Show IN almost a reign of terror in luzerne county WAL ml NIHILISM EXISTS THERE nearly one hundred murders in ten months and only eleven of the suspects caught wo NO capital convictions Conviction slA A scurvy mob ot of aliens who commit all ay manner of crimes and go unpunished the people becoming enraged copyright isdo by na bacheller Bichell cheller cr johnson bacheller WIlkes barre pa nov 1 ISM there are people in new york and X philadelphia who read stories ot of numerous murders high highway Iray robberies and crimes of all kinds committed in the wild willand and woolly west and a nd thank kind tale fate that they site are privileged to live come thousands ot of miles from such auch an all and crime nou who were they to look nearer home would find a region where an ell epidemic ideale ot of crime tar far g greater rea er than that in the west and almost beyond belief Is ragin ing and where criminals are openly defying the authorities this may sound preposterous rous and to one ona unacquainted with tile the facts it will seem so it Is difficult to believe that within a short 11 1 orilea nalles from new york a four or five hours ride on a railroad murders are ot of almost dally daily occurrence highway robberies beyond number are committed and houses a are re boldly attacked by robber robbers rob bere s while smaller cr crimes mes are arc as difficult to count as a swarm of bumble bees yet it is so murders and 9 1 I 1 1 V I 1 3 I 1 ti 4 4 IU U I 1 7 11 L rs SS rouse and stores of stephen ka k robberies are ara rite rife in ithe anthracite coal boal regions men slay each other for trivial causes and nine times out of 0 ten escape whereas the unlucky tenth haa li a merely to BO through the ithe formality of and perhaps not always a trial from tie he escapes with a slight sentence the coal 7 blons glons center in luzerne Iu zerne carbon and counties of pennsylvania and the tracts are known as the wyoming lehigh and schuylkill regions ree lona each succeeding day the authorities ties of coal fields realize more and more the fact that they are con apted with the enormous task of suppressing the epidemic of ct crime which is mow ra raging ing and has bag been steadily increasing during these ten years the counties have grown wonderfully during these ten tea years and the increase of crime canne came naturally with the increase of population but the system of detecting and punishing the criminals until at present the offenders are practically im checked in their thedr lawless lawlessness nem during the last taw faw an months otillis crimes crime of such daring character have been committed that chat there Is a universal demand bernand by the respectable cRabIe and law abiding citizens that the authorities ties take immediate action and do everything within the power of money to protect the of the region land band the lives and properties or of the elti cl 11 cens i in this region during ten montha c ct f this his yea year r there have been neary nearly one hundred murders mut ders and the authorities have been able to baitch and convict faut eleven murderers and none in the lie first degree last year the number of ct by foul means bordered close upon with a ridiculously bously small proportion of arrests and con convictions vict lors and again trone none in the tbt first degree in 1892 1832 the number of murders was about ithe same as the gr to following lowing and 0 aj C W 2 1314 13 A vb 1 S i I 1 J ar I 1 q michael Vole kavitch and red bed I 1 nosed mike Kiz Riz for or the entire lot vot not one man was by na nging it if the word Is admissible say aay that crime or irtie like disease Is contagious and the records of the coal regions substantiate their ass assertion erdon beyond all doubt in lacot tz t to la not strange when the criminals are unhindered in then their bloody work that crime becomes epidemic and the list ot of murders and robberies isnec Is appalling or of the three counties luzerne certainly suffers the most from rom this widespread lawlessness it Is the third county in pennsylvania in regard to end and wealth and is one of the most important counties in the union furnishing as it does the larger portion ot of tile coal used in the country its ts chief from where I 1 1 am writing Is one of 0 the prettiest cities in the union its people are cultured it has I 1 iric seminaries and academics beautiful residences and gre great x t les and yet it Is the cent center e r of a region stained with tile the blood ot of 1 hundreds of 0 anon women and children fr fir F r soma there has been a constantly consta itly reeling of 0 In digna aon lit at me fhe inactivity of 0 the authorities and their apparent lack of 0 power to pre eit tile numerous nume nunie ious tutis 1 crimes which ale aie dally within a few miles or 0 the lieura tit of the ell city now however owing to two da eardly murders almost on tle the cir limits lin its fie atiq feeling has beached leached neat ran kl l ill the i county hii been beell called r upon to act at once and doc hively and I 1 one hundred thoa thousand and loll doll lain laia if necessary in plo providing viding means I 1 fr for tile detection or of criminals out the county the two crims crim S which r hai bane e been th ahn match to tins this bonfire ot of I 1 indignant Indie narl wye vele the r shooting hoopii hoo of two arabians one fatally in broad ja daylight in 16 iha lower portion ot of tile the city by highway robbers who ate aio still A at large and tile the other a night attack upon on the house of 0 a well to ilo do ato attore up keeper cepe by four men over loo 10 allots is 1 fired in the attack and defense during which the etoie e keeper was kill killed d tills this cr crime fine was committed but a short distance from rom the cy city and as aj usual there is no clew of course the criminals in nil all the deeds ot of violence which have given the coal regions such an all unenviable reputation are numbered amoni among the men employed ab about ut the mines and i L I 1 rry pry rough class of 0 men they ore atil the 1110 4 great majority ot of the crimes ale aie attributable to mn inen who casne came oer nver here from hungary poland and italy and it la Is with these the have to A deal the english spanking alien kink miner li is 1 generally a rough but law abiding cita md a it taft wara A hr hir II 11 I 1 them alone the number of crimes would be reduced fully nine tenths it Is edthe the foreign clement that causes tie 1 trouble kost of the these a e foreigners ore leners r represent ep resent tile the lower classes in the country from which they rome and many ot of them have been obliged to 0 nee to 0 A america fig as a haven of refuse refuge from the aurica authorities or of their own land unable to a peak english and living in settlements which are unpolished they find in n the periods ot of idleness and drunkenness nes grent great incentive to crime and as they gradually realize the impotency of the law and its q officers they grow be bolder der and bolder until plunder and hatred are the impetus for or their misdeeds cl clannish to a 0 degree they frequently get into lights fights with men from other settlements and then the authorities have lave more murder cases on their hands it Is almost impossible tor for the detectives or constables to get ret evidence the impassive and all prevailing me no know being the provoking answers to all their questions all AH ot of these foreigners carry a revolver or knife and it requires little provocation to bring brine them into use S small mall arms manufacturers do an extensive t trade in this region perhaps no better evidence of this Is there than an interview I 1 had a week ago with the sales agent of the largest arms manufacturing establishment in the east I 1 asked him how bow business was wa 1 I find it better this yf year ar lie he replied than it has been for some time despite the financial depression arid and we have to thank the coal regions for or it not very many years ago 1 M 1 F ama 0 MA v 11 1 I 1 t P I 1 4 F li ua I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 McCoo licks ho house r e I 1 our trade was in the west then every cow cowboy boy and every miner wan wanted ted a line or revolver with advancing civilization the demand rapidly decreased but as we lost our trade in the west we gat gained ned in ill the e east and it Is steadily increasing our customers are arc in the coal regions and they retail to the foreigners employed about the mines ines last y year e ar in this part ot of pennsylvania pennsylvania I 1 sold old SCON 10 worth of revolvers and this year I 1 expect to add 20 to that figure the huns slavs and italians live in a manner particularly advantageous to the propagation of er crime I 1 me they congregate in settlements each dabs by itself and herd together in two or three thee room houses like cattle in a hungarian boarding house there are usually two rooms with no designation nat on such as kitchen or bedroom there is a stove a table and a bed the boarding house keeper and his wife lie occupy the bed the boarders elect on the floor on oil piles of straw with nith a li blanket or two over them no articles ot of apparel are removed unless the boarder Is unusually fastidious then lie he pulls off on tile ills boots generally he Is not fastidious and neither the blankets nor the straw are removed from one years end to another living under these conditions it la Is not surprising that there are so many quarrels and free flights ot of all the times in a month especially prolific ot of crime pay day Is the worst the 11 1 W I 1 14 11 11 11 1 1 I 1 1111 I 1 11 I 1 III I 1 1 aki 1 4 1 P wd 1 i 01 AT UM 1 hungarian miners house mines pay once a month and as soon a as s t the he money Is in his hands the run hun P pole 0 I 1 e and italian hurries to the saloon to drink dolinky po linky a villainously strong whisky to which jersey lightning Is mild and weak before darkness there are a few fist lights but no great damage Is done it Is not until later when thoroughly under the effects of 0 po dolinky linky that the foreigner Is roused to those deeds ot of atrocious vl violence vlorence which have lave given him the name of being a fiend incarnate long before midnight men women and children in the settlements are wild with drink fist fights then clubs and then the deadly knife and revolver are brought into play and before morning t there here are broken heads galore while seldom eldom it Is that one or two dead men are not ing cold and stilt stiff in the streets and the on oft repeated headline headla no another murder appears in the papers if constable or detective there is enterprising antei enough to take charge of 0 the case he tries to get e t evidence but it Is useless the people e of the settlement know nothing about it the iran in front of whose house the corpse lay Is quite at a loss to know from where it came the dead mans brothers in fact are ignorant of all facts the callousness of the dead mans mails relatives to all feelings of sorrow are sickening to a civilized being they are actuated by the philosophic reflection dead man no good let live man live and they live up to this hideous sentiment naturally the constable gives up in disgust and the coroners jury brings in a verdict of met his death at the hands of persons unknown that Is the last of the case weddings and christenings christen ings where po dolinky linky flows tree free are also prolific in fights and very often the innocent infant at the christening meets death under the heels beels of the brutal fig fighters liters ct climes lines committed under the pi ovoca tion of po dolinky linky ate aie more frequent among the huns and poles than the italians the former seem to requite to rouse them to br brutal U tal deeds while tho the latter commits crime with all hla his senses alert the italians of the coal regions are arc decidedly the lowest class of 0 their nationality and generally come to america because italy is no longer safe tor for them here they find opportunities tor for a life ot of the bar same 0 e sort ot of brigandage which they enjoyed in italy and they band together tor for mutual interest like the hun and pole they live in settlements and to the men of their own settlement are loyal and chivalrous but woo woe to I 1 the he italian of some other settlement if there Is if a quarrel beewi between en the two then aln n the always keen stil leto is brought into play and the authorities cv every ry now and then have a mysterious murder on their hands thre there are numerous quai reli elj between the italians and their duller fellow foreigners tile the ilens and the poles pole g a and n d the il latter t te r generally get the worst of it the race riots as they are called are frequent and add many a murder to the long list aside flom crimes committed a mong among themselves the italians are organized into numerous small bodies bodice for the purpose of 0 robbery to which Is frequently added murder many mally of 0 them live entIre entirely lS on the proceeds of their climes thiry y are nearly always successful and are arc seldom caught the daring attack upon a house previously alluded to was by one of 0 the small email bands ot of bandits these fellows are hold bold cunning and courageous courage oui and most of 0 them received their training in italy indeed I 1 have it from good authority that there la Is it a regularly regul aily organized build band lit in the hazleton region who in III itala were members of tile the famous malo vita vila a society more extensive and powerful powei ful ill than an hie file malla mada ot of nil all tile hie murders committed by the fo forella for clEn relga element tit this region during tile the last seven years but two have been avenged by atin th execution or of the murderer alike alko Valc kitch an intelligent hungarian was hanged in issa ile he as LAA lous ot of one ot of his brothers who had ti ul been paying attention to his wire wife and one night brained him with an ax lie he was caught red handed the other was All michael chael Riz llo IL a well educated and bright young italian ho he w was a a known as red nosed alike a in 1889 he ha was interpreter for a a garig gang of ital It allana I 1 ans bill building I 1 ding a railroad in the mountains a taw few roll miles ca from th this I 1 11 city lie he organized a party ot of three who waylaid raym oater amter mcclure and his assistant flannigan ot of philadelphia shot them dead and stole they were taking to pay the men captain landen and eight detectives were herelen engaged on the case red lied nosed mikes keB accomplices escaped to italy and alike himself staying behind to exert avert suspicion was arrested three months afterward and hung through the efforts ot of the government the men in italy were captured tried there and sent to prison tor for long terms A few days ago john Mc Coolick a hungarian convicted in the second degree was waa sentenced to eighteen years he shot glint and badly wounded another hungarian and its his wife and one of the bullets flying wide of its mark killed a baby McCool lck then fortified his house and for eight hours held the authorities at bay the house was riddled with bullets and Mc McCool Coolick lck after being shot three times foil fell senseless from loss lose of at blood for all the murders committed in aiese th ese coal regions ly by the foreigners none ot of the guilty ones except the three thus named and comparatively few others who were sentenced to 11 light terms have been punished highway robberies burgl burglaries axles criminal assa assaults felonious wounding assault and battery cases and the like have been so numerous that statistics are unobtainable and the percentage of convictions has been naturally tar fax less than the very small percentage in murder cases this very general statement a detailed one would be voluminous of 0 the prevalence of crime in the coal regions makes make it evident that |