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Show O YORK Kalian Police in Palermo Fail to Answer Cable Regarding Pelrosino New York, March 14 The New York police feel resentment that no word regarding the murder of Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Joseph Petroslno, ln Palermo, Sicily, Si-cily, has been received from the Italian Ital-ian police .although a cable has been sent them. Mr. McCafferty, "of the detective department, de-partment, said: "If an Italian detective sent ou here on a mission, working in behalf ot the Italian police, had been murdered In New York, we would have notified the slain man's home department. 1 cabled Saturday for Information but have received no answer from Palermo." Paler-mo." The inspector said he was anxious to know whether Petroslno had been robbed after being shot. He intimated that Petroslno had some papers valuable valu-able to the police here In running down Black Hand and other Italian offenders. of-fenders. The inspector said that Petroslno Pet-roslno had letters of Instruction from the department here, which if stolen by the murderers, would reveal to tho Italian criminals Just what plans the police or New iork have on foot. Lieutenant Antonla Vaches, chief assistant to Pctroslno, arrested i'our Italians ln a little wine shop in one of the squalid Italian quarters of Brooklyn tonight. It was Intimated that Vacbrls had reason to believe tho men had knowledge of the plot to kill Petroslno. Stefano Castronouvre, one of those arretted, who made a desperate attempt at-tempt to escape. Is said to have re-' f.ently come here from Chicago, where ho. Is alleged to have been a member ot -a Black Hand group . Revolvers and stilettos were tounrt on the prisoners. Seven other suspects sus-pects also were arrested during tli? day. |