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■•’ -1% ¥- i\fr^.nn'w «rlt;o**.Ur.' ' • . *' « •- t»COMMISSION * -AN^^EEglffllESq^' -• *Jc V -' r r * r-!v The depositionyoi Frank -Russo,* a, s^T ;c.. •/ * v'i' ’’: 4S?' ' .?•■' '-:V *’ ■commission merchant of Peru,-was•»\ 'f 7”-. i1* 'f*1**. ', ^*1-*■’• ^5* ■*»■*. j. *« * *^5’7 •»•*■. ,£•taken -by the -coroner. Russouis the' man who was ■■ with f Palumbo and^Chief of Police Miller - when -they drove- tot... iHKSfit ..XV'!^•*; X£-.\ C . ,.'•••the rendezvous; at the-appomted^hour and whose name heretofore “ has* hot;thlt;batheasilbeen published.- .y Russo stated that-his wife is confined in Iiqngcliir hospital, here ana that he comes here ever^ Wednesday to see her. He declared that'he-camehere on Wednesday,^October 8)- to see his wife and after returning .from1 Longcliff he stopped at 'Caruso’s. He found them all excited and perturbed he“ states, andTwhen^ he asked them why they were out* of sorts he/ says. -they told him of the blacfchand ^letters, and of the demand' that a sum of money be taken to a certain place that night ’ 1 ' * .*5 offered to go along with Tony,” Russo saicj£ **This^was in the evening. He said to in£ ‘there -is i a man in the - automobile in the•** t cmaiu u uicu vi. aI CCUto 7do. this and prepared to go 'along. Tony'is ajfriend of mina'ahd I wanted to help him but'if T could.Stayed.All Night Tony drove the car to the place. Supt Miller and myself lay.in the bottom, .of the, car.’* I remained Jn the bottom of the car until the shooting began and ‘ then I began shooting inup;* I heard somebody say ^ __Otto Burgman; I. came here to help you and ypii killed vme.* When asked when .those wordstwere~ spoken Russo declared .he did'.npts,remeigber ;if this .was before or after Burgman had^beeu assisted' into the automobile. Continuing ids narrative, - he; s£ated~ ’ that he shot flve.br six times. He stated that1 . k . ■ — ■— *,lt; tSv. i. • «-V . • ... ~^,.T*v?hichhe remainedhere all night,f stopping wpk %ray Palumbo, and returned to Peru toe next■ 2 1 1 ^ ■ » • * ■ - .» ,-jr -thbemMA:lehithWWtrtltowsatiPlt;dcU]fii01fi]fiisctlhlt;biliihjft‘hb:yUnamorning;,lt;• */ * ^ Wrm - m . -1 •....., ; vi * • ri ’a;----. . _lX fJL...^•alumbdAG^ Garfu^sf^d^Oltothe Vand£dmtralt;dm^and|who;fired into the squadsofiofflcers; took^ the witnessstand t immediately ;afterJCthe ^session was convened ;aff * -------- ------**•“ first man toman \yho^has heretoforefheen knownas ixjuf^i^^^tlf^ 1— ^,-u M'Z~ -......- ~9 ... , . ^..AM A'. **-------------------------------worlc
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Logansport Daily Tribune
Logansport, Indiana, US
Wed, Oct 15, 1919
Page 2
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
IN, USA 05 Oct 2017
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