Gilpin observer., 1908-11-12

What did you say?"
Il said Hello, and nodded my
head"
Then what followed?"
"As soon as Mcclure and F1anaghan
| 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 a 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 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 Villela
| 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 a 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
| IS the weapons, and | arrived at my
| shanty little before u o'clock You
| Know the rest, how | was suspected,
and how l was followed to Poughkeep-
| sic. The trouble came when we quar-
reled over the division of the spoils
| The other two men were so anxious to
get back to Italy that We took sew
sral 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 Rizzolos s
story at once. The Italian told him
| precisely where the money and the
,ifles were buried. Linden started for
| Wilkesbarre at once, accompanied by
the self-conf5ssed 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
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 knew
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
F., were hidden beneath heavy rock.
| in tar hn Nd
wrapped in the paper packages just
as it came from the bank. The satch-
el 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 a way
that they could be reached readily by
the removal of 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 be used as evi.
dence to send him to the gallows. It
was very heavy. There was s291 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 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
| CIlInl RpnuiSltinnc unra iaannd FOR