The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-29
POLICE CONVINCED
ROBBERY NOT MOTIVE; VlE;
House III Which Bodies Found
Had Been Rented to An Ital-
ian for the Use Of Railroad
Laborcrs, Of Whom He
Was Foreman - Lived
and Slept in Rooms.
6(By ASSOCIATED press.)

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, March 2S.-
SIX murdered Bulgarans we're found To-
day IN an old house at No. 245 Tenth
Avenue, South, and tho police are uncer,-5 ,-5
tain how or when the murders we're
committed, although the evidence thus
far secured indicates that tho men were
killed during fight between twelve Bul-
garlans who had rented the housed The
police arc convinced that robbery was
not the cause OF all the murders, as
considerable money was found on tie
bodies They also scout the idea OF any
secret society, with motives Of revenge.
The dead are said to be-:
5NICOLO DlMITRi, ssssss5 RI
4KlRLE DlAlITRI. III 3j.5 4
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IlERSTAN YOViO
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81 BAAkON& fAPANN1.i
-Four Of the bodies, horribly cut and
slashed with knives, were found in q
cellar were two others with their throats
cut Near the bodies were found FIVE
eIargn bowie knives and a llatchet. &'
The &Dimitrs were evidently father and
son All of the men were compal.ativelS
Young and smoothfaced The mcns
names we're secured from letters in sacks
and satchels that were found in y the
room where the four bodies lay
Nationality Of Men.
The nationality of the men was deter
mined BY Rev. Boskowicz, pastor OF q
Greek church, who read the letters found
in the house. He found among the papers
a discharge from tho Turkish army be-.
longing to8Agne Karonl.E2
IT, q Mkillnborg, q draynan says that
Monday afternoon SIX men asked him to
Il, ks six packages from the house at No.
o45 rentl, Avenue, III South to the antorn
sstation.t'SOn arriving Ut. thcatl,ouse he
found there were twelve packages. and,
after some haggling about the price. he
took them to the station. Aeyotng man
rode on the wagon. while the five other
men walked. 5... 4.
From the Information they have OBJ
taned. the police believe the murders
worc committed some time between mid
night Sunday and Monday morning.
S. Magnuson, owner OF tho house. says
that an Italian rented part of the house
of him four months ago to house twelve
railroad aborerS. of whom he Was fore
man. The men lived. slept and ate their
meals in the rooms on the second floor.
The Italian foreman was never seen
again by Ma gnuson. # 4, #
Fought in House.
This morning an old German, who oc-
c,pled the first floor Of the house. told
thlagnuson that a fight had occurred in
tho upper rooms Sunday night. After
informing NIagnuson OF the fight the
German disappeared. Magnuson Informed
the police that n murder had probably
been committed In the house, and 1.-The
police broke into the Bnlgarian's lodgipSs.
The two bodies in the basement. ac-
cording 10 Coroner IEstlcr had been
dead nearly two days. The bodies In the
l.rl or rooms appeared to havos been KILL
cd more recently. The police. say that
the men found in teh basement may have
been murdered for their money, and that
a fisht followed upstairs over a division
os the spoils. The bodies found upstairs
were slashcd all over, especially about
tho face and throats. One man had
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