Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-20
Chief Nicholson Gets Man Whom
He Thinks is Wanted in
Des Moincs
After shadowing Stranger on tho
Street, and Relieving Him of Re-
voIver, Suspect Breaks and Runs, and
is Only Captured After Long Chase
Laprovitara identified.

| A young Italian believed to be OF
Moines for the murder OF q companion,
Ottilo Screnvino, was arrested this
| morning shortly after I o'clock by
Chief of Police Nicholson The taking
Of Laprovitara was not without an
exciting chase that covered several
blocks which followed the Italians
bold dash for liberty after he had been
| relieved OF loaded revolver
About O'clock Chief Nicholson was
on West Main street and saw n stran-
ger whom he thought might be the Des
Molnes murderer looking at the pho
tographs in Browns showcase, The
man wandered on up the street to-
ward the east, and stopped at Slerns
store, where he priced clothing. From
there he went to the corner OF Second
avenue and Main, where he stopped
for time, before turning south.
Chief Nicholson followed the
stranger at a distance and watched
him as he walked to Church street.
turned east, and then went north on
Third avenue to the corner of Main.
Nicholson stepped into a saloon. where
he could watch the man without being
observed and saw him start toward
the east The officer then crossed the
street and stopped the fellow, at the
same time running his hands over the
mans hip pockets. The officer found
what he suspected, a loaded revolver.
The weapon was 32-caliber 1Ner y
Johnson, and every chamber was fun.
Prisoner Breaks and Runs.
Chief Nicholson walked his prisoner
west on Main, attempting to draw him
into a conversation. The man talks
very broken English, but replied no
to the question of whether or not he
ever worked in Des Moines. When the
officer reached Second avenue, without
any sign of a warning, the prisoner
dashed to the south, running down the
street to the alley, where he turned
west He turned south again at the
jaA corner and ran south on First
avenue to the alley between Center and
Linn The officer was in close pursuit
his feet, being tighter The next seen
of the man was in the alley running
east and west between Boone and Ne
vada, and from there the fellow ran
west to Center street, south to Nevada
and east to the north and south alley
between Center and First avenue. He
backed on his tracks and came north
all this point, entered a barn, jumped
a fence and then ran south. then west
to a point near Ed Sheriden's grocery
store, where the officer got him just as
he was getting over a wire fence. Both
the officer and the prisoner We're pretty
well winded by the time the Italian was
again in custody.
Answers Description Well.
The prisoner answers the description
furnished by Chief Jones. of the Des
Moines police force with the exception
than the man does not wear "a nustache
as is shown in the last photograph he
had taken. The prisoner is unmistak-
ably italian, about IS years of age, five
feet six inches tall, and weighs about
155 pounds.
Laprovitara's Crime.
Laprovitara's crime was committed
on the evening of Monday, August u,
on Pelton avenue, Des Moines, when he
shot and fatally wounded Ottilio :Scren-
vino, another italian. The quarrel that
led to the shooting was over the love of
a woman known as Laprovitara's; wife.
Laprovitara escaped capture, and later
Screnvino died. Laprovitara is
laborer, and came to Des Moines about
five years ago from Crucoli, province of
Calonzaro, Italy.
Chief Nicholson 'telephoned Chief ].
w. Jones at Dies Moines shortly after
the arrest, and an officer from Des
Moines will be sent here to establish
the identification of the prisoner.
Laprovitara Identified.
George Scrapino, an Italian patrol
man of the Des Moines force, and
Nicholas Disalvo, an Italian merchant
Of Des Moines, both of whom knew
Laprovitara. positively identified him
in the county Jail this afternoon. He
will be taken to Des Moines this even
ing in charge Of Detective ]. McKer-
cher, of the Des Mones force, who
came with the other two to the city
shortly after noon today.