Violent Attack Leaves Italian Laborer Critically Injured
A confrontation at Third and Jackson results in a fractured skull for an Italian immigrant, sparking a swift police investigation in North Seattle.
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Three Italians, Angelo Mignelio, John Carlucci, and Angelo Carlucci, were assaulted near the corner of South Third and Jackson streets at 11:15 p.m. last night by three men identified as Charles M. Brummell, George Brown, and H. B. Killian. According to the victims, the attackers confronted them for speaking in their native language. Mignelio was struck with a piece of coal, causing a skull fracture so severe that his condition was declared critical by the city physician. Following the attack, police detectives trailed the suspects to North Seattle and Queen Anne, where they were arrested in their quarters. The suspects claimed self-defense, alleging the Italians had drawn knives, though the investigation into the unprovoked nature of the attack remains ongoing.
“One of the latter said: 'Why don't you talk in English, you Dago?'”
This incident highlights the pervasive nativism and ethnic tensions present in the labor districts of 1890s Seattle, where immigrant communities frequently faced xenophobic violence while working or navigating the city streets.
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