Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-18
POLICE SURE THEY
HAVE MURDERERS
OF LADD RESIDENT
SHERIFF SKOGLAND CONFIDENT
THAT ROCKFORD ITALIANS ARE
GUILTY OF KILLING YOU;iG
GROCER ClERk-JAll is UNOER
GUARD.

GUARD.
Ladd, Illinois. May lS-(SpeciaD-
A heavy guard has been placed about
the Bureau County Jail, at Princeton,
where three Rockford Italians, Gem
Camra. Frank Franinba. and Tony
Domasella, are held prisoners for the
murder of Belmo Tandovi. whom they
,hot to death Wednesday evening at 6
O'Clock on road one mile west OF
Cherry.
Authorities are confident they have
he guilty trio, due to the fact that
the men we're heavily armed with au-
tomato revolvers and had a wicket
looking knife when taken in custody
at La Moille, Illinois, following a
country wide chase.
Feeling in Ladd is at a high pitch
over the death of Tanadozi and
many times there has been talks of
lynching the men for their deed Sher-
iff Skogland is keeping the facts OF
the shooting from newspaper report
ers. He refused to give out the names
but the names given above were OBJ
tanned after scribe had accomplish
ed clever feat
Securing the number of the Ford
auto in which the men fed it was
found the guard belonged to Domasel-
la The men were in Ladd prior to
the holdup and visited with friends,
one of the trio, 1t IL said was recent
iy released from Joliet, and another
one of their pals" is still confined to
the big stir"
Robbery the Motive.
Robbery is seen as the motive for
the killing, but in their purpose the
gang were frustrated for they failed
to secure $3.50 which young Tanadvzi
had collected at Cherry and was TAX
! ing it to Ladd Tanavzi had secret
ed the cash in the color of one of the
mules which he was driving and this
was what defeated the plans of the
hold.ups
The attempted robbery and shoot
( ing took place at a bridge which spans
a creek mile south of Cherry on the
main thOroughfare leading into Ladd.
! Tanayzi, who was twenty-one years
old, was employed by his uncle, G.
/ Tanav2i, who conducts general store
at I.add and carries on quite an ex-
/ tensive business at Cherry. Tuesday
was pay day at the mine in Cherry
and the young man went to the town
tC make deliveries and collections.
Tho money which he accumulated dur.
ing the day totailed in the vicinity of
$3.50 and when he was about to start
back for Ladd driving team OF
mules and HIS delivery wagon he hid
the cash in the collar of one of the
animals. Ii was after six O'Clock
when Tanavzi left Cherry and about
Z O'Clock when he reached the bridge
where the attack started.
The three hold.up men mad secreted
themselves under the bridge and wher
they saw Tanavzi approaching from
she north they crawled out to the side
OF the highway and prepared for their
attack As the wagon drew up onto
the span they stepped out, covered
the driver with revolvers and ordered
him to throw up his hands. With
out q moments hesitation Tanavz
complied. but as he did so the mules
became frightened and started Il
rum
Evdentally Of the belief that Tan
avzi was attempting to escape the trlt
opened fire and two bullets took effec
in his body
AS the mules continued to run tn,
three men jumped into their Fore
which they had nearby and gave pur
, suit They followed and overlook tn
r wagon and after passing 1t stoppe,
{ their machine and awaited until Tar
t avzi drew up even with them, Agai
? they fired and three more bullet
D found their mark. 8t
Z Later when Tanavzi was hurrie
n to st. Margarei's hospital, surgeon
: found that two of the bullets ha
taken effect in the badomen one ha
penetrated the left shoulder, a fourt
had struck the left leg and the fift
. had gone through an order boo
which Tanav2i was carrying in a bac
=, pocket and lodged in the thigh. A
!, though everything possible was don
- to aid the young man at the hospita
/ his condition was such and no hop
% could be held out for his recover,
d Death came shortly after ten.thirt
IT. "A half,mile south of the scene ,
q the shooting is the farm home Of Pa
n. rick Faherty and when the mul,
:. had raced this far the wounded drive
was able to stop them, attract the a
c tontion Of residents Of the house ar
N gasp his story of the attack. A
10 was soon on the way ana the dyir
1t youth rushed to- the Spring Valley he
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