The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-28
bert Miller, an American,
Shot in Abdomen by One
of a Gang of Italians in
North End of City.
FSOLOMON MILLER is
PAINFULLY INJURED
Eather of Young Man Was
Stabbed in the Back
Seven Men Under Arrest
and One Man Missing.

Although not as mysterious as many
other cases, the local police are some
what bafYled as to the identity of the
Italians who shot down young Bert
Miller, and stabbed his father, Solo
mon Miller, early Sunday morning as
the two were going to their home on
North Sixteenth street. Young Miller
is reported dying at the Reid Memorial
hospital, having been shot from behind,
the bullet entering the abdomen. There
is little hope entertained for his re-
covery. His father Is not In serious
condition but his injury Is very pain
full. He was stabbed In the back, the
blade OF the knife, or razor striking
the shoulder blade.
Seven Italians are now In the city
jail and this morning were obliged to
60 through severe examination be-
fore the authorities. They were TAX.
en- to the hospital where Miller identi-
fled one as the foreigner who shot
him. However. Police Supt. Gormon
believes that Miller is mistaken and
that Nicholas Benakas, at whose house
the Italians roomed and who Is
thought to have left the city sometime
Sunday morning is the man who did
the shooting and stabbing also.
He thinks that ,Miller's statement
is due to his critical condition.
aaid he Kicked Dog.
The. Millsr's reside At s04 North Six
teenth, street and were returning from
the downtown district about midnight
Saturday Az, they were passing the
Wayne Works shops. an Italian stop
ned them and accused them of kick
tng his dog. The elder Miller replied
that they had not seen his dog. and
the foreigner is alleged to have declar-
ed that he would shoot them.
Solomon Miller says that the Italian
left them and as he and his son turn
ed on Sixteenth street at North F
street they noticed a number of men
running toward them. The men be-
gan mumbling in the Italian tongue
and surrounded the Miller's. Young
Miller attempted to run but as he
glanced back he saw five foreigners
pounce on his father. He quickly
turned and started to his fathers as
sistance when an Italian standing in
the street fired three shots at him,
the first two bullets going wild, the
third entering young Miller's abdo-
men. Az the limp body of the youth
fell to the gravel pavement one Of the
men who had struck the elder Miller
raised q shining knife or razor above
his head and stabbed the old man. At
this juncture men residing near the
place where the affair occurred ran in
the direction of where the shots were
fired and the Italians fled. Patrolman
Bundy, who was between Fourteenth
and Fifteenth street at the time. heard
the shots and ran quickly to the spot.
He gathered what little Information he
could and sent In a riot call. Supt.
Gormon with Patrolmen Menke. Ed
wards. Wierhake and Wenger respond
ed.
Taken 70 Hospital.
In the meantime the injured boy
had been carried to the home of Ar
thur Darby, ITO North F street and
afterwards he was removed to the
hospital. Surgeons did not probe for
thA bullet Immediately on account of
hi5 cqnditioA, but 1t was removed aft
,erWards.
The police Immediately surrounded
the boarding and rooming house OF
Nicholas and Rosie Benakas. No trou.
BILE was experienced in gaining en-.
trance to the house and eleven for.
eigners were placed under arrest on
suspicion OF committing assault and
battery with intent to kill. Four OF
the men were released while seven
are still held. pending further investi
cation. The four released were Mike
Goble r. Krium, and the seven con
fined at the city jail are Mike Welsh
Jim I4ereria. Richard Rosa, Frank
Perry. Tony Mosemma, Jerry Corruso
and Ollie Lonchis. Most of the men
have been employed about local shops
When asked by a Palladium reporter
~ to the whereabouts of her husband
Rosie Benakas. smiled and asserted
In her native tongue that he left the
city Saturday night at o'clock fol
New York to visit her sister whom
she said. was very i'll. Her statement
/. was made to an interpreter who trans
lated It 10 the reporter. supt. Gormor
says that although he Is not positive
he believes Benakas IL the guilty man
Find Gun and Razor.
Frank Roberts. 1904 North F street
IN Italian. acted as an interpreter fol
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