The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-11-11


Il said Hello and nodded my
head"
Then what followed?'
As soon as Mcclure and Triangular
passed me in the carriage | quickened
my pace, but they naturally paid no
attention to me. We were now close
to where the two other men were
in ambush, and l began to get a little
nervous"
who fired the first shot?"
"Bevenino. He did the principal
shooting. He was an expert shot. He
was on the right side of the road &C.
ing up
who was shot frst?"
Mcclure
who fired the next shot,
"Bevenino.'
| Where are these men now?"
They are both in Italy. They left
three weeks after the murder"
How far up the road was Villelia
from Bevenino?"
about so yards"
when did you shoot?"
Il shot from the rear. / fired four
] shots altogether at the men in the
carriage. After Mcclure and Flana-
| CHAN had been shot the horse started
| on dead run. Villella got frightened
and ran through the woods to the
shanty, where he deserted us without
warning. At one time it looked as If
the horse was going to get away and
we thought we had only killed the
men for nothing. Bevenino was fleet.
hD,,
| horse at break-neck speed. =
| finally caught up and grabbed him :,
| the rein. He then shot him in the
| head. Then we cut the strap that held
the satchel fast to the carriage, and
f, hurried to the woods to the hiding
lace. The money was buried as well
$ the weapons. and | arrived at my
shanty little before IL O'Clock. You
| know the rest, how / was suspected
Ind how | was followed to Poughkeep-
ile. The trouble came when we quar-
eled over the division of the spells.
| The other two men We're so anxious to
| get back to Italy that we took sew
,ral trips to the woods and dug up
art of the money until now nothing
.emains there but the silver money
commit the murder
Linden determined to test Rizzolo's
story at once. The Italian told him
| precisely where the money and the
| lies were buried. Linden started for
! Wilkesbarre at once. accompanied by
+ the self-confessed murderer. They
| reached Wilkesbarre at eight O'Clock
| n the evening. 1t was too late then
| to get train to Laurel Hill, where
| he money was hidden. The night was
| dark and stormy, but the detective re-
solved to pursue his search in spite OF
| all obstacles. He made up his mind
to walk to Laurel Hill rather than risk
being followed. He was accompanied
by one of his detectives and the pris-
| oner, who was not handcuffed. When
they reached the first house on the
side of the mountain he borrowed IA
miners lamp and then began the jour
ney over the mountains. Seven miles
| from Wilkesbarre and two miles from
| the scene of the murder, at Laurel
Run creek, they found the various arti-
| cles just where Mike said they had
been hidden. He was their guide from
| the beginning to the end. He knew
every inch of the country, which was
weird beyond the widest stretches of
the imagination. The rifle was found
as well as the silver money. They
i were hidden beneath heavy rock
The money was in a large bag. and
wrapped in the paper packages just
as it came from the bank. The satch-
ell in which the money was carried By
Mcclure and Flanaghan was found in
another place, buried about a foot
deep between two rocks. All of
the things were buried in such a way
that they could be reached readily by
the removal of a lot of leaves that
were strewn over them.
Linden objected that each article
should be put bae. exactly where it
had been found. except the coin, which
he put in a satchel and took back to
.Wilkesbarre with him. Irony of fate
Mike Rizzolo was the messenger
who carried the satchel containing the
coin which was to be used as evil
dence to send him to the gallows. 1t
was very heavy. There was $291.5O
In dimes, five-cent pieces and pennies.
They walked over the railroad track
back to Laurel Run, which was
reached shortly after midnight
Through the kindness of a telegraph
operator at Laurel Run they were fur
nished with an engine which took
them back to Wilkesbarre
Little more remains to be said Riz-
zolo was tried, convicted and exc
cuted. acquisitions were issued for
his accomplices, but through some flaw
in international law they could not be
honored. Later, however, through the
activity of the government, both re-
ceived long terms in an Italian prison
Those who were best acquainted with
Capt. Linden's achievements in the
great mountain mystery declare that
1t was as keen and artistic a specimen
Of. detective work has been deyel-
oped in any country in modern times
Copyright. by w. G. Chapman)
But when l read over my letter
again, and found had spelled deep