Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27

through his thigh and the third below
the knee. Roberti, it is alleged. KEEP
the officers from getting to lmperic
when he began firing.
None of the officers were armed anC
they were powerless, the accused mel
running away. After Wandering
about in the woods near Cohover the,
were captured on July 9Th by a posse
which came across them early in the
morning. The shooting occurred two
days prior, July 9th.
Evidence was introduced rs follows.
DEFENDANTS HAD AID.
August Swail of Roosevelt testified
that the defendants had come to his
fathers place in that village; tina,
when a train for Rhinelander had ap-
proachel on which Under-Sheriff AS
mundson was riding they had run be-
hind an office building and attempted
to crawl under, and later had run
back of the icehouse. Z. F. Horn, who
was also on the train, testified to see
ing the men run from the ice house to
a field and hide in the grass and brush.
He said that Joe Imperio. brother to
Antonio Imperio and Fred Pappineau
had been on the train but stopped at
Roosevelt.
It~had been shown by Charles Swail
that it was at the req uest of Joe I'm
perio that The auto had been ordered
from Rhinelander to take the defend =
ants to Gag River, and Mart Hirzel
testified that after the men had reach
ed Eagle River Joe Impelio had tried
to get an auto to take them to State
Line. Failing in this Joe Imperio en-
gagged the rig which took them to Con-
over where the homicide took place.
FIRST STORY OF THE SHOOTING.
Howard Ohm stead, who drove the
men to Conover. was the first eve wit
ness of the shooting who was called.
He told of taking the men to 7Conover
and of the subsequent actions before
the arrival of the officers. In brief
his story was as follows; AS the train
came into the station the two men
were at the Stenmetz hotel. Sheriff
Radcliffe asked Olmste if they were
the men he had brought there and
was told that they were. The officers
went to where the men we're and plac-
ed them under arrest. Radcliffe then
went to the depot. While he was
away Officers Hanson and Carter bad
some conversation with Imperio, he
seeming to doubt that Radcliffe was
the sheriff, but was assured he was.
When Radcliffe returned from the de-
pot Imperio either said he wanted to
speak to him or made motion for
him to fellow and stepped off the
hotel porch. Radcliffe followed and
they went short distance around the
east end of the hotel. Roberti was
| still sitting on the bench but got up
and he and Carter, Hanson and Ohm
| stead al followed There was con-
versation there as to the right of the
officers to make the arrest without a
warrant and Radcliffe said be bad the
authority and was taking them into
custody on wire message. Hanson
| said, Yes, he can arrest you, he Is
the sheriff and has the right. Hanson
then told them if they had any weap-
ons to throw them on the ground. The
men did not comply and Roberti was
searched. The officers then started
towards Impello to search him when
he made protest, stepped back and
drew gun and commenced shooting
Hanson, Radcliffe and Carter, said the
witness, were going towards lmperio
to get the gun away from him. Rober
ii seeming to be in their way. Wit
ness did not know how many shots
were fired, but said they came rapid
Inv. He saw Imperio point the reyol.
yer directly at Radcliffe and lire and
saw the latter fall A little later Han
son fell, having walked to Radcliffe,
and they Law side by side on the
ground Imperio and Roberti then
ran away, he said, going east and then
south, looking back as they rar. On
cross examination witness said that
when the first shot was fired he ran tc
the hotel door and asked for gun
but aid not get it.
TELLS OF THE CAPTURE.
Harry Mcintyre, H Z. tIedeman
and G.. L. Carter told of the capture
of the accused. The three men came
1 unon them about seven o'clock IN the
morning about one and one-half miles
south of Conover on an old tote road
The accused did not see the men a:
they came up. Robcrti was sitting OF
log with his elbows on his knees ane
his head in his hands. Imperio wa
sitting down few feet away. A 90
Iealibre revolver was lying on log
| little distance away. 1t contained
| one unexploded cartridge and no emp
lty shells. When about six rods away
4 the command of ''hands up was Civ
1 en- and Tiedeman shot into the air LII
] two men sprang to their feet, threw
i mn their hand and said ''don't shoot
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