Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-04
WHOLESALE CRIME
IN MINNEAPO Oils
DEAD BODIES OF SIX RULGAR.
lANS FOUND.
MURDERERS FALL OUT
Two Men Killed and Robbed and Four
Deaths Follow in Bloody Struggle
Over Division of the spoils-
Faint Clue Given by a Dray
man.

Minneapolis, Mar. 90 "A wholesale
murder was uncovered in Minneapolis
yesterday, waan the hacked and mutt
lated bodies Of six Bulgarian men, eyI-
IDENTIFY workmen, We're found lying
pools OF coagulated blood in a little
tumble-down house at 245 Tent
avenue
-Four bodies We're found in a sleeping
room on the second floor. cut and
slashed IN horrible manner, while Il
the cellar We're Two others with their
throats cut from ear to ear. All the
men had died by the knife Near the
bodies were found five large bowie
knives with razor edged blades nearly
eight inches long, and a bloodstalned
Ratchet The dead are
NIcolo Demitri.
Korle Demitri
Agne Karotil.
kerstan Yoyko.
Unka Nauda5a.
Baakon Kapanni
The Demitris We're evidently father
and son. The only possible clue was
obtained from drayman named Nick
lenbeTg. He says he was approached
Monday afternoon last by some men
whom he took to be Italians or Greeks,
who wanted him 10 take six pc -kag 5
from the house where the dead bodies
were found 10 the union station. On
arriving at the house he found there
were II packages and after some hay-
Cling about the price he took them 10
the station. one OF the men rode on
the wagon with him and SAID the party
were going to Duluth From tnis
clue the police believe the murders
were committed some time between
midnight Sunday and Monday morn
ing.
5. Magnusor, owner Of the house
where the murders occurred, yester
day asked the police 20 search .ne
place. He said that an aged Gerna;
who occupied the lower floor OF the
house could not be found He it Was
who notified Magnuson that a fight had
taken place in the rooms above Su l.
day night. The German said he ura
scufiing IN the rear Of the house, but
thought nothing Of it until yesterday,
when he observed that the tenants
above him were not moving ABOUT )
usual After notifying Magnuson the
German disappeared and had nor
been located up 10 late hour yestar-
day. The police broke open the doors
and made the hoTTifying discovery
The two bodies found in the Dase-
ment, according 10 Coroner Kisyler,
had been dead nearl1 Two days The
blood surrounding the bodies in the
upper rooms was freshcr lhan th'J
around those in The cellar Also the
wounds on the four appeared 10 have
been made later The men in the
basement had been Killed by having
their thrOats cut and The police are
inclined 10 believe tAat hey were
murdered for their money aud L5,0 8.
freeforall fight followed over ,n
division cf the spols This is indl
Gated by wounds Oh the bodies found
in the upper room Their faces were
slasacd almost beyond recognition
and there we-e wound All over tho
bodies, alI however having deep
slashes in the tbroa One man haa
fallen against q hot stove and he
right side Of his face was burned past
al identification. Beside this man
lay a bloody hatchet.
The fight for the money theory Is
borne out BY finding near the bodies
money belts containing $500 On one
Of tho bodies was found a watch whi
.as still going Some OF the bodies
had been stripped evidently Tor ROB
berry.