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high £0 low 58.ESTABLISHED IMG. . . •lt; * . . .VOL. 123—NO. 8GNEWPORT, R. I., FRIDAY, OCTOBER G, 1907U PAGESHome Delivery 42 cenls neelilyPRICE TEN CENTSRifleman Slays Two SailorsIsled personnel, hut tie re-jlour shots. I'll admit I was prGf-fused lo release ther names,jjy -scared. I figured the guy \ r.L .. r Jliad gone bescrk and was cutpending notification of next ofjto ^ uskia* After firing the shots, the killer walked through the restaurant to the main door on Broad-way, carrying the rifle, Amalo said.The Navy released at 2:35 pin. the identification of two sailors killed by rille shols In the Quality Lunch at I a.m. today.The victim* were Russell Arden Schilling ol Newport,Wash., and James Donald Cook of Port Arthur, Tex.Schilling Is rated a commiv fiaryman third class. Cook fs rated a-fireman striker.No age was given for either.Cook was reported lo he married..The names were withheld pending nolficntion of kin.William WaiLeiwi arrived on Two sailors were shol and,ukC scene. One of the men wastiled early this morning at thenot describe the suspect’s gct-»bodies. A fourth bullet waiaway car. 'found by police lodged in a/‘The matter still is uoderj^ o{ a)uminura siding oa'''‘•We^have evert ‘ available the Central Cafe, diagonallyman* on the case.1/Slate Medical Examiner Joseph A.-Palumbo, who came to Newport following the shooting, said both men had been shot in the chest or abdomen.dead on arrival. The other man apparently died’ instantly. William Amato, a-janitor alQuality Lunch on Broadway by a gunman wielding a high powered hunting rifle.tVHERE ONE BULI.ET EXITED — Mrs. James Welch, a waitress at the Quality Police Chief Frank H. WsjsllLunch, points to hole in front window. Slug wont through glass, ricochetedoffstreetam said he two ^Kd b jLenthal School, was‘an cye-fmbedded ilself in restaurant building across Broadway. • _ (Daily News Photo) positively nlentuicrt as ism, en Jq ^ j]ayIngs:I was silliiig at the end of the limch counter near Broadway having a cup of coffee just after 1 a. m.,'1 he said. ‘T saw a man enter the place from the Spring Street enhance. He was carrying a good-sized rifle*. He walked down the stairs into the place arid pointed the rifle at two guys sitting at a tabic at the other end of the counter. Ho was real close to the two guys, I saw him take airn at them and fire.” 'Amato said he.did not hear I he gunman, speak to the men.The name of the suspect, positively identified by eyewitnesses lo the double - slaying, also was withheld by Walsh; The,CvS Jon« sctdup «*»•*»JJI ^ I 1 I ^ a ^oaA|atnl at lioih bridges • leading! “One of. the men -was shotSc - IheNohheast 'from the island.. Police origin*!-! twice, flics oilier once.” Paiurn-ovet the Northeast, suspected (hat two cais were bo said. 'Although we haven tAt 1:10 a. in. vve received alC0nneC(Clt;j wilh lhc glltmian. yet- performed an autopsy, it call that l\vo men has been shot,0nc a taxicab, was eliminated. I looks as if the man that died on in lliu Quality Lunch; 25 Broad-j pQ|jce sent out a 32- slalcjhis way to the hospital was way,” Walsh said. “Patrolman a|cit jor thc killer. Walsh saidishot once Lhrough the chest audWilliam Wallerson arrived on a definite suspect had becn'oncc in the back. ...........lhc scene. One of the men was identitied, but lie would.not dis! Palumbo said three .bullets, building was of - a smaller Mil-taken'Lo Newport Hospital ty iclosc the suspect’s name, ad-,from' a .30- caliber rifle were^er than those found in tne vie-the Fire Department rcscuc;drc5Si or description. He would found kidgcri in the victims’Him, he said,truck, where he was pronouncedacross Broadway from (lie Qua-' lity Lunch.A hole was found in 'the front window or Quality Lunch.The fourth bullet could bava missed one of the victims, traveled thc length of the rcsfau' rant, smashed through the front window and ricocheted from the pavement into thc building across the street,” Dr. Palumf !o said.“I understand, however, that the bullet recovered, from theping■Ruins Newport Lobster AreaThe Rhode Island Fishermen's Association said today it plans ip seek a court injunction against a contractor „\vlm is dumping dredged mud. in one of. Lhc. principal.. lobster and codfish areas off Newport.Alfred J. Brownell of Anthony Road, Portsmouth, association president, said today if (lie mud from the Providence River coii-v:. 6u.„..uu,d- linues.-to be dumped .alongAs soon as lhc shooting start-rWashington Ledge, it will ruinEd, be said, r,I ducked’ downkhe area. He said about 2.CK10behind the counter. He :fired yards, were being dumped thereknow, but we find mud in our pots when we bring them tip, Brownell said,He said tile association- will hold a meeting soon to consider asking authorities to changeevery .day, and the- dredging wiU'continue, for more Ilian twu years.Brownell said. 1C lobster boats from Newport operate in this area;. He said the lobstermen have been finding pots covered -- ~rwith mud or destroyed. When N* dumping-area.the tug comes down from Providence. it makes a wide sweep af the ledge area, which is about five mites south of thc Bronton Reef Light Tower,.and- the towline* sweep, away the- lobster rmt him vs.' . • “Five May Bid On Goat IslandThe Redevelopment- An-
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