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Show MOB RUSHES COAST JAIL Promising Singer Slain By Her Rejected Lover SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 20 l'.l! Mob passions were i inflated today by the slaying of an attractive young radio singer whose rejected lover, snatched once from an angry mob, was placed in a strongly guarded prison to await arraignment on murder charges. Mutterings against Umberto Giusti, 35, San Francisco, echoed in - this suburban community j where the musical progress of Emilia Da Prato, 2'i, was a matter of local pride. Giusti was accused of killing her on the eve of her departure for New York. There she was to receive a tryout with the Metropolitan Metro-politan Opera company, the goal of the Italian girl whose singing had won her fin Hudipnre with the President of the United Slates, musical scholarships, prizes and a radio contract. After the shooting in the back yard of the Da Prato home, Giusti whs taken to the local police sta-! tion. A mob quickly formed, with; Pros Leo da Prato, her brother, in . itn forefront. 1 "I'll sco you swing," shouted the infuriated brother. Cries of "lynch him" arose as determined pence authorities, swinging heavy clubs, fought their way to Giusti's rescue. : |