The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
M'GHEE TELLS STORY
FOR CALDERONE

Attorney F. L. McGhee was willing last
night, in behalf of Caledrone, on whom
he had imposed silence, to give an &C
count of his clients actions on the nlght
of the murder, except as to what part he
took in the deadly encounter on the bridge
That Calderone was there and that he
received his injuries in the fracas In
which Batallia was slain is not denied
fact that Calderone's wounds are in the
back of the head and neck he must have
been attacked from behind. "Calderone
is much taller man than was Battalla
and it is therefore impossible, it seems to
me, that the wounds would have been In
flicted in a tussle. If Calderone had at
tackled Battalia and if the latter had used
his knife in self defense the wounds
would have been inflicted in front or be-
tween the hips and the shoulder in the
back, as Battalia was so much shorter
than was Calderone"
The part that the third man took IN
the affair on the bridge remains mystery
and Attorney McGhee asserts that he is
anxious to get the man, whose identity,
he claims, is unknown to Calder 6as tho
third man went and did not see him after
the encounter, according to the state
ment made last night by the attorney.
is, where he came from, and where ne
went.
known man in the Columbia grocery
Chez. near their homes, ABOUT S:3y
o'clock Wednesday night. Battalia had
appointed the time and place of meeting
previously. and the unknown third man
was with with him when Calderone ar
rived.
Il will not state the purpose of their
meeting, nor will l state why they went
to the Franklin avenue bridge. But the
facts as already discovered show that
Battalia Calderone and the third man
boarded a car. on which they We're seen
by the conductor who identified the pody
of Battalia and CalderOne from the photo-
graph They rode on the car to the cor
ner of Twenty seventh avenue, where
they alighted together. They then went to
the bridge
What occurred at the bridge between
the three men, the murdered man, Cal
derone and the unknown, is involved IN
mystery and will probably remain so till
the trial. The curtain falls for a brief
interval and rises to reveal the multilated
body of Battalia lying on the bridge in
a pool of gore, and Calderone, wounded
and bleeding, fleeing from the scene OF the
tragedy. The unknown has made an exit,
and his subsequent movements are be-
hind the curtain.
.'Calderone is the man who was traced
from the bridge to Dale street in st.
Paul said Attorney McGhee, resuming
the narrative. "He had formerly been
patient of DR.. Turner, and his hfst I'M
pulse when wounded was to get treatment
from him With this end in view he went
to the cobbler shop in st. Anthony Park,
where he had intended to remain until
DR.. Turner could reach him. Failing TO
gain admittance he walked on to st.
Paul and found his way, in greatly ex-
hausted condition. to the corner of Sew
enth and Wabasha streets, where he asked
a pedestrian to call Dr. Turner by teie-
phone and request him to come to his Of
flee in the Kendrick block, where Calder
one said ne would wait for him.
Upon receiving the message DR.. Tur-
ner Immediately went to his Office, where
he arrived at O'Clock a. m. Thursday.
Calderone then told the physician that he
had been injured in fight and asked to
have his wounds dressed. He said he had
no place to go and wanted the physician
to find a place for him. After dressing
the wounds. which was a delicate opera
ton, DR.. Turner took Calderone to the
home of Mrs. Charles Davis, 452 ST. An
thony avenue, where he remained till he
was taken to Minneapolis this evening.
''Dr. Turner did not know till Thurs
day evening that Calderone had been in
Volved in the Franklin avenue bridge
affair." When DR.. Turner asked Calderone
If ne had been in the fracas he replied
that he had. and added that he wanted
to go to Minneapolis to give himself up.
81 go to court house as soon as
can. said Calderone. 1t was then de-
cided that he should be taken back and
as he wanted an attorney l was mention