Show DRIVE THEIR KNIVES INTO DYING MAN ISn Em raged Italian Laborers Well Known 11 Contractor Con on tractor in III l Vc t t Virginia V W. Va Vu April 21 J. I. J. J II IL Fitzgerald of ot tho the railroad contracting firm firma of Fitzgerald Millet 1 was murdered murdered mur mur- dered thirty miles ea east t of or hero hOlO forenoon by I b a number of ot Italian labor labor- ers Fitzgerald had the tho contract for I grading tell lon miles of or the now new Deep rater Valer railroad and his labor has been chlell Italians Yesterday he lie discharged chic dis charged several of or the men and this forenoon let hal hale a u dozen others go The rue Italians who were discharged became became became be be- came enraged and ami as at Fitzgerald erald was Iding the line of his work hasas ho ha hovas was vas tired upon He fell tell from flom his horse with three bullet holes in lii his bod jody body Italians to th the th number of twelve or fifteen rush rushed d up and began be be- egan e- e gan gall plunging knives and dirks Into he the already dying man maim Tire Italians after completing the tile crime took to the tile woods nearby Officers wore were notified an and a posse went vent in pursuit At dusk this evening even even- ing ng a number of oC the tho Italians had been taken aken Into custody but It itis Is is not beloved be be- loved that they have all been beau capture cap- cap ture Fitzgerald l was on ono one of ot the tho best known contractors In lu the Ute section lIe He wa c 50 years of a age |