The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-18
Detectives Declare That Fefrari
Was Killed by Men Who Had
Sought to BIackmaiI Hin
FIND EVIDENCE OF THE GANG
Ferrari and Two Others are Supposed
to Have Gone Out With the Inten-
tion of Fighting With Gang
When Murder Occurred

Ihe Milwaukee detectives believe
that they have solved the mystery of
the murder of Vincenz Ferrari, the
kenosha Italian killed north of Mill
waukee on the night of July 4th, and
1t is now declared that the man was
the victim Of b1ackmailers who
sought to extort money from him, and
when they failed to secure the money
they 1ured him to a lonely spot anu
murdered him. The detectives have
found that there was regular band
of blackmailers at work among the
Italians at Milwaukee and there seems
to be good reason to believe that the
former Kenosha Italian forfeited his
life to this gang by refusing to put
up the money they demanded.
The track where the body of Fer
rari was found is in a deep cut, on
both sides of which are entertainments
about ten feet high. The building of
the College avenue station is about
$50 feet from where the body was
found. From evidence that has been
obtained, the police have learned that
ian, who is missing, but known to the
detectives, came along the tracks aud
were heading toward the station.
They believe that Ferrari was on his
way to q hiding place for the money.
The theory of the police is that the
intended victim had confded the at
tempt to blackmail to several of his
friends and together they went out
and lay on the embankment and
awaited the coming of the blackmailer.
When the three men had passed the
ambush the hiding Italians opened
fire on them from behind. Moracad
has told the police that about eight
shots were fired.
The three men on the track must
have dropped under the vol1ey and
the ambushers fed. When the Col
lege avenue car came along it ran
over Ferrari. Near him lay two other
bodies. Ferrari was placed in the
car, then Moracad was picked up, but
when the car crew came for the third
body, it was missing. The third man
had run away.
The following morning detectives
investigated the scene of the fight aud
found half a dozen discharged shot
gun cartridges on the embankmeut.
It was plain to be seen that several
men had been there the night before
and the traces of where the men had
lain on the soft ground was still
visible.
One of the cartridges was loaded. 1t
has since been opened by the police
and contains one of the homemade
bullets, half an inch in diameter.
The material in the loaded cartridge
is the same as that taken from the
bodies of Ferrari and Moracad. TIE
police are convinced that the murder
ers used sawed-of shot guns ia the
fight. They say that Italians are in
the habit ofsbuying shot guns, having
the barrels and stock cut down so that
the weapon often is only two feet
long and yet retains all its killing
force. These guns could easily be
carried under the coat and held in the
| pit of the arm and no one would be
able to observe that person was
armed. One of these sawed-off shot
guns has been found by the police
but the owner could not have used it,
for it's barrel was rusty and showed
that it had not been recently used.
The police have closely followed the
record of Frrrari and Moracad.
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went to Milwaukee. Prior to that
time he lived in Chicago. Before
that he lived in Pittsburg. The police
say that he always seemed to be sup
piled with money but they cannot fad
that he did much work and they have
been unable = count for the manner
in viii - lived. Recently an
Italian was arrested in Kenosha Ia
some cutting ARRAY. Ferrari furnish
ed the money to get the prisoner out
of Jail. The money is still waiting
for Ferrari in the Justice Court here.
The detectives have learned that
Ferrari and Moracad and third man
were seen together for at least several
/ days before the murder. Moracad has
denied that he was with Ferrari. The
| police have tried to figure out for
what possible purpose the three
Italians could be on the right-of-
way of the car line at the time they
were shot and have concluded that the
blacknail theory is the only one that
fits the case. That Moracad knows
much more than he has so far told,
no one doubts.
The new theory of the police may
account for the mysterious silence of
the man who had such a narrow
escape from death and the many uu-
truths which the police know he has
told them.
Moracad is still under guard at the
Emergency, the Milwaukee hospital
He probably will be removed to cell
in a few days. The body of Ferrari
is still at the morgue. The coroner
also holds thirteen bullets and slugs
which we're taken out of the body of
the murdered man.