The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-22
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identified Lucci who was then held at
the city lookup.
"Mr. Luss had been out doing the
morning chores about the barn. she
said, "and I had been busy getting
| breakfast. When he came into the
house he said there comes bunch of
hunters and I don t want them shoot
ing about the barns. We had a lot
of chickens and the hunters had killed
chickens here ON several occasions. I
all shut up so that there was no
cause for worry, but he said he did
not want the hunters about the house
anyway and he started out. went up
stairs but / was fearful that he might
| get hurt and minute later / came
down and followed him out into the
yard. He had a brush hook in his
hand and he was arguing with one of
/ the Italians. There were four or five
| of them and three Of them ran off into
the brush as / came out, the other two
stood very near to Mr.. Luss. just as
| walked out of the house I heard one
| of the Italians shout drop or I'll kill
| drop or I'll kill and then the shot
came. saw the flash and Mr.. Luss
| luTched forward and as he did he man
aged to get hold of the gun with
which he had been shot. The Italian
waited minute and then sneaked
back and tore the gun from Luss
hands and then the whole party ran
away. [ saw at once that Mr.. Luss
was dead and / ran as fast as I could
to the home of Mr.. Gascoigne and lat
er to the home of DR.. Gardiner and
sent word to the sheriff. The Italians
had run away, going toward Corliss and
it was probably fifteen minutes before
| could get to the home of the neigh
| bors. Mr.. Luss had not abused or
| threatened the men, but he had ordered
! them not to shoot on his land. The
Italian had been abusive and | heard
him abusing Mr.. Luss before he raised
the shot gun to fire.
There was real tragedy in the at
tempted Identification of the Italian
who had been placed under arrest.
Mrs. Jones was brought to Kenosha
just before four o'clock and when she
| reached here nine of the Italians were
in the city lookup. The bunch was
brought up into the corridor on the sec
ond floor of the city hall and Mrs.
| Jones was given a chance to look over
them. After some study she picked out
Lucci and another Italian who gave his
name as Peter Marriott, as two whom she
| believed she had seen earlier in the
day at the Luss home. Lucci at once
protested that he had been at Wood
worth at the time of the shooting, but
4 a minute later S. j. Gardiner picked
him out as man with whom he had
talked just before the shooting. Mrs.
Jones claimed that one of the men at
| the Luss farm wore a red sweater and
Louis Cousins, a Kenosha Italian, was
picked as third member of the party.
All of the men denied any knowledge
of the crime.
Few murders have caused wilder ex-
/
working both out of Racine and Keno
sha sought Italians during the day.
The remains Of Luss were brought to
Kenosha and taken to the Hansen
morgue and a coroner s inquest is to be
held later.
Somers farmers have been for
months expecting just such tragedy
as occurred Sunday morning. Their
lands have been repeatedly invaded by
foreigners, their chickens and stock
shot and vegetables stolen and several
times farmers, who have ordered bands
of hunters off their farms, have been
\ threatened with DEATH Luss is de-
clared to have been most vigorous in
his efforts to prevent hunters going on
his farm and it is said that on several
occasions he had been threatened by
the hunters. This did not prevent his
attempting to stop the band of hunters
Sunday morning and his desire to pro-
tect his stock against the invasions of
/ the foreigners cost him his life.
Luss was born and raised in Racine
and he had purchased the farm in
Somers about six years ago and had
since lived there. Mrs. Jones had been
employed as his housekeeper for the
i past year. Luss is said to have been
successful as farmer. He was never
married. He is said to have relatives
| living in Racine and it is expected
that they will make arrangements for
the funeral following the coroner IS
inquest.
A great crowd had gathered at the
court room just before noon today
when Aulozz was brought in and ar
raigned on formal charge of murder.
The defendant made no answer to the
charge but County Judge George w.
Taylor who appeared for him directed
that plea of "not guilty be enter
ed. The hearing was adjourned until
Thursday morning and the defendant
returned to Jail without bail. Later
the court issued an order directing
that the three other Italians held in
the case recognize as witnesses in bonds
of $4,000. All of them are to be held
at the county jail.
In connection with the arrest of the
men an dthe securing of the confession
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