Evening journal., 1910-01-17
-SNOWBALLING LED TO
MURDER OF YOUNG MAN
WHO HAD NO PART IN 1T
William Kidd, Aged 21, Shot TO Death by Carmine
Russo, Who is Threatened With LYnching
When Captured in His Banicaded Home

time OF the shooting stood aghast at
the affair and it was not before Russo
had walked some distance up the
street that they recovered and started
in pursuit. Russo's companion had
run up Adams street. a short distance,
then Jumped a fence ran through a
back yard and emerged on Seventh
street after which he disappeared.
Wanted to Lynch Him.
When Russo saw the crowd coming
after him he broke into q run and
several times fourlshed his revolver
and made his pursuers drop back. lie
continued out Sixth street, to Clayton,
along that thoroughfare to Seventh,
and then down Seventh street, TO No.
1924. his home. and darted in the
house closing and locking the door be-
hind him.
Marshal Rambo. "A young man, driv-
ing a milk wagon followed Russo in
the wagon and Russo seeing the wagon
paid no attention TO II, being ignorant
all the time that RambO was on his
trail. Rambo's wagon took a stand in
front of Russo's house until the ar
rival of the police
A mob of 500 men and youths gath
cred around the house. The crowd was
infuriated by the mans act and shouts
of lynch him were heard. Some one
had gone so far as to get rope for
this purpose.
The police. however, began to ar
rive about this time. officers Hahn
and Conner were hurried TO the scene
and Patrolmen Wardle and Sherwir
joined them. When the four officers
arrived at the Russo house they found
Patrolman Samuel Ford ready to &C
( i'm the house by himself
Ohicers Hahn and Ford placed Russo
under arrest. and after locking the
/ handcuffs on him. started for tho door
/ This was a signal for the crowd out
side to again become boisterous ano
! the five officers had all they could dc
TO protect their prisoner. Efforts were
made to get the rope, which had beer
! secured to lynch the man. about his
neck. and the officers had to do some
fighting to get it. they themselves be
! ing battered and knocked around boy
! the crowd A car coming along about
this time was stopped by the police
and they got their prisoner aboard an6
instructed the motorman TO go ahea'
at full speed and not to stop. In thii
way the crowd was left behind.
Didn't Mean TO Kill
At the police station Russo admitte'
the shooting and said that he ha'
4 a'wained the smaller boys 70 stol
throwing snowballs at him, and h
thought that the larger boys wer
about to attack him. He said he free
the revolver to scare them and had M
intention of killing anybody. Whel
| told Kidd was dead Russo threw up hi
hands and loudly exclaimed that h
did not believe it.
Russo has been in this country abou
three years aud has wife and two
year-old child in Italy. He has beei
working for the contractor who
building Alfred I. duPonts new hom
in Brandywine hundred.
The untimely death of Kidd came a
a severe blow to his parents and M
many friends. He was exceedingly
popular. having been an athlete an
roller polo player of some ability.
Mr.. Kidd. father of the young mar
is superintendent of the Empire Grat
Works, in Chester. Pa, and on Sat
urday was called to Tioga, Pa, to d
some work for his firm. He wa
I ignorant of his sons death, and it wa
with some trouble that he was locate
and apprised of the fact. Miss Made
line Kidd. sister of the young mar
was attacked by a negro highwayma
, during Christmas week.