak Jk and two tires shot full of holes In the shed were found about abou dIscharged discharged dIs- dIs charged machIne gun shells and a case ot of fifty sticks ot of dynamite ThIs led officers to beli ve the he shed may have been the base of a number nurn- nurn ber ot of extortionist bombings recent re- re cent The trIo wounded in the second affray were Tames James Taco Paco and Incent Yin Yin- cent partners in a produce prod pod uce company bearing theIr name and Joseph a clerk They he were fired upon by three gunmen who escaped in an automobile |