The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-29
WOMAN KILLS TO
AVENGE MURDER
II swore To Kill Ny Husbands Muir
derer," She says-Fires -Four
Bullets Into Mans Body.

NEW YORK, June 2S.-,After wait
Ing for whole year tor vengeance.
and efter having been told by the POI
lice that they could not yake hand
In the case. Mrs Louisa la Barua.
widow, aged 25 years. today mortaly
wounded Dominica Nersagia, aged -.
The woman's husband was killed just
a year ago today and she believed
that Versagia had Killed him. Today,
she waited for him at the corner and
as ne passed ON his way to WORK. she
shot him four times, one shot follow
ing another In quick succession, while
thousand men, women and children
on their way TO work in the factory
district ran IN all directions. The un
conscious youth was removed TO n
hospital where he died The woman is
In jan. where she declared sJoicafty
that she IL satisfied with what she
has done.
4 Mrs. La Bartia had a new revolver
concealed beneath her apron and wait
cd until her victim should pass. WheL
q versagia saw her, he threw his hand
10 bis hip pocket as II 10 pull re-
yolyer. But the woman. who had
studied other plans. and was not 10 be
cheated. She was quicker than he
Stands over Victim
Her first shot struck MIN in the
abdomen aud he turned to run Mrs.
La Bartia fired again. The second bul.
let entered his side, a third in his
back; he topp!ed over. The womal
az ft,,u al
1t penetrated his left hand. She was
about 10 pull the trigger ;or the fifth
time when Morris Becker gprang for
ward aud Knocked the weapon from
her hand
There was the widest Panic on the
corner. At the sound OF the first shot
the human stream of factory employees
broke and the crowd scattered in all
directions. When Versagia fell, the
crowd closed In on the pair and Il
was with difficulty that the police were
able to get the boys body into an ann
bulance.
At the police station the woman toli
her story.
MY husband and | came from Res
gio, Italy," she said quietly. "Versagia
also came from there He was a tailor
in Reggie and my husband was an
umbrella maker. They knew one an.
other but were not friendly.
Soon after we moved 10 New York
my husband began to receive threat
ening letters. Then one day be was
shot in a doorway near our home
That was just a year ago | was left
penniless. Ny little baby died because
/ could not take care OF II. This was
the sixth baby that ! had buried
Swore to Kill Him.
Then | swore TO VOW 70 XIII the
murderer OF my husband. | searched
everywhere fer elge-For . year /
have had no other aim in life AZ few
weeks ago an unsigned letter came 70
me. II said:
".Your husbands slayer is Dominica,
who used 10 come and take him out
at night | investigated. 1 found out
that Versagia was a member OF the
black hand and that the letter spoke
the truth.
Il went to the police, showed them
the letter and told them what | ha
found out. They said thsy could do
nothing. They would not even arrest
Versagia
"Then | bought a revoiver. | prac-
ticed every day so that | could hold
my hand steady | found ont where
versagia lived and that he passed thai
street every morning. | went there
today and shot him. am glad of II.
/ hope he will die"