Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-03-29
Six Bulgarians Murdered.

AS was stated In the OaZelte, Six nul-
dered Bulgarian laborers were found yes
terday in an old house at 245 Tenth
avenue south, Minneapolis, MIMI, and
the police are uncertain how or when the
murders we're committed, although the
evidence thus far secured indicates that
the men we're killed during fight among
12 Bulgarians, who had rented the
house.
The police are convinced that robbery
was not the cause of all the murders, as
considerable money was found on the
bodies. They also scout the lea oil any
secret society with motives OF revenge.
Four of the bodies, horribly cut and
slashed with knives. were found in
room on the second floor, while in the
cellar were two others with their throats
cut. Near the bodies we're fund live
large bowie knives and fatchtt
]. Micklenberg, drayman, says that
| Monday afternoon six men asked him TO
take six packages from the house at 245
Tenth avenue uesouth to the Union Station.
On arriving at the house be found there
were u packages, and after some bag
Cling about the price he took them to
| the station.
A young man rode on the wagon,
while the other FIVE men walked. The
man who rode said the party was going
to Duluth. At the station he noticed
that the men from the house we're joined
by several other men, woman and
little girl. From this statement the
police believe that the murders were
committed some time between midnight
Sunday and Monday morning.
S. Magnuson, owner OF the house, says
that an Italian rented part of the house
of hiA four months ago, paying four
months rent in advance, the house to
be used by u railroad laborers, of whom
he was foreman. The ~ men moved in
and lived quietly, working every day.
The men lived, slept and ate their meals
in the rooms on the second floor. The
Italian foreman was never seen again by
MagnusOn.
Yesterday morning an oil German
who occupied the first floor of the house
told Magnuson that fgh. had occurred
in the upper rooms Sunday night The
German snid he had paid little attention
to the fight until he noticed that the oc-
cupants of the second floor had gone
After informing MagOuson of the fight,
the German disappeared.
Maguusol informed the police that a
murder had probably been committed in
the house, and the police broke into the
Bul ,arians' lodgings. The two bodies
in the basement, according to Coroner
Kistler, had beer dead nearly two days.
Those in the upper rooms appeared to
have been killed more recently.
The police say that the men found in
the basement may have been murdered
for their money, and that fight follow
ed upstairs over a division OF the spoils.
The bodies found upstairs were sashed
all over, especially about the face and
the throat.
One man had fallen against hot stove
and the right side of his face was burned
of. Beside this man lay the bloody
hatchtt. Near the bodies found upstairs
were two money bells, containing $5O6
in gold. On one OF the bodies was found
watch that was still going. Some of
the bodies had been stripped.
Aside from the foregoing facts the po-
lice have no information on which to
work, although many unyerifed rumors
are under investigation.
Ia two satchels found in the house was
a regsIia, consisting of caps, robes and
handkerchief, containing characters aud
emblems which it is thought may have
belonged to an order of the Greek Church.
There were alao several religious en-
blems and biscuit with emblems on one
side and picture of saint on the other.
There were two sets of linen, robes and
caps, on which sacred pictures were
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