The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-23
RUTLAND ITALIAN
ROBBED AND
MURDERED
Body OF Antonio SantO Found
In the Road
TWO BULLETS IN BODY
Robbery Evidently Cause Of Crime
Unfortunate Man Fought Vigorous
ly for His Life.
TWO BULLETS IN BODY

Rutland, July 23.-Lying in a pool
of blood, and with a bullet hole in the
left cheek and another in the breast,
at a spot between what is known as
the &c bridge, and the Country club
house Antonio Santo, an Italian of No.
269 West street, was found last even
ing about 10 o'clock
The body was found by man from
Pittsford whose name could not be
ascertained, who was driving along
when his horse suddenly SHE'D a, a
dark object lying in the road. Upon
Investigation, the dead man was
found and Officer Grin r. Packard
was Immediately notified.
Officer Packard at once notified
Chief of Police II. S. Whitaker by
telephone and then got a team and
drove to the spot.
When officer Packard arrived, he
found evidence of fierce struggle.
the mans clothing being literally torn
from his body, and the pockets and
sleeves of his coat. which was found
lying by the roadside turned inside
ont. The man had evidently been
dead two or three hours, rs the body
was cold
Chief of Police Whitaker called J.
w. Stearn's ambulance and then start
ed on an investigation. Nothing was
found on the man to indicate in any
way as to what his name or national
ity might be, or who his murderer. or
murderers were. but his idenity was
established after the body had been
brought to the undertaking rooms.
The only things found near the mans
clothes were store book with no
name on it and which was written in
Italian, and handkerchief
About a rod away from the body
by the roadside was small cloth
bag which contained a sum of mon
ey amounting 10 about $50.
The man was lying on his back,
with his head turned slightly to one
side, and in the left cheek was a bull
let hole which was evidently made
by a bullet of large caliber and In
the breast was another bullet wound
He was dressed in dark clothes and
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! his body.
The road where the man lay show
ed signs of a hard fight, but the Off.
GERS were unable to find any tracks
leading away from the scene of the
crime. It is thought that robbery
was the motive but the murderers
were evidently disappointed.
Santo was a man of powerful build
and it is thought that he had put W
a strong fight before the shots were
fired. A comparatively small amount
of blood had come from the wound in
/ the breast, but the bullet hole in the
cheek bled profusely mating the
hair and covering the features so as
to make the body almost unrecogniz
able.
Santo was last seen alive at ahou
7 o'clock on the streets. and was sale
TO be sober, and in apparently goot
spirits. He was employed at RUTLAND
Bottling Works on Baxter street, ant
so far as is known had no family II
this country.
On the arrival of the ambulance
the body was taken to Stearn's under
taking rooms where it will be viewed
this morning by the states attorne,
and by the health officer
Chief Whitaker visited the seem
of the tragedy second time bu
could find nothing that would be o
value to him in tracing the murdere
or murdcrers.