Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Maturan, Ernest 1906
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Belding Banner - Thursday, 6 September 1906
Maturan, Ernest
DOD:  Saturday, 1 September 1906

Last Saturday evening Ernest Maturan, a Belding boy, who was at work in Grand 
Rapids for the North American Construction company, was set upon by two 
Italian laborers, Jack and Phillip Evell, and so badly cut in the bowels and 
lungs with their stiletto that he died a few hours after the affray.  A. D. 
Franco, who was also at work with Maturan was badly cut in the arm.

The trouble grew out of the allegation of J. Lafella, that timekeeper J. P. 
Corcoran, was short one day on his accounts.  Corcoran, with the cashier, J. 
C. Cosgrove was paying off the men at the corner of Division and Maple streets 
when Lafella objected to the amount received.  He protested and later some 
twenty other of the men made united protests and followed immediately with the 
volley of paving bricks and pieces of cement paving foundation.

They closed in on the cashier and timekeeper with drawn knives and Maturan and 
Franco heroically rallied to the assistance of the two men.  The timekeeper 
and cashier succeeded in making their escape and the crowd of infuriated 
Italians vented its anger upon Maturan and Franco before patrolman William 
Brennan, with drawn revolver, dispersed the rioters.  He afterward arrested 
the Evell brother and found on Jack Evell, a stiletto, the blade of which was 
stained with blood.

Maturan walked unassisted to Tibbs drug store, where Dr. Catlin attended him 
and Franco.  Both lost great quantities of blood and the doctor ordered 
Maturan’s removal to the hospital.  His worst fears were realized when on 
examination it was found that the man’s lungs were pierced by the knife.  He 
grew weaker until two o’clock in the morning, when he died from shock and 
hemorrhage.

He was the son of Frank Maturan of this city, nightwatch for the Belding Hall 
Co., and had worked here for some time.  His body was brought home for burial 
and services were held in the M. E. Church Wednesday morning conducted by Rev. 
J. W. Sheehan.





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