The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-09
MAN IS KILLED IN
MYSTERIOUS MANVER
Anthony Bertilli, Prominent
Italian of Salt Lake, Slain
While Hunting.
HIS COMPANION HELD
Conlrade Tells Strange Story
of How Unknown Man With
Rifle Hurried Away.
HIS COMPANION HELD

Anthony Bertclii, aged 40 years, Joint
proprietor of saloon at li6 West Sec
ond South street and proprietor Of the
Tooelc bar at Bingham. was shot and
killed under strange circumstances while
he was rabbit hunting yesterday after
noon at about I2;25 o'clock in the lone
illness of the Oquiirh mountains abou,
ono mile west OF Lark. BertelI's only
companion at the time of the shooting
was James Nick. Joint proprietor of the
Victoria grocery store al Bingham. Nick
said. upon being questioned by Il. r..
Dudley. acting coroner az Bingham, that
when Bertclli was about five feet in
front Of him and when he was not look
Ing at Bcrtelli. there was the report OF
let whistled close TO his head. He said
he saw Bertelli reel and fall TO the ground
and turning TO the direction from which
the report came, saw a lone borseman
with u rifle In his hand gallopinG madiy
away from them, When he reached Ber-
telli he sajd. his companion was dead.
Companion Is Held
Nick is held at The city iail at Blng-
ham on suspicion of having had some
OF the body of Berteil will be held this
morning and the bullet will be removed
from the dend mans brain. Following
this an Inquest will be held
Nick and Bertelli. IL is said, were good
friends. Up TO an early hour this morn
ing no motive for the crime had been
unearthed. The hills and country sur
secured by parties in search OF the lone
horscman. but no trace of him was
found. No one In that vicinity had been
located last night who during the day
had seen such a hoTseman us is de-
scrIbed by Nick TO have done the shoot
ing. The tragedy has caused great
stir In the mining camp and this morn
ing searching parties viii again set out
In of tho lone horgeman.
Berteli spent part Of his time In BlpS-
ham and the rest Of the, time In salt
ley in this city, The dead man and d.
Il. Corbett were the propr!etors of
saloon al la6 West Second South street.
Berteni was an Italian and had lived in
wears. He spoke good English and was
well Thought OF by his countrymen,. IL
is said that he u comparatively well to
do. He bad owned the Tooele, bar at
Bingham for about six months. He
leaves a widow and two children. oced
and years. The body was removed
James Nick and James Rolando two
Italians. are the proprictors of the VIC
torIa grocery store M the mining camp.
Nick has been In Bingham about seven
years and both men were considered To
be good friends Of Bertelli. Nick and
Rolando ara considered TO be good clti-
zens.
Three Went Shooting.
A, S o'clock Sunday morning Bcrteili.
Rolando and Nick went rabbit shooting
in the grocery delivery wagon of the two
latter. They had with them shotgun
and one .22-caliber rifle. They drove to
the Lark mine which is over the hill
from Bingham on the Salt Lake valley
slope. AT the mine the wagon could
proceed no further and the horses We're
tied 10 fence To await the return OF tho
hunters. After few hours the thrce
men returned To the wagon for lunch
After lunch Rolando remained with The
wagon and Berteli and Nick again went
In search of rabbits,
The tragedy took place about one mile
west of Lark, between tho Fort Harrl-
man Land & Livestock company $ prop
crty and tho pumping station Of the Ohio
Copper company
As far az is known no one WAS within
three quarters OF mile OF NICK ana
Rertelli when the shooting took place.
When Nick reported the shooting +;
f. Dudley. acting coroner was summoned
and made an investigation. Nick made
the following statement to MIR. Dudley;
IL was about five feet behind Bertelli
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