The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-09-06
BLOODY BATTLE
With FOREIGNERS
Two Pennsylvania State Police Kill.
ed and -Four Wounded.
THE MURDERERS SURROUNDED

Punxsutawney. Pa, Sept. 3.-In
the 81 members of Troop D, State Con-
stabulary. in which fully 500 shots
were fired. two troopers were killed
and one fatally wounded, while three
other persons received bullet wounds.
The murderers are now surrounded in
a house at the Florence mine, seven
miles from here Further loss of life
Is feared, for the besieged Italians
are well supplied with arms and am.
munition.
The dead are: Private John Henry,
of Philadelphia; Private Francis Zeh-
ringer. of Conshohocken.
Fatally injured: Private Homer c.
Chambers, of Rochester Pa.
The others wounded are: Private
William A. Mullen, of Harrisburg, shot
through the foot; First Seargeant Jo-
seph Logan, of Dubois, shot through
the leg; George FelitZsky, aged IL
years, son of Steve Felitzsky, 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 Wa'tzoch. 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 NaitaOch under arrest the lat.
ter invited him into the boarding
house to prove his good character.
Lo""n had scarcely passed the door
wEen one OF the Italians in the house
ma,;e a Iunge at him with stiletto
the Weapon passing between his arm
ard Jody. LOGAN retreated, but be
fore ne got Is feet from the building
an Italian opened fire on him with
| 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 q
Black Hand man to deal with. He
then telephoned to the barracks al
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 il
was shot down. Chambers and Null
| len, in attempting the rescue of theil
| companion. were both shot down be
| fore they reached him. telephone
| call was then sent for in tor the entire
force and l5 additional troopers were
hurried to the scene. When the sec
ond detachment arrived, and while II
of the constabulary kept firing into
| the windows and front doors, six po
| licemen made rush for the side door,
which they battered in. Three of the
officers, Zehringer, Gross and Cum
mings dashed up the stairs, but were
| confronted by three of the despera
does. who opened fire. Zehringer fell
at the first volley, but the two other
| men escaped. Quick as a<zfiash the
| gang closed the door. and there is lit
tie doubt that Zehringer was killed, al
| several shots were fired inside imme
| diately after the door was closed
Realizing that lives were being sacri
feed uselessly and the storm and
| darkness being on, the troopers sent
for carbines and prepared to keep the
house surrounded.
The widest excitement prevails In
| Punxsutawney and nearby towns. Fiji
teen troopers and several policemen
! together with many citizens, heavily
armed. are on guard. Sixteen Italians
board in the beSeged house, but it Is
not known how many are inside ol
| the number implicated in the shoot
! ing The position Of the watchers is q
| perilons one, as there are many
| treacherous members of the Black
| Hand in and about Florence and the
| surrounding mines.