New-York tribune., 1906-11-13
PITTSBURG CRIME WAVE
Woman Nailed to Sink and Many
Murders ArOuse City.

Pittsburg. Nov. 12.-Vicious murders and brutal
assaults have been numerous I'm the last fort
night that the Mayor and the Director OF Public
Safety added many extra patrolmen 20 the force
last night without legal authority trusting to pub
lie opinion to forcs the Select and Common
ellis TO indorse their action. Three murders. more
than score Of big robberies. atrocious assaults
and multitude of smaller crimes in the last twen
ty-four hours forced them to this action.
Smiths murderer, II Is thought is now held by
tho police. They arrested a man who called
himself Charles Bucini for the murder tonight.
Bucini had a bullet wound IN the hand. 1t is sup
posed that Smith shot him. and caused him TO
drop tho revolver now In the possession OF the
police ITO calm the community they gay, the
police refuse TO give any information concerning
Buclni. which has caused considerable criticism.
At the meeting OF the Select and Common Coun-
ellis tonight message from Mayor Guthrie was
read. urging the need of police. All business
was cast aside and a bill was railroaded through
authorizing the Director OF Public Safety to at
once put on the police payroll one hundred more
patrolrnen He had already done So trusting 10
public opinion to force the councils to approve
his action.
Trade and business associations, appalled, by the
helplessness of the city. holding indignation
meetings and sending petitions and resolutions to
the Mayor and police officials. The murder OF
young business man in the East End early yester-
day morning prompted special meeting OF the
East End Board OF Trade, at which a vigilance
committee appointed resolution calling
citizens to and recommending the purchase Of
bloodhounds was presented and referred 70 the
vigilance committee.
Ths regular meeting of the Pittsburg Board of
Trade held TO night also. instead OF next week
A committee was appointed to confer with the city
officials
All the newspapers are offering rewards OF 5000
for the arrest OF each person connected with the
murder Of James A. McMiIen last week that of
Harry F. Smith yesterday.
The record of the last twenty-four hours is
worse than that OF Tombstone In its most law
less days. including. it does. the mailing OF
woman to a kitchen sink. The first murder report
sd yesterday that of Henry F. Smith young
business man. who shot by burglars early
yesterday morning. Charles r. Lawrence was
beaten and robbed in the street IN the middle OF
the city little later and left unconscious Mich
olas Lewis. Of sharpsburg. was also beaten and
robbed. The police later found Raymond White,
OF Duquesne. in the street. where footpads had
broken several Of his ribs
Soon after daylight the tenants OF a tenement
house I'm Forbes street. the steel mills, were
attracted by screams to the fiat occupied by Mrs.
Jean Mitchell. They found her huddled on the
floor before the kitchen sink. her outstretched
hands nailed to the edge. the blood streaming
down her arms. On the floor hatchet which
had been used to drive the two big nails. At the
hospital she said that she had been struck the
back o. the head. and did not know who had driven
the nails through her hands. She Is only nineteen
years old.
AS the day went on sciaha Randuce slcilan.
was stabbed to death IN a boarding house fight
between laborers Three others We're badly cut by
knives and razors. Peter Nazldenoi died IN the
Allegheny Hospital, after being shot by another
Italian. Nazidenci playing mandolin. and
to shoot off his thumb The bullet s d this aSd
also perforated the musicians stomach Fedora
arrested.
Late this afternoon. only few hundred feet from
Police Headquarters. Mrs A. G. Poynton was as
Bauted and robbed in a crowded street by two men.
who made their escape. The police have made no
progress in catching her assailants.