TONY CAMILLO KILLED BY VINCENZIO CASALE

The Cortland Democrat, Friday, June 2, 1916.

TONY CAMILLO KILLED BY VINCENZIO CASALE.

VICTIM SHOT IN STORE IN BARTLETT-AVE. SUNDAY NIGHT.

Mrs. Camillo Shot In the Ear—Another Italian Struck in the Arm by Bullet—Casale Quickly Disappeared—Has Been Long and Bitter Quarrel Between the Two Men—Camillo Leaves Wife and Seven Children.

   Antonio Camillo, an Italian who kept a store at 85 Bartlett-ave. and with his family lived in rooms over the store, was shot and killed in his store at about 8:40 o'clock Sunday evening by Vincenzio Casale, also known as Jim Persutto. Mrs. Camillo lost a part of an ear and Mattea Cinquanta was shot through the right arm by one of the two bullets fired at Camillo.

   There seems to have been a bitter quarrel between the murderer and his victim for a long time, but the friends of each refuse to explain the cause of the feud, if they know what it was.

   The first intimation the police had that there was trouble at Camillo's store was at about 8:30, when Night Captain Morton was asked over the telephone to send someone down there in a hurry. Officer Roger Quinlan was taken to the scene by Thomas Kane in the latter's automobile. Within a few moments another call came over the phone and Captain Morton then hurried to Camillo's place, but the fatal tragedy occurred before the officers arrived.

Shot Through the Neck.

   Quinlan found Camillo alive, and lying on the floor at the back of a counter. He was shot through the neck, but very little blood was flowing. The officer called for physicians and Dr. C. J. Kelly, Dr. E. A. Didema, Dr. H. T. Dana and Dr. H. J. Ball, responded. The remains were removed to the McEvoy undertaking rooms for autopsy.

   As near as can be learned by the police, just prior to the shooting Casale and four friends went into Camillo's place of business and ordered ice cream. The proprietor started to serve the other Italians before Casale and he objected. Words followed, but Camillo informed Casale that he did not want any trouble. The storekeeper went into a side room, and Casale started to shoot. Mrs. Camillo was in the store with a baby in her arms. The first bullet grazed her ear, also the arm of Cinquanta, and lodged in the wall. Camillo stepped from the side room just in time to receive the second bullet in his neck. After firing the second shot, Casale fled, and although the police made a diligent search all night, no trace could be found.

   An autopsy performed Monday by Dr. F. S Jennings, coroner, and Dr. H. J. Ball, health officer, on the body of Antonio Camillo, showed that the bullet entered his neck took an outward course and lodged in his brain.

No Trace of Murderer.

   Up to yesterday noon no trace of the murderer Casale had been found, though Sheriff Eades and Chief of Police Bowker have not only made diligent search in suspected places in Cortland, but have been in communication with officers throughout central New York.