t.5 3 0 1971 NYTimes Colombo Bodyguard Said To Tie Gallos to Shooting

By NICHOLAS GAGE A bodyguard of Joseph A. One of the guns in the pack- Colombo Sr. was quoted yester- age and one of those in the day as having told Federal possession of Bevacqua were agents that the shooting of Co- traced by their serial numbers lombo last June 28 was planned to a shipment of guns stolen by "the Gallos." at Kennedy International Air- The bodyguard was identified port in 1969. as Vincent Santo Vingo by Jo- Santo Vingo and Rossillo, seph Lynch, acting. director of both of whom have felony con- the Federal Organized Crime victions, were not arrested Strike Force in Brooklyn. Wednesday because no guns Santo Vingo's statement rep- were found on them or in their resents the first time it has be- car, Federal sources said. come known that any of Co- However, Mr. Lynch's state- lombo's followers have sub- ment yesterday, that evidence scribed to the belief of the po- on the searches would be pre- lice that the shooting was an sented to a Federal grand jury, underworld plot. 's sans indicated that action might be have maintained that he was against Santo Vingo, Ros- shot by a "fanatic." sillo and Joseph A. Colombo Jr. Mr. Lynch said that when later. Federal agents said Treasury agents, accompanied Wednesday that a warrant for by agents of the Federal Bu- the arrest of Joseph A. Colombo reau of Investigation, were Jr. would be issued but stated searching Santo Vingo Wednes- yesterday that no action would day in front of Roosevelt Hos- be taken until the grand jury pital, he told one of the F.B.I. completed its deliberations. agents: Rossillo is the prime suspect "I hope you're doing this to in the killing of Jerome A. John- the Gallos, too, because they son, who the police have said shot Joe Colombo." shot Joesph A. Colombo Sr., ac- Joseph and Albert Gallo are cording to sources close to the said to head a faction in the investigation. Mafia family reputedly led by Columbo. The Gallos are said Link to League Questioned to be at odds with the Columbo Thomas Nestro, spokesman leadership. for the Italian-American Civil Santo Vingo and another Co- Rights League,said he was not lombo bodyguard, Philip Ros- aware thatRossillo, Santo Vingo sillo, were approached Wednes- and Bevacqua had any connec- day by Federal agents while tion with the league, of which sitting m a car in front of the the elder Colombo was one of hospital with Anthony Colombo, the founders. son of the wounded alleged "They may be members—I'd Mafia leader. have to check—but they don't A third Colombo associate, play any important role," he Paul Bevacqua, was stopped in said. Rossillo was said to be Brooklyn by agents who said serving as a bodyguard and he was carrying one loaded gun driver for Anthony Colombo, on his person and a second in vice president of the league, his car. As a convicted felon in an F.B.I. affidavit filed he is prohibited by Federal Wednesday in Federal District statute from carrying. firearms. Court in Brooklyn. Before that Bail Reduction Sought he served as a bodyguard of Joseph A. Colombo Sr., the af- It was at a hearing before fidavit said. United States Commis§ioner Mr Nesteo said he could not Max Schiffman in Federal comment on the package of Court on the reducticin of Be- guns allegedly found in the vacqua's $50,000 bail, set at car rented to Joseph A. Colom- his arraignment Wednesday, bo Jr. "I don't know anything that Mr. Lynch disclosed Santo about it," he said. Vingo's remarks to the F.B.I. He said there was no reason agent. "anyone in the league" should The bail was reduced to feel the necessity to carry guns. $25,000 after the court was Leaders of the league have said advised that Bevacqua's wife the shooting of Colombo was was five months pregnant. the work of a lone "fanatic" Mr. Lynch also disclosed and not the result of an under- that information gathered as a world plot as the police have result of the searches on assefted. Wednesday would be presented Federal agents said that after to Federal grand juries for Santo Vingo , made the state- appropriate action. ment he made "some feeble ef- In the car containing Santo forts to take it back." Vingo, Rossillo and Anthony His statement, however, Colombo was found an empty comes at a time of growing holster and three boxes of .38- friction between the Gallo group caliber ammunition, the Federal and Colombo supporters. The agents said. Gallo group has been "com- Later, the police found a pletely successful" in displacing package in a car rented to Jo- Colombo men from the water- seph A. Colombo Jr. that al- front in South Brooklyn, ac- legedly contained three loaded cording to a Waterfront Com- guns. mission investigator.