Two men described as members of organized crime were named by the state police yesterday as suspects in the slaying of Carlo Lombardo, whose body was found alongside Route 17 near Monticello last summer.

Lombardo, who had a long arrest record and a reputation as violence‐prone, was shot two days after he reportedly tried to fire a machine gun at some guests in the Ravenite Social Club in the Little Italy section of Manhattan.

The weapon reportedly misfired. Two days later, on Aug. 10, his body was found.

Yesterday, the state police and the Sullivan County District Attorney announced that bench warrants had been issued for Peter Salanardi, 32 years old, of 32 Spring Street, and Nicholas Musolino, 21, of 163 Mott Street.

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The two suspects were described as “armed and extremely dangerous.”

The police asked anyone with information on their whereabouts to call (914) 343‐1424 collect, and they promised to keep the source of the information confidential.
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The police refused to talk about a 23‐year‐old woman who was found wounded with the slain Lombardo. But there were hints that she was in police custody.

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The announcement, issued in the names of Maj. R. M. Kisor of the police and Louis B. Scheinman, the District Attorney, said both suspects had been indicted by the Sutlivan County grand jury for murder and attempted murder.

It said that the police have definitely resolved what events took place prior of the murder.”

The police declined to say what the events were, but reportedly Lombardo had run into the Ravena Club at 247 Mulberrystreet on Aug. 1 and fired four shots at a guest. The shots missed and he was thrown out.

A week later, according to the reports, he tried again with a machine gun.

Lombardo, 29 years old, was described as “a sort of a loner” and was not said to be a member of any of the socalled criminal “families.” But yesterday's announcement described him, as well as his accused slayers, as “a member of organized crime.”