The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-30
Bodies Of Hundreds Of Bulgarians
= Found in an Old House
LIFE EXTINCT SEVERAL DAYS
Evidence Indicates That the Men We're
Killed During Fight Between
Twelve BulgarianS-Robbcry Not tia,
Cause of the Crime-Moncy Belt.
Containing Money. Found Near the
Dead Bodies.

Minneapolis, Mnrch sS.-Six muir
dered Bulgarians were found today in
an old house at 245 Tenth avenue.
south. and the police are uncertain
how or when the murders were COM
mitted, although the evidence thus far
secured indicates that the men were
killed during a fight between twelve
Bulgarians who had rented the house.
The police are convinced that rob-
berry was not the cause OF all the muir
ders. as considerable money was found
on the bodies. They also scout the
idea of any secret society with motives
of revenge. The dead are said 10 be:
NICOLO DIMIRTI
KIRLE DIMIRTI.
ACNE KAROFIL.
kERSTAN YOVKO.
UNKA MAUDABA
BAAkON KAPANNI E
Four of the bodies horribly cut an.
slashed with knives were found I'm a
room on the second floor. while in the
cellar were two others with their
throats cut. Near the bodies were
found five large bowie knives and a
hatchet
The Dimitris' were evidently father
and son. All OF the men were COM
paratively young and smooth-faced.
The mems names were secured from
letters in sack and satchels that were
found in the room where the four
bodies lay.
The nationality of the men was de-
termined by Rev. Bosk owicz. pastor OF
Greek church who read the letters
found in the house. He found among
the papers discharge from the Turk
40 rIVRsr 70
J. Mfkilinborg, a drayman says that
Monday afternoon several men asked
him to take packages from the house
245, Tenth avenue, south, to the union
station. On arriving at the house he
found there were twelve packages and
after some haggling about the price
he took them to the station.
4 young man rode on the wagon
while the five other men walked. From
the information they have obtained the
police believe the murders were COM
mitted sometime between midnight
Sunday and Monday morning.
s. Magnuson. owner of the house.
says that an Italian rented part OF the
house of him four months ago TO house
twelve railroad laborers OF whom he
was foreman. The men lived. slept and
ate their meals in the rooms on the
second floor. The Italian foreman was
never seen again by Magnuson.
Inls morning an old German who
occupied the first floor OF the house
told Magnuson that fight had occurr-
ed In the upper rooms Sunday night.
After informing Magnuson of the fight
the German disappeared. Magnuson
informed the police that a murder had
probably been committed in the house,
and, the police broke into the Bulga-
rians lodgings. The two bodies in the
basement, according to Coroner Kist-
Ter. had been dead nearly two days.
The bodies in the upper rooms ap-
peared to have been killed more re-
Gently. The police say that the men
found in the basement may have been
murdered for their money and that a
fight followed I'D stairs over a division
OF the spoils. The bodies found up
stairs We're slashed all over especially
about the face and the throats. One
man had fallen against q hot stove
and the right side of his face was
burned off. Beside this man lay the
bloody hatchet. Near the bodies found
up stairs were two money belts con-
tanning $500 in gold.
In two satchels found In the house
were articles which. IL is thought may
have belonged 10 an order OF the
Greek church. There were also sew
eral religious embIems and a biscuit
with emblems on one side and a pic
ture Of Saint on the other There
We're two sets OF linen robes and caps
on which sacred pictures were crudely
painted.