The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-04-10
Treasurer of a Milwaukee Loan
Association FouIIy Slain
by Bandits.
THREE MEN DO DARING DEED
Hold Up Directors of Loan Society and
Take the Funds.
Treasurer Fearlessly Attempts TO Pre-
vent the Robbery and Is Shot
Dead in His Tracks by
the Bandits.

Milwaukee, April 6. - Struggling
with one of three robbers for the
funds of the Skarb Sobieski Building
.and Loan association, Dominic Gapin-
>ski, treasurer of the society and well
known south side Pole, was shot and
instantly killed in the basement room
below the Mitchell Street Savings
bank at 10 o'clock at night. The roo
bers escaped with over 800 after COM
hitting the murder, and the entire po-
lice force is searching for the men, a
good description having been secured.
The murder occurred just after the
tors, nine in NUMBER, were sitting
about a L shaped table, the bar Of
which extended across the breath of
the room. one arm being near the door.
Society Funds in Cash Box.
The funds of the society, amounting
to S6OS.4O, of which $370.72 was in
checks and the rest in gold and silver,
which had been paid to Mr.. Gapinski
during the evening, were lying in q
cash box which stood at about the cen
ter of the table. Mr.. Gapinski was
sitting at one end of a piano about
fifteen feet from the door. He was
writing out receipt for Michael Sa-
laty, TAP Mitchell street, who stood
near him.
Noiselessly the door was opened and
three young men entered. The oldest
appeared to be between twenty-four
and twenty-five years old, was of light
complexion. with a light mustache and
wore a light hat and light overcoat.
The other two were about twenty
years of age, were smooth faced, and
wore dark clothes and hats, but no
overcOats.
Ordered Hands Up
The man with the light overcoat and
one of the younger men drew revol
vers, and in Russian Polish said quiet
ly: Hands upr' and then ''Sit down
and be quiet" The, directors, sitting
at the table, hardly knew what to
make of the mems entry. Mr.. Gapin-
SIX; was sitting with his back to the
crowd, and did not know that any
thing was amiss.
Covering the directors with their re-
volvers the two men advanced to the
table with the third between them.
This one quickly seize; the cash box
and three of five $40 gold pieces which
were piled alongside With rush
the three men backed for the door,
The Murder of Gapinski.
Mr.. Gapinski had been aroused. He
turned around just as the men reached
the doorway and with a bound he was
after them. The door opened inward
and in their hurry to escape, the rob-
bers pressed against it, blocking the
entry. Without trace of fear, MIR.
Gapinski dashed in front of the hold
up men and their revolvers and seized
hold of the cash box.
With an oath the man with the light
mustache fired point blank at him, and
he dropped to the floor dead. The bull
let had entered near the right temple
a little above the eye and had lodged
in the brain. Bounding out of the
door the three men then made good
their escape.
Three Murder Suspects Identified.
Milwaukee, April Three sus-
poets held at the Central police sta
ton have been identified as the three
who entered the room where officers
of the Skarb Sobieski were receiving
dues from members and killed Dom
Frank Szunzak, Joseph Maiowik, ia
cob Zacionakowski. Not one of them
is over twenty years of age.