The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-26
MONTANA.
OFFICER MURDERED.
Gold-blooded Crime in the Italian
Colony at Meaderville, a Sub
urb Of Butte.
A Mob Was Forming to Lynch the
Murderer When Officers Eff
fected Arrest.


special to The Journal, 49, 49,
Butte, Mont, June 26.-One Of the most SEN
satiopal and cold-blooded murders in Butte for
some time occurred In Meadyille last night
when Deputy Sheriff Joseph G. Lazzari was shot
and killed by Salvador Francishi. Both are
Italians, Francischi met the officer In saloon
and without word drew his gun and opened
fire: The first. shot brought the deputy sheriff
to the ground, but the murderer pumped bullet
after bullet into the form OF the PROSTATE man
until five chambers of his revolver were emptied..
The excitement caused by tie shooting was
CORPSE inside tns I'M, ane murderer ana
ofethe Italian colony made hurried prepare
ton to lynch Francischi. a riot call was sent
in to, police headquarters and patrol wagon
loaded with officers made flying run to the
scene In time to save the murderer from the fury
Of the mob. Threats of iynching are common,
and friends Of the dead officer declare Francischi
will be taken from Jail and hanged. 81
An, old grudge, incurred by the foreclosure OF
q mortgage upon some property held by Fran
Francischi is alleged to have frequently made
threats on the life of the officer.
&t7ay Shores Disbarment Case
Increased interest attaches to the resumption
OF the hearing in the proceedings by which it Is
sought to disbar A, J. Shores, chief consul for
the Amalgamated Copper company, in connection
with the alleged offer by the agents OF the Anal
gamated company and Charles Clark Of $25000
fess he had been wrongfuIly influenced By agents
Of F. Augustus Heinze to decide for him in the
suit Involving the famous Minnie Healy NINE
| Yd4ueu ~ SIOUUUOUU,. by reason or the 1aCt that
F. A. Heinze and Tom Kinds have been sub
poenaed to testify In behalf of the defense
City Detective Jerry Murphy served copies OF
the summons on both men yesterday afternoon
and they will be expected to be on hand when
the hearing opens again next Tuesday morning
in Judge McClernan's court.
just what the defense intends to show in the
course of an examination of Mr. Heinze or Mr.
Kinds remains to be seen. At all events, some
Interesting developments are looked for. III
connection with this particular feature Of the
proceedings it is reported that subpoenas are
out also for P. A. O'Farre1l, Judge J. J. Nc
Hatton and others closely allied with Heinze.
Western Unions Evidence In.
., The Western Union company yesterday after
noon completed the introduction of evidence in
support of its contention that 1t should be en-
titled to, permanent injunction against the
American Labor Union and other labor unions and
individuals, President Dan Mcdonald, Of the
American. Labor Union, was the last witness
called by the telegraph company. The defense
Is having Its inning to-day before Judge Blake,
the master appointed by the federal court.
AS guests Of the Amalgamated Copper cona-
pany, about 200 ranchers from the Deer Lodge
valley whose farms have been damaged by the
acids and fumes from the new smelter at Ana
conda, visited the sIe1ter inspected the work
being done by the company to solve the smoke
nuisance problem t,Y
The Amalgamated company has settled fnan-
c1ally with many of the rancherss for damage
already done. ,4 Is ~