The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-18
GREEK SHOT AND
FATALLY WOUNDED
Gust Gets Shoots Andrew
ROumeliOtis Down Over
Pool Table.
AFFRAY RESULTS FROM
DEADLY FAMILY FEUD
Grows Out of Killing of Peter
Gets by John kOthiaftiS
at Bingham.

Amid the laughter of his friends and
the click Of billiard balls, Andrew Rou-
meliotis. a Greek, was shot down and
fatally wounded by Gust Getis, a coun-
tryman In the billiard hall Of Gust
Slathkas. mt 52S West Second South
street, Wednesday night at $50 o clock.
Roumcliotis died at I:j0 clock this
morning,
! The wounded man was carried into
the Vcrmillion drug store, at 5ll West
Second South street, and removed from
there in the police patrol 10 st. Mark S
hospital. lie was Immediately operated
upon for the purpose of removing the
bullet. but the operation was futile.
Roumeliotis was operated upon by
Drs. Paul and Kirtley. The bullet was
removed and was found 10 have entered
from the back and to have perforated
all the intcstines, as well as severing
two of the main arteries, More than
two quarts of blood were found in the
stomach of the injured man.
Family Feud.
| The cause OF the shooting is said 10
| have been family fcud. Gust Getis,
who did the shooting, being a cousin
Of Peter Getis. who was shot and killed
| by John kothaftis al Bingham Oh Dc
was shot Wednesday night, being q
cousin of kothiafts. who was acquitted
for the shooting Of Peter Gets. In
Judge Lewis division Of The district
court Wednesday night ut q o;clock,
Roumeliotis, with Ernest Economy:
Chris Coutsogcoegas, Peter Covolos and
! John kcrhuas had Just returned to
| Grecktown from the courtroom of Judge
| Lewis and all were discussing the out
come of the trial of kothiaftis. The
men, who are all related, had left Rou-
mclio,is in the billiard hall aud had
gone TO the Denver & Rio Grando depot
for the purpose Of seeing two of their
countryulen of 10 Colorado.
Upon their return To the vicinity of
the billiard hall they saw Gust Gets
and his uncle, George Grtis, apparently
| arguing on the street across from the
billiard hall. Gust Getis was seen 10
start across the street aud the old
man, his uncle, called To George Sarrcs,
another Greek TO stnp his nephew, froul
entering tbc billiard ball Al the men
ran toward tho billiard hall just as
the shot was heard.
Pursued by Colovos.
Before they neared the cutrauce.
Gust Gcts was seen TO dart out Of
the doorway. ruu across the street aud
into an alleyway. He was pursued by
| Peter ColuveS, a cousin of the injured
man Turning. Gust Getis lcveled his
revolver at Colovos and told him that IL
| he came into the alley he would Kill
him, Coloyos stopped and Getio then
disappeared.
Eye witnesses inside the billiard had
say that Rounelioiis WAS engaged in
| playing a game of pool when Gets cn-
tered the room. Neither man spoke
and RoumclOtis paid no attention TO Co
! It's. after the lattcr first entered tho
room and stepped close TO the pool table.
AS R"uuIcliots bent over the pool tahle
for, the purpose OF making a shot, Gets
| pressing the gun into III" left side of
| the small of his back, FREQ the fatal
shot Without word. Roumeliotis
Strengthened up and f"ll 10 the 1loor,
Relatives Arrested.
With thu smoke curling up from the
end o. his revolver Gets stood for n
moment and looked AZ the fallen man.
lie then waved the gun in front OF his
! body and dartcd out of the door. The
shooting was Immediately telcphoned to
the police station and all the men avail
able were detailed on the case. Up To
! a late hour Gctls had not been captured.
though his uncle. George Gets. and his
cousin, John Gctis. were arrested and
! are being held pending an investigation.
| Considerable suspicion surrounds the
| man who did the shooting. When Hgst
! qucs toned by the police he claimed To
| he Ignorant of the shooting. Upon be-
| ing further questioned he admitted that
! he had heard oi the shooting from George
| UondropoloS. another Greek, who had
, gone up town Immediately after the af-
| FRAY and had informed John Gstis that
| his cousin had shot Roumcliotis Tbs
| police arc OF the opinion that the shoot
| ing WAS the outcome of a wcl-laid plan.
Gust Gctls is described being five
| feet eight inches i'm height. las pounds in
| weight . years oi age, Of light COM
plcN!on. with brown halr. dark nous
| tacbc, wearing a light hat, aud IA light
| striped suit Of clothes.
Result Of Conspiracy,
/ According 10 rumors prevalent in
/ Greektown, the trouble between the two
| men has been brewing for the past two
weeks and grew out of tho fact that
| Roumelloti6 was appearing - witness
! in the case of his cousin, kothlafns, ON
| trial for the murder ot Peter Gets,
| cousin of Gust Gets. kothiafIiS was 4c-
| quilted, but Immediately rc1rrcStcd upon
! the charge Of assault with Il deadly wca-
! pom with intent 70 commit murder Tho
| new complaint against kothiatuS grew
! out Of trouble he hnd had with Peter
| Cctis before ne killed him, KothiaftiS
| left Bingham and went 10 work in Car
| field. He returned tor some OF bis CLOTH
| ing and claimed I'm his defense that Gctis
| opened IRE upon him. lie returned tho
! ire and killed his man.
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