The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-12
MAN DIES IN LOOKUP;
 MAY BE CASE OF MURDER
GENERAL FIGHT IN 4 WATER
 STREET SALOON.

Three Men Arrested-Later One of
 Them, Willis $. Francis, Dies-Poiiee
 Then Make a Number os Additional
 Arresfs-coroner and Medical Ex-
 aminer Inyestigate-Inquest Held in Commissioners, ROom-TroubIe Said
 to Have started Over Woman.
 A general fight took place in the sa- loon kept by Domenico Cioramello at 274 Water street shortly before o'clock last evening, and one of those engaged in it, Willis s. Francis, who was arrest ed, died in the lookup a few minutes before 3 o'clock. Francis was quite badly battered in the fight. but whether the injuries which he received were the cause of his death or not the authori- ties were not in position to state last night. s.* ~.ss
 The first intimation which the police had of the affair was when Sergeant Gibson received telephone call at po-. lice Headquarters stating that a man had been murdered at 2T4 Water street. The patrol wagon was immediately sent there with Sergeant Tighe and Police men Marlow and Heenan. On the ar rival of the officers on the scene they found Willis s. Francis. railroad fire man, who lived at I40 Carlisle street; James c. Cakes. Of 232 Congress ave- nue; Cornelius F. Leary, of 142 Portsea street, and Cornelius Nicholari, of 129 Carlisle street These men were all ar rested and charged with breach of the. peace In addition to this Francis was. also charged with drunkenness and in. jury to private property, as 1t was all legged that he broke a window during the fight.
 Domenico Cioramello, the keeper of the saloon, came to headquarters irn- nediately after the. arrests and gave a bond of $50 for NichoIari, who, 1t is now alleged, was Francis principal oppos5 nent in the fight. A.z *. <
 About $40 o'clock Doorman Grant went into the lookup and found that
 Francis was dead. It was a great sur prise to Sergeant Cook. who had been talking to Francis only a short time be-. fore, and beyond a few bruises seemed to be all right. Francis said at that time that the trouble had just been a saloon fight.
 As soon as Sergeant Cook found that the man was dead he immediately got busy, and after notifying the coroner and medical examiner Policemen Mar low and Welch and Detective Donnelly were sent out to find out all they could concerning the trouble at the saloon. As a result of their investigation not only was Nicholaei rearrested, but Cio- ranaelIo, the saloonkeeper, and seven others were also brought in. All these were locked up Tn separate cells, Nicho- tlari occupying cell No. 36. All of those brought iii were held by order of the coroner without bonds, except Angelo coppolo, who lives upstairs over the saloon in which the trouble occurred. He was allowed to go home after his examination, and later Cioramello and a man named Sanford were also re- leased.
 As soon as Coroner Mix arrived he immediately held an investigation, and owing to the large number of witnesses
 to be examined it was nearly ? o'clock this morning before he had finished and the hearing will be resumed in Coroner Mix's office this morning at 9:30. Medical Examiner Bartlett viewed the remains and then ordered them rernov- led to Sisk's undertaking rooms on Grand avenue, This morning he will make an autopsy of the remains to de- termine the exact cause of death. After Coroner Mix had finished his examination he stated that he had not llearned the exact cause of the trouble
 other than that it was a general mix Iup. He held one of the witnesses, Will liam Smith, for further examination,
 and subpenaed the others. According to the coroner, billiard cues, fists, etc, figured in the fight.