The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-07-25
Causes a Sensation by At
tempting Murder on
Crowded Street.
FIRES SHOTS At BARTENDER
Three Shots are Fired in Rapid Success
sion Which Crash Through Market
Square Window but No One is Injur-
ed as Result Of the Shooting.

Kenosha had the biggest excitement
In years just before 8 o'clock Sunday
night when Germana Cavallo, an Ital-
ian with gun, started shooting at
the corner of Market Square and
Main street. He fred three shots in
rapid succession and the crowds
thronging the street ducked for shell
ter
The shooting was the final act in a
fraeas which started in the Joel Jacob
sen saloon on Main street late Sunday
afternoon. Cavallo and a number of
other Italians had been in the saloon
and had become embroiled in a quar-
rel with Charles Meckowitz, a barten-
der employed in the saloon, Stories
Of the trouble with the bartender diff
fer The Italians claim that the bar
tender abused them and knocked one
Of their number down, while jacobsen,
The proprietor of the saloon, claims
that the Italians had refused to pay
for the drinks they had taken over
the bar and that the bartender had
started to put them out of the place.
The police had been called to take
care of Cayallo and his friends some
time before the shooting and it was
thought that the trouble was all over
Cavallo was not the man who was al
legged to have been assaulted in the
salce4, baO ne mao been enc Of tLq
loudest takers in the crowd The bar
tender had feared trouble from the
man and some time before the shoot
ing he had called for a police officer.
Police Office John Zievers answered
the call, and at the time Cavallo be-
gan firing Zievers and the bartender
were standing in the center of the
crossing at Market street talking. The
Italian gave no warning, but whipped
out his gun and opened fire. All of
the shots went far wide of the mark,
but more than hundred people stand
ing about the corner were thrown into
a panic. Men and women ran into
open doorways for protection, while
others ran down the side streets. The
three shots fired in rapid succession,
all went through the windows of the
store Of the Bell Clothing Company
Two of them crashed through the back
of the show window and fattened
themselves out on the South wall of
the store building
A crowd of men and boys were
standing at the corner near the build
ing, but in some way the bullets man
aged to find their way between the
men and struck the window Not a
single one of the crowd was touched
by any of the bullets, The shooting
caused great excitement and in a few
minutes all of the police officers were
huTying toward Market Square. Ca
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stuck his revolver in his pocket and
started to run North along Main
street. .eOfficer zievers drew his re-
volver and started in pursuit and the
pursuit of the man was taken up by
many members of the crowd. Police
Officer McCluskey was only a short
distance North of the crossing and
hearing the shooting, he had drawn
his revolver and started toward the
corner. Cavallo ran directly into his
arms and he put him under arrest.
The Italian was hurried to the city
lookup and booked on charges of at
tempted murder.
He refused to make any statement in
regard to the case after he had been
arrested. 1t was at first reported that
Cavallo was insane, but later it was
declared that he was simply mad and
had taken this method for revenging
himself on the bartender The friends
Of the Italian declare that he had no
intention to kill any one, but opened
fire with an idea Of soaring the bar
tender and the police officers
Gavallo resides at 100 Wisconsin
street.