The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-15

Special Dispatch to the Post-Inteliigencer.
TACOMA. May IA cold-blooded and
oowardly murder and robbery at o'clock
this morning has aroused the police force
to its best efforts IN the hope Of appre-
bending the highwaymen who took part
IN it. Louis Zarielii, an Italian saloon
keeper. while on his way home, after clos
ing ais place of business, was held up By
three men. robbed Of some $50, his revol-
yer, watch and keys. and theu shot In the
back.
The 5astardly crime was committed on D
street, near Thirteenth. within the business
portion OF the city, and shortly before noon
after much suffering Zar:elii died. The
crime Is one OF unusual bruta..ty. because
Of the manner in which the Italian was
murdered. The facts, gathered from resi-
dents near the scene, and from the state
ment of Zarelh made at the hospital. are
substantially that at about $50 this MORN
ing Zarielu closed his saloon. the Capital.
on Pacific avenue, near Ninth street, and.
as usual. put the cash on hand in his pock-
cts and started for home. He stopped at
a variety theater on his way down Pacific
avenue, and afterward turned up Fifteenth
street toward his home. on d street, near
Thirteenth. When near the corner Of Fiji
tenth street on D he was met by very
tall man wearing a white SLOUGH hat. who
accosted him and proceeded to walk up
d street with him.
They had gone but a short distance when
two men stepped in front of them, and
pointing revolvers at Zarielli. commanded
him TO throw up his hands. The tai
stranger in the white hat then joined in
searching the pockets Of Zarielli, and
after he had been stripped OF money.
watch. revolver and his keys. he was or
dered to move on.
He offered no resistance and started to
run when the h.ghwaymen released him.
but he had taken but a few quick steps be-
fore shot was fired at him. Immediately
after a second shot struck him In the back.
just above the hip bone. and after vainly
trying TO reach his home, the victim fell to
the sidewalk.
The noise Of the shots aroused nesghbors.
who helped to carry the man to his home,
and few minutes later he was moved to
the hospital IN the patro. wagon.
Mrs. Carl Bach, residing on ID street,
tells how at about o'clock she heard men
talking and peeped from a window cur
tain to find three men standing on her
porch. One were a white hat and was
taller than the other two. She could not
distinguish their features, but heard them
talking in undertones, and at last heard
one of the men say:
There he comes now" Then the tall
man left his companions and within a few
moments she heard the other two go to
the sidewalk. She then indistinctly
heard the men order their victim 10 throw
up his hands and also their conversation
as they searched his pockets.
She describes wildly how she heard
some one order Zarielli to move of and
to hurry about 1t. and then tells how she
saw narrow strip Of fame shoot from a
revolver. which gave enough light to show
that the tall man In the white hat held
the weapon. A second later another shot
was fired from the same gun Then the
three men ran away. each taking a differ
ent direction.
saloonkeeper at Fifteenth and d
streets likewise saw part of the tragedy.
and looking from his place could see the
men running from the scene Of the shoot
ing. Other residents In the enighborhood
saw the men as they ran away, but ss vet
nc one processes to be able to identify
any one of them. Zarielirs partner Frank
Retro, who talked with the murdered man
after the shooting, says ZarieIi could give
but partial account OF the shooting. and
only an inadequate description Of the men
who murdered him.
From the account furnished by Mrs.
Bach II is the impression that the tall man
who met Zarielli and lured him to his
death, shot the Italian to prevent him tell
ing anything. Detectives have been a.
work on the case since early this morning
but as yet have made no arrests of i'm
portance. Frank Monroe 'fIend - who
was seen running down D street at thu
time or the shooting, IL I'm Jail. but there
is nothing known to connect him with the
crime.
Zarleil's partner says he had warned
Zareih on numerous occasions not TO car
ry money from the saloon at late hour
IN the night. He thinks the murder was
committed by a gang which had hung
around at the saloon and there learned
where Zarielii lived and how he was IN
the habit of carrying money to his home
from the saloon each night.
The bullet that killed the Italian entered
the backbone near the spine. ranged slight
~ upward and tore through Ais abdomen
The victim leaves wife and several Young
children. He has three brothers. whn no.