CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-01-23
BaVari Revealed to
Officers Where Bodies
QlIVictims were Buried

! dug up by the officers shortly aftel
noon.
The men had been killed while
! asleep in bed. They wore only theiI
! drawers and undershirts and the
bloody bed clothing was thrown into
, the hole with them.
Owing to the cold damp sand in
which they were buried the bodies
were in a good state of preservation
and there was not the slightest stencil.
Dominick's throat was cut almost
from ear to ear and it is likely that
he was killed with a razor. The
old man was struck with an axe and
the skull was laid open from the nose
TO the crown of the head. They were
laying side by side, Dominick laying
ON the east and Buffet on the west.
The only way Bavari could be made
TO tell anything at all was for the Of
ficers to tell him that they had posi-
tive evidence that Joseph Mincniello
had killed the bodies and that he (Ba-
vari) knew of their hiding places and
and that II he would tell that it might
be the means of him gaining his rfee-
dom Then he told all he know.
After showing the burial places of
the dead men, Bayari stated that about
10 O'Clock on the night Of December
~ he saw Joseph Minchiello carrying
the dead body of his brother on his
left shoulder and his head in a buck
ct and saw him bury 1t in the place
where the bodies were recovered.
This is believed by the officers to be
a hoax and that in reality Bavari, sec
ing Minchiello coming from town, and
by peering through crack in the wall
shot him dead and then disposed OF
the body. Just whether the officers
know OF the whereabouts of Joe is
mo-, known. as Bavari would not like
iy make such a statement when he
tries to throw the entire series of
murders upon one of his victims.
That Joseph Minchiello was shot to
death is almost proven by a statement
made by Bavari. and the hole that was
found on the north side of the Bavari
shack. This hole since 1t was made
was filled with paper and with put
~ on the outside OF the house. Ba-
yari states that he and Joe had some
trouble on the evening of the night he
disappeared and that Joe shot at him.
but missed.
George W. Wilkes OF Florence was
this morning permitted to enter the
Jail and talk to Antoine Bavari in his
capacity of attorney for the prisoner.
Wilkes had previously been refused
an opportunity of seeing his client,
and, on that account, had sued out a
writ OF habeas corpus to which de-
murrer had been filed by the district
attorney. The matter was to have
been argued before Judge Bailey on
his return from Beuna Vista, but on
account of the developments in the
case during the last twenty-four hours
1t was believed that there was NO ne
cessity to longer deny Mr.. Wilkes the
privilege OF discussing the case with
the prisoner.
Bavari is very talkative and seems
anxious to discuss the case with who
ever enters the Jail. and, 1t must bt
confessed, that he has worked out an
ingenious story to account for tn.
crimes OF which he is accused. HI
says Joe Minchiello 10 the murderer
and that he ran away to escape the
punishment OF the law. He authorized
Marshal Houston Monday afternoon tc
offer one hundred dollars In his name
for the discovery OF the whereabout:
Of Minchiello and repeated the state
ment to Sheriff Esser this morning.
Joe Minchiello." he said to Mr.. Es
ser, he give me lot OF trouble and
fer one hundred dollars to anybod,
who find him."
| There Is no doubt In the minds o.
the officers that Bavari murdered Joe
Minchiello the same - he did the 9th
ers, but he has worked out line o
defense for himself by Attempting Z
! nx the crime on Minchisllo's should
ers. He 10 an exceedlngly sharp
shrewd fellow. ands unless the bod,
of Joe Minchiello 10 found. II will b,
! pretty difficult to convict him Of mur
der.
The authorities believe that Jo'
Minchieilc 10 buried not far erou
| where the three bodies were uuearth