The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-26
PRANK xRAEANIx FUGITIVE ron
rhkE riAkS JAxLED
YESTERDAY,
Adnit. HAv-ns sAsbsa Mn. sioa. q,
Elm Grove IN isiaS. o. But-
Ter Made Arrest


Prank krazaufk crarEcd with stab.
BINS Aik SSo1s of Elm Grove. on ths
M'rning OF April = ial- .tnrtctfng
sounds from which skoda died Thur
DAY. Aprl q 80 tho County hospital. "a.
arrested yesterday afternoon a. Kim
grove hy Town Marshall n. ~ Ruti.r
NraEanis Sss removed 90 the local 3hl
charEc or Deputy sheriff Henry
trotme aut Lafayette Grancr. where Do
sil D. held pcuding a hoaring before
S-fe 'harie- Sctocrt of Elm Grow.
hfaEaulk admits having stabbed SRo-
ia although De Claims that he did NOT
snow that skods died since the time
IN me cutuns KraEsnik has been al
as being learned yesterday that
.e has been NorktnE In the coal mines
near Sarn'giA Pa. Sherin W NJ Glenn
ar~ who Wa then m ofnce orered A
reward % s. Tor nd. capture IN,
whether this reward ztiil holds good "
n question.
Acoordins 20 the public record. OF IN.
case. krazantk and Shkoda Wsr. h5fh
employee a. the Wheeling EnAmeltnE
JAM AZ hlm Grove ON Monday after
noon and evening they had been quar-
reling. but as night fell they Eot in
better hunor Win one another. ana
purchased a ]sroWler" 81 beer at a sa-
A foreign Witness whose name was
net giNen A. that time testified tina
SNodN Ma pretty boozy. and when
h~raEanik wanted him 10 buy more beer
De refused Not only did he refuse but
the bucket ~ beer that had already
been hougnt Was upset by SkodA and
this outraged kraEanik.
This led TO a quarrel. and SkodA an
old man. was Knocked down b. hI.
yogngSr comFsnion . number OF times
John krazanik. "a brother o. the ac-
Cuzcd man. tried 90 separate the light
ers and he Was cut about the hand by
pcnknife in the hands or his older
brother. but not seriously injured.
When the men were nnally separated.
the records show Prank kranEanik ran
meet skoda In the door. The other men
IN tho room saw him raise his arm.
strike and then saw skode fan 70 tho
floor krazanik. with his knife stili In
his hands. broke from the room and ran
up over the hin back % the power house
at Elm Grove and that was the last seen
Kiiisd with Knife.
For genera Information ~ was learn
Cd that the knife wound entered the eve
and partially through the head. IL
is claimed that the weapon was "A butch
the %coroner's jury prs l.. X. Cracraft.
and r. ~ Plant. who conducted the
autopsy; and Or. r. N. Pedicord tes-
tiiied that death was due TO "A knife
wound that had penetrated the brain
through the skill.
krazanik was arrested yesterday ar
ternoon between the hours OF Z and 8
o'clock. at the home OF his mother. Mrs.
louis Luhon WHO runs boarding
Elm Grove. a foreigner friendly 10
squire Scibcrt told the official that tho
alleged murdered was In hiding at his
Marshal Butler was then called. and
he and the squire searched the house.
the nrst search proving futile. Feeling
certain that he was there. they made a
mole minute search and found n bunch
or rags under a bed. The officer call
ed Tor the man TO come out or they
would shoot, and ~ r. said he replied
Don't shoot, ] come out lie crawled
out from his retreat and was nabbe by
.officer Butler and taken to the Elm
Grove town jail.
Prosecuting Attorney u 4. McKee
and his assistant r. 4. O'Rrfcn befd a
short Investigation at the Jail last night.
such statement being taken by Court
~Stenographer Louis Walters. They will
continue their Investigation today. and
the date OF the hearing will depend on
such Investigation.
A longing 10 see his mother H. be-
loved 10 be the reason or krazani's re-
turning.