The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-08
Louis Carboni is Dead, and
Frank Candi1oro is Charged
with Murder.
INNOCENT BYsTANDER HIT
Shooting Occurs ii. Dingy Room.
beneath Cheap Glen Elk
Pool Room.

In n sQunlid. little kitchen beneath
n chenp pool room on Baltimore
street near the corner OF Fifth. two
men Thursday night fought revoI-
EeF duel over5a painted woman. When
the smoke OF battle had cleared away
Louis Carboni, who, the police say.
has given them trouble In the past
lay In n heap on the dirty floor. Blood
tricElcd from five wounds In his body
he threshed around on the floor for q
minute or two, and then his struggles
grew weaker and weaker and finally
ceased altogether. He was dead.
Standing above tho dead man, was
Frank CRndtloro. proprietor of the
place. a smoking pistol In hiB hand
In another corner OF the room SALIVA
tore Nnstaslo WINS huddled up, nursing
wound In his shoulder. He Is said
to have been m innocent bystander.
Pleas Self Defense
Friday CarbonI'B body lay in To-
cal undertaking establishment, while
Chndiloro, declaring that he shot In
selt defense, was prisoner in the
county jail, awaiting trial before Mag
istrate Il. Edward Kidd on warrant.
charging murder, sworn out by CITY
Detective u. L. White.
Although Candiloro says he killed
Carhoni in self defense and after the
latter had extorted money from him
several times. police said Friday they
were confident that jealousy was the
cause OF the tragedy.
May Knighton. who came here sew
eral months ago with carnival. Is
said TO be the woman In the case.
Foltce say that for a long time she
lived with Candiloro In hia dingy lit-
tlesroom, reached by dark stairway
leading from trap door that opened
IN the floor Of the pool room. Then,
one day, tho police say CarbOnt beat
Candtloro's time and took the won
Ihursday night, 1t is said, SHE sent
Carboni to Candtloro's place to get q !.
trunk she had left there.
Gets Revolver.
When Carboni demanded that Cam
dlioro! give up the trunk, the latter
refused. according to the theory or
the police, and hot words followed.
Cand1loro. they say, fred at Carboni
but his shot went wild Carbonisthen
left the place. went back to his own
quarters, secured n revolver and re-
turned toathe battle. The fatalEdnel
occurred when Carboni returned to
he place. according to the police.
Police were Friday attempting to
learn the identity Of two women,
who, they say. were in the room at
the time Of tho tragedy. II these
Fomen can be located, their testimony
Will bear out the theory Of the DO.
lice in the opinion of CHIEF WHITE
Nastasfo Is In local hospital. HI
will recover.
Police Recall Raid.
Police Friday recalled raid Y l,ays
made on Candfloro's place several
months ago, at which time both Can
diloro and CarbonI were arrested Po-
Ice ra1ded the place after they had
been told that whisky was being sold
In ere. Upon entering the dtnEy lit
tle5room, however, they found a poker
game in full progress. Both Carbonf
and Candlloro were assessed fines IN :
police court for the offense, and Cans
was turned over to#thef county
authorities !, on charge Of violating
the prohibition law BE was acquit-
ted, however.
The tragedy occasloned no sur
Prise In police circles. we nave
been expecting some thing or the Kind
t o happen in one OF those places over
there for long time, z said Chief
Whyte Friday morning The chief
pointed ont that was al practical I'M
possibility for the police to- break ID
places Of the sort that CandfIoro
conducted, because OF the fact that9to
all outside appearances there was no
disorder. But, he went on. iii the
rooms that are reached
by trap doors, stafrways, tunnels and
In various other manners, it Is prob
able that untold crimes have been
Police said that the places were
exclusively By foreigners.
VINO. II summoned as witnesses, would
refuse to give any damaging testi-
mony against their fellow countryz