Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-08
is HE UNDER A BAN?
A Kansas City Policeman Who is Followed
by - Nemesis-ConstantIyi in Fear
of Being Assassinated.

Special to the Gazette.
z KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept. lis Policeman
Michael Newell under a ban? This is d
question which is deeply affecting the said
policeman primarily and the other members
of the force secondarily. Newell thinks
that he is Il marked man, and that he is fol-
lowed by d Nemesis in the shape of the
brother of Corsican lamplghter, who
died from the effect of pistol-shot wound
inflicted by Newell while in the discharge
of his duty.
On the night of August an Italian lamp
lighter named Michael Sintori got drunk
and began to run the portion of the town
where he resided. He tlourished a huge
revolver and said that he wanted TO see
blood flow Policeman Kenneally went 10
arrest him, but was stopped by a bullet
which struck his star and knocked him
down. SintOri was about to shoot again
when he received ball from the revolver
OF Policeman Newell. which brought him
down, and from the effects of which he died
next day in the city hospital. Newell would
probably have given the matter little
thought had it not been for the fact that
during the past month he has narrowly es
capped being hit by flying bullets four times
while on his beat, which is known as Little
Italy" On each occasion the shot has been
fired from an alley, and Il subsequent close
search failed to bring the shooter to light.
NGWtlI DeSiu 10 get NERVOUS anu tlSAcu INC
chief to transfer him to some other beat, as
he thought some Italian was trying to as
saSSinate him. Newell is not a coward,
but he does not care to be lodging bullets
all the time when he has no chance to reply.
He was transferred. but it was only short
time until he again felt the wind of bullet
as the missile whistied past his head. He
was fortunate IN having poor markSInan
for an enemy.
Now comes the sequel to the story which
throws light upon the several attempts on
NewellS life.
When Sintori died at the city hospital
there was present at his bedside his brother
Antonio. AS the life went out of the body
teose who We're around the bed noticed An
toniO's lips moving as if IN prayer. What
he said was unintelligible to all but one In
another bed lay an Italian who listened to
the muttered words with awe. He heard
the oath OF the Corsican vendetta. This
man was not COrSIcan, and to him the
oath simply meant another murder. He
brooded over it for several days. and as he
grew worse with his disease he thought he
should do something to prevent the carry
ing out of the vengeance. He called House
Surgeon Douglass to his bedside and told
him that SintoriS prayer was not prayer,
but an oath to commit murder. The words
used We're these:
Il swear by the Holy Virgin. Jesus
Christ and all the saints, dear brother, that
sleeping or waking l will not forget the
deed, and shall never rest until your ac-
cursed slayer is under the ground
Chief Speers of the police force has had
the matter Investigated, and finds there is
much ground for the fears expressed by
Policeman Newell. That an attempt has
been made and frequently repeated to assas-
sinate Newell has been established beyond
a doubt. As there is nothing on which to
base a charge against Antonio Sintori, the
chief is compelled to let the matter go
without making an arrest, but he has
placed q shadow on the COrsican's steps
and has him watched night and day to see if
he does anything to give grounds for plac-
ing him behind the bars. In the meanwhile
Newell is debating whether it will do him
any good to resign. He feels that he is as
safe on the force as anywhere else, with
the additional safety of being an officer,
who has the privilege OF shooting an enemy
when he thinks there is need for it.