NEWS: Cambria Freeman; Ebensburg, Cambria Cnty., PA; Sep 1908 Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2011. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Cambria Freeman Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, 4 Sep 1908 Volume 42, Number 34 Local and Personal William Morris, of Iowa City, Iowa, is now on a visit to his brother- in-law, William Howell of Cambria Township. Mr. Morris was until within about a month since, located in Iowa engaged in farming when he sold out and moved into Iowa City. He reports the crops in Iowa as being generally good with the exception of potatoes. Wheat is good and the corn crop is excellent. Rev. J. G. Thomas of Lima, Ohio, a learned and eloquent Congregational minister and a physician, is at present on a visit to friends and old parishioners near Ebensburg where he was about thirty years ago, pastor of the Congregational churches, south and north of Ebensburg. A visitor to Ebensburg Thursday was Edward Sheehan of Allegheny Township, a prominent farmer and a good Democrat. Mr. Sheehan reports conditions in his district as excellent, although rain is badly needed. Dr. Charles O'Hara, wife and little daughter, Margaret, who were the guests of Dr. O'Hara's mother, Mrs. Rosa O'Hara of Julian Street, for a week, returned to their home in Swissvale, Wednesday. J. M. Murdock, Harry Swank and a party of Johnstowners passed through Ebensburg Wednesday on their way to Carrolltown. They returned here for supper. Frank B. Cook, manager of the Johnstown Automobile Company with "Milt" Young, John Pender and Henry Koch, were in Ebensburg Wednesday on the way to the fair at Carrolltown. Mrs. Samuel Shoemaker of Chicago and her sister, Miss Annie O'Hara, returned from a weeks' visit to the Catskill mountains on Sunday last. John A. Schwab of Loretto drove to Ebensburg Tuesday afternoon. H. M. McElhaney of Puritan was in Ebensburg Tuesday afternoon for several hours. Miss Viola Parrish left Thursday morning for a few days visit with out-of-town friends. Burgess Walters of Spangler was in Ebensburg Tuesday, returning home that evening. Miss L. A. Parrish of this place left Monday morning to teach school in Spangler. County Detective James L. Berkebile was a Johnstown and South Fork visitor this week. Miss Grace Horner of Johnstown spent several days with friends in this place this week. The Hon. Edmund Jones was a visitor at the Indiana Fair Wednesday. He returned home that evening. Grier Hile, the popular clerk at the Metropolitan Hotel, returned home this week after spending several days in Clearfield. T. H. Hasson Esq. and wife, of Pittsburg, are visiting at the home of Mr. Hasson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Hasson on Julian street. Squire C. A. McGonigle, Democratic candidate for Poor House Director, was in town Thursday, going to and returning from the Carrolltown Fair. Squire McGonigle is making a vigorous canvass and is meeting with much encouragement in his travels and as all of the Board of Poor Directors should not be of one party, the squire should be successful at the election in November. Dr. B. W. Little of Loretto, who was recently graduated from the dental department of the Western University of Pennsylvania at Pittsburg, will soon open an office in Hastings. Mr. Little is a son of W. A. B. Little and a brother of Attorney P. J. Little and Leo Little. Lilly Woman Fatally Burned Miss Lara Behe, aged about 35 years, is lying at the point of death at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Bradley, near Lilly, as the result of burns received in a fire which entirely destroyed the home of her parents near Lilly. She was caught under a falling roof and is badly burned about the body. Dr. W. C. Raymond is attending her. Burglary near Barnesboro Some time Tuesday night or Wednesday morning burglars entered the Greenwich Supply Company store and carried off considerable plunder, using a horse and cart for that purpose, carrying off about $300 worth of goods. Not content with this haul, they went to the house of R. Engle and carried off a great amount of household goods belonging to that gentleman, who was absent from home at the time, and here is where they made a mistake, for an investigation made by Mr. Engle resulted in the arrest of James Vasbinder and wife and Henry Miller, who are now in jail, a large amount of the stolen goods having been found in the Vasbinder home. Bullet Ends Career of Black Hander South Fork Man Called to Door by Man who Demanded Money Mafia Agent Made Threats Prospective Victim Shoots First and Bullet Stops the Blackmailer Acquittal Probable Dead Man Packed Two Large Guns An Italian fruit man who, it is alleged, had demanded a certain sum of money from Nick Cavalato of South Fork – the failure to produce which would result disastrously, he declared – was shot and killed at South Fork last Saturday by Cavalato. The dead man is Taesris Tizito, Cavalato is being held pending an investigation. When the body of the dead man was searched immediately after the shooting, two pistols of high caliber were found. One was an eight shooter, a Colts automatic. Cavalota, who is a barber, has his shop in one end of the John J. Kinney's wholesale liquor store on Lake Street. Saturday afternoon about 1:40 o'clock Kinney saw Tizito call at the shop of Cavalato and heard him say, "Me want to talk to you." The two then left the barber shop and went down Lake Street three or four rods and up an alley. A few minutes afterward, Mr. Kinney heard a pistol shot and looking out, saw Tizito running down the alley with Cavalato after him, shooting at him – firing two shots from a revolver while in the alley, and two while Tizito was running up Lake Street. Tizito dropped to the ground and Cavalato ran away, but being called upon to stop, came back. He was placed under arrest by Burgess Schofield whose office is nearby. Before being taken to the lockup Cavalato requested to be taken to the post office to get a letter of which he claimed Tizito had informed him, before shooting began, the explanation of which he gave about as follows: Tizito, he said, asked him if he had been to the post office that day and on Cavalato answering in the negative, Tizito informed him that there was a letter there for him demanding $200 on pain of death. Cavalato replied that he had not $200 and would not give it whereupon Tizito said, "Me kill you now," and reached for a revolver which Cavalato snatched from him and opened fire on the would-be blackmailer with the result stated. Tizito died in a few minutes. Two revolvers were found on his person. At the post office three letters were found, one of them in Italian – evidently a Black Hand letter – in which appears "$200" and at the bottom a death's head and cross bones. Deputy Coroner Mainhart and Dr. Emlyn Jones went to South Fork shortly after the shooting and an inquest was held with W. S. Burkett, Charles A. Hutzell, John S. Dalton, John Lang, Jeremiah Thurston and H. E. Crissey as the jurors. The two revolvers taken from the body of Tizito were produced in evidence and Burgess Schofield is also in possession of a letter written in Italian which is alleged to read to the effect that if Cavalato did not deposit $200 under a bridge going over the old Portage road above South Fork by 6 o'clock Sunday evening, the Black Hand would take care of him and his family. The jury rendered a verdict to the effect that Tizito had come to his death by being shot with a revolver in the hands of Cavalato and the latter was brought to this place Saturday evening by C. T. Smith, a member of the State Constabulary, stationed at Gallitzin, accompanied by Constable J. P. McClarren and P. J. Monoghan, both of South Fork.