The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-10
Francisco Embriani Killed by
Pietr0 Bisconti at General
Electric Works.
BIG CROWD, MOSTLY GIRLS,
WITNESS THE SHOOTING
Victim Had Refused to Lend
Money and Beat Attacker
in Fight.

scores OF SlTlS ming TITO the great
works of the General Electric Com
pany. in Bergen street Harrison.
today saw one man, who had been ly-
ing in wait for hours. shoot and kin
another The girls, who at first were
dazed by the suddenness of the trag-
edy recovered quickly, and pursued
and captured the man who did the
shooting and who still held the revolver
in his hand.
Pietro Bisconti had refused to lend
S. to his room-mate,s Francisco Eln-
briani, in their lodging house in East
Kinney street. this city, last night, and
there was a fight in which Bisconti was
badly beaten Bisconti left the house
end did not return during the night.
Before daylight today he was at the
employees entrance to the old Edison
electric works in Harrison, which Is
now operated by the General Electric
Company and where thousands of per-
sons, mostly girls, are employed 1t is
said to be the largest raanufaetery a.
sincandescent electric light globes in
the world.
Hundreds of girls had filed by Bis
CONT to their work. Other hundreds
were coming Bisconti ignored the
young women, but scrutinized the men.
When he saw Embriani coming Dis
cont crouched behind box he had ap-
parently dragged there, and just as
his enemy was entering the plant to
go to mis- work Bisconti sprang out on
him, and while score of girls were
within arm-reach he sent two bullets
into Embriani's head and one into his
neck.
AS Embriani fell dead ON the door
way Bisconti started to run Several
men started after him, and in the first
half block there were several hundred
young women in the chase.
A man lripped Bisconti. and as hs
fell a dozen men and young women
leaped on him. He was ierked to his
feet, and the electric works employees
We're beating him when Policeman
Clark arrived
Hundreds Surround Captive.
There was no hope of getting Bis
CONT to the patrol box. Soon there
were hundreds of the electric en-
ployees, mostly young women, about
the policeman and the captive, and
efforts were being made to get Bis
CONT away from the officer.
Employing strategy, Clark let the
angry crowd push him with his prison
er down the street a hundred yards
HoI
into which the policeman quickly hurled
Bisconti and then whipped the animal
through the crowd to the police sta
tion.
Scores followed the wagon to police
headquarters and filed Harrison ave.
rue long after Bisconti had been in a
cell.
Bisconti seemed we'll satisfied with
his crime. He told Chief of Police
Rodgers that he believed he was justi-
fled, that Embriani was no friend, that
he should die.
Il had been very good to Embriani,"
said Bisconti to THE EVENING STAR
reporter in the presence of Chief Rod
gers I'VE lived in the same house.
and last night asked me to lend him
IS. He had lots of money. He has
worked very hard and he has saved
everything. l had nothing. 1 refused.
We became angry and ther was fight.
He was bigger than me. He beat mo
badly and drove me out of the house.
Barrowed the Pistol.
Il went to a fir ends house and
stayed there the rest of the night.
got a pistol from another friend and
long before daylight today I went to
the factory where he worked. waited
there for him loag time and when
1 saw him coming l got ready, When
he was up to me 1 jumped out and
shot hinl-I don't know how many
times"
Bisconti showed no remorse for his
deed. He seemed quite proud of it,
There was almost an air of bravad0
about him when he was arraigned be-
fore Police Magistrate William Harri-
son.
''Yes, did It; of course did It," he
admitted freely. as though II were to
be naturally supposed that he would
kill the man who had refused to lend
him SIS. He was held for the grard
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