Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-13
Murderous Huns Held at Bay by
Their Neighbors.
TRAGIC END OF A DRUNKEN QUARREL
Excitement in a Settlement Near
Wilkesbane.
TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED

WILKESBARRE, Pa. October 13.-As a
result Of a drunken riot at Maltby, a small
Hungarian settlement near this city, one
person has been instantly killed, two fatally
wounded and two others seriously injured.
The killed and injured are:
George Sivoski. aged seventeen years.
head blown to pieces.
Lizzie Fosky, aged fifteen years, shot in
the back and abdomen; cannot recover
John Jenkins. aged twenty-eight years.
shot in the abdomen and left hand blown
off; cannot live.
Maggie Moore, aged fourteen years, shot
in the arm and both legs; will recover.
Thomas Moore. aged twenty-three years,
shot in both legs, left knee shattered; will
recover.
Drunken Quarrel I'm n saloon.
A Slav named Michael Paloski was the
cause Of the wholesale shooting. Early in
the evening Paloski became Intoxicated and
going to the saloon Of John Moore started
quarrel He was ordered out Of the sa-
Icon and becoming enraged at this kind
or treatment he started for his Lome to
procure shotgun.
He got the gun and on his way back to
the saloon he encountered Dan Ryan who
was sitting on his porch, together with
Lizzie Fosky and Maggie Moore. Ryan ad-
Vlsed faloski to go home, but the latter,
VINO was In terrible rage, raised his gun
and fired. The two girls received most of
the shot and fell to the porch shrieking
with pain and blood squirting from their
wounds.
John Moore, who had been attracted nv
the shooting, quickly picked up his sister
ana Ryan gathered up the Fosky girl in his
arms, and both made a rush for the door
10 escape the enraged Slav. Before the
men were able to get inside of the door the
drunken fiend emptied the contents of the
second barrel into the girls. Moore receiy-
ing part of the load in his knee The shoot
ing attracted a large crowd and Paloski
was Joined by two of his count-ymen. who
were also supplied with guns.
John jenkins attempted to arrest PaIoski
Wheh ne received a load of shot in his
Stomach. The crowd then rushed upon the
olaVs ana attempted to disarm them hut
the three men escaped into their boa riding
mousse and barricaded the door, The three
men thrust their heads through a window
ana threatened to kill the first person who
attempted to enter the house The crowd
began to fall back, and as they did so one
OF the three men fired, but the shot did not
take effect.
WantOn Murder.
People living on the opposite side of the
street were attracted by the shooting. and
mad their heads out of the windows. One
ot these was George Sivoski. One of the
Siavs, seeing the head of the boy, took de-
hberate aim and fired, the full charge strik-
Ing the unfortunate boy on the left side of
the head tearing half of his head and face
away. The boy fell dead
The terror-stricken neighbors closed their
windows and barricaded their doors. The
murderous Slavs, finding no human beings
to shoot at, turned their guns on lighted
windows. posts, trees and anything their
iaEcy suggested. After all had become
quiet several men, armed with reyolyers
anu shot guns, went to the house to arrest
the murderers
The door of the house was found omen.
however. and the men were nowhere to be
found They had deserted the house
TWO men were arrested at Kingston this
morning on suspicion of having been con-
nected with the shooting. Two guns car
ried by the murderers were found in a pond
near by.