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Show ' 1 1 . m .. mm ' , MOLTEN SOLDER. , Poured Into a Hungarian's Ear Cause Instant Death. -Boise. Nov. 16. Particular of the Junction Junc-tion Crossing tragedy have just been obtained. ob-tained. Four Hungarian placer miners, who had by the reckless use of quicksilver become be-come badly salivated, had employed a countryman coun-tryman panted Zachorousky to nurse them. The lattir treated the four unfortunates in a brutal B anner, and took fspeclal pleasure in Jti 4 ULthart known a- "Pcter The Hun.' lie kicked and strucknhepoor Iellow and nearly every day would inflict ome new (Variety of torture on him. Zachor-tusky Zachor-tusky openly boasted "hat when, bis countrymen coun-trymen died, which would not be at a very late day, he would come into possession of ("their mining claims, whic") are quite valuable. val-uable. , j On Sunday night Zachorousky slept In the cabin of hit countrymen. Next morning he was found cold in death. He waa lying: on his back, his eyes and mouth wide open, a peculiar expression of agony resting upon his swarthy face. Justice Monroe held an inquest and Dr. Paulsen, vwho had discovered that Zarho-rpusky' Zarho-rpusky' right ear had been badly burned, Aeld an autopsy. The surgeon cut open the head of the corpse and discovered that death had been caused by the injection of more than an ounce of molten solder into the i right auditory canal, the scaldine metal having burned its way thence into the brain. The horror-stricken miners wanted to lynch tha Hungarians, but after "Peter the Hun" had told his story all thought of lynching lynch-ing was abandoned. lie declared that Zachorousky Zach-orousky had made his life unbearable and J.hat he had sworn to kill him and his three Companions. . On Sunday night, when Zachorousky Zach-orousky was uleepitie upon the cabin floor, the desperate Peter crawled to the fire, placed a quantity of solder in a crucible and held it j in the coals until it bud reached avhite beat. Then creeping to the cruel Zachorousky's side he quickly poured the fiery metal into his ear. The victim gave one scresm and died, rolling over upon his back as he gave his last gasp. s |