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KGE AS-MOTIVE•***222/24/2iIZItspecial Dtspatrh to the Standard Billings, f?ept, 25,—-The theory thatLon's Fava, whose dead body was found Saturday jn the mountains nearTaft, was the victim of n conspiracy, is strengthened by the researches ofOfficers in this city, as Fava was theprincipal witness in a murder cagehers SOme time a-o and threats were made at the time of the trial that ifh« testified his death would follow.The body of Fava was Identified bv a woman who claims to have been his ' le. and the case was at first thoughtIf K?ne f murder for the purposeof robbery, as Fava was known toPerson whichrge *Um of m0nfy on histt-rhaterK discovered that Favamv a,nr.ot1h,er of MicIwtel F*va ^ thiscny. and it was recalled that morethan a eek ago a fellow Italian ofhim f?itW?nr ,to.hlH employer and toldm that Louis had he^n killed Th swas some rim* before the discovery oft alt;ncl led thlt;* oncers to believe that Louis was killed by a secretleague of assassins, who knew of his session ‘'onsifi*rabIe money in his pos-Vw developments.Now it is recalled that Louts Fava ^as the star witness against Robert\anella, who was tried hare, about a 1year ago and convicted of killing r 1Ousio, and who is now in the $tapenitentiary, Fava testified that saw \ anella leave the room wheremurder was committed and th\ anella, warned him to stay in t] house and say nothin of the matte under penalty of death.This causes the Billings officers believe that Vanella's friends mov l responsible for the death of Fava arthat his murder was tor the purpo-of revenge on the man who sent thefellow countryman to prisonIt is known that Fava feared assai stnation and took th#* witness staragainst Vanella with much reiuctanc
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Anaconda Standard
Anaconda, Montana, US
Sat, Sep 26, 1908
Page 27
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Joseph M.
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