The San Francisco call., 1898-08-12

disappeared from their usual haunts soon after the fatal shots were fired.
 No one could be found who witnessed the deed.
 The report of the pistol shots was heard coming from the end of the long wharf, where the picturesque boats of the fishermen lie, by some boys who were lounging near. A moment after the crouching form of a man was seen slink- ing away in the darkness and disappear ing in the tortuous alleyways at the base of Telegraph Hill.
 Lying half concealed behind a pile of boat gear was the body of the murder CTS victim. There was a gaping bullet wound, scared with powder burns, al- most. in the center of the forehead, and a portion of the upper lip was torn away, marking the track of the other bullet fired by the assassin.
 Tightly clutched in the right hand of the murdered man was a long, thin, keen edged dagger, whose blade glistened in the glint of the lantern, carried by the few who rushed to the end of the wharf to investigate the cause of the shooting.
 A murder had taken place and the mur- dered man apparently had some knoWl- edge that his life was in danger just be- fore the fatal shot was fired. The pres ence of the dagger clutehed in the life less fingers told plainly that when the foe was met it was a, duel to the death. T. divided in opinion as to whether the mur- der was the result of a quarrel or whether the killed man, knowing an enemy was waiting to kill him, drew his dagger and prepared to sell his life as dearly as pos sible.
 Life was not extinct when the murdered man was first found and word was sent to the Harbor Hospital, but before the ambulance was started on the way, it was recalled and the morgue wagon sent for.
 The news of the murder soon spread around the colony of fishermen, who live near the wharf and before the police ar rived the body was surrounded by grief stricken relatives of the dead man.
 It was a heartrending sight. In the dim light of the lantern the wailing relatives of the murderer's victim knelt around the body and when the police arrived they fought for the possession of the remains.
 Mothers with babes in their arms, men frenzied by the death of their friend, brothers and sisters crazed with grief, fought back the men who would deprive them of the body of their loved one.
 Sergeant Cook and Officers Donohue, like so many shuttlecocks bv the fire zied people, and it took them nearly an hour to convey the body of the murdered man from the wharf On the arr1yai or the and the struggle grew intense. The wife and sisters of Scraffino knelt beside his dead body beating thelr breasts m m grleI: ds covered with the blood that was oozlng out of the wounds of the dead man. struggled for possession. The ofhcers pushed them back, and as the receiving coffin was placed alongside the body 1t was kicked out of the way. Again 1t was brought close to the body by Depu- ties Hallett and Smith ana the body hur- riedly thrown into it, but again 1t was thrown out by stricken relatives, who tried to drag the remains to their nome and at the same time fight off the police and the Coroner's deputies. The peace officials again tried to drive away the frenzied friends and relatives of the mur- dered fisherman ana this time they were successful in getting the body into the box and in the Morgue wagon.
 At the home of the murdered man women were lying on the floor beating their heads against the walls, wailing. and sobbing while the men, exhausted from their struggles, rested their heads on their arms and sobbed bitterly,
 ScraffinO was but N years old and ha1 only been married a few weeks. His bride was a pretty girl whom he brought from Italy on the 1st of July. He loved her in the land of olives. and when he had by dint of hard work become the owner of his own crab-boat he sent for her. Some of the friends who were at the wedding of the young couple say that the murder was committed by Jealous rival, who, mad with love for the young girl, followed her from her native land but ar rived after the marriage ceremony had been performed. and in his wrath wrecked his vengeance by taking the life of the happy husband.
 The police, however, who care little for romance. were hunting last night for a brother-in-law. Antonio Guiseppi, who answers the description given of the crouching figure that was seen sinking away from the wharf after the fatal shot was fired. Guiseppi was absent from his