Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-07-21
QUARREL may end
IN MURDER

With bullet hole through his head
and one in his neck, Joe Grandronno
is lying at point of death at the Min
ers' Hospital at Fairmount Springs,
while the would.be murderer made his
escape, and the causes leading to the
commission of the crime, while primar
lily due to pay day at the colliery are
complicated. the crime being commit
ed while an attempt was being made
to arrest Centraila foreigners who had
previously pulled a gun on Charles
Fetterman. of Centra liza. the crime be-
ing committed by foreigner who was
leading the officers to the scene of tine
former crime, and at time when it
was his life or GrandronDo's.
The quarrel started in row of houses
on East Railroad street, Centraiia,
about nine o'clock, Saturday evening
Italians lived in one end of the row !;
Charles Fetterman in the middle, and
Polanders at the other end. 1t had
been pay day Saturday and Nicholas
Grandronno started a fight with John
Bruconey. Polish family. the latter
alleging that Nicholas was attempting
to force an entrance into his house.
Joe Scounioner sided in with Nicholas
as did Char lie Miller and Tonic Grand
ronno, while Charlie Fetterman and
several of the Polauders sided in with
Bruconey. Nothing more than fists
were used until Joe Grandronno pull
ed a gun on Charles Fetterman. shoot
ing him in the shoulder.
Information was then lodged against
Joe and the crowd by Bruconey and
the warrants placed in the hands of
Oonstables Langdon and Gain, who
secured John Conway and Mike Grant
to accompany them. With them was
a foreigner to identify the guilty men.
When the constables and their as
sistants entered the house they found
about twenty foreigners there but not
the men they wanted. Gain, Conw ay
and Grant started upstairs with the
light while Langdon remained down
stairs in the dark.
A minute later he heard shot on t.
side. and rushing out he found Joe
Grandronno and the Polsnder who had
accompanied them to identify the
guilty parties facing each other. Joe
had been in hiding under the porch
and it was for him that Cain and the
assistants we're upstairs. His idea had
been undoubtedly to pick off the Po-
lander aud the constables as they left
the house, bnt he failed because the
Polander had not entered the house.
Who fred the first shot is not known,
but the general expression of opinion
is that Joe had fired first. When Con-
stable Langdon appeared they had been
blazing at each other, and the Poland
er mistaking him for foreigner, turn
ed his gun on him. Langdon quickly
yelled to him, and fearing that if he
shot his assailants still in the house
would fare ill, Langdon kept his fire
in reserve. but stood gun in hand.
Quick as a flash the Polander turn
ed his gun on Joe and firing twice
felled him in his tracks. with bullet
in his head aud one through his neck.
Seeing what he had done, the Poland
er fled and has not yet been captured.
The victim was then.taken to the Min
ers' Hospital, where an operation
was performed yesterday morning,
and information from the hospital
is to the effect that the victims
condition was trife more favorable
yesterday.
Nicholas Grandronno, who started
the first frscas, has escaped. but Joe
Scounionder, who assisted Nicholas,
Charles Miller and Tony Grandronno
were arrested. the latter two securing
bail. which the first named failed to
secure. and because of that is now IN
the Columbia County Jail.