Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-22
WATERLOO ITALIAN HAD NIGHT
MARE WHEN HE SHOT
COMPANION.
FLED FROM SCENE OF CRIME
WHEN HALF ASLEEP
Graeo Declare. His Only Thought Was
That He Had to Defend Himself
From Enemy-victm Still Alive But
Wound is Considered Fatai-other
Iowa News.

Waterloo, Oct. 22.-That the shoot
Thursday morning was the direct re-
suit of an attack of nightmare will
without doubt be the defense estab-
lished by the italian in extenuation Of
his crime. Attorney James T. Knapp
has been engaged to defend Grago and
at the preliminary hearing held at 10: 80
Friday morning before Police Judge
Caldwell entered plea Of not guilty
to the charge of assault with intent to
murder as preferred by County At
tornev Hoxie. A continuance was tax
en- until Nov. 4.
In talk to his attorney it is un-
derstood Grago said he had been i'll
for three days preceding the shoot
ing. and that he had an attack of
nightmare just before the act was
committed He drea med he was mixed
up in a terrible battle and felt i'm
PEELED TO Kill his enemies. While labor
ing under the delusion he awoke enough
to see Tony Byeo, who was the only
man up in the car at the time. and
thinking him one of the Surviving enc
mics shot him without a word. When
the bullet pierced his hand he believed
his enemies had wounded him and
jumping from the car he ran for help.
claiming that he had been shot by one
OF his counrrymen.
Believe Man is Insane.
Dr. J. A Jerger who has been at
tending to Grago. says there is little
question in his mind but that his pa
tient is troubled with circular or peri
odical insanity. Other Italians who
have interested themselves in his case
are anxious to show the tragedy was
the act of a mailman and they intro
duced a little evidence Friday morning
to show that Grago does not have his
right mind part of the time
Part of the time Grago says he re-
members of shooting Byeo and at 9TH
er times he claims to have no recol-
lection of the affair During MS ra-
tionaI moments he is said to have con-
fessed to the police that he shot Byeo.
but does not know why he did 1t.
He says he just felt as tho he had to
shoot to save his life and win the bat
tie. Both men had been the best of
friends and no words had passed be-
tween them so far as any of their COM
red-bandana handkerchief on his head
which he used for nightcap. and with
left arm bandaged in sling, crouches
in one corner of his cell in the city
Jail waiting for news of the outcome OF
his victims wounds. He is a stranger
in a strange land. unable to talk or
understand English. is unacquainted
with American laws or customs, and
trembles at each approaching footstep
Victim Still! Alive.
DR. Jerger is trying to do for Tony
Byeo what he accomplished for Frank
Cain when he was shot in the abdomen.
a perforating wound was inflicted in
Byeo's neck entering one inch below
the angle of the right jaw and pass
ing out one-half inch behind and a
quarter of an inch below the jaw. pass
ing in front Of the spinal chord and
back Of the windpipe and stomach
canal. The surgeon can not understand
why the wound did not produce i'm
mediate death, for it is called fatal
wound. There were symptoms of
Slight infection Thursday, but not suf-
ficient to cause much apprehension.
Byeo is able to talk but very little
English and is in too serious condi-
ton 10 talk much of the shooting. He
has said, however. that he and Gregg
We're good friends and he can not un-
derstand why the shot was fired.