The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-19
GREEK MURDERER
HIDES IN HIS DEN.
Police Believe He Is Still in the
City, but COuntrymen
+, Conceal Him.
TROUBLE is PREVENTED
SEVERAL MEN DisARMED DUR
ING NIGHT AND ONE ARREST.

Hidden by friends and kin. who sui
lenly eVaded direct questioning and re-
manned calmly indifferent to the search
conducted through the Greek colony in
West Second South street yesterday, Gus
Gets, slayer of Androus Roumeliates,
successfully eluded six special policemen
detailed for his pursuit Quickly subsid-
ing from the state of turmoil which pre-
vailed Immediately after the shooting of
RouIneliates in the Washington billiard
rooms Wednesday night, the Greek pOpu-
lation of the city resolved itself into
two-sided enigma for the police to solve,
the kothiaftis family and friends prof.
fering jumbled and indirect advice con-
corning the whereabouts of the murderer
and the Gets faction maintaining signifi-
cant silence.
Bloodshed was prevented last night by
the police, who through sheer force OF
numbers overawed two distinct factions
of Greeks and secured all weapons in the
saloons and coffee houses after being APP
prised early In the evening that there
were some who plotted vengeance and
had armed themselves to carry out their
purpose. Several Greeks were disarmed
and Mike RotOus was taken to the po-
lice station after ne had been caught
with an ugly looking dirk hidden inside
his shirt Others were allowed TO go aft
er being searched and their weapons tax
en- rom them.
At o'clock a squad OF ten policemen
under Sergeant z. Y. johnson searched
all of the Greek saloons, coffee houses
and rooming houses, and two crowds of
the foreigners were dispersed after it was
learned that their principal topic of dis
c1ssiOn was the murder of Roumeliates.
ROtous was arrested in a rOOming house
after he had been seen to slip away from
the policemen while they were searching
n roOming house.
During the early part Of the night pO-
Icemen were stationed every twenty feet
along the block between Fourth and Fifth
Gfr - 4 CTR ~
Games OF billiards and pool were suspend
ed during the evening and ali persons on
the street after 10 o clock were ordered
10 their homes.
1T was the most cowardly and brutal
murder ever committed by a Greek, said
n. z. StathakOs, president of the Greek
community in Utah, yesterday afternoon.
The better class of our people are ready
10 aid the officers in finding the muir
dereT. 1t was a revengeful trick and
grew out of the recent murder trial. The
more intelligent believe that the courts
are supreme and are we'll satisfied with
the result of the trial of John KOthiaftis.
Every Greek who respects law and order
win furnish information that may lead
TO the arrest of the fugitive. We want
10 prevent more killings and the best
way to do this is to place the ringlead-
ers of these factions behind the bars
Friends Hide Murderer.
]. Georgiades, editor of the Greek news
paper in salt Lake; D. KemOs. who re-
Gently came to this city from San Fran
cisco TO open a Greek school, and j.
Pitcher, labor agent for the Union Pa
cific, gave expression to their feelings
yesterday and said that Gets should be
hunted DOWN and that the better class
of Greeks would aid in The pursuit.
While the more intelligent Greeks are
ready to give such assistance as they
can, the police are confronted with the
peculiar conditions which always follow
8 murder among the Greeks or Italians.
According . the code of these people,
vengeance for a killing is in the hands
OF the victims family and both SIDES
unite in protecting fugitive from the
law.
John Gets, brother of the murderer,
and George Gets. an uncle, are being
held by the police, and complaints may
be filed against them in the county at
1Orney's office. County Attorney Job p
Lyon notified the police yesterday that
he believed the evidence would warrant
the accusation against the two Getisss
OF being accessories before the fact.
The county attorney decided yesterday
that a coroner's inquest would not be
necessary and asked that only a post
mortem examination be held by Acting
Coroner Stanley A Hanks This viii
probably be held today. The county at
1Orney believes there is plenty of evil
denee to convict Gus Gets Of murder if
he is caught.
1t is believed by the police that Gus
G.'tis is being hidden in the Greek col
ony quarters in West Second South street
and that his relatives and friends will
make an effort to get him out of the
city as soon as the present tense feeling
relaxes. All avenues Of exit from Greek
town are being closely watched.
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