The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-02-20
Marine SaItemachia Shot Through
Right Hip During Fight at His
Home Saturday Night
THROWN THROUGH A WINDOW
Six Men Arrested in Connection With
Crime and One is identified AS Man
Who Fired Shot WOUNDED
Man Will Recover
(From Mondays Daily.)


The Italians of Kenosha broke out
again Saturday evening and as a result
Marine Saltemachia, who resides at 684
Anton street was shot down in his home
and then thrown through one Of the
windows Of the house. He is now at
the Kenosha hospital but his condition
is so assuring to the physicians that
it is thought that there is no doubt of
his recovery. Poledino Giojepi, ole Of
the supposed friends of Saltemachia, is
now in the county Jail awaiting trial
on charge of assault with intent to do
great bodily harm but he will not have
a hearing until the wounded man is
able to appear in court.
The melee which resulted in the
shooting Of Saltemachia took place just
before eight CLOCK Saturday night but
the wounded man has not as yet been
able to give connected story O. the
assault and the police have been unable
to find the real cause of the trouble
Saltemachia was shot through the right
hip the bullet passing directly through
the feshy portion of the hip. He
claims that the shot was fed by Giojepi
and that after he had been shot -rowd
Of men set upon him and threw him
through the window Of the house. The
man crawled from his house on Anton
street to the Sullivan drug store on
Rowland avenue where the blood was
staunched and the police notified df the
shooting. Saltemachia was then taken
to the police Office and DIR. T. e. Andre
called to attend him. Later he was re-
moved to the Kenosha hospital The
man was badly bruised by his fall from
the window and suffered intensely from
loss of blood and exposure but the
physicians declare that unless blood
poisoning sets in he will be able to be
in court within a short time.
The police as soon as they heard of
the shooting began to make round up
of all the Italians in that neighborhood
and the wagon was called out seven
times between the time of the shooting
and midnight Saturday evening. Six Of
the men we're arrested and this morn
ing five of them were arraigned in
Justice Court on charges OF disorderly
conduct. The man who was Unidentified
by Saltemachia was held for further ex-
animation The police officers found
the revolver with which the shooting
was done on the floor Of the Saltemachia
house and it is alleged to be the proper
ty Of Giojepi.
1t is claimed that Saltemachia had
been expecting trouble but he asserts
that he did nothing to bring about the
fight and that the shooting was wholly
unprovoked. The police are of the
opinion that the shooting was simply
the result of fight among the Italians
and that there was no organized plan
to get rid of Saltemachina.
However the case against Giojepi will
be prosecuted with all vigor as the Of
ficials are anxious to put an end to these
assaults upon the Italians by their coun-
trymen
The five men arrested on a charge of
disorderly conduct were all arraigned
before Justice McQarron this morning
and a fine of dollar and costs was as
sessed in each case. Later P. Fion-
wanton one of the men was arrested by
the police on a charge of having a re-
volver in his pocket. It is thought
that this man may have had something
to do with the shooting Of saltemachia