The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-30

An organized band Of cutthroats and
robbers from the valleys of Macedonia
| are being sought by the police for the
| murder of the six Macedonian laborers
at 243 Tenth avenue s, Monday night.
The methods Of the murderers are
those Of the foreign brigands, who are
taught murder as means OF hvel1hood
! from their native haunts, they came to
this country only to resume their work
among their fellow countrymen, whose
| habits are known to them. The police
| have come to this conclusion after sew
eral hours conference with Peter Stoy-
anoff, head of the Macedonian railroad
| gang, this forenoon.
sands of dollars, rewarded the bandits,
| for every one Of the six murdered men
| carried large sum. Some of them had
more than 1000, while others, who
| had spent less time in America, had
less. The murderers had watched. the
! ]aborers day by day, probably. working
| by their side, and waited their chance
for striking sure blow.
stoyanoff Sees the Bodies.
| stoyanoff knows nothing Of the muir
! der and was in no way implicated In
it, neither were any Of the men who
went to Duluth Monday afternoon. He
was brought back to Minneapolis this
morning by Detective John Stavlo and
went at once to the county morgue,
where the police learned for the first
time the true names of the victims OF
the tragedy.
| The first body to meet the gaze Of
Stoyanoff was that Of his cousin, Kris
tin Yovko, the youngest of the six, who
was found dead in the basement OF the
old shack. ..
Falling PROSTATE across the body,
Stoyanoff gave way to his grief and
muttered excitedly to himself as he
| stroked the hair Of the dead boy. He
remained there for some time until
dragged away by the police. He then
viewed the others and instantly gave
| their names as Nikola Kaleff, Athenas
Kristin Yovko and Kire Demitri.
| Stoyanoff was in charge Of Police
Superintendent Doyle, and an inter
prefer noted every word that passed his
Inns. He was deeply affected by the
sight of the bodies, but his actions were
omen and frank and in no way excited
suspicion.
He was then led back to police head
quarters, where he was questioned IoI
several hours by the interpreter. he
was shown the bloody knives that had
| killed his FELLOW cOunIry1neH anu oouSAn;
and at once exclaimed that they had
been murdered for money, for none OF
! the men in the house carried knives OF
. any kind.
Hard-Working, Honest Men.
They were all peaceable men, he said
] who came to this country to better
themselves, to give honest work fol
their pay. In Macedonia they had plen,
4 ty of work, but when they went out in
4 the morning they never knew but that
when they returned the Turks would
put them to the sword and burn their
homes. They were laborers who went
4 to school there and tried to become
good men, he said, but found they had
no chance, and came to America. They
boarded their money, hoping that some
day the Turkish outrages would cease
and that they might return home and
live in peace and ease.
4 Every cent was boarded and they
even-starved their bodies that they
might have more to take back. They
did not often trust to banks, but car.
ried their money in their belts OF
clothes. Money was their idol and they
! refused to trust even their own brothers
with it.
Good and quiet men, but misers fol