The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-11-14

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Then what followed?'
AS soon as Mcclure and Flanaghan
passed me in the carriage | qnickened
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 a little
nervous"
who fired the first shot?'
"Bevenino. He did the principal
shooting. He was an expert shot lie
was on the right side OF the road go
ing up
WHO was shot frst?'
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 Nillela
from Bevenino?"
About so YARDS
When did you shoot?"
Il shot from the rear. fred four
shots altogether at the men in the
carriage. After Mcclure and F'lana-
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 il looked as il
| the horse was going to get away and
| We thought we had only killed the
| men for nothing. Bevenino was feet
| footed, however and he chased the
| horse at 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 satche fast to the carriage, and
, hurried to the woods to the hiding
| .,lace. The money was buried as we'll
is the weapons, and | arrived at my
| shanty little before IL O'Clock You
know the rest, how | was suspected
and how l was followed to Poughkeep
sic. The troub.e came when we quar-
relied over the division of the spoiis
| 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 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 WilkesbarTe at eight o'clock
in the evening. 1t was too late then
to get a 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 prs.
oner, who was not handcufed. 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
| from Wilkesbarre and two miles from
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 kne"
every inch of the country, which was
weird beyond the widest stretches Of
the Imagination. The rifle was found
as well as the silver money. They
were hidden beneath heavy rock
The money was in large bag, ana
wrapped in the paper packages just
as it came from the bank. The satch
el in which the money was carried by
Mcclure and F'lanaghan was found in
another place, buried about a foot
deep between two rocks. All oil
the things were buried in such a 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 satchel and took back tc
Wilkesbarre with him. Irony of fate
Mike Rizzolo was the messenger
who carried the satchel containing the
coin which was to be used as evi.
dence to send him to the gallows. 1t
was very heavy. There was 1921 sc
in dimes, five-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
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.
ceived long terms in an Italian prison