The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-11-06
MURDER TO HARP MUSIC.

INTERVIEW WITH THE ITALIAN cUTTHRoAT5
AT DENVER DRINKING DLooD-wEsrERN
REPoRrIEa.
From the Denver (col) News We have sensational
thunder account OF the operations OF tho
Italians who recently committed the cellar murder in
that city. The murderers were captured and impris-
oned at Denver. LeosandrI said
The killing commenced Friday October Is at hnlE
past ono O'Clock 7. ~ was playing on harp in the
front room. The old man called Joe in English) who
my godfather, the biggest boy and two or three
others playing cards. The cards lay on box, or
and the old man dealing out the cards. Belette,
Champagne and "the miner' Il don't know his namel
playing, too Flomeno Gollotti, the boss tinker
standing up and wasn't playing He reached under
his and pulled out bright knife and took the old
man by the hair with hand and with the other
his throat clear around Tho blood lew on the cards
and into the faces OF the other players The old
fell back and Filomeno job0ed the knife in here,
and there, anu there polnlng 70 the hear side and
abdomcnk At the same time the other fellows COM
menced cutting the big boy He was sitting my side
playing the harp too, and when they pitched to him
and he his fathers throat cut he commenced TO
around the room and trying to fight them or Ho
kept throwing his hands up that way tnang motionl
and crying and they couldn't kill him; but when Filo-
memo got through stabbing the old man he rushed in
on the big boy and cut his throat Just like that srok
ing his hand acrose his throat That finished him 81
kept playing the harp" continued the boy, 'for
did not dare stop was scared trombIed all over
Once | quit q moment and Filomeno shook me and
drew his knife across my throat and said he'd cut my
damned head of II didn't play. SO started up again
Fiomeno told me must lick his knife blade ana then
ho told me TO drink Some OF the old mans blood butt
lied to him and told him had tasted ~ and he let mo
of, telling me was brave boy aflor all He scooped
up handful Of blood which running from the big
hoy's throat and drank IL and thon licked his hand
They made me play on while they threw the bodies
into the CELLAR
Bel,ettc says
when the two last ones camo in the back way Flo
memo stood behind the door, and the little one en-
tered carrying his harp, he said to me- holding up
fancy article lie had bought, look here, I've bought
YOU something nice today.n And just then Flomeno
seized the poor boy, pulled him down to the noor put
his knee on his head and remarked in Italian, 'Ah my
boy I've got you now W thrust the knife up to the HIT
back OF his car and gashed the throat wide open. This
slckened me. The other one came IN, and FilomenO
and the miner and the tall tinker cut him all TO pieces
He held to his harp, and ran around the with
his throat cut and the blood flying from the wound
and Fllomeno stabbing him with bis knife. lie fell
down, with the harp on top Of him. and they finished
him with their knives The old wore a belt aied
with gold, and Flomeno took that and divided the gold
all round. think there was about ST. 400 lie gave us
three s225; 500 in gold, 500 in paper and S25 in sill
YER know y WINS an awful murder, hut wasn't ia
bame had TO help or be killed by Fomeno Gollotti