The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-05-28
POLICE SEEK SLAYER IN VAIN
Cloak of Mystery Is Thrown About the
Shooting Which Took Place on West
Pearl Street Just After 10 P. M. Sun
.day-Victim Makes Statement.

Shot in the back by an unknown
italian assassin, August Covella, aged
twenty-four years, who lived with his
wife and two children at ITO Brockett
street, was added to the list Of victims
Of the gun men here Sunday, He
died at the Kenosha hospital just at
ter noon today. A bullet fired from
thirty eight calibre revolver had liter
ally punctured the entire left side of
the man, ploughing it's way through
one Of his kidneys. He was conscious
almost all the time after the shooting
until the end came, but he was not
willing or was not able to tell any
story which would lead to the arrest
of the man who assasslnated him.
As has been the case of a lot of
other shooting in Little Italy" the
shooting of Covella is shrouded in
mystery and while the police have
taken two suspects into custody they
are Convinced that the man who did
the shooting is still at large.
The shooting took place just after
ten O'Clock Sunday night at the en-
trance of an alley just west of store
operated by Michale Molinero at 1853
Pearl street. The police got the first
report of the shooting from Molinero
and when they reached the scene of
tie assassination they found Covella
on the sidewalk laying in pool of
blood. He was weak from loss of
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but he mHmbled out to the police Of
fcers the story of the crime. The
story as told by him did nothing to
clear up the mystery. Within ten
minutes after the shooting had been
reported every member of the police
force had been put on the case and
all roads leading out of the city were
closely guarded. The police had abb
solutely nothing to work on save a
story that man dressed in brown
suit and evidently an Italian had been
seen running out of the alley just af-
ter the shooting. Two men with brown
suits and both Italians were taken in
to custody, but neither of them was
armed and both seem to be able to
give good account of their actions
on Sunday night. The men are still
being held pending further examina-
tion.
Covella told the police that he had
no idea Of the cause of the shooting
or of the identity of the man who fred
the shot and he intimated that he
might have been victim of mistaken
identity. He said that he had spent
some time at the Molinero store on
Sunday night and that when Michael
Molinero had announced his intention
of closing the place up he with four
other men had walked out in front of
the store. Three of the men started
east and with Raphael Molinero Covel-
la started west. They 49,. walked less
than a dozen steps when shot rang
out from the alley and Covella fell
to the sidewalk Covella was walking
next to the open alley at the time Of
the shooting.
His story was the same as that told
by Molinero. Both men declared that
they had seen no one in the alley and
nothing had been said. The man who
fired the shot must have been stand
ing score to the entrance of the alley
at both of the men saw the flash which
accompanied the firing of the revol-
Yer. Molinero ran to the store and
notified his brother and he Immediate
ly notified the police.
The wounded man was removed to
the hospital and DIR. Caughey was call
ed to attend him. He remained CON
scious during the night and this morn
ing his condition was so critical that
District Attorney A. L. Drury went to
the hospital and insisted on his making
statement In regard to the crime.
The statement was made with great
effort on the part of the wounded man
and it was practically the same state
ment as he had made to the police after
the shooting. Many Italians were call
ed in by the police this morning in
an effort to discover something that
would furnish a clew to the identity
of the man who did the shooting, but
none of these men told any stories of
value to the police. CHIEF O'Hare
seems to be laboring under the impress
sion that the shooting of Covella came
as a result of some feud in the dis
trict and he promises to make wide
investigation.
Covella had been a resident of Ke-
nosha for some time. He was twenty
four years of age and had been re-
garded as law abiding man. He was
unarmed at the time of the shooting.
County Highway Commissioner Her