Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-04-05
A MURDER
Committed in the Town Of
MiIIinocket, Me-, tuesday.
Two Bullet Holes Found in the
Body Of italian.
elimination Of Series Of ARRAYS In
Little Italy"

Millinocket. Me-. April 4.-Evidence
that a murder had been committed,
possibly. as the elimination Of a series
OF assaults and acts OF ro,;dyism grow
dian "dispensary" in what is known as
Little Italy, came to light Tues Law
morning when the body of an Italian,
locally known as Frank TCole. and by
the Great Northern corporation as No.
49, was found not far from his hon..
on Shack hill with what ls supposed to
be bullet hole through his head and
another wound in ms abdomen Th"
cause Of the shooting if ne was killed
by a rifle bail and the rerpetrator of
the crime are not known.
Tooie had been a resident of Mili-
nocket for about year. living with his
wife ard one or more children in Il
miserable little shack on the side hill
which is built up largely with such
cheap forms of habitati"n.
This section of the town, outside of
the neat and attractive village proper,
and directly back of the big mill of the
Great Northern Paper Co is inhabtat- =
ed almost wholly by Italians. Their
base Of supplies, however is in what
is known IS Little Italy, across the
river from Shack hill
1t was to Little Italy that Toole had
evidently gone Monday evening for a
supply of bread, such as is sold there
to the Italians and for the stock OF
beer which seems to be 50 essentially /
,is,it ne I, l.. sc
fare. When the body was discovered a
sack. containing lOaveS of bread and
several bottles of beer was near at
hand From what could be learned
Tuesday morning it is known thar
Toole was in Little Italy between S.S0
and 3 o'clock Monday evening. but
nothing further was learned of his
wherea bouts. IT is reported that shots
We're heard snme time during the lat
ter part of the evening.
The body WAS discovered by Harry
Mcfiouldrick. about ten rods from the
shack in which the Italian lived. There
was no blood under or around the
corpse and the Indications were that
he body had been dragged for some
distance but from where is not known.
Coroner Guy : Baker Cf MIlinocket
was notified and at once tmpanelled d
jury. After viewing tha remains the
body was conveyed down town to n
physicians office where an autopsy WAS
nt rfoTned. BESIDES the wound i'm the
h. ad evidently made by bullet. an
other Was found in the abdomen. the
liver evidently having been penetrated.
The oifice of County attorney Patt"n
at Bangor WAS notified and arrange
ments made for holding the inquest on
"Wednesday.
No real cause can be assigned for the
murder. from the facts now in the pos
session of the authorities. There are
rumors about that robbery might have
been the motive ToOle, who was indus
trious and saving. was thought to be
possessed OF more or less money and
this may have led TO the attack upon
him.
1t is more than likely. however. that
the killing resulted from some row in
to which the victim got. or that ii was
the work Of some one who had Il VEN
seance against him.
1t is also hinted that rum or rather
beer may he ut the bottom Of the
crime For sorIe time past the Italian
tOiDltN III IlIiiipthtt has bSei t'io"''
to receive and dispense beer among the
sons OF Sunny Italy. ii being claimed
that this class of laborerS could not he
held in town We're it not possible for
them to secure their supply of the am
her culOred liquid for daily use. This
beer is secured more or less on the club
principle and strict watch is Kept OF
the "dispensary' to see that none is
sold TO anyone but the Italians.
Last week two serious ARRAYS took
place in or around the dispensary in
Little Italy for which the too free use
of the beer or something harder was
said to be responsible. Frank McDon-
aid is alleged to have stabbed one John
Curran in the lungs and it was feared
for a time that the wound would prove
fatal. Curran'S condition, however. is
now much improved and DR.. Bryant is
authority for the statement that he is
likely to recover.
John Penney, foreman of the wet
machine room at the Great Northern
plant. is also in a serious condition as
the outcome of an assault by someone
unknown. 1t seems that Mr.. Penney
was at the dispensary in Little Italy
about the same time party of
young men from the village. They had
demanded beer. but were refused and
resented the refusal by starting to