Amador ledger., 1908-08-07

side of the Kennedy grade, on the
Muldoon ground and short distance
from the Argonaut mine, was the
scene of shocking trag on Friday
evening last. In this dwelling by
the roadside dwelt three brothers and
sister, an Austrian family. The
brothers we're Ella, Marco and George
krevo, and the sister Kate Krevo.
The latter is about seventeen years
old, and was the housekeeper for the
this building tor nearly two years.
Most of the time the three men had
worked at the Argonaut mine. George
and Marco are still employees at that
mine. Ella, the deceased had WORK
ed there up to a few months back,
when he met with two mishaps, which
placed him permanently on the dis
abled list. First, he was caught by a
blast. the flying debris injuring him
about the face. The effect of this was
an impairment of his sight. He re-
turned to work, but two or three
months back another misfortune over
took him. A piece of steel struck
him in the eye-the optic which was
the least damaged by the previous
accident-completely destroying the
sight of that eye. Since this mis-
fortune he had been unable to work,
being nearly blind, with the dim
vision remaining growing gradually
DINNER, foreshadowing total blind
ness at no very distant date. Ella
was the eldest of the brothers, being
50 years of age, and had been a resi-
dent of this country, and mostly of
this county for the past twelve years.
lie was aEle to speak English fairly
we'll, and also to sign his name,
After his double misfortune he con-
tinued to live with his brothers as
before, was looked after by them, and
received some money support from
the Austrian Benevolent Society, of
which he was member. The broth
ers and sister seemed to get along
happily enough, until the last few
weeks 1t is said Ella became rather
respondent at times, brooding over
the total darkness that he knew was
impending, remarking that he might
as we'll be dead as blind. Beyond
this despondent mood, he never gave
any intimation of suicide.
Iot annOrdisn tO ranOpt tha
love affairs of the sister Kate seem tn
have caused break in the harmony
of the family. On Thursday, July
23d, she lett for Oakland, it is said
to meet young man who had pro-
missed to marry her. She returned
the following Sunday failing to see
the young man. On the following
Tuesday she applied to the district
attorneys office for warrant of
arrest tor a man named Paul KIichan,
on charge of feloniuus assault. A
warrant on battery charge was
given, and the accused is out OIL
bonds awaiting examination and trial.
This pending case divided the
brnthers and sister into two factions
Ella wanted the matter settled with
out a public trial; the sister refused
to have it settled in that way, and the
other brothers appeared to side with
her.
Ella Murdered.
Between nine and ten O'Clock Fri
day night quite an excitement was
caused on Main street, on account of
Miss Kate Krevo running crying into
town, reporting that her brother Ella
had been killed, or rather that she
had heard shots. 1t seems she brought
the news to town, fully mile dis
tant, instead of going to the Argon-
aut mine, only few hundred yards
away. She ran into Nettle Divers
store, and fell exhausted after telling
her story. W. j. Nettle, superin-
tendent of the Argonaut, was in the
store at the time. lie took the girl
to his home on broadway, and then
got team from the stable, and in
company with j. Garbarini, stated
for the scene of the murder. They
we're the first to see the victim after
the alarm. The body lay on a slight
embankment few feet from the rear
part of the house. 1t was stretched
under a tree, in the spot which de-
ceased had selected as a sleeping
place during the heated spell of the
preceding month. lie was fully
dressed except that the feet were