OBIT: Leopoldo POETL, 1903, Gallitzin, Cambria County, PA

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Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, December 4, 1903

Italian Murdered and Robbed

  Gallitzin, Pa., Dec. 2 - Leopoldo Poetl, an Italian, was murdered in 
a shanty at the new Pennsylvania railroad tunnel by an unknown negro, 
who robbed the body of over $200 and fled.  The negro shot Poetl five 
times.  Poetl was employed at the new tunnel.

Murder at Gallitzin

  Monday night Leopoldi Poetl, aged 23, an Italian and single, employed 
on the work at the new tunnel at Gallitzin, was murdered in a shanty at 
the east end of the tunnel by an unknown negro, who has so far eluded 
capture.