The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-21
IRULLETINl

Iderer, was alleged to be in hiding.
TBULLETIN1
MUNCIE, Ind, Nov. 21.-Muncie Of
fcers are securing this city and sur
rounding territory following informa-
ton that Donate Fierro, who shot and
| killed William anderson, a Penn
sylvania foreman, at Richmond, and
seriously wounded two other employees
after he had strangled his wife and
nine year old daughter, dropped off
a freight train at Muncie about noon.
1t is reported that Fierro left the
train at the Muncie yards
If the Muncie report is correct, Ffer-
70 went northeast from the scene of
the tragedy until he struck the Chesa-
peake and Ohio railroad tracks, where
he may have caught a freight for
the north.
Williamsburg reported seeing a man
answering F1erro's description on local
freight No. 83 which leaves here at
7:15 a. m. Muncie police were in
formed of this fact
Donate Fierro, after strangling his
wife and nine year old daughter at
their home, 1105 North / streer,
ambushed a section crew of the Penn
sylvania railroad, killed William Hen
derson, extra gang foreman, and seri-
ously wounded Grant Perkins and
Charles Hagan, members of the crew.
Tuesday morning
The murderer is still at large. Nine
: teen years ago Fierro shot and killed
: the chief OF police of Bisaccio, in the
province of Ayellino. Italy. He feigned
: insanity and escaped the death PEN
: atty.
Il The tragedy which began in his
home last night is one of the most
sordid and sensational in the criminal
annals of Wayne county.
Some time after o'clock Monday
afternoon, Fierro strangled his wife.
Rosario, 80 years old. She was found
in her bed this morning. In her arms
was the body of their daughter, An
tonetta, nine years old, evidently
; strangled this morning and placed
there by her father.
Fierro Hides in Weeds
The Pennsylvania railroad section
crew was ambushed on Three Mile
hill, west of the city on the line to
Chicago. AS the hand car approached,
Fierro arose from a dense growth of
weeds where he had been hiding, and
leveling shotgun, ordered them to
: halt. Fierro stood on an eminence on
the north side of the track.
IL am going to shoot every one of
you," he shouted as he approached
the crew. The first shot struck
Hagan- The crew scattered. Hender-
son crouched in the ditch on the south
side of the track, imploring Fierro not
to shoot
II am going to kill the boss" re-
piled Fierro, according to Dominick
Silo, one Of the crew.
Henderson Shot In Head
The discharge of the shot gun struck
Henderson in the head.
The next shot was directed at War
rem Hubble, who had started to call
the police. Fierro then pumped three
, more shots into the body of Hender-
SON Re-loading the piece. Fierro
shot Perkins in the forearm.
Then the killer fired at random at
} various members of the gang who had
scattered when Fierro opened up the
fussilade. Keeping the shotgun di-
rected at the group, Fierro backed
: into the open woods north of the track
and disappeared. Dominick and Sam
, Silo said they heard two shots in the
woods after the killer had disappeared.
In the meantime, Hubble had sum-
| moned the city and county police au-
thorities, who arrived about fifteen
: minutes after the tragedy.
Fierro was one of the coal dock
: laborers at the local Pennsylvania
yards who went on strike on July l
! He was re-employed as section hand
) some time ago, and released from this
! service on Nov. II, because of gen.
eral reduction in the maintenance oil
way personnel.
No Other Reason Given.
: There was no other reason assigned
for his dismissal other than that he
was one of the newer employees in
this branch of the service. 1t is SUP
posed that the assassin blamed Hen.
derson for his discharge as he made
directly for him when the crew started
to run.
William Henderson was a general
: foreman Of the extra construction gang
|. which was engaged in laying new rails
h west of the city. He entered the serv
y ice of the Pennsylvania at Richmond
I on May 16, 1879, which service was
n continuous except for about three
IT years.
5 He was a veteran employe Of the
system and member of the Veteran
Employees association of the Rich
mond division of the Pennsylvania sys
tenn and general favorite Of the mer
A of the maintenance of way department
of the Richmond division. Mr.. Hen
derson was born in Randolph count,
: August Is. 1865. and has been res
= ident of this city for a number o
= years.
: y Henderson was shot once from tn
:. rear, the shot entering his body a
= | the spine and going clear through hi