The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-20

blade, the point Of which
was broken off; a bowie knife, also
b1ood-besmeared and the blade broken
off two inches from the handle; and
a blOod-soaked handkerchief bearing
the initials of TONY Calderone, all
of Salvatore Battalia, are the addi-
tional evidences the police secured to-
day.
THE DAGGER has been identified
as belonging to Calderone and the
is also known to be his
property.
These two things, taken in connec-
ton with the fact that he left the
house at 1901 Western avenue five
minutes after the murdered man did,
seems to connect him closely with the
murder.
The bowie knife is supposed to have
been the property of the dead man
and the blood which is on it explains
the trail of blood left by the murderer
as he made his fight toward st. Paul.
The dagger, which is considered by
the police to be one of. the most im-5
portant pieces of evidence yet found,
was picked up this morning by Detec-s
'tives Brown and Grumpy, who. found
it lying near The water edge beneath
the west end OF the bridge. They
were led to this spot by blood stains on
the Bridge above which seemed to il-s
dictate that a man with his hands
bleeding had thrown something from
the bridge. The knife answers exactly
to the description of the weapon
owned by Tony Calderone given by one
of his friends. to a Journal man to-
day.
Calderone Wasn't Killed.
The handkerchief, which is also a
OH nj 0f
near the bloody trail in Prospect.
Park. 1t bears the initials of Tony
sCalderone and is believed to indicate
that the theory which has been ad-
yanced that he, too, was murdered
and his body disposed of, is wrong,
and that it was he who left the bloody
trail.
The bowie knife was found lying
among. the. leaves near the east end
of the bridge, where it had evidently
fallen when Knocked out Of the hand
Of it's owner. The blade was broken
off about two inches from the handle,
and it bears the appearance of having
been struck against the iron railing
Of the bridge. AS none of the wounds
in the dead body were made by this
weapon, it probably belonged to Bat
talia and was used by him to defend
himself against the murderous at
tacks of his assailant until it was
broken and knocked from his hands
to the ground below. A friend Of the
| dead man said to-day that he thought,
| it belonged to Battalia.
Did He Follow Battalia?
Another thing which goes long
way toward connecting Calderone
with the murder is the fact that he
left the house at 1901 Western ave-
nue. Wednesday night just five min
utes after Battalia had left. AS told
by an Italian Who spent the evening
at that house, Salvatore Battalia
came there shortly after 8 o'clock.
There We're several persons there.
among whom was Tony Calderone.
They asked Salvatore to sit down, but
he told them that he didn't have time.
They asked him what his hurry was
| and he said that he was going to go
!. and see about joining Masonic
i lodge. Calderone told him that he had
better not join the Masons, but Saliva
quarreled before about the same
thing. Salvatore left and about five
i minutes later Calderone arose
stretched himself and said, he
guessed he'd take a walk" Calderone
4 never returned and at II o'clock that
night Battalia's dead body was found
upon the Franklin avenue bridge. Cal
derone's knife has been found near
4 the bridge and his handk erchief
saturated with blood, along the trsi
leading from the murdered mans
4 side.
1 CaIderone was well known among
+ the local Italians and was well verseo
in the ways of Americans. He came
here a few years ago from Winnipeg
1 Man., and after remaining in this city
4 few months returned to the Cana.
dian city. He again returned to Min
T neapolis last March and since ther
had made his home at, 1901; Western
avenue, where several Italians reside
s. Calderone is 25 years old, and is
fruit peddler by occupation. He is
IS large fellow with rather a handsome
face. He was we'll liked by his coun
. trymen In this city until this affair
and now. many of them are cursinI
}, him and swearing vengeance agains
him on the theory that he is the muir
derer.
s Police Warn Winnipeg.
The police. feel confident that he i
, still in the twin cities and that it wi
not be long until they succeed in find
ing him. In case he has left the cities
they think that he will go to Winni
peg and the police Of that city hav
, been provided with his description an
: are on the lookout for him.
An interurban conductor report
: that at o'clock Thursday morning
: man bleeding from several wounds o
: the hands and forearms, boarded hi
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