The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-04-26


yesterday morning. while he was thwarting
a robbery at his residence on South Gilbert
street.
The story of the case is this At about
two a. m. yesterday three Polish men ef-
fected an entrance to the house of the in
iured man by fercing open one of the
kitchen windows Two of them made
their way quietly up the narrow stairway
into the sleeping apartment on the second
floor and picked up trunk that was
supposed to contain considerable money.
AS the men were about to descend the
stairway with the trunk the owner,
Bonovtoz, was awakened and sprsng from
his bed. The two robbers dropped their
burden and grappled with the man and a
desperate struggle ensued.
Bonovitcz's wife and children, terror
stricken, gave vent of cries Of "murderl !"
while the husband and father made a
gallant battle. But the odds were against
him. The robbers were strong men and
one of them Aourished knife with dis
astrous effect. The robbers finally got
away, leaving Bonovitcz in the yard, lying
upon the ground and bleeding profuselJ
from several very deep cuts on the head
and face. The stairs leading from the
sleeping apartment, the two rooms on
the first floor and the ground outside the
kitchen vividly told the story of the des-
erateatruggle. There would not have
been more blood if pig had been stuck in
the bed room and dragged down the stairs
and out into the yard. Bonovtcz was
picked up and carried back to his bed. He
was in critical condition. A wound on
the right side of the face showed where
the blade of the knife had entered just |
below the eye and made its way through |
to the point of the right jaw. The in |
juries were Of such q serious charge that it |
was deemed advisable to take the injured |
mans statement. Two old hats were
picked up in the house and kept as clues,
and the police decided to keep the affair as
quiet as possible until some, trace of the
owners could be secured Bonovitcz said
he did not know the men. but was conf.
dent he could recognize them.
Last night Chief of Police Davis, Chief
Burgess Smith and the patrolmen of the
force surrounded house in the First ward
and arrested three Poles named Paul
RossmoviteE, Joseph Gowles and Anthony
Petroloski as they were playing cards and
thinking with friends. The three men
we're placed in separate cells in the lookup.
they we're identified by
3onovitcz aud his wife,
Two Of the men arrested wore new hats
hey purchased at a store on East Centre .
treet yesterday morning and one of their
riends has identified the two old hats :
ound in Bonovitczs house.
To-day the Chief Burgess and police =
gere engaged ia hunting up people who
lain TO have seen the prisoners near Bon c
vitcz's house for hours before the attempt '
d robbery, the object being to show that ls
le men had well-laid plans. n
To-day Bonovitzcz's condition was still
ritical and his friends fear fatal results
lay follow.
Ehe three prisoners assert innocence, but -
leir victim and his wife are positive in %
leir Identification and the old and new !;
ats form an important link The police =.
so think that the three men were ineul =
lted in the robbing of two @boarding -
buses in the First ward on Saturday. To
Ibstantate this belief it is stated that il
N be shown that the prisohers were prac-
ealy penniless on Saturday One of them Il
lid Squire Monaghan Sl3 costs on an old IN
so yesterday. p
The hearing in the case was fixed for this m
ening and will take place before Squire Sis
onaRhan. on