The evening world. Newspaper, December 16, 1912, Page 6

it i a | | } H j i ee i 8 al 1)| LAME HOLDUP MAN R R WHO WAS KILLED AS } HE AIMED REVOLVER. 3 that 1 should give you @ hundred dol-} was sho Yof his coat pocket and raised hin hand , demand. * appeared thet man glided etealthily to- the hand that held the pistol and shoved * wi \aystwo yeara old, nephew of Galluoci. Sie aaa heeaintinaodiibnagione THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, DEUEMBER | | DS ASHEDRAWS "WEAPON TO KL Crippled Desperado, Hated and Feared in Harlem’s “Little cs Italy,” Shot. AnnieHlo Prisco, also known. as ‘“Zopo” or “The Cripple,” is no longer the terror of Harlem's Little Italy. Two bullets crashing through his bratn, eo facile in plotting evil, have terminated his preda- tory career. Little Italy breathes easier, Bo do the police. BH was about midnight that Zopo shuffled inte Giosue Gallucet’s coffee house at No. 818 East One Hundred and Ninth street. He got his nickname of “The Cripple,” also his limp, when one of bis legs was shot to splinters three Years ago. The doctors patched up the THREE FIREBUGS GET LONG TERMS IN STATE PRISON —— State witne gullty, ackn war to makin Morr es the other three plead iw that “the Ti nia regular pr Judge e Kings ¢ to not nh yeu months or more than twenty ve david Greenberg to and six monti ears and six im less than ten yea years featence was put av of his service In sa trouble of a trial. Judge ake said that In Imposing se tence he took Into qonaide and six months. Morris Greenberg and Son, Known as “Big” and “Little | Torch,” Sentenced. Long prison sentences to-day ended the {ncendiary career of Morris Green- berg and his son David, known to Wiitameturg for many years as “Big Torch” and “Little Torch.” Suspected of house burning and horse poleoning in soores of, cases, they were caught by Fire Marshal Brophy in the ect of burn- fog @ stable and seven horses @t Mor. gan am Johnson avenues on Aug. 14 ami pleaded guilty, ajong with Louis Bvene, @ truckman, who hired them to fet the fire, and Gferrman Wasserman, © horse dealer, who was in the con- spiracy. Wounds the best they could, but the leg ‘was three inches shorter than its mate after that. Zopo in Itallan means crip- pied or lame. When it became the sou- Driquet of the Harlem bad man it als ‘was a synonym (or biackina!! and brutal re: med tm the neighborhoods where he uded. Despite hie limp, Zopo retained @ kind of swagger. His reputation was mal- o@prous, but he was proud of it. H bath hobbled and awaggered as he en- tefed Gallucci's coffee house, snarling the question, “Where is Giosue?” There were half @ dogen customers seated at a table. They told him the Proprietor was at the stove in the rear, ‘are two bullet holes now im the wall at the coffee house, as both mis- Tombs in default of 96,000 bail. ‘There ‘as the form po's” name first appeared on a Police blotter in October, 198, when victim. “ope” hobbled back to see. 1 want @ hundred dollars,” he sald, eharply. Galucel stared at the intruder. pal murd ; wi te ene wal hat have you ever done for me abd uilled lage?” he wanted to know. \Gate Deen Se “Very well, I will do something for | O70 Mua tnt you now,” retorted “Zopo," hia lpe) nospital, curling away from his teeth. As he @poke he lifted @ revolver out against him. In June of this to shoot the man who had dared deny him, “Zopo the Terrible,” money on One of the half dozen customers had hig eye on “Zopo.” Aa the revolver) gun trom a Mrs. Bpinne! Uife was not happy. In the spring M was trying to take some money away from her and she plunged a atiletto into his throat, Many threats reached the ‘vith pistol in hand. As he reached {Spinelli that Minaco’s death would be “Yopo's” side he shot twice. ‘“Zopo" [avenged eank to the floor, etill gripping his own {nv ward the crippled desperado, seized it upward, Another of the half dosen, also etep- ping eoftly Uke a cat, had followed, * known aa a friend of the dead was arrested when Mre. Spin- m was o scurrying and when Po- |b on which to hold him. lignman George Smith of the East One| daughter fled to Italy and a lawyer is Tgndred and Fourth street station, who | now mai the large estate in New herd the shots from his post, got WY ee inherited her frugal the coffee houpe only one man remained, i : On Nov. 29 last Joseph Monturt of No. W@iching, the Guddied Agure on We | "Fast One Hundred and Fitth atroei Into the Coroner's office there walked was held up, beaten, stabbed and thle afternoon John Russomanno, twen- > robbed. Bospital he positively es his assailants. At the preliminary hearing a few days later, with “Zopo" glaring and showing ia teeth in the court » Monturl ed and protested he would not be to recognize the robber if he saw He vehemently denied that ‘Zopo” ‘The police shrugged It was at an outing in a grove near Long Island City at which the host was ar Face Charite” Pandolfi, proprietor | of @ saloon at One Hundred and Bev. enth etreet and Second avenue, that H@ admitted that he shot Prisco to, death. He made a full etatpment to Aasistant ‘Diatrict - Attorney Deacon | Murphy. Russomanno said that he was |! a clerk and lived at No. 318 East One|, Mfwndred and Ninth street with his unele and that he shot after Prisco haa | threatened his uncle's life and his own iife. Ge told his story in @ atraight- La f manne! The young man was committed jto the in all New York is where you can deal direct with the makers—particularly when they are the largest manufacturers of musical instru- ments in the world. You save not only all the econ- omies which a concern of such magnitude is able to secure through advanced and efficient methods of pro- duction, but also you save the middleman’s profits. At you secure, at the same price you woul elsewhere, instruments that are superior terial, workmanship, tone, and lasting qu Note particularly the offers below, ‘and th ordinary terms upon which they may be of the surplus stock of a patrons for their holiday buying. Victor-Victrolas from $15 up Peyments a» | The Aeolian Co. | 20 West 42nd St. ‘drenched with kerosene and gasoline. Aeolian Hall Specials for the Holidays New Pianos at $195 Payments only $1.25 weekly and we offer these brand new, $250 instruments at. a saving of $55 to our “Technola” player-pianos at $450 Payments 68.00 weekly. Acctian: é uilt an eolian-guaran Technolas”, and far superior to player-pianos selling at $500 to$650 elsewhere. Payments as low as 50 cents weekly. may be seen and heard to better advantage than anywhere else in New York. Demonstrations every day between 12 and 2, to which everybody is welcome. la © 75.00 5 99.98 J Aeolian Hall , phe Chairs 1.98 gd The Largest Manufacturers of Musical Instruments in the World Between 5th and 6th Avenues Fire Marvhal Brophy, exasperated by the frequent fires which followed the trail of “the Torch,” devoted fimself last summer to following Greenberg. He ound the elder Greenberg conferring with Eygne and Wasserman and extend- ei the watching to them. It was easily earned that Kvans had insured his sta- tle ami stock, specifying seven horves valued at $200 each. REPLACED VALUABLE HORSES WITH OLD PLUGS. Evans was found to be removing valu- able horses from hia stable to that of ‘Wasserman and substituting for them bony, broken down plugs, worth from five to ten dollars each, Greenberg was seen to leave 1 me with his son at midnight after the seventh horse had been substituted. Brophy put a man on the rear of the car which they hat boarded and telephoned the captain of Engine No. 197, near the Evans stable, to be ready for action. ‘The car passed the engine house and the deputy fire marshal on the platform wave the signal that the firebuge were aboard. ‘The captain trailed the car with two chemical extinguishers. A few minutes after Greenberg and the boy entered the stable there was a flickering Mgnt within. Brophy fired three shots in the alr from his revolver and the firemen and detectives closed In. ‘Three different fires had veen started in the stable. ‘They were put out at once. ‘The poor wretches of horses were found hovbled In their stalls, thelr coats Chocolates licious morsels’’ day boxes. Christmas before. OPEN EVENINGS Greenberg and his eon were caught as they wriggled out of @ back window. ‘Their clothing was spotted with kero- wene. Evans wis arrested at his home, This interésted the police because Green- berg had @ reputation as 4 horse pols- oner. ALL THREE BROKE DOWN AND One that hes in it no eultable—no disturbing o « eigome the canlest way. ths and not more than fourteen Wanserman’s for consideration ng the State the tion the evil at perhaps one eon ul store, otters mon desirable a cate, the X snore ER. A cata “cal Wenn eaee oe Snieseae geet ed | revord of the Greenbergs, their reckless h''|ness of human life and especially the stable adjoining the barn n there were id almost cert o death had ineeting for the in amended Kenyon-shey “dry” States, was held nere yeu the Woman's Obriaian T Union, Nationa: ang state the wnion spoke, an " anges from Various parts of the country were read In favor of thy measure, n= Search the City Over There is no Holiday Candy better for girls, boys, women or men than PARK & TILFORD and Bonbons All over the City at dealers, as well as in our stores, there is a fresh supply ready right now. “Temptingly de- in the pfettiest holi- Do not get too close to you choose. UNTIL CHRISTMAS A Real Merry Christmas thought thet © aie mate. Mt prove un- more ¢ be AS i. vould advanta PLEADED GUILTY. No Club Fees Ri Sch ae CGT. derailed) tS ‘equired. All Goods Marked in Plain Figures down and confessed. ‘'ronting him 7 ~ mene “Zopo" got the shots which crippled him. Des! eats pes ee Healt fi several per- Hight .. h 80! join in the shooting. He was 1) AB pos oy never very popular. i A ter they shot him the pienickers loaded him onto « peddier told the peddler to take away. ‘The peddier drove to Harlem Hospital and, to the regret of the police, the doc- tora saved bis life. After that Zopo's disposition was as much ug than it had been as his walk was more labored and ungraceful. Id pay in ma- alities, e extra- bought y. Wehave taken apart prominent manufacturer where the new Victors 3 Mgr $49.98 “e 3035- ae Seety Ladies’ Tike ents Maple ain”. Ladies’ Desk . $9.98 FURNITURE HARLEM STORE & 2190 S°AVE: 3037 3° AVE. (or! Cr Bird's-eye : *y * Desk q 7.98 gi" .. $4.50 Our Motor Trucks. BET-119"2120"ST- Credit Terms gaze $3 er" $50 ki | | Tacoma Sala | LAP 750 100 Seei Write tor Our New Catalogue verms Appi . 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