Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-29
NICHOLO DIMITRI.
KARL DIMITRI.
ACME KAROFIL.
KERSTAN YOVKO.
UNKA NAUDABA.
nAAEON EAp NM

! TTNKA NAUDABA
! BAAKON KAPANNL
The Dimitris were evidently father and
/ son. all OF the men were comparatively
young. None Of the men bore any names
/ about their clothing, those given being
taken from letters in the sacks and satch-
els i'm the room where four of the bodies
were found
The nationality of the men was determ-
ined by Rev Boskowic, pastor of the Greek
church here. He found among the papers
discharge from the Turkish army, belong
ing to Agne Karofl.
Drnyman Furnishes Clue.
I The only clue to the wholesale murder
which may lead to something definite was
obtained from a drayman named Mickle-
/ berg He says he was approached last Mon
| day afternoon by some men, whom he took
/ to be Italians or Greeks. who wanted him
/ to take six packages from the house where
( the bodies were found to the Union station.
! on arriving at the house he found there
were twelve packages, and after some hag-
| Cling about the price he took them to the
station. A young man. aged about 20 years,
rode on the wagon with him. The other
man walked The man who rode on the
wagon said the party going to Duluth.
At the station he noticed that the men from
men, woman and little girl. From this
clue the police believe that the murders
were committed some time between mid
night Sunday and Monday morning. This
suspicion is clinched by the statements OF
S. Magnuson. owner OF the house. At
about 10 O'Clock today he asked the police
! to search the house He said that an aged
German who occupied the lower floor of
the house could not be found. He it was
who notified Magnuson that fight had
occurred.
! Aged German Missing.
The German said he heard shutting in the
rear OF the house, but thought nothing OF 1t
until today, when he observed that the
tenants above him were not moving about
as usual After notifying MagnHsoH, the
German disappeared and has not. been To-
Gated up TO Il late hour today. Magnuson
at once notified the police who broke open
the doors and made the horrifying dis
covery. Magnuson told the police that
about four months ago u well-dressed
Italian rented the upper floor of the house
and paid four months rent in advance. The
Italian told him he was foreman of a rail-
road construction gang, and that none of
the hotels would keep the men. The next
day twelve men moved their few belongings
in. They went to work each day and re-
turned in the evening. They were quiet,
never drank and those living about the
place paid little attention to them. Magnu-
son never inquired their names and merely
entered them on the books as tenants for
whom four months rent had been paid in
advance. The foreman" was never seen
again, and the police have absolutely no
knowledge Of his identity The two bodies
in the basement, according TO Coroner
Kistler. had been dead nearly two days
The blood surrounding the bodies in the
upper rooms was more fresh than that
around those in the cellar. Also the wounds
on the four appeared to have been made
later.
Fight Follows First Murder.
The men in the basement had been killed
by having their throats cut, and the police
are inclined 20 believe that they were mur-
dered for their money and that free-for-
ali fight followed over a division OF the
spoils This is indicated by the wounds on
the bodies found in the upper room Their
faces were slashed almost beyond recogni-
ton and there were wounds all over the
! bodies, all however, having deep slashes
In the throat One man had fallen against
; a hot stove and the right side OF his face
I was burned past all Identification. Beside
this man lay the bloody hatehet. The tight
for money theory is borne out by the find
? ing near the bodies OF money belts in
which was $506 I'm United States currency
: and gold On one of the bodies found
l a watch which was still going. Some Of the
z bodies had been stripped, evidentys for
robbery The police here and at St. Paul
are looking for two boys, aged about 12
and Is years. who were I'm the house Sun
! day, who are missing, but who are not
supposed TO have had anything to do with
: the murders,
/ In the two satches found in the house
were besides some woOdsmens clothing, a
curious set OF regalia, consisting of caps,
: robes and kerchiefs containing characters
and emblems which it is thought may have
belonged 10 an order Of the Greek church.
There were also beads and several other
religious emblems.