The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-26

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BELIEVE JEALOUSY
WAS THE MOTIVE
Police Say They Can Prove That
Calderone Hated BattaIia
for His Success.

The police, in preparing the evidence
to secure the Indictment of Antonio
Calderone for the murder of Salvatore
Battalia by the grand jury, seem to be
going on the theory that there is no
third man concerned; that Calderone
was Jealous of Battalia's business sue
cess and attacked him with the knife
found near the Franklin avenue bridge,
and that this was the only weapon
used, the cut on Calderone's hands
coming from his losing his grasp upon
it in the struggle.
The explanation of the disappear
ance of the third man seen by Con-
ductor A. D. Souci with Calderone and
Battalia On the fatal night is that he
probably left them before the bridge
was reached. Unless there are new de-
velopments positively indicating the
presence of third man and establish
ing his identity this will be the case of
the state.
Both the Malta theory and Battalia's
intention to renounce his country and
religion appear to be cast aside as
supplying a motive for the murder. In
stead, the evidence of several persons
that Battalia feared Calderone's en-
nifty, that he avoided being alone when
delivering vegetables, and had carried
a revolver for protection, will be Of
fered to show that Calderone hated
Battalia and was liable to attack him.
That he premeditated the murder
will be upheld by his purchase of
sharp edged knife, with blade nine
inches long, NoY. II. The unwieldly
character of theNknife made it unlikely
that it would be carried for any other
MI hor 0o. nd
is thought, will insure an Indictment
of murder in the first degree upon
which it is hoped to secure conviction.
Anticipating that Calderone will
plead self-defense,f it will be claimed
that the wounds on Calderone's head
were not likely to have been inflicted
by Battalia. who was q much shorter
man, and that they are of character
that could have been subsequently in
t1lcted for the purpose of indicating
that Calderone had been attacked.
That Battalia had a revolver in his
pocket will be dWelt upon to show that
he was suddenly attacked and so foro-
ciously that he had no chance to
draw it.
In his story to the police it is sus-
pected that Calderone has about re-
versed the actions of himself and Bat
talla; that instead of Battalia attack
ing him suddenly, it was he who at
tackled BattaIia.
William Wilcox, Of the Lake Harriet
pavilion, who says that Battalia had
often stopped at the pavilion at night
rather than take a chance of meeting
Calderone on the way, and of William
Mammon, living west of Lake Cal
houn, who says that ,Battalia told him
he was afraid of Calderone, who hated
him because of business rivalry, will
be relied upon to establish the relations
of the two men and the obability
that CaldeEone would be the one to do
the attacking. This evidence, it is said,
can be strongly corroborated.
Calderone is not doing any more
talking. 1t is supposed that his attor-
ney F. L. McGhee, has told him that
he has talked too much and that his
salvation depends upon his holding his
tongue from this on. At any rate, he is
sulky and resents being questioned.
The only additional bit of information
secured from him is the acknowledge
ment that he stopped at the shoe shop
of Costa seeking a friend who would
help bind up his wounds, but that
Costa was not there.