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Show oo JEALOUSY CAUSE OF AWFUL MURDER RUTTE, Mont,, Dec. 15 Crazy with jealousy, over pretty Miss Florence Gaggionl, 21 years old, John Nutty, aged 21, an Italian railroad laborer, shot and killed Mrs. Louisa Gaggioni, mother of Florence, probably fatally wounded the husband and father, Gotta Got-ta rd Gaggioni, and seriously wounded Joe Williams, a prospector, 50 years old. In the Swiss-American saloon noar the Pittsmont smolter, tonight, Gaggioni hns IS buckshot in his neck. Immediately after the shoot-lug shoot-lug Nutty discarded the. weapon and caught a street car bound for the city and has not yet beon located, although officers have been searching for him. Nutty used a 12-boro double-barreled shotgun owned by Gaggioni. Tho first shot struck iMrs. Gaggioni in the face, tearing it off and as she lifted her right arm to protect her face, ho fired again tho second volley striking strik-ing her beneath tho arm and "she fell to the floor. Her husband, who was standing directlj' opposite her, received re-ceived the next charge in tho neck and shoulders and dropped, and Williams, who was the closest of the threp to tho frenzied man, was peppered pep-pered atout the thighs and groin. When the second shot rang out Miss Gaggioni raced from behind the bar and to a neighbor's house. As sho was sprinting across the street she glnnced back and saw Nutty loading tho smoking gun once more as ho stood in tho yard. Twice the big-bored big-bored weapon was 'discharged at her without effect. .Tho killing was the culmination, declares Miss Gaggoni, of Williams' remarks a week ago. while ho was intoxicated, "Williams said that I w;as a fool to have anything to' do with Nutty when ho was broke, while he , (Williams) had a $10,000 legacy due, him, soon," gald the young woman. l ' , Nutty apparently took offonso at the shafts 'of ill-timed humor, for when Williams entered tho saloon tonight and asked Nutty to have a drink, the latter refused. - The climax came when the girl accepted ac-cepted an invitation from Williams to drink. As she lifted her glass ofr'soda to lier lips, Nutty slipped from tho saloon and wont to the living rooms of the Gaggionls, adjoining tho bar, anrl took the ciin from Its mol: nn ihn I wall and opened a dresser drawer to secure the shells which ho knew to be thero. Ho slipped them into the gun as he returned toward tho family fam-ily group in the saloon. Instantly Nutty bogan firing. Threaten to Shoot Off Their Heads. Shortly before tho shooting Nutty angrily declared, "I guess I -will shoot the heads off all of you." "Stop that kind of talk," rejoined Mrs. Gaggioni; "I am running this place and don't you start -anything here." " Gaggioni and Williams thought it was merely an idle threat and paid no particular attention to It Williams was in a bantering mood and was teasing the younger woman to shako a game of dice with him. A moment beforo ho had tried to apologize to Nutty if he had offond-ed offond-ed him Nutty presented a dramatic figure as ho stood in tho doorwas' according ac-cording to tho girl, and Williams. They 3aw a smilo Hit across his face as he raised the gun and squinted through, the sights. Ho appeared cool and collected and although the shots rang out rapidly he sighted carefully each li;ne. - oo ! |