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SHOT THROUGH THE HEART AT BILLINGSfatai, ut %hhi:i, hktwi:k\ itai.-IAN* lt;\ I HKII m JKAI.OIrH\— j1KN ItOIIIIFIl AM) *1,1 i.i.DlK(Special Correspond* nee. [Hillings, Oct. 11-A wave of crime apparently swept over Hillings last Frida Inight, and the perpetrators seem all t«• j have been of the Italian race. One Itat ian was shot through the heart at.d instantly killed by arothtr. Three Hal j ie.ns, under promise • *f free lodging for i the night and a Job in the morning, »*•* gulled a Herman into a dark neighbor- j hood, held him up for all the money m Ihad on his person, and shot at him as he ran away. An old Frenchman \va slugged by a party of Italiuh^, stripped j of all his cash and let go. All three |crimes were committed at or mar «'o'clock in the evening ji A number of Italian laborers liav- I(apartments on First avenue south, and, ;ii was in one of these rooms that fin i phael Klez was shot bv Itobert Yanella.ia;' the I uder World,■ The murderer is said to have been aprocurer of Italian women for sportinghouses, and to have plied his “trade in j Chicago before coming west. He had j*woman” in one of the resorts, as bin iRicz, tin* victim. After the shooting lb*1 murderer made his way to the honta* where iris woman was participating in a dance, called her to one side, kissed her, and said he was going away. I p to latest advices he hud not been appre j bended.Opinion as to the motive for the crime is divided. Some think the nun were! j among tin* holdups and that a quarrel (occurred over a division of the spoils, {but the concensus of opinion leans strongly to the theory that there is a woman in tire case and that jealousy had mucn I to do with the tragedy. The finding of a pair of women's shoes in the room lt;* the men and a skirt hastily crowded into a trunk lends credence to this theory.The victim was partially undressed when, i he was shot.
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Helena Independent Record
Helena, Montana, US
Tue, Oct 15, 1907
Page 15
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Joseph M.
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