The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-10-01
TWO sLAvoNlANsOUARREL AND ONE
IS SHOT TO DEATH AT AMASA
LIQUOR IS AT THE BOTTOM OF II
We're in Attendance at Wake Over I
Man Who Was Killed al the tiemlock
Mire.


shot and instantly KILLED by Frank
Gabroski, a countryman OF his own. at
the boarding house of Jacob Katchmas-
XII at portion of the Michigan mine
location known as Pork City last
Saturday afternoon about five o'clock.
4 The killing was the result of quar-
\ rel in which whisky and an old grudge
were mixed. The man who fired the
fatal shot escaped into the woods and
remained hid under lot of hay in
farmers barn until about four O. clock
Sunday morning when mis- whereabouts
was unearthed by party OF searchsrs
sent there by Coroner Dawson. He
was taken to Amasa village where ne
was later turned over to Sheriff
Holmes who took him to Crystal Falls
and lodged him in the county Jail.
The story of the affair. as nearly as
we can dig it out of the mass OF evil
dence taken at the coroner's inquest,
is as follows:
The two principals in the affair
were in Crystal Falls Saturday morn
ing aud went to Amasa on the q. q
N. w. train. The Hemlock mine, at
which they worked had been closed
because Of the accidental death of Sig
mund Rochinsky,a a fellow countryman.
Rochinsky was buried that forenoon
and after the funeral one Of their coun-
trymen invited number of Slavonians
to his boarding house where he had
some beer. The party was drinking
freely of the beer when the two men
arrived from Crystal Falls and Joined
them. During the course Of the after
noon. Deddo became quarrelsome and
pushed brother of Deddo's off his
chair, confscating it to his own use.
THE brother got up and took another
chair only to be evicted therefrom,
again. later on at the whim of Deddo.
This thing continued until the man
had been showed of his chair four
times. The fellow then left the house
saying that he would not quarrel with
Deddo.
That source of qualification being re-
moved Deddo turned to other fields and
there enters into the narrative wo-
an and bouquet bat the relative posi-
tions and Importance OF each is obscur-
ed, the main point being that there
was controversy over it and Deddo
was mixed mp in the affair.
The next heard OF Deddo was when
he went outside and began to 'chew
the rag with Frank Zabroski. 1t is
claimed that there was an old grudge
between the men. II so 1t is probable
that the liquor they had drunk revived
the memories. At any rate Zabroski
started to 60 home saying that he did
mt want TO fight with Deddo because
of his sore hand Deddo followed his
man ont through the gate and into the
road wnen he threatened to''lick" him
then and there. zobraski drew re-
volver and warned mis- assailant away
but the latter said that ho wasn't a
traid OF his fgun and waded into his
man throwing Zabroski 20 the ground
on HE back. Zabroski then fired shot
in the air hoping TO scare Deddo but il
had no effect so the second time he
4 turned the gun against his assailant' &
! Dodyand pulled the trigger. The bullet
passed through the body near the heart
He fired third shot and then escaped
He ran TO the woods and hid in barn
under four feet of hay.
II was Thought that the fellow had
made his escape so telepone messages
were sent broadcast TO watch out for
him.
During the progress of the coroner Z
Inquest il was learned that the slayer
was seen entering the barn in question.
The searchers said that they had look
ed in all parts of the barn but couldn [
find him. sMr. Dawson suggested that
they 20 back ana turn the hay over
carefully which they did and finally
= were rewarded by finding their man
hinder the hay.
This is the second murder that has
occurred at Pork City" this year
and tile place is getting an unsavory
reputation.
Since the examination at the coron.
er's inquest reporter for this paper
oisited Amasa and learned that there
is another side to the story. IL IL
lai med by tho par tisans OF Deddo that
Zobrasld left the boarding house while