Word: scutellaro
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...Barck was interviewing applicants in his office. He had been attacked so often that Patrolman Louis Carmody stood on guard outside his door. The officer had just been asked to arrest Mrs. Lena Fusco for spitting in Mr. Barck's face when into the office shuffled small Joseph Scutellaro, 36, an unemployed carpenter. Carpenter Scutellaro had received $5.70 for his wife and two babies since he applied for Relief in December...
...Next!" But the door did not open. When an assistant and Patrolman Carmody opened it, they found Harry Barck clutching his chest, his last client standing white-faced near the wall. Ironical was the fact that during the interview a postman had delivered an $8 relief check at Joseph Scutellaro's house, more ironical, the weapon with which Joseph Scutellaro, by his own confession, had dealt a mortal wound: the long spike on which Poormaster Barck stuck rejected applications...
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