Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-06-19
STABBED m THE BACK.
Two Boston North End Italians the
Victims of an Unknown.
One Died Shortly After the
, Deadly Encounter.
The Other Dangerously Hurt---No Motive AS
signed For the Deed.

BOSTON, June 19.-What Is probably the
most mysterious murder eveC committed
In the Italian quarter took place In North
square shortly after o'clock last night.
Vito de Monti, 43 years of age, and his
brother-in-law, Givanni Paria, 40, were
The victims of an unknown assassin, who
stabbed both In the back and fled. De
Monu was dead almost before his body
reached the sidewalk, and Parisi is in a
rather dangerous condition at the Massa-
chusetts general hospital.
Parisi and De Monti resided together in
tenement house In the rear Of 20 Prince
street. Shortly after o'clock last night
they were standing at the corner Of North
street and North square, In front OF a new
building now being erected, engaged In
conversation with DE Months brOther-in-
law, when young man came up behind
them and plunged a knife into their backs.
Parish was the first man stabbed, and as
he fell he caught a glimpse OF the mur'
derer before he fed, after stabbing DE
Monti. Parisi said that he did not know
the man, who was but a boy In years, nor
had he ever seen him before, but he would
know him again should he ever see him.
Nor did Parisi know of any reason for
the assault upon him and the murder OF
De Monti, or, at least, he SO informed the
police, who are of the opinion that the
crime Is the result of
Some Old-Time Feud.
A watchman named Russell, who was
guarding the new building in front OF
which the murder occurred, saw the affair,
or, at least, saw the two men fall and a
third run away. Something compelled
him to look at his watch, and found that
IL was just 9:15. He was unable to give
any description Of the murderer, but this
was soon after obtained from other wit
nesses and from Parisi.
The wounded men were at once removed
to the Hanover street station, where Dr.
Dunn found De Monti to be dead. he having
died almost instantly. He had been
stabbed in the left side of the back about
two inches from the spinal column, the
knife blade penetrating the kidneys.
Parisi's wound was in about the same
nne but the knife struck the spinal col
umn, directly between the shoulder
blades. The wound is about two inches
in depth, and if any blood vessels are sew
cred, which is likely, his death may re-
suit from internal hemorrhage.
DIR. Dunn ordered his immediate re-
moval to the general hospital, where he
was conveyed in the police ambulance.
Some time later De Months body was re-
moved to the North Grove street morgue
where it will be viewed by Medical Ex-
aminer Harris today.
Arrested on Suspicion.
Shortly after the murder Patrolman
Flynn reached the scene, and was in
formed by witnesses that the murderer
had run through Moon street. Obtaining
q description of the man Flynn went in
pursuit Of the man, but failed to overtake
him, on account of the lead which the
murder had.
He returned to the scene of the crime,
and with other officers rounded up four
Italians who had seen the crime and es-
corted them to the station, where they
were held as witnesses
From these and from Parisi an accurate
description Of the murderer was obtained,
and in short time every police officer on
duty in Boston and also in the adjacent
cities and towns were notified of the
murder and furnished with description
Of the man wanted for the crime.