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15, 15, DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE, Rochester, N.Y. Jan. 1980 3B Admitted BRIAN ROONEY racketeering in the Rodney Starkweather said he wasn't The when it happened, but that the Barton, men who murdered mob underboss sario Salvatore "Sammy Gingello later Celestino, told him all about it. 30; his "Frank (Frassetto) said he was so Vaccaro, close that parts of Sammy's car hit Gingello his," Starkweather said yesterday in beneath the federal trial of seven people ac- side the cused of conspiracy, weapons charges, early Honeoye schools closed accomplice says he was told of Gingello's killing and obstruction of justice men with Gingello were injured, but 1978 mob war. were able to walk away.

defendants are William "Billy" Starkweather, an admitted accom43; Anthony Chirico, 27; Ro- plice in the struggle between two unChirico, 53; Dominic "Sonny" derworld factions, testified he was told 49; Francesco Frassetto about Gingello's killing by Celestino, wife Betti, 29; and Angelo Themas DiDio, Frassetto and Vac60. caro. died after a bomb exploded "Sonny said if he had placed the his car on Stillson Street out- bomb at a different location he could old Ben's Cafe Society in the have gotten all three of them," Starkmorning of April 23, 1978. Two weather said. Icy Ontario roads cause mishaps By DAN BOWERMAN CANANDAIGUA Icy roads in the western part of Ontario County caused several accidents early yesterday and forced the Honeoye Central School District to remain closed.

School officials called off classes after receiving reports of the icy road conditions. They said they feared buses carrying students might not be able to make it safely to the school. Susan Wall, 24, Naples RD1, who was a passenger in a car involved in one of the accidents, was reported in satisfactory condition in Strong Memorial Hos- pital, Rochester, with a broken neck. Several other persons were injured in other accidents but none was hospitalized. Ms.

Wall was a passenger in a car being driven by Thomas H. Standish, 24, of Naples RD 1. The car went out of control on icy pavement at 6:20 a.m. on Woolhouse Road, south of Bliss Road, in the town of Canandaigua. It skidded off the road and flipped over twice, sheriff's deputies said.

Standish and Ms. Wall were taken to F.F. Thompson Memorial Hospital, Canandaigua. Ms. Wall was transfer- Obituaries James P.

Morgan, at 89 DANSVILLE James P. Morgan, 89, a retired electrician and clerk of the works for several Dansville area buildings, died Sunday at his home after a heart attack. A native of Dansville, Morgan was a life member of Danville's Protectives Fire Company and a life member of the Knights of Columbus Council 785. He was also a member of St. Mary's Roman Catholic parish in Dansville.

Morgan served as clerk of the works George Bruzee Geneva businessman a position similar to engineering supervisor on projects that included the Danville Elementary School, Dansville Municipal Hospital and the Village Hall. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; two sons, James D. and Bernard A. Morgan of Dansville and John R. Morgan of Rochester; two daughters, Betty M.

Smith and Mary M. Sundlof, both of Dansville; and a brother, Charles Morgan of Le Roy. GENEVA George F. Bruzee Sr. of 84 Optical a long-time Geneva businessman who founded Bruzee's Radio TV, died Saturday at was Geneva A 81.

native General of Prattsburg, Hospital after Steuben a long County, illness. Bruzee He Sibley's went into business in Geneva in 1921 with the opening of the Storage Battery Sales Store in a rented garage downtown on Castle Street. He began manufacturing batteries as well five years later, and he added radio sales and service to the business in 1927. In 1 1929 he moved to a larger store at 23 E. Castle St.

He stopped dealing with batteries in 1936 to deal exclusively with radios and he added television sales in 1947. The business moved to its current location on Hamilton Street in 1952. Bruzee retired in 1970. He is survived by his wife, Nina; four sons, William L. and George F.

Jr. of Geneva, Jordan F. of Phelps and Calvin E. of Waterloo; one brother, Roy of Geneva; 13 grandchildren and two great -grandchildren. Harold Shepard, Elba farmer, 64 Optional reg.

19.99 sale 14.88 ELBA Harold Shepard, 64, an Elba farmer active in many county agricultural groups, died Sunday at Rochester Genesee Hospital after a heart attack. Shepard was born in Le Roy. He bought his farm in Elba in the mid-1940s and turned it into a dairy and cash crop farm. He and several other farmers started one of the first bulk milk tank routes in the state. They found a truck driver to pick up the milk they produced to deliver it to a processor.

Shepard was also a director and past president of the Genesee County Cooperative Extension and Hoover helped buy and renovate the Extension's building in Batavia. He was also a member of the Elba Zoning Board of Appeals and many agricultural organizations. Some of those organizations were the Community Cooperative Marketing Associaton, the Genesee Valley Cooperative and the Upstate Milk Cooperative, all agricultural marketing organizations. of the Shepard Genesee also was County a Farm director and Bureau. past president Hoover He is survived by wife Esther; a son, James of Manhattan, five daughters, Nancy Hubbard Upright of St.

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12. An ex-motorcycle gang member who has become a government witness, Starkweather was on the stand all day. He told of buying explosives, about shootouts, car chases, botched bombing attempts and ones that succeeded. Starkweather told of plots to kill Gingello that failed for various reasons, some almost comical. He said the men he dealt with the most were the four he said killed Gingello.

The Chiricos were present at only a few of the almost daily group meetings at the Frassetto house in Greece, but both men produced explosives or electronic devices for the cause, he said. Barton apparently dropped out after a failed attempt to kill Gingello and Stanley Valenti, a defendant to be tried later, was at the Frassetto house once when he was there, he said. The witness said he became involved when he asked Barton for permission to open an after-hours bar. Starkweather said he had to pay Barton $200 a week to keep the bar open and that Barton later came to him looking for explosives, which Starkweather bought in Auburn. The big trouble started Jan.

31, 1978, JURY From Page 1B chair in the jury box and faced state Supreme Court Justice Robert Kennedy and defense and prosecution lawyers. It was the real world of murder, a dead body, prostitution and, there, at the table in front of them, was Walter Taylor, the man they heard about. Maybe it sounds old, and the people who hang around courtrooms a lot think these are gee-whiz citizens be. cause they gulp at what they're hearing. They are people taken from homes where a flat tire is exciting and placed in a situation where they have to say right now if they have an opinion about murder.

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That was the day Gingello and four other reputed mob bosses went free from jail after a sheriff's detective admitted he lied at their murder trial. Starkweather said DiDio had run the mob's business while those men were in jail, but DiDio wouldn't step down when they came back. Starkweather said his car was followed by a Lincoln that January night, the evening ending in a shootout near his bar on Smith Street. A slow-talking man with a deep voice, Starkweather said he had hidden atop a railroad tressle. "I heard some shots being fired.

I waited for the Lincoln to come underneath and I fired at it." Starkweather said there was an 1 attempt to bomb the car of Joe Rossi, a Gingello loyalist. He said Celestino was dropped off on Clifford Avenue to place the bomb, but the attempt was foiled when a carload of Gingello's people showed up. Starkweather said he was later told a speeding gun battle ensued, with Angelo Vaccaro firing out the rear of DiDio's car. Starkweather said one afternoon he Taylor murder case was with her mother. They said "isn't it terrible." The woman said her only question has been why did it happen, not who did it.

She was challenged by the defense, but Kennedy approved her for the jury panel. Another woman with gray hair and glasses said she didn't read about the case or see accounts on television. "My landlady mentioned it when she heard I was called for jury duty." She was kept on the jury, but Kennedy said she shouldn't talk to her landlady. A retired woman said she read and heard about Taylor, but couldn't remember details. She did remember the mutilation stories and "I have a knowledge of nursing and that's bad." went to a house on St.

Paul Street where the other men hung out. The men were yelling at each other, Starkweather said, and DiDio explained that Barton had messed up a plan to get Gingello. The plan, Starkweather related, had been for Frassetto to put a bomb in the phone booth of the Blue Gardenia Restaurant on Empire Boulevard, where Gingello ate lunch each day. Frassetto was to call the St. Paul Street house and give the word for Barton to call Gingello at the pay phone.

But, Starkweather said, the message never got through because Barton was talking on the phone all the time Gingello ate lunch. There were other attempts, Starkweather said. He told of planting a bomb in the snowbank outside the Blue Gardenia and how that bomb failed. One day it failed to explode and another day Frassetto, waiting with the remote-control button, couldn't recognize people entering the restaurant through the sun's glare. Finally, the bomb was exploded, blowing Gingello safely over the snowbank.

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