The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-15
ANACONDA NEWS.
SHOT THROUGH THE HEAD
Jim Santi Is Probably Cold
Blooded Murderer.
BOB HAMIL TON THE VICTIM
Surgeons Say the Injured Man Has Not
One Chance in a Thousand to
Recover-Santi Still
at Large.
BOB HAMILTON THE VICTIM

bop rhaI1lltOn, 5l years of age, an
employe of the s1nelters is at St. AIMS
hospital with bullet through his head,
and from present indications he will
Gle. Jim Santi, an Italian, the man
who is believed to have sent the bullet.
IS at large and the police are looking
for him. Title Carr, notorious Swede
woman, about whom the shooting oc-
Cured, is in jail, being held as wit
ness.
The shooting occurred in the alley
between Park avenue and Commercial
avenue, in the block between Chestnut
and Birch streets, in front of the cabin
where Santi and the woman lived. At
about l o'clock this morning two shots
were fired in the alley. A moment later
fire alarm box No. 8 was turned in,
and two men ran into the sheriff's
office and excitedly told Frank McNal-
1y, the engineer, who was. the only per
son in the office at the time, that a man
had been killed. McNally went with
the two men, and upon nearing the
cabin where the shooting had occurred,
he saw a mans body lying upon the
ground. At the same instant he saw
a mans form dart out of the alley ard
run toward Park avenue
McNally fired two shots to attract the
police, and then turned his attention
to the man on the ground. The mans
race and head were covered with blood
and he was totally unconscious. Nc
Nally pressed a passing wagon into
service and had the injured man re-.
moved to the hospital
The police appeared on the scene
shortly afterwards and began the
search for Santi. They arrested the
Carr woman and took her to Jail Upon
being questioned there, she said that
Santi was her lover and that they lived
together in the cabin. Santi was of a
very jealous disposition and often &C
cused her of receiving the attentions
of other men. Last evening Santi had
cursed her, and al 1870 o'clock or there
abouts, had left the cabin, saying he
was going to "Klondike,' presumably
meaning the Northern addition AS
soon as he left the house she heard his
voice in the alley, as though in alterca-
ton with some other person. Santi re-
turned some hours later and. again she
heard his VOICE in the alley. This time
ne was calling some one vile names,
and moment later she heard the shot
fired. The woman said she had not
taken a drink all night. but as a mat
ter of fact, she is very much intoxicat-
ed.
A colored woman who lives next door
to the cabin where the shooting &C.
Cured told the police that Hamilton
had been "foo1ing'' around Saints cabin
for some time past. This woman did
not see the shot fired, but heard it.
When Hamilton was removed to the
hospital it was found that the bullet
h pH Irft - a.
just below the eye. 1t fractured the
bones of his nose and the powder burns
will make Hamilton blind for life, if he
is lucky enough to survive the injuries
Drs. Spelman and Mckenzie immediate
~ set to work to extract the ball 1t
was found on the right side of the head
just over the temple. II was extracted
with little difficulty. The caliber could
not be aseertained. as it was crushed
and looked like piece of lead that had
been hammered. The bones of the nose
were all fractured, as was also the
mans skull. Both of his eyes are blue
and totally closed. They are also badly
swollen. His head is nearly twice its
natural size, being swollen SO much that
the man is almost unrecogniza ble The |
two surgeons We're working over the |
man at 1870 O'Clock this morning. At
that hour the statement was given out |
by DR.. Spelman to the effect that Ham
ilton had very little chance to survive |
the shooting.
On his arrival al the hospital Hamil- |
ton told the sisters and those around |
him that his name was Bob Hamilton. |
He said he had been drinking heavily.
lie refused to give any particulars of |
the shooting.
The police are searching every part of |
the city for Santi.