Show I I I fRIEND VICTIM Of ASSASSIN N New ew YorK Is Shot Down as He Enters His Home NEW YORK May 18 Marked Marked for death the police believe because he had been a close friend of Lieutenant Joseph of ot the New York police department who was assassinated in n Palermo Sicily a cigar- cigar maker was himself assassinated early today as he lie was trying to enter his apartments in East Seventy-fifth Seventy street He dropped dead on the threshold as asa asa asa a bt bullet let fired over the balustrade on the floor above crashed into his body By Bv the time the police arrived ed the ass assassin sin had escaped presumably to toI the roof and down through an adjoining adjoin adjoin- in ing house The police sa say the man who I shot the had been lying in wait alt for him hini apparently for several hours I Before going to Palermo frequently visited home When the bod body of the detective was Tas brou brought ht to New York for burial took an active e part in the arrangements for forthe forthe forthe the demonstration in honor of Petro sini for the thc funeral and anel the benefit for the tue widow He helped to form some sonic of the Italian societies which paraded pa in the funeral procession procession sion and he ho marched at the head of the Carleone lodge lode of Foresters of which he ho was an officer also was a leadin leading spirit in arranging r the benefit for Mrs Irs P w was held in the of Music While he be was engaged in this work he received re ro- ro- ro several letters threatening him bins with death unless he discontinued activity activity ac ac- ac but he i ignored nored them and declared declared de de- de- de dared he did not fear the time cowards Several Se detectives from the tho staff staff- formerly commanded by br Lieutenant Pet Pot rosini have e bec been n assigned to to o search for the time murderer |