The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30
PITTSTON.
SIMON0SVICZ MURDERED!
DnIicf Wounds Found tpon His Body.
Eonr Arrests Already Made,


Dulief Wounds Found pom His Body.
fonr Arrests Already Made.
That Ignaz S,monosvicz, whose dead
body was found manglod almost be-
yond recognition ON the Lthigh Valley
at Upper Pittston one week ago yes
torday morning, was the victim of foul
play. as stated in these columns at the
time, has been established beyond a
shadow of a dpult. and If County De-
I, tive |, q. Eckort Is not mistaken, he
has row safely lodged in the i.uaerne
county jail the perpetrators of the das-
taldly crime. These are Matthias Mar
ckowlcz, of Upper Pi;:s:on, in whose
house the crime is alleged 10 have been
committed; John Palkons. of Center
street; William AwaikytZs. of Center
street. aud Anthony kashuba, of West
P.stston. Frank Rooms 4 fifth, has left
the city, which is in itself Il suspicious
circumstance. .
Story of the Crime.
The story of the murder, as unrav-
eled by County Detective Eckert. Is
that S.monoSvicZ was lured To the house
of MarC1ow.cz, and there foully muir
dcrcd. Eckcrt learned that Simonos-
vicZ and 4 rellow-countryman named
Paul SluSG had been accustomed to call
at Marchowara's house during the
latter's absence. He was altogether
unaware Of tA,ir visits until. finally,
one of his friends told him. and he de-
cided To be revenged upon them. Sat
urday night Il week ago. being pay
night, the Polandeis were out on their
regular monthly sprecs. and during the
evening, Marchowicz mt Ssmcucs-
vicz and Smsz and invited them to his
home to have good time. They. un-
Suspocting anything wrong. accompa-
MED HIM. When they reached the house.
however. and MaychCwicZ and Simon
CsVicZ had stepped over the Threshold
SulS2 saw several men In the house
whom hc knew To be vory unfrieE3,y
ly To him. and he turned and ran away.
After Slmonosvicz went in the party
sent out for beer and then, when they
We're pretty drunk. Marchowicz de-
nouactl SumonOSvicz for clandestine-
ly visiting his house. Ignaz protested.
but it was of no avail, tending only to
enragc Mai chowicz the more, and in
n tit of rage. he struck IgnaZ. This
was the signal for the others in the
house, and they all pounced upon him
and beat him numerically, as though
they We're brought there especially for
that purpose.
six Shots Fired.
Some one Of them Qt is not known
whom. but. in all likelihood, II Is Mar
chowicZ) pulled revolver and fired
six shots. \ Polander who was pass
ing AZ the time and heard the shots
peeked through the corner of the win
dow and saw them beat Slmonosvicz.
and he has been held as a witness. Sew
eral Polanders. whose names the coun-
~ detective would not divulge. say that
later in the night Pelgonis and Kashu-
ba. while drinking in George Rooms sa-
loon, We're heard to remark that Dead
men tale no tales" There was big
row In koons' place that same night.
among different factions Of the Poles,
and Rooms was struck on the head with
stone during the melee.
The Body Placed Upon the Track
Nothing was known of the killing of
Slmonosvicz until the following morn
ing. when his body was found mangled
along the Valley tracks The body was
horribly cut up, ar1 It was never
dreamed of that the unfortunate fellow
had previously been killed. until the
following day. when Polanders were
overheard whispering about it. Alder
man Jordan had empaneled a jury but
it was not believed that an inquest was
necessary, SO the body was turned over
to the poor authorities and inferred in
the Ransom poor cemetery.
Two Arrests Made.
Detective Eck5rt went at work on the
case at once, and by Thursday after
noon he had suiiicisnt convincing testi-
mony to warrant the arrest Of Anthony
kashuba ana william AwaikytZs. who
were accordingly taken into custody
by Detective Small and Constable
CalOry and lodged i'm the county Jail
Adam Slavcsfsky and Joseph Laftoski
were taken in as witn5s sses, as were also
Paul Slusz, John Kane. Charles Dana
wicz, Anthony Kezunicz and Linetcf-
sky.
Result of the Autopsy.
Saturday morning Detective Eckert
obtained fiom the poor board per-
nit to have the body of SlmCnosvcz
eXhumed fer the purpose Of holding an
autopsy. At 9 O'Clock in the afternoon
Alderman Jordan and Dr.. c. J. Barre TT
went t. Ransom and the doctor held an
autopsy. The body, on being exhumed,
was found in a very advanced state of
decomposition, but the doctor, never
theless found traces of foul play. Two
holes, believed to have been made by
bullets, We're found in the, head and
two in the right side. but no bullets
were found. This satisfied Aldefman
Jordan that an inquest should be held
and he has issued call for the jury
empcneled by him to meet at his office
this evening at O'Clock.
Two More Arrests
Acting under instructions from the
county detective, Officers Small and
CalCry last night arrested Matthias
MarchCwicz and John Pilkonis and took
them 10 the cOu,..y jail.
Detective Eckert made these arrests
by direction Cf District Attorney Fell.
The first clue to the crime was q. Gained
by William SMITH a bright. intelligent
Polanier, who at once ccmmunica ted
with the district attorney.
Jacob Shirc's Statement.
Jacob Shire. brewer of Casey &
Kelly's brewery. says that he Is not
the man referred to in the ftem of
Friday mcrri-.g, concerning the shoot.
ing Of Robert Poole. shire states that
he does ncr know Booth, and that he
has had no conversation with the in
dividull concerning a revolver that
was rurchlsed for the purpose Of shoot
ing Poole