The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-25
FRANK FALB0 HELD As W|ELDER
Battle Over Family Troubles Comes
Near Ending in Coroner's Inquest
Prompt Arrival of Police Officer
Saves italian from Injury.

The prompt arrival of police officers
probably prevented the addition of an
other murder victim to the list Of men
who have fallen in the feud ofKenosha
Italians and Gregoria Gallo, % years
of age and travelling salesman living
with his wife and two children at No.
573 JENNIE street was congratulating
himself in the Municipal Court this
morning that he was being held on
charge of assault and battery rather
than being fit subject for coroner s
jury. Gallo had in the middle of his
back just the suggestion Of knife
wound and blood was trickling down
from it, indicating that he had about
as close shave of being killed with
knife wound as any man who ever
went against such a proposition and got
away. Gallo was stabbed at the North
western railway station just before
eleven O'Clock Tuesday night when
a man declared to be Frank FaI-
BIO slashed him with a razor. Tn
the slashing act Falbo cut through
the coat, vest and underclothing Of Gal
To- but the weapon did not cut deep
enough into the flesh to make serious
wound Falbo was not arrested until
early this morning when he was picked
up by Officer Pingitore at the corner
of Grand Avenue and West Main
street. Tt is declared that Falbo was
planning to leave the city when he
was placed under arrest. When the
facts in the case were laid before the
court he ordered the hearing postponed
in order to make possible a more com
plete investigation into the case and
Falbo was returned to jail without any
formal charge being made against him.
The trouble which eliminated at the
railway station was brought on by fam
lily differences between Gallo and his
father-in- law Frank Perre. They had
quarreled at the home of PIERRE and the
quarrel was resumed when the old man
had taken his wife and daughter to the
station to put them on a train to go
to Minneapolis Tt was alleged by Gallo
that the father-in-law had made very
serious charges involving the chastity
of his wife and Gallo becoming enraged
leaped at the old man and assaulted
him. Falbo, who is declared to have
been a friend of PIERRE and to have
lived at the Perre home, came into the
battle as a defender of Perre and be-
fore Gallo could defend himself It is
claimed that Falbo whipped out razor
and slashed at him. A few minutes
later Officer Toney Borden, who was on
the beat, arrived and he managed to
rescue Gallo and hurried him to the
police station. This morning Gallo re-
cited at length the whole story of the
ARRAY and his story was in part borne
out by that of his father-in law. How
ever, Pere added to the story the fact
that Gallo had threatened to kill him.
Gallo declared that he had never made
any threats against the old man and
that he had only struck him him when
he made charges of such nature that
no man would permit them to have
been made against his wife. The hear
ing of Gallo was also continued and it
will be taken up after the district at
torney has completed his investigation.
Gallo has lived in Kenosha for more
than fourteen years and has never been
arrested Falbo is new conner to
the city. He declined to make any
statement in regard to the case and his
story will be brought out at the adj
journed hearing. The case caused
great excitement in the regions about
the railway station. After the arrest
the wife and daughter of Perre went
on to Minneapolis and it may be nee
essary to bring them back to Kenosha