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Show iiiUCKFle FIND OVER HEAD WITH PICK HAHDLE Steve Radich Crushes Skull of Joe Sevan and the Latter Dies Within Two Hours. Radich Held in the County Jail on Charge of Murder. Fray Started in a Friendly Scuffle, According to Report. The First Was a Serbian and the Latter an Austrian- Steve Radich, a Serbian about ZZ ' (rears of age, struck his former friend! Joe Sevan, an Austrian, about 59 years of age, over the head with a pick handle after a scuffle underground. under-ground. Sevan died about two hours later in the Bingham hospital and Steve Radich is now. in the county jail charged with murder. According to the best information obtainable they started to scuffle in a friendly manner while underground Just before taking the cage up. It seems that Joe Sevan struck Radich in the face with his eartiide lamp at the close of the scuffle and knocked a tooth out. When Radich reached the top he reported it to the office -and then went over to check out. Radich then waited for Sevan and as the latter stepped off the cage which brought them to the top of the mine he attacked Sevan with the pick handle. The terrible blow of the pick handle crushed Sevan's skull. A number num-ber of miners attempted to stop Radicd but the whole affair was over almost in an instant and they did not get to stop the blow which a little later brought death. The injured man was rushed to Dr. F. E. Straup's hospital, but the injury was s6 severe that medical aid could not save him. , Radich expresses no regret whatever what-ever for his act. When awakened shortly after 11 o'clock Saturday night and told that "Joe" wag dead, he replied re-plied that he did not care. He added, however, that he did not intend to kill the Austrian. "I only wanted to give him a good beating," he added. Radich has been in camp about eight months. He came here from Eureka. The two men have been tn Bingham ; V ' for eight or nine years and both had . . .. . , fairly good reputations. They had , been employed at the Highland Boy mine for a number of years and htA always been good friends. It is believed be-lieved that they started the fray in a friendly tussle and the anger of the ' two men became riled as they scuf- - fled and the tragedy resulted. i |
