The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-02
STRIKER DIES
By A BULLET
BODY FOUND NEAR THE WILL
LIAM A. coLL1ERY.
Supposed He Was Shot by Guards at
the Colliery--Companion Who Was
with Him at the Time Of the Kill
ing Runs Away and Says Nothing
of the Tragedy Until the Next
Morning-sheriff's Posse Neces-
sary to Restrain the Infuriated
Triendb bf the Victim.

Lulggi Vinazza, a striker, was found
dead Just outside the stockade sur
rounding the William A. colliery at
Lackawanna early yesterday morning.
1t Is supposed he was shot by guard
at the colliery. but. as yet, the authors
ties have been unable to make of this
anything more than a supposition.
A peculiar feature of the affair Is
that the dead mans chum, Giuseppe
Betetto, who was with him when the
shooting occurred. and whose hat was
pierced by a bullet, went home and to
bed without saying anything to any
one concerning the tragedy. He offers
no reasonable explanation of his
strange conduct. The guards at the
colliery deny having done the shooting
and declare they heard no shots during
the night. Persons living in the vicin-
ity declare they heard several pistol
shots and one rifle shot at about the
time, Betetto says the killing occurred.
IA 3s-calibre revolver containing five
empty shells was found on the person
of the dead man.
The body was found at o'clock by
Superintendent Hale Of the William A.
colliery, as he was on his way to work.
He telephoned to the company's attor-
neys, Willard, Warren and Knapp. and
they in turn informed the coroner and
sheriff.
OFFICERS AT THE SCENE.
Coroner Saltry, Sheriff Schadt, Dis
trict Attorney Lewis and County De-
tective Phillips hastened to the scene.
The sheriff went down on Lackawan-
ma special accompanied by a number
of deputies. An immense crowd of eX-
cited people surrounded the body and
until the arrival of the sheriff there
was danger of an assault on the COL
liery guards by the countrymen Of the
victim. Mr.. O'Malley, Of the firm of
Willard. Warren and Knapp and JOS
eph O'Brien, of OBren and Martin.
attorneys for the company, were early
on the scene.
THE crowd was dispersed and the
county officials returned to this city,
bringing along the body and Betetto.
District Attorney Lewis with the aid
Of the Italian consul, Mr. Tiscor, sub
iected Betetto to searching examina-
ton.
He told that he and Vinazza were Of
the same age. 81 years. and chums since
bOyhood. They came from Italy to
this country, April "a last, and located
I'm Connellton. Both worked in the
William A. colliery before the strike.
Monday they We're in Scranton and
visited several saloons. In the evening
they went to visit friend on Bellevue
heights. About 10 o'clock they took a
car for home and got off at Midtown,
intending to walk the rest of the way
so as to save the additional fare.
yINA11A cIJor
Their route to. their boarding house
IN Connellton took them past the Will
liam A. colliery. Just as they turned
the corner of the stockade shots were
fired and Vinazza fell. Betetto bent
low and ran away. When he came to
examine his hat he found the front rim
torn diagonally from the band to the
edge by bullet.
He was badly frightened and dazed
and FASTENED home and to bed. He
did not tell his boarding boss, he said.
because he did not know him very well.
Coroner Saltry and eX-Coroner S. p.
Jongstreet performed an autopsy on
the body at Cusick's undertaking es-
tablishment. DR.. W.. X Dolan was
present as the representative of the
company's attorneys. Three hours were
spent in an unsuccessful search for the
bullet.
The indications are that the ball en-
tered the head behind the right ear and
took an upward course to the fore
head. The frontal bone was fractured,
but the skin covering it was not brok-
en-. Lacerations and hemorrhages of
the brain showed that bullet had
coursed through it.
When the doctors found hole in the