The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-03-17
TELLS STORY OF
The nicola CASE
Crystal Falls Drill Gives Details
of Attack on Hancock Man


Scalori. the man who was> shot and
wounded by Leonard Nicola. the Han
cock employment agent at Crystal
Falls several weeks ago. and the sub
sequent dismissal of Nicola on a
charge of attempt To kill. the Crystal
Falls Diamond Drill says:
Joseph Scalori, the man shot ana
wounded by Leonard Nicola, the Ham
cock labor agent confessed i'm the jus
tice court last Monday morning. be-
fore Judge Dawson, PROSECUTING Attor-
ney Waffen and others, that ne and
Gala, the man held on suspicion. had
entered into conspiracy to rob Nicola.
Gala, So Scalori says, put mp the
Job and let Scalori i'm on it, Gala was
to have decoyed Nicola to dark
place; Scalori was To have hit him ON
the head with club and Gala was TO
have done the rest" ON the showing
judge Dawson discharged Nicola and
GENERATED him from all blame i'm the
case.
As stated in these columns last week
it was rumorcd about that the wound
ed man had got sorry" ana was go
ing To cough up" everything that
he knew regarding the affair The
rumor proved well founded for when
Prosecuting Attorney Waifen started
work in court that morning he immc-
datcly started his stenoprapher ON Il
preamble TO n confession ana when he
reached the part rociting that Scalori
was the complaining witness in the
case of the People IS leonard Nicola,
he requested Mr.. Scalori 10 take the
witness stand
Confession Is Creditable.
The man was in court. wrapped in n
biz fur coat. He is II good looking
Italian of about - 10 80 years of age
and spoke English fluently. The man
showed considerable intelligence upon
the stand and while he undoubtedly
was "A tool. he certainly knew what
he was about and it seemed doubtful
"a most Of the audience that he was
as completely under the influence lf|
Gala as his testimony would indicate.
Prosecuting Attorney Waffen adVis-
give in this case would be used against
him in the case of the People rs Sea-
lori and Gala which is pending and
will he taken up later ON. He seemed
anxious To get something oil his mind
and started right in to tell all that he
knew.
Scalori says that he has lived il|
80,
and knew Atilio Gala 3 or years.
That on Feb. %, he went To Calais
house to borrow q. mackinaw To- wear
TO Al funeral that he was to attend
that day He next saw Gala after
dinner at Frank SimeOnis saloon
where Gala told him that Il fellow
was here from the copper country vol
hire n number of men. Gala said that
the man (Meola) must have lots of
money to pay fares, stay at the hotel
and pay expenses.
The witness didn't know Nicola and
had never seen him previous To that
time. Gala proposed the plot of Seal
orr and cautioned him not To get drunk
that afternoon as there is work to
do"
In the evening Gala and Scalori
met again when Gala went into detail
i'm the plot. He said, Il will take
Nicola to the ST. Paul depot and you
follow at "a distance of about 30 feet
behind us. Get good club and when
we get to dark place you hit Nicola
over the head with club. I'll do the
rest"
Waylaid Victim With Bottle.
Gala then telephoned to Nicola ana
got him to the saloon. Nicola bought
"A round of drinks When Gala had
about half finished drinking his glass
of beer he went To the lavatory where
he met ScalOri and told him that ~
the man: now get your club Scalori
said that he would take a beer bottle.
Gala and Nicola started out of the
saloon and Scalori followed. When
close to the concrete steps leading %
the Milwaukee station, Scalof came
M from behind and hit Nicola ON tn"
head with the beer bottle. Gala inn
mediately ran The bottle broke int"
a number Of pieces. ScaloIi says ne
stood there n second looking at his
victim when the latter, recovering IRON