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Show ITALIAN IS KILLED IN SALT LAKE I Salt ltke City. July 29. A story I of revenge Is believed by the police 1 to He back of the murder of Ix-n-hrdo Piro, uq Italian bartender, at -o'clock this morning. Tiro was era-p'oyed era-p'oyed in a saloon at Fourth West and First South 6trc-eLs. He was preparing pre-paring to clo.se the place when tho front door opened. A man. partially partial-ly masked, stepped Inside while a second man held the door open. The first man, without a moment's hesitation, pointed a revolver at Piro and shot him between the eyes, killing kill-ing him instantly. The murderer iuickly stepped back through th? dcor nnd vanished. A colored waiter, toying with a billiard cut la the back of the room wa6 the only witness of the crime. Hearing the report of the revolver. Patrolmen Wlckel aud Griffiths ran from West Second South street to the saloon No one was In the saloon sa-loon when they entered, and, upon looking behind the bar, they discovered discov-ered the body of Piro. The ball bad I entered his head at the point where the bridge of the nose enters th. forehead. D?ath wa3 in all probability prob-ability Instantaneous. Upon the arrival of tho police. Fag-fin, Fag-fin, who had run out of the saloon after the ehootlng, returned and gave the police his version of the murder. When questioned, he told the following follow-ing story: Story of the Sole Witness. "I was standing at the pool table shooting the balls ,around by my-so my-so if Just sort of practicing. Suddenly Sud-denly two men entered the saloon. Puth wore black slouch hats and black suits and bad their faces covered cov-ered with black rags, tied just below their eves. One held the right band swinging door open, nnd the other, the one with the solt orange-colored shirt, had a revolver in his band, a long black gun. "Without a word this man pulled the trigger and the bartender fell to the floor. The man who did the s'uMitlng turned to look at me, but when the shot went off I went out the back door. As 1 was going out of the door I saw the man who did the shotting turn In my direction and no-t.ced no-t.ced bis orangc-ddored shirt. I also saw him start to run out. "Just before the bartender was shot be Jumped back against the cash register and seemed to be reaching foi something. He never had a 1 hance." After the arrival of Patrolmen Wickel and Griffiths, they 1 mined I ately telephoned headquarters, and Sergeant Roberts and Patrolmen t kvolund and Egbert responded. A thorough examination of the premises premis-es was made for any c!up which might throw light on the motive for the shooting, but nothing was discovered. James Tedesco. the proprietor of the saloon, was notified and went Immediately to the scene of the innr-el!-. He said that Piro had been in his employ- as bartender since July 1 and bad always worked on tho night shift. According to Tedesco, Piro came to ibis city about five months ago from Helper, Utah, and v as L'C years of age. He was mar-lied mar-lied jut-1 before he came to this citv. In his coat pocket was found a card cf the Western Federation of Mln-o, Mln-o, showing that be bad joined that organization as a miner's helper. He was a member of local union No. I'M rn,i had joined the union on November Novem-ber -S, lliOT. Lying the floor beside the body was a .32-callbre Colt's au 1 tematle revolver, fully loaded and v.ith one bullet in the chamber, j Tedesco said that so far as he knew Piro had never had any I tti'tible with any one. He couM as-I as-I sign no reason for the murder. The police are inclined to believe that Piro was tin- victim of the ?I afla voel. fy. He was not known to bav-. received and Blark Hand lo'teis i sir.cv he had been In Ibis ciiv. |