Putnam patriot., 1913-08-29
MURDER ON FRONT STREET
Frank Rore Dies ia Hospital.
Revolver Shots Exchanged.


 by another Italian.
 People who were on the street be- tween 10 and II o'clock Saturday night heard a number of shots ring out near the Front street bridge. It was impossible to count them so rapidly were they fired. Those near est say they heard eight or nine shots. When the smoke cleared away Roze was seen running up Front street. He went through Kinney's lumber yard, up School street to Corbin street, to May street and into Tetreault's saloon on Elm street, where he collapsed. He was taken to the office of Dr. J. J. Russell. Dr. Russell ordered him taken to the hospital.
 Doctors Todd of Danielson and Nor rell and Perry of this city held con sultation. It was found that a bullet had passed through his body from front to back and another had passed through from the right side to the left side where It had lodged just un- l der the skin. The mans pulse went ap to l60 and it was impossible to op. crate. He grew gradually worse but remained conscious to the end. An attempt was made to get post mortem statement, but Roze main tained that he did not know the man who did the shooting. He denied that hr nd | said he had had no trouble.
 A 3S caliber revolver with it's five chambers empty was picked up just north of Vaughan's garage and 1t Is said that man was seen in the vi- cinity a while after the shooting ap- parentiy hunting for 1t. He is said to have disappeared holding blood. stained handkerchief up to his head.
 People in the vicinity say they saw man run up South Main street and disappear through the subway.
 It is not knowg what started the trouble. One story Is to the effect that an argument started in saloon. Another Is that the man who shot Roze went up 10 him and asked for a cigarette and being refused whipped out pistol and began firing. Marks where bullets struck the abutments on both sides of the bridge are plainly 1 seen.
 year. He came here from Italy. His wife and two young children came here about five months ago. They lived at "A School street. His wife is in a delicate state of health.
 Monday morning an autopsy was performed In smiths undertaking rooms by Medical examiners J. B. | Kent of Putnam and R. C. Paine of 1 Thompson and Dr. J. J. Russell of | this city. The wounds were found as above. There was absolutely no chance for the man from the first and had an operation been possible, it would have been of no avail.
 A little after II o'clock Saturday night an Italian was arrested on South Main street. A woman in house nearby was retiring for the night when she heard heavy footsteps coming along the sidewalk. She looked out and saw man staggering along and into the street and lay there. Fearing that he might be run over by some vehicle she telephoned the police. The man was booked as Joseph Mannery. It later developed that his name was Guiseppi Minervi. Monday morning | Captain Murray found that he had a 3S caliber pistol cleaner on his person | and small bottle of oil. A pistol cleaner and no pistol aroused suspi- cion and several men who saw man run from the crowd where the shoot | ing was done were called to the police | station and identified the man as the one seen running.
 Howard James, who works nights on the railroad, says he saw the man run up South Main street holding a handkerchief to his head He stopped near Vaughan's garage and did some thing but in the darkness James said he could not tell what 1t was. The man went through the subway and when he came up James followed him to Cloutier's saloon where he saw him have two drinks. He left another man to watch while he went for lan officer The man left and went up South Main street and the lsst two drinks being more than he could carry he was overcome and went down in the street, and his arrest followed. The man was not brought into court.
 During the day state policeman Hur- ley arrived and he sent for State Po- liceman Verelli, the Italian member of the force, and he came on in the afternoon. They put Minervi through a close examination and he finally ad- mitted that he shot Roze but claimed that there was row and that he shot in self defense. He told where he had thrown his revolver which was at the same place that the revolver had ai- ready been found. Minergi had buffet hole through his trouser leg and coat bui the skin beneath was not even scratched. Minervi is a short man about 8 to 4o years old and has black staring eyes.
 ] Funeral services were held for Frank Roze al 5t. Mary's church Tuesday