Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-11
VENDETTA TAKES
ITALIANS LIFE;
BODY IS RIDDLED
Authorities Have Battling Mys
terry IN Murder Of Alto
ranso Petrone.
IS SHOT DOWN AT SlLWS
Rad Beer Here But a Fs~ Days.
Apparently Having Been LEred
By Letter Offering WORK

\ murder EhSch promises 20 furnish
o-e % the most barfiuE mysteries
vhieh The authoritirs Of this vicinity
ever were called upou 20 solve took
place a. siivis Saturday night when
Ason4aso Petrone. an Italian. ssrd -.
wa shot down UuquestiouabIy u
vas a crime % the Italian Black Hand.
and like many others charged 20 n
similar source. difficulties In the way
Of EetfisE evidence are almost insuper-
able
Petroue was shot down az midnight
NJ a point between the interurhau
and railroad tracks three. blocks vest
q the Silvfs car line Two men have
besn found Who saw the flashes OF
the revolver shots and later described
one or two men running away from
the scene. The only arrest made so
far IL that % PeliiErina Jafar0ia. an
Italian Who has lived iu Moline Tor
some time. He "a not suspected %
committing the crime but the police
believe that be knows something %
the circumstance. despite his volubie
protestations % innocence and iEuor-
ance Evidently DO ~ laborinG under
the fear common IN cases OF this Kind. [
feeling that n he tells anything which
leads 20 arrest Of those who are
guilty he VIII be marked for death /
and followed A. Petrone undoubtedly
had been TIL opportunity Offers % get /
him out OF the way without fear Of
detection
Saw Simultaneous Flashes
II l. practically certain that there .
We're two men involved in the shoot I
ing ". p. Hepburn. 2f33 FInh ave
nue.. Moline. who vas waiting FOR
car near the scene % the crime and .
who with the crew Of car found the .
body. says that he saw two reviewers .
fash simultaneously. Tfis testimony
~ horn out by that o. Leo NcC1ain.
who was also near the place az the
time
Examination Of the body showed
that there were no less than 10 bullet
IN 10. all fred from the rear. Evident
~ Petroue had started 90 run away
before tho shooting began There vas
no trail o. blood. showing that ne
could have taken only few steps be
fore falling. Five bullets we're href
into his head. one IN one arm and
four In the body Either one OF a half.
dozen Of them would have been sufl-
riert TO cause death.
The body when found lay face down
" ard ia the snow 10 was taken 20
The undertaking establishment Of 7.
J. Schafer ~ Waterfowl. here ftf
now les Coroner 4. G.. j. Meyer yes
,erday began preparations 20 hold an
Iagusst. though it g. not likely that
he taking OF evidence will be started
Tor several days
PetrUuc came 70 Moline only six
says ago from Chicago. u f. under I
stood In hts clothing was a letter q
written By someone here Who urged
rim TO come and stated that he would
- sbic % md work At 50 a day. n /
- did not the writer said he would ,
'eturn with Petrons 20 Chicago.
Had Found Job. 2
Petrono worked Saturday az Ehe ,
-nior Malleable iron works In Enst I
.foline. returning In the evening 10
lis boarding place. 1924 Second ave
Tue. Moline. At 1880 In the evening Z
70 left the house and was not again s
cen alive BY anyone who knew him. =
o far as the police have been able 20
aarn-
u f. certain that robbery was not !
he motive. since II e known that
'strvne had no money on his person. :
he police have reason TO believe that .
no plot was formed IN Chicago and
be crime executed BY someone sent
ut by Italian vendetta in that city.
AZ the Union Mai1eabie Iron works :
, was learned later that the murder d
& man gave the name OF Domiuick d.