The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-12-31
ANOTHER CRUEL
MURDER AT AMASA
HANS HANSON SHOT AND KILLED BY
3. DALLAFoIR
WAS THE RESULT OF A QUARREL
Two Sides to the Affair One Says Murder
Vas unprovokedi Other Claims il
Case Of Sell Defense.

iron county wa- again the scene of
cruel murder aud again the little
hamlet of Anasa furnished tho scene
of tine tragedy A -nloon furnished
the stage for the production Of the
affair and too mnch temper the
motive Hans Hanson. young man
who has lived ia lroa county for many
years. was the victim and Batise
Dallafoir. the well known Italian sa-
loon keeper, Of Amasa. was the AZ
gress0r. Like every other affair Of it's
kind there are two sides % the story
and il is impossible for us 10 give a
perfectly accurate version Of the causes
and procedure, Tor the fact is that one
both sides Of the affair. as carefully
as we can CLEAN them. and our readers
can draw their own conclusions.
one story is that Hanson strolleG mp
from the North Western depot. where
he had accompanied John Mason 70
the train. the latter coming 10 this
city 10 spend the Christmas As ne
uarted from Mason he remarked that
he guessed that he would 20 up and
get Christmas drink The place he
chose 10 buy the drink was AZ the
saloon Of Batise Dallafoir. la the
saloon was fellow named Miller
Miller and Hanson had been tremen
AZ the Hemlock mine and Hanson had
b,.en discharged from his position as
fireman and he laid his discharge %
Miller There was. consequently an
mi feeling between the two men and
they had some words over IL in the
saloon They finally decided 10 fight
IL ont and both started for the outside
Hanson paused 10 take off his coat and
while ho was doing 80 Dailafoir
rushed from behind the har and grau
bed him Hanson told him 10 gu
away and mind his business but Dalla
foir clung to him and q scuflle ensucd
Finally Hanson broke loose aud struck
Dnllaluir blow telling MIN TO the
floor Hanson then went ont after
Miller while pallnfoir picked himself
up and went behind the bar aud
grabbed an axe He started after
Hnn@on with tuu axe uut changed
mind uud threw the aXe aside aHd
1ot his revolver an4 started Con tho
door
in tle mean uma Hanson t0uuU thni
Miller had a1ua and urtci iutl tbs
aIouu atrr cont Just be- he ENTER
ad fhe Door ha mrf nalatotr with the
gn The latf. hua but tha Uuif
.r,a eiar 3 mak uua oivri
tae casing Hau-au n,haal a taa
gm hut Bamat eaasd h.m anl
sBa. hlm loar times #aue through tbe
fa-e and fhra timo n tho upper ptr'
of mg body Hanson eypIred mmel
lately
The either story Be- that pdIoin,r
WAS giving ONT Christmas presents to-
his customers The bar was lined and
among Gao visitors were Hanson and
Miller who were having their till
Dallnioir paid mo- attention t9 the
contestants bat continued 20 huud
out the presents. which were small
bottles of whiskey he went fo the
end If the bar where Hanson was and
offered him one b1t Hanson resented
Tie act aud. taking the bottle struck
nalnfoir a severe blow on the head
cutting bis scalp open for ahuut two
inches The force 0f the blow knocked
Dallafoir down and while hc was
uu the nuor Hanson and Miller went
out Dallatoir got mp all covered
with blood from his wound and get
ting his revolver. told the follows IN
the bar room that q, woud shoot the
next man who struck him ia that
manner. Just then Hanson entered
and again made for DallHfoir who shot
him. lie claims that Hanson struck
him the second time, preyiuus 20 his
shooting him, and that he shot IN
close quarters As proof he shows bis
eve hrows all burned OIL and his face
badly burned with pordcr A. a
proof of the first blow he exhibits thu
very ugly cut in his head,
Those are the two stories a. nearly
as we can gather them. We DO not
pretend TO say which is the correct
one or that either correct The evi
dence at the trial alone. will deter
mine the correct version of the affair
Immediately after the shooting Dal
lafoir wa, locked up and word sent %
Crstal Falls for the sheriff sheriff
H0lues CndsrsherB jackson PrI-e