The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-13
SHOT ALL IN SIGHT.
Bloody Result of a Hungarian
Riot at Maltby, Pa.
A Drunken Slav With a Shotgun
Fires Right and Left
DEAD AND WOUNDED.
One Person Killed Outright and
Four Fatally Injured.
The Fight Spreads and Becomes
One Between Factions.

WILKES BARRE, Pa, OCT. l3.-As re-
suit Of a drunken riot at Maltby, a small
Hungarian settlement near this city, one
person was instantly killed. two fatally
wounded and two others seriously in
jured.
The killed and injured are:
George Sivoska, aged II years, head
blown of.
Lizzie Fosky, aged 10. shot in the back
and abdomen, cannot recover.
John Jenkins, aged 70 years. shot in
the abdomen and left hand blown off,
cannot live.
Shot Maggie Moore in both legs. will
Thomas Moore. aged % years. shot in
both legs, left hnee shattered, will re-
cover.
A Slav, named Michael Paoloski. was
the cause of the wholesale shooting OF
human game Early in the evening
Patoski became intoxicated and going
to the saloon of John Moore, started a
quarrel. He was ordered from the saloon
and becoming enraged at this kind of
treatment started for home to procure
shot gun He got the gun and on his
way to the saloon he encountered Dan
Ryan, who was sitting on his porch, to-
gether with Lizzie Fosky and Maggie
Moore.
Ryan advised Patoski to 60 home. but
the latter, who was in a terrible rage,
raised his gun and fired The two girls
received most of the shots and fell TO the
porch shrieking with pain and blood
squirting from their wounds. John Moore,
who had been attracted by the shooting
quickly picked up his sister and Ryan
gathered up the Fosky girl in his arms
aud both made rush for the door to es-
cape the enraged Siav.
Before the men were able to get in
side the door, the drunken fend
emptied the contents of the sec
ond barrel into the girls, Moore
receiving part of the load in his knee.
The shooting attracted q large crowd and
PatOskI was joined by two OF his country
men who were also supplied with guns.
John Jenkins attempted TO arrest Pa
toski, when he emptied a load of shot in
his stomach The crowd then rushed in
upon the Slavs and attempted to disarm
them, but the three men escaped to their
boarding house and barricaded the door
The men thrust their heads through
window and threatened to kill the first
person attempting TO enter. The crowd
began to fall back, and as they did go
one Of the three men fired, but the shot
had no effect
People living on the opposite side Of
the street were attracted by the shooting
and had their heads out of the windows.
One of these was George SivoskL One
of the Slavs seeing the head of the boy
took deliberate aim and fired the full
charge, striking 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 the doors.
The murderers finding no human beings
to shoot at turned their guns on lighted
windows, posts and trees and anything
their fancy suggested
After all had become quiet, several
men armed with revolvers and shot guns
went to the house to arrest the murder
ers. The door of the house was found
open however, and the men were no
where to be found. They had deserted
the houee. Two men were arrested at
Kingston this morning on suspicion Of
having been connected with the shoot
ing.
Two guns carried by the murderers
were found in a pond near by. -