Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-11-18

head"
Then what followed?"
AS soon as Mcclure and Flanagan
passed me in the carriage quickened
my pace, but they naturally paid no
attention to me. We were now close
to where the two other men were
In ambush, and began to get little
nervous"
Who fired the first shot?"
"Bevenino. He did the principal
shooting. He was an expert shot. He
was on the right side of the road 60
ing up
who was shot first?"
Mcclure"
who fired the next shot?"
"Bevenino."
Where are these men now?"
They are both in Italy They left
three weeks after the murder
How far up the road was Villella
from Bevenino?"
About so yards
When did you shoot?"
Il shot from the rear. l fired four
shots altogether at the men in the
carriage. After Mcclure and Flana-
CHAN had been shot the horse started
on dead run. Villella got frightened
and ran through the woods to the
shanty, where he deserted us without
warning. At one time it looked as if
the horse was going to get away and
we thought we had only killed the
men for nothing. Bevenino was fleet
footed, however, and he chased the
horse at a break-neck speed. He
finally caught up and grabbed him by
the rein. He then shot him in the
head. Then we cut the strap that held
the satchel fast to the carriage, and
! hurried to the woods to the hiding
place. The money was buried as well
as the weapons, and arrived at my
shanty a little before IL o'clock. You
know the rest, how I was suspected.
and how was followed to Poughkeep.
sic. The trouble came when we quar-
relied over the division of the spoils
The other two men were so anxious to
get back to Italy that we took sew
eral trips to the woods and dug up
part of the money until now nothing
remains there but the silver money
and the weapons that were used to
commit the murder"
! Linden determined to test Rizzolo's
story at once. The Italian told him
precisely where the money and the
rifles were buried. Linden started for
Wilkesbarre at once, accompanied by
the self-confessed murderer. They
reached Wilkesbarre at eight o'clock
in the evening. 1t was too late then
to get train to Laurel Hill, where
the money was hidden. The night was
dark and stormy, but the detective re-
solved to pursue his search in spite OF
all obstacles. He made up his mind
to walk to Laurel Hill rather than risk
being followed. He was accompanied
by one of his detectives and the pris.
oner, who was not handcuffed. When
they reached the first house on the
side of the mountain he borrowed a
miners lamp and then began the jour.
ney over the mountains. Seven miles
the scene of the murder, at Laurel
Run creek, they found the various arti.
cles just where Mike said they had
been hidden. He was their guide from
the beginning to the end. He knew
every inch of the country, which was
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the imagination. The rifle was found
as well as the silver money. They
!; were hidden beneath heavy rock.
The money was in a large bag; and
wrapped in the paper packages just
as it came from the bank. The satch.
ell in which the money was carried by
Mcclure and Flanaghan was found in
another place, buried about a foot
deep between two rocks. All of
the things were buried in such way
that they could be reached readily by
the removal of a lot of leaves that
were strewn over them.
Linden directed that each article
should be put back exactly where it
had been found, except the coin, which
he put in a satchel and took back to
Wilkesbarre with him. Irony of fate
Mike Rizzolo was the messenger
who carried the satchel containing the
coin which was to pe used as evi.
dence to send him to Che gallows. It
was very heavy. There was 1921. so
in dimes, flve-cent pieces and pennies.
They walked over the railroad track
back to Laurel Run; which was
reached shortly after midnight.
Through the kindness of a telegraph
operator at Laurel Run they were fur
nished with an engine which took
F., them back to Wilkesbarre.
Little more remains to be said Riz-
zolo was tried, convicted and exc.
cuted. acquisitions were issued for
his accomplices, but through some flaw
in international law they could not be
honored. Later, however, through the
activity of the government, both re-
cefved long terms in an Italian prison.
Those who were best acquainted with
Capt. Lindens achievements in the
great mountain mystery declare that
it was as keen and artistic a specimen
of detective work has been deyel.
oped in any country in modern times
Copyright, by w. G. Chapman.)