The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-18
STOLID POLES
ARE INDIFFERENT
Refuse to Give Information Re.
aarding Murder of ParduIa
Sunday Night

John Pardula, Pole 26 years Of age
and a millhand, lies dead at the morgue
with a knife wound in his heart
Seven men are held in the central police
station on suspicion Of murder. They
are: George Pardula, brother of the muir
dered man, who has knife wound in his
back; John Dzieadzina, Jacob Tomashak,
John Stopa, who is cut about the head and
body; Peter WurZaz, cut about the arms;
Thomas WurZaz and Anton Javinek. Ali
who have not knife wounds have black
eyes.
That there were eight men in the bat
tie on Marshall street northeast Sunday
night, and that one man is dead and the
other seven locked up. is all the in
formation that is in the possession of the
police.
Continuous questioning by Desk Ser
geant Joe Schutta, himself Pole, and
Assistant County Attorney Bernhagen
and others has failed to bring out any
thing that will identify the murderer.
Nothing but Theory
John Stoba is believed by the author
tiles TO be the man who welded the
weapon, and it is also thought that Peter
Wurzaz, who was found in bed with
him. both seriously cut, was in proximity
to the dead man when he received the IA
tai blow.
The men are reticent and taciturn and
seem to look upon the affair as no con-
Germ to the public; it was their trouble
and they seem inclined to the opinion
they Were entitled to settle it as best
Five men We're arrested without trou
BILE. There was some interesting incl
dents in connection with the arrest OF
Thomas WurZaZ and Anton Javinek at
1913 First street north about 5 O'Clock
yesterday morning.
Peter WurZaZ asserted that his brother
lived at 123 Western avenue and he was
made TO direct the detectives to the place.
Man Behind a Gun
>, Detectives Schutta, Gallagher and
ID1
companied the expedition. The house
surrounded was that of Jacob Polek, and
he eVinced a disposition to keep within
his castle. Repeated refusals to open the
door, reinforced by a revolver which he
was not chary in displaying prevented an
immediate assault upon the domicile, and
requirements were called for. Eight
uniformed policemen under Lieut. Riviere
appeared on the scene and the barbados
torn away. Polek was found with a big
revolver In his hand, but he suffered him
sen 10 De dlsarmed after asking that the
weapon be returned to him before he
went to work in the morning.
Inc men We're not there, but it was
learned that Thomas Wurzaz and Javinek
We're at 1913 First street north. In a lit
lie novel of three small rooms there were
found two beds in one room and three
tody.
In five hours the seven men who were
supposed to be involved in the fight were
all under lock and key.
Liquor and a Grudae
An indulgence in liquor-although none
OF the men was drunk when arrested
and an old grudge are believed to have
been responsible for the murder.
Two gangs visited different saloons on
Marshall street Sunday afternoon. but
never at the same time
In one, We're Pardula, who was killed;
ms brother, DZieadzina and Tomashak
The other band included Stropa. the
Wurzaz brothers and Javinek
, About 11:30 the two bands met under
the glare of an electric light in front of
was an exchange of unpleasantries and
Pardula, the dead man, seized Stopa and
knives We're drawn.
John Duzak and his brother, living