The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-03-14
-FOUR OF THEM WERE PRISON
Frs ON the WAY TO JAIL.
A BLOODY TRAGEDY IN COLORA DO.
shot Down Prom Ambush -Nine ital-
tan.. charged with Nurdering
saloon Keeper as Rouse. Coat
Mining Camp. We're in the
Nagon-Ihc priver. an
American Boy. Killed.

pt-rpro Col March IA dispatch
from Walsenburr. q small town nifty
six miles south Of Pueblo. says q mob
i'm ambush at $3.50 last evening fired
ON wagon containing nine Italians
who are charged with fatally beating
Al UiNon. Saloonkceper at Rouse.
coal mining camp six miles from
Walseuburg, sunday last -Four OF
the Italians and the wagon driver
we're killed. The prisoners who had
been lodged in the Walseuhurg jail,
were taken TO the coroncr's inquest
at Rouse Yesterday afternoon. At the
conclusion of the session of the day
the prisoners were loaded into the
wagon and started tack to the Jail
At Bear Creek. region whcr,
there is much undcrbrush. hall
mile from Nalseuburg, the crack of
dozen rifles, presumably i'm the
hands of miners rang out -Four ot
the prisoners. whose names cannot
be learned ON account of the excite
ment. were instantly killed. Joe
Welbv. young American boy who
was driving the wagon, was also
killed. The officers returned the
fire. which lasted several minutes.
The most intense excitement rcigns.
Walsenburg and Rouse are both of
the main line of the railroad, and
attempts 10 secure further details
have failed because the telegraph
Offices are closed at night
The work of the mob was done to
aveuge a peculiarly brutal crime. At
E o'clock Monday morning two men
en- route To work at Rouse discovered
A. j. HiNon. proprietor of a saloon, in
dying condition about an eighth of
a mile from his place OF business.
Mr. lIiNon had been struck on the
back of the head with a blunt weapon,
and was unconscious. lie expired
within an hour
Some ten days previous 4. j. Brew
er. pit boss Of the Rouse, imported
trained blooihounds which were
promptly summoned. The animals
rushed away on the trail and within
ten minutes seized "A table leg in the
rear of saloon located halt a mile
distant On examination blood was
discovered on this leg. The dogs then
proceeded to the saloon door and two
men, Lorenzo Danino and Jobatto
Antonio. who were discovered there
in, were arrested Two more men,
Pete Rosetta and Frank Anrico,
were arrested in cauiu near by.
Admissions of knowledge ~ the muir
der were secured from two Of them
Immediately on Their arrest and later
they diyulged the names Of seven
others who were with them and
charged Lorenzo Daninu with the
murder. Two Of the parties had
started south.
The officers were quickly in the
saddle and the entire nine were under
arrest at 4 p. M The name, of the
additional five are: Pete 1acobiui
Francico Bonketto, one Corporalla,
one Milo, and one Nicholt whose
Christian names are unknown.
Threats Of lynching Danino were
generally indulged i'm during the day
aud quite a number of men wer,
scattered along the route 10 Nalsen-
burg. but il was thought there was
scarcely a possibility that violence
would be attempted. HiNou was
rather popular with the American
miners and general Indignation pre-
walls. lie was an Arllansan. late o
Texas. was 3G or o. years Of age IL,
il supposed 10 have returned from
Walsenburg on horse back about 30 p
M and 10 have been attacked uu
awares - i-,entive of the murder
is problem. a lliNon was not of al
aggressive or quarrelSomc disposition