Amador ledger., 1908-08-07
LOOKS LIKE FOUL MURDER
OF A SIGHTLESS MAN
With Bullet Hole in His Head, at
Cabin Near Argonaut Mine.

An examination showed bullet hole
in the right ear, from which the
blood was still issuing, showing that
the wound had been inflicted but
short time before. No pistol or
other weapon was found. The posi-
tion of the body. and the absence of
any weapon to, account for the
wound, at once created the impress
sion that a toul murder had been
united upon a sightless man, ap-
parently without an enemy in the
world.
Coroner II. h. Potter came over
Saturday, and impanelled jury CON
sisting of the following: j. S. Gar
barinI, Ii. E. Showers, Il. Garbarini,
E. W. Kelly, M. Ford, K. Webb, W.
d. Dufrene, S. Harris, W. M. Penny,
jr., n. Marelia, e. r. Gardiner.
After viewing the body the inquest
was postponed until Monday, to en-
able the surgeons to make an autopsy,
and report the results.
Coroner's Inquest.
The coroner's inquisition was held
in the supervisors room Monday
evening. w. II. Doan taking the
testimony in shorthand, and Il. j.
GlaVinovich acting as interpreter for
the Austrian Witness, the district
attorney asking the questions.
George Krevo. brother of deceased,
testified that he with his brother
Marco, the deceased, and sister Kate,
had occupied the house where the
tragedy occurred for the last twenty
one months. Saw deceased last alive
on Friday, July 81, at supper time;
witness was employed at the mine on
day shift. HIS brother Marco was on
night shift, and left for his work
about five O'Clock that evening. Wit
ness left home about ten or fifteen
minutes after six that evening for
town; left deceased and sister in the
house as usual, talking; Eliza was
we'll, but his sight was poor; he had
been talking some about the trouble
his sister had with a party, and ad-
vised that it be settled deceased told
him he was afraid to stay in that
place, that they had no wood, and it
we're better to change: never asked
him why he wanted to leave, but told
him he knew no one to be afraid of.
lie was in the habit of talking that
way since he lost his sight; knew of
no one that had any grievance
against deceased; his brother Marco
had deceased IS money, about 500, did
not know where he kept it; after
leaving home went to Radonich's s
place and while there was told by one
Dabovich that Ella was shot; went
home at once, but did not go to
the spot where the body lay, uutll
the sheriff came; could see body from
inside the room looking through the
window; also from rear doorway :;
it was lying on slight bank behind
the house, and under tree, where
he had been accustomed to sleep
did not go to the body when the
officers arrived; neither he nor his
brother Marco ever had any quarrel
with deceased; never knew of any
quarrel between deceased aud sister
they had no quarrel on the night he
met his death; never heard deceased
insist that Kate settle the trouble she
had; heard his sister say she would
not settle it. There was a rifle and
revolver kept in the house; revolver
belonged to deceased; had seen it a
few days before his brothers. death !;
had looked everywhere for it since,
but could not find it; looked all
around the house, but not toward the
water ditch.
Katie was away for three or four
days; she returned home a week ago
last Sunday; she went with Mrs Ger
molies, did not know where she
went, but she said she was in Oak
land all the brothers contributed
money for her trip.
Marco Krevo testified that he left
hcme Friday evening last to go to
work at ten minutes past g.; took
supper before he left; the three
brothers and sister we're present;
sister cooked the supper; had to cut
meat for Ella, and wait on him other
wise, on account of falling sight he
could not ssee people in daylight.
Deceased talked about the trouble, said
he heard Kate talking with man in
the road way for twenty minutes; he
also said it was an unIneky house and