Salt Lake Tribune | 1901-06-16 | Page 13 | Killed for Fifty Cents

I I KILLED FOR FIFTY CENTS I Struggle for Possession of Coin Ends in a Tragedy Chicago Jurto lrilwo men fought for the possession of 50 cents and when the struggle was ended one waa dead and l the other was on his knees pleading with an infuriated mob to spare his life The timely arrival ot I the pqllcc prevented a lynching I John Czech and Kazmlr Xochanski had a disagreement over the value of I n piece of old copper that one had bought from the other Angry words led to blows During tho fight Czech picked up the bent and battered barrel ora rifle Ho whirled the weapon about his bend bringing it down on his adversarys skull with such force that Kochanski fell dead Then the mob Hocked about the two men Czech wins seized hold of by a dozen men Everybody wanted to drag I him to a lamp post and lynch l him and were only prevented by the timely arrival I ar-rival of the police who found the man on his knees begging for mercy