The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-13
ITALIAN IS SLAIN
IN MERCUR CAMP
Antonio Pedro Shot Down by
Fellow Mine La
borer.
FOUR ARRESTS EFFECTED
TOWN IN FEVER OF EXCITE
MENT AS RESULT OF MURDER.

As result OF quarrel among a gang
OF Italian mine laborers at Mercur early
Saturday morning, Antonio Pedro, an
Italian, lies dead, shot through the head
and Jim Appelly. Carosa ROsididia. Jo-
seph Calufello and Nick Carusi all Ital-
JAMS. are under arrest charged with com
plicity in the murder.
IT appears that the five men. with some
others, began drinking in the Golden Gate
saloon. an Italian resort, at a late hour
on Friday night There was consider
able quarreling among them. but not suf-
Icient TO give cause for uneasiness or
TO afford the slightest hint of the dark
tragedy which was TO follow. About 1:3O
IN the morning Pedro left the saloon in
company with some of his companions
and headed for Geyser Gulch. the Ital-
ian quarter of the camp. Appelly and
his gang left shortly afterwards and the
next known was when the entire camp
was awakened by brick fusilade of
shots.
Officers on the Scene.
Marshal Thomas Culliman. and the
night marshal. William Brough were at
tracted by the firing and as quickly as
possible made their way in the direction
of the shots. Arrived at the Gulch they
found the window Of the house of Pc
drO shattered and upon investigation dis
covered the lifeless form OF the victim
lying in a pool of blood on the floor
The officers were quick TO act and in
q few minutes had succeeded i'm break
ing down the doors of three or four
shaclSs in the neighborhood and arrest
ing the participators in the saloon quar-
rel Every man was armed 10 the teeth.
one mad shotgun fully loaded and
cooked lying beside his bed. and all had
reVolvers or knives. The men surren-
dered after brief show of resistance
and were quickly locked UP.
Yesterday the entire camp was I'm a
fever of excitement following the kill
ing Not a single Italian showed up for
work in the mines. out Of a pOssibie 10
pmDlOVp0 a
held before Judge Dunlavey and a YER
dict of death at the hands of three or
more Italians in a quarrel which origi-
mated IN a saloon. was returned. The
body OF the victim will be brought to
salt Lake Monday for burial. and the
date OF the trial of the men under arrest
Will likely be set within a few days
The evidence obtained at the inquest
went 10 show that the man had been
killed by single nickel jaclSeted bullet
fired from a Browning automatic pistol
similar to that taken from one of the
prisoners The ball entered the left eve
and lodged in the back of the head Fol-
lowing the shooting Drs. Thayer and Ber-
~ were called, but the man had been
dead some time upon their arrival In
their opinion death had been almost in
Simultaneous.
is Black Hand Implicated?
Accounts of the trouble which led up
TO the shooting vary but the opinion is
general that the quarrel was between
its origin i'm the days when both men
were residents of sunny Italy. It is not
known positively that either of the men
were members of any Italian secret So
ciety, but rumors of Black Hand oaths
and Malta obligations were rife i'm the
camp yesterday. Everything was quiet.
however, and there is nothing TO indi-
cate any further outbreaks
On account of the recent closing down
OF the roasting department of the Con-
soltdated Mercur mine. the principal mine
OF the camp, Mercur has been quieter for
the past few weeks than at any time
i'm its history. Only n small percentage
OF the former hundreds of men EMPLOYED
have been working since before Christ
mas and the spirit of the Italian element
has been daily growing more restless
Residents Of the camp give great credit
10 Marshals Culliman and Brough for
their prompt action in making the ar
rests and securing the alleged criminals
keely Ice Cream 60. have moved t.
200 So. state. Both phones. 1923.
Dr.. Broadbent's
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