The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-11
WAS JEALOUSY
The CAUSE?
Polish Farm Hand Murdered
and Thrown Into Old Well.
HEAD SEVERED FROM THE BODY
Body Bore Many Terrible Wounds That
Were Evidently Made bIan Axe.
VICTIM DISAPPEARED LAST DECEMBER
UaIIlan Suspected Of The Crime Of Account Of
Threats Made BY Him With His Wife Rs
Mas Taken Into CUSTODY.
Body Bore Many Terrible Wounds That
Were Evidently Made bran Axe.
VICTIM DISAPPEARED LASrD DECEMBER

CRANKY, Mass, April 1.-THE an
nouncement of the finding of the head
less body Of kosinius Kamulsky, Po-
lish farm hand. in an unused well on
the farm OF Monroe Keith, at 8 o'clock
last night created unusual interest in
this sftlon today. and large crowds OF
people visited the Keith farm. which is
situated on the road leading to Ludlow
and is about, two miles from Grsndby
village.
Quite a number of public officials in
Guiding Deputy Sheriff Bell OF North
hampton and Medical Examiner H. Il.
Perry Of Amherst. were on the scene
making examinations and taking cyl
dence which will be used at the hearing
of Francisco Unilian. who is held on
the charge of murder. The victim OF
the crime was commonly known as
Jack" and had been employed by Mr..
Keith for about ten years On Decem-
ber 20 he disappeared. but for week
or so the belief was general that he had
gone away to visit friends as he had
done on several occasions before Af- 7
ter several weeks had gone by. Kam-
uisky's friends suspected that he had
been murdered and they determined to
institute a search.
UNILIAN SUSPECTED.
Several Poles who are employed on
farms in the vicinity openly express the
opinion that the missing man had been
murdered. They hinted that II Kam-
uisky were found dead. Pole employed
on the Keith farm should be held re-
sponsible. This man is Unilian, the
prisoner, who, IL is claimed was jeal-
Gus OF kamusky. III appears that the
two men had had several disagreements
last year over the attentions which
Kamuisky was accused OF paying To.
Unilian's wife. The neighbors say that
the prisoner had threatened the other.
mans life on several occasions.
Recently the case was brought to the
attention of the selectmen and ii was
decided to make a thorough search for
some trace of what was thought to be
murder. Deputy Sheriff Fred. w.
Brockway of South Hadley was in
formed of the case and he called in
State Detective Mckay OF Northamp-
ton. On Monday of this week these two
officers called at Mf. Keith's place and
searched the farm for the missing
mans body. Although the men devoted,
nearly all day to the search they did
not find anything that pointed towards
a crime. Yesterday Mr. Keith thought
OF an old well situated some distance
from the farm house which had been
overlooked, and a neighbor named Da-
vid Olds went to this well. and Mr.. Olds
went down to make search OF the bot
tom.
HEADLEss BODY FOUND.
The well Is about 25 feet deep and
contained about six feet OF water. Mr..
Olds soon found an object In the wat
er and after attaching It to a hook 1t,
was brought partly up to the surface
and examined in daylight In a sack
was found the nude and headless body
of a man, terribly mutilated. Mr.. Keith
easily identified the body as that OF
the missing farmland by means OF
certain peculiarities of his feet and
hands Messrs. Keith and Olds decided
TO leave the body in the well until the
arrival of the authorities. A bundle
containing the Poles clothing which
they found near the body was left un-s
disturbed. Detective Mckay and Dep
uty Sheriff Bell arrived at the farm
late in the day and after some diffl-
Guilty the body was raised at o'clock
last night. When specific examina-
tion of the body was made among the
wounds found were two deep stabs In
the chest. deep cuts in the abdomen
and the legs, and other parts or the
body were badly gashed. apparently
with an axe. The head had been sever
ed from the trunk and was not TO be
found, hut Il is thought that II may be
i'm the bottom OF the we'll.
TWO ARRESTS MADE.
IInqian and his wife were taken intc
custody and kept in the farm house all
night under surveillance. The man
was taken to Northampton this morn
ing where he was arraigned in the dis
trct court. He pleaded not guilty.
whereupon the court ordered him held
without bail for a hearing on Tues
day next. The prisoner is 30 years old
and has been In this country about ten
years He asserts that he knows moth
ing about the death OF Kamuisky. It
is not known yet whether any definite
charge will be made against the de-
fendant's wife, who claims that sbs,
knows nothing OF the affair. She Is
still kept under surveillance.