The daily tribune., 1906-01-17
ITALIAN MURDERED
IN COLD BLOOD
Antonia Villa Shot Down by
an American.
Doninero Pafarilla, a Nineteen
Year Old Boy, is Mortally
Wounded-Dead Man
is Brought Here.

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dead in the Diebert undertaking par.
lors and Dominero Pafarilla, aged
nineteen. both Italians, lies mortally
wounded at Portland as result Of
shooting scrape in the Italian saloon
there at $3.50 last night and E. NJ.
Wheeler, q white man, who Is accused
of doing the shooting is at large.
The saloon was crowded with
white people. Italians and negroes.
Some Of them bad been drinking but
most of them were seated in chairs
about the place. This was true with
the two Italians who were shot. One
OF them. Villa, the older of the two,
had a 3S.caliber revolver which pro.
truded from his pocket. Wheeler en-.
tered the building assuming tn, title
Of deputy sheriff. asked villa to
turn the gun over to him. saying no
one was allowed to carry guns in Port.
land.
villa obeyed the order and Wheeler
stuck the revolver in his pocket.
In few minutes he went out the rear
door of the saloon but soon returned
armed W ith q 30 80 caliber Winchester
repeater. Advancing to the front OF
the saloon he spied long dirk pro.
truding from the right sleeve Of
Villas coat.
This was the danger signal as far
as Wheeler was concerned. so he
leveled the rife &C the breast of Villa
fired twice and the Italian dropped to
the floor stone dead. The cartridges
in the rife being emptied he then
turned the revolver that he had taken
from Villas pocket onto Pafarilla
and shot him.
The two bullets struck villa to the
right and above the right nipple and
Pafsrilla was shot in the same region
but bis wounds have not yet proven
fatal. He WAS still at Portland this
morning and there 10 but little II any
hope held out for his recovery.
1t is said there " ere two negro 40.
complies with Wheeler and one of
them, Abe Miller. was seen to run
awav TOW ard Pueblo with the white
man. The wherea bouts Of the other
10 . mystery. The officers here were
notified within twenty minutes
after the shooting. Coroner Paxton
went down to hold an Investigation
and he will hold an inquest over the
dead man some time today. Pue.
bio officers were notified Of the mur.
der and that the murderers were
headed in that direction and = close
lookout WAS maintained In the steel
city but no arrests were made up to
the time this article WAS written.
One negro. who 1t was at first
thought WAS implicated in the
affrAy was captured but 1t was aft.
erward proven that he IL in no way
connected with the scrape. He WAS
brought to the city Jail here and Is
being held as = witness a. his story
will be necessary in the coroner's in.
quest.
Eye witnesses claim that 1t was one
OF the most cold blooded murders
that has ever occurred In this locality
~ there was not word spoken by
anyone only with the exception Of
when Wheeler asked villa for his gun
when the former first entered the
building. Sheriff Esser arrived at the
scene Of the murder sometime after
the shooting - he could not make
go cd train connections.
Wheeler 10 described ~ being ave
feet six inches tall and will weigh
about 100 pounds; wears . sandy
mustache and . goatee; 10 40 years old
and has been In the habit Of loanng