The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-22
CLAIM LuSS WAS AGGRESSOR
Story of the italians Is Denied by Mrs.
Addie Jones, Housekeeper for Luss
coroner's Jury Lays Blame For
the Death of Luss on AulOzz

Members Of the Italian huntinc9
party which brought tragedy to the
farm of John luss in the town of Som
ers on Sunday morning took the stand
at the coroners inquest over the body
of Luss on Tuesday afternoon and laid
the basis for the defense of the Italian
luigi Aulozz, whc is held on charges
Of murder. All of the members of the
hunting party told story which would
make a pretty good plea OF self defense
for Aulozz, but this story was denied
emphatically by Mrs. Addie Jones, the
housekeeper at the Luss home. The
coroner IS jury returned verdict hold
ing that Luss came to his death as a
result of gun shot wound inflicted by
Lriggi Aulozz.
District Attorney A. L. Drury was in
charge of the examination of the wit
nesses at the inquest and he sought to
put all of them on record as to their
story of the killing of Luss. The prin-
cipal witness was Feliz Aulozz, the
father of the defendant He declared
that the members of the hunting party
had gone on the Luss farm and that
he and his son the defendant, were in
the vanguard Of the party. He assert
ed that the son had no trouble with
Luss but that Luss had ordered him off
the farm, meraeisse lin witb 4 u5
hoe. He said that he asked Luss TO
give him time to get off the farm and
that the farmer followed him striking
at him with the grub hoe He insisted
that he sought to ward off the blows
with his shot gun and that finally Luss
seized the shot gun and shouted "I am
going to kill you" Aulozz declared
that he started to run when he slipped
ana fell and that just as he fell some
one fired and Luss fell to the ground
dying. Practically the same story was
told by Nuzio MARITIME, the fifteen year
old boy and Vincenzo Lucci, another
member of the party, but these two
witnesses declared that at the time of
the shooting Mrs. Jones was hurrying
to the defense of Luss and that she
carried a revolver in her hand Lucci
did not develop the theory of self de-
tense nearly as far as the other two
Italians and he asserted that Luiggi
Aulozz fired on the farmer just as soon
as he had taken the gun from the
father of the defendant. Each of the
Italians declared that threats had BET
made by Luss.
Mrs. Addie Jones when she took the
stand denied much Of the stories told
by the friends Of the defendant. She
declared that she had witnessed the
shooting and that Luss had never talk
en- the gun away from Aulozz and that
he had been armed at no time with
anything but the grub hoe She de-
clared that after he had been shot by
luigi Aulozz that he had caught hold
of the gun carried by the Italians and
that the father had rushed back and
taken it from the hands Of Luss as he
fell to the ground dying. Mrs. Jones
declared that she had left the house
and was going to aid Luss when he was
shot, but she denied that she carried a
revolver or any kind of weapon.
The hearing of Aulozz is scheduled
to come up before Judge Randall in
the municipal court on Thursday morn
ing. No effort is being made to get
the three Italians who are alleged to
have been members of the hunting
party but who failed to return to Ke-
nosha on Sunday. These men are sup
posed to be in hiding somewhere about
the city but their evidence is not at
all material in the light of the state
ments made by the other witnesses in
the case.