Milford chronicle., 1906-09-07
BLOODY BATTLE
WITH FOREIGNERS
Two Pennsylvania State Police Kill
ed and Four Wounded.
MURDERER8 HOUSE BLOWN UP


members Of the state eonstabulary
dead, one dying and two others wound
ed is the result of a riot with Italians
at Florence, seven miles from here.
One of the Italians is dead, another is
slightly wounded and two are under
arrest, while the house in which the
rioters barricaded themselves is a
wreck from dynamite used by the
troopers to dislodge the rioters.
The dead are: Private John Henry.
of Philadelphia; Private Francis Zeh-
ringer, of ConshohOcken; unidentified
Italian.
Fatally injured: Private Homer c.
Chambers. of Rochester, Pa.
The others wounded are: Private
William A. Mullen, of Harrisburg, shot
through the foot; First Sergeant Jo-
seph Logan. of Dubois, shot through
the leg; George Felitzsky, aged II
years, son of Steve Felitzsky, a miner.
shot in the leg.
The trouble began when Sergeant
Logan went to Florence to search for
Leopold Scarlat, who is charged with
shooting his brother-in-law Bruno
Trazzone. on Friday night. Logan was
in DR.. BOdenhorn's office, when Saliva
tore Waltzoch. who is said to be one
of the most desperate members of the
Black Hand, started to fight with a
countryman in front of the house
where Waltzoch boards. When Logan
placed Waltzoch under arrest the lat
ter invited him into the boarding
house to prove his good character.
Logan had scarcely passed the door
when one of the Italians in the house
made a lunge at him with a stilettO,
the weapon passing between his arm
and body. Logan retreated, but be-
fore he got IS feet from the building
an Italian opened fire on him with a
magazine shotgun. Logan returned
the fire, and the two men emptied
their weapons at each other. Logan
got one buckshot wound in the foot, |
and the desperate was seen to fall /
back into the house, perhaps fatally |
wounded. Logan. by inquiring of the
residents, learned that he had a
Black Hand man to deal with. He
then telephoned to the barracks at
this place. and a detachment Of five
privates was detailed by Lieutenant
Egle to go to his assistance. When
the detachment arrived Private John
Henry Immediately started for the
house, but when about 20 feet from it
was shot down. Chambers and Null
en-, in attempting the rescue of their
we're both shot down be-
ore they reached him. A telephone
all was then sent for in tor the entire
orce and Is additional troopers were
hurried to the scene. When the sec
md detachment arrived, and while II
4 the constabulary kept firing into {
he windows and front doors, six pO-
Icemen made a rush for the side door, 8
ghich they battered in. Three of the
ficers, Zehringer, Gross and Cum
lings. dashed up the stairs. but were \
onfronted by three of the despera-
oes, who opened fire. Zehringer fell
t the first volley, but the two other !
len escaped. {
The house was then dynamited and Il
ct afre by the troopers. who arrested n
Ro Italians in the house before the
ames gained headway. In the house +
as also found a dead Italian, with a S
uHet through his head. The house Il
as destroyed, and with it a smaller b
ne standing close by. While but two
rrests have been made, a search is S
eing made for others known to have Il
'caped when dynamiting of the house a
as begun.
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