A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Pennsylvania > Westmoreland http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=1701 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=52918 Submitted by: barbara-dave Article Title: Evening Times Article Date: January 7 1901 Article Description: Succosh Page-2 Article Text: The Evening Times January 7, 1901 Succosh Page-2 DUEL WITH A MURDERER. Constable Fatally Wounds a Murderer in Pennsylvania. Greensburg, Pa., Jan. 7 - The killing of Tony SUCCOSH, an Italian boarding house keeper at Smithton, this county, and the shooting of the murderer, Martion ROCCO, by Constable John LYNN, created a sensation in that mining town Saturday night. In a desperate fight, ROCCO sent a bullet through SUCCOSH's heart. He died instantly. The murderer fled pursued by a posse of desperate men headed by Constable LYNN. Finally the Italian murderer was cornered by the constable in a ravine a mile from the village. It was then that a desperate battle with revolvers began. The two men, each stationed behind a tree, fired when a glimpse of the other could be had. Finally in an unguarded moment the Italian exposed his head and breast and the constable, quick as a flash, sent a bullet through his left lung. With a cry of pain ROCCO dropped to the ground. Constable LYNN hurried to the village, secured a conveyance, and hauled the wounded man, nearly dead from loss of blood, to the office of Justice Joseph SMITH. He was then brought to jail here. ROCCO is not expected to recover. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ PA-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com Also visit our other sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com http://www.AutumnWindz.com