The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-17

Loot Guided BY the Crook
He OutUited-A1 Guilty
Ones Receive the Penalty,
Through Work Of Clrver
Sleuth -Overcomes All
Obstacles.
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Miners NlllE IL tine % p2Y q ths
itailz- iztcrs-z wkS we're Working On
the rz!irDz1 nezr hat place They
had siz. 30 IL q leather Ezfchsi which
~as fzS;ensd % TIRE bOt,Orn q the ear.
rage sith cog2ls .Os E;rzyE. The
tbo1zhi q psrsOnzl danger never en-
tered the minds d either Of the men
They knew eTsry FOO, o. the ground.
sad. moreover. were acquainted With
nearly sTery man. woman and child
within a radius % FIVE miles
Their coming % Miners Mills was
always The occasion of much !oy among
the Italian lzborers aad their wives
and children. In fact, Mcclure ard
Planazhap were lOOksd on as minis.
tHre editions Of Santa Claus. sIcsp:
that instead Of coming once a year.
they made their welcome visits tSlcs
a month. They were az punctual a.
the clock itself. and the wOrkmsn
knew 20 the minute when 20 expect
the paymaster and bis assistant As
q consequence. when they failed TO ap-
pear AZ the usual time on October 20.
the people were VeFy much disturbed.
A telegram from WiIkesbarre stated
they lad left that city ~ hours before.
a general alarm was sent Oh, and q
delegation Of men started for the
mountains Some of the most promi-
usnt citizens of LGzeTns county head.
ed the searching party. They knew
that the paymaEter and his assistant
carried large sum OF money and
they were also aware that certain
parts Of the mountain we're az laWless
as the most unciyilized section Of the
United States. Little wonder that
they were filed with gloomy forebOd-
ings. They had not gone far before
their worst fears were realized. The
horse belonging 10 Mcclure and FlaH.
Afghan lay dead In the road. The ami.
NAL had been wounded and evidently
suffered great agony before II died
for II lay there weltering In It's own
blood. Some yards further up the
road they came % the broken shafts
Of carriage.
They continued their search. nery
Ing themselves for the shock that wa
still 10 come. II came only too soon
The dead body Of Paymaster Mcclure
was found dangling from the bar oi
the buggy. where II had been caught
and hung suspended for hours Al
examination proved that the dead mar
had been shot In the back In four dis
tinct places II was as II a yolisy hat
been fired from ambush The hoTOi
OF the affair was Increased FIVE min
utes later when FlhnaRhan was found
face down. PROSTATE in the road. life
less. He evidently had been shot anC
fallen from the wagon.
The inquest demonstrated nothlnl
OF value The funeral Of the mur
dered men. which took place from
Miners Mills. was largely attended
All OF the Italians who worked OF
the railroad we're present One o.
these was Michael RlzzOlo. He SCENE,
90 be very much affected, and. pulllnl
out his handkerchief. wept bitterly
Hs cried out:
my goodness, who could have dOn'
this awtul cHms7 ! will have 10 hell
% run down the murderers. and wher
we get them we will string them uI
~ithDut mercy"
Within - hours BlzzOlO was arrest
ed charged with the murder Of Mc
Clure and Flanaghan.
But. unfortunately. the arrest wal
EldyH rNlFag VI hAhplflbus lNFlt va
not a shred Of evidence on which I,
hold the man-gnleas II was the fac
that be lived IN a shanty on the noun
tain-Blde The expected happened
He was discharged from custody
In the meantime Charles McFadden
the employer of the murdered men, DO
tGrmined that the assassin should no
go free, II plentiful expenditure ant
the employment of the best dctectiy,
Gklll IN America could prevent H.
Accordingly, he sent for Capt Rot
ert J. Linden.
Within - hours Linden was II
Wilkesbarre. He had been given ful
power and unlimited money. His frs
act was 10 put Mike Rlzzolo under sur
yeillance. After that he made an eH
haustiye investigation Of the scene 0
the murder. At its conclusion he wa
convinced Of the guilt Of RlZzolo Bu