The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-06-18
SHOT TO DEATH
FRANK GUGLIELMO STAYS
HIS LOVE, FREDA QUA !.
RASCIA.

Her Fathers Wish-Captured
by Postmaster Alcorn at
Linnton-Flees on a
Bicycle.
Portland, June 15.-Portland Or
egonian: Driven to desperation by
the thought that he coul d never
possess the object of his affections,
Frank Gugllelmo, a handsome
young italian saloon keeper of %
years, shot to death pretty 16.year-.
old Freda Gurascia, about 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, while she was
busted about the humble little
home of her parents, at 324 Harri-
son street. After committing the
crime, the murderer mediately
fled to his saloon, at First and
Market streets, where he grabbed
what moneyhe had, and, jumping
on a bicycle, rode to Linnton,
where he was captured by Postmas-
ter J. 2. Alcorn, soon after his ar.
rival, and while attempting to a.
void apprehension by fleeing into
the mountains. 3
Police headquarters was notified
of the murder a few minutes after
its occurrence by Police Officer J.
P. Fones, who was passing near
the scene of the shooting on a South
Portland car, and. telegraph and
telephone messages were sent to all
the surrounding towns, with the re-
suit thatia reply was soon received
from Linnton to the effect that the
murderer had been seen at that
place. Detectives Vaughn, Hart
man and Weiner were soon speed
ing to Linnton in big automobile
touring car, and, although the nine-
mile run mas made in the remark
able time of fifteen minutes, the
murderer was arrested by Mr.. AL
corn before the detectives arrived,
and SIS minutes after the party of
officers left Portland they were back
at the police station with the pris-
oner. He was safely locked up and
put under the careful surveillance
of a watchman.
| Guglielmo is the only witness Of
his terrible deed. When the police
officer and several neighbors rushed
into the house shortly after the
shooting, the murdered girl was ly-
ing on the kitchen floor, gasping
for breath, an ugly bullet hole in
the back part Of her head, and the
blood freely flowing from her breast
where she had been shot through
the heart, telling only too plainly
that she was beyond all hope of as.
sistance. AS the horror-struck
neighbors rushed to the side of the
PROSTATE form of the girl, she look.
ed pitifully upfat them, and moved
her lips as though che wished tt
speak, but to do this she was pow
erless, and died few seconds later
| According to the story of several
children playing about the house
the two fatal shots were fred al
most Immediately after Guglielmt
entered the house. concetta Qua
rascia, the little 10-year-old cousir
of the murdered girl, was standing
on the kitchen porch when Gugliel
mo mounted the steps. She say
that Guglielmo stepped up to he
and asked who was in the house
and that she answered.: "Only M,
big cousin, Freda.p
run out in the yard and play,
the child says was Guglielmo's onl.
response as he stepped into tn
kitchen.
The next instant, Concetta says
she heard two shots fred in quicl
succession, Immediately after whicl
Guglielmo rushed out of the hous
and ran down Harrison street. Pc
lice Officer Fones also saw the mur
derer as he fled down the street
but knowing nothing of the murde
at that time, paid no attention t,
him. =
At 5:45 O'Clock, while Mr.. Al
cprn was drawing a bucket of waite
at the spring behind his house, a
ILinnion, he saw Guglielmo com
scorching down the road to Linn
ton on his bicycle. When he re
turned to the house, Mrs. Alcor
told him that the police had tele
phoned her that Guglielmo wa
wanted for murder, and to look ou
, for him.
"Why! He just rode into tow
: on bicycle and went into Refrs
: nos salocn," answered the surpris
ed postmaster. and the news wa
Immediately telephoned to Captai