The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-04-13
POLICE SEEK IN Vain
Woman Had Been Called to the Door and
Stood With Babe in Her Arms as Ital-
ian Yields Razor Blade Terribly
Mutilating Her-One Arrest Made.

One of the most dastardly crimes re-
ported to the police of Kenosha in
many months was reported just after
eight 'clock Monday night when Mrs.
Frank Iaquinto, % years of age, re-
siding at 662 Superior street, was
slashed by an unknown Italian. The
woman was disfgured for life ny
right ear to her chin and physicians
took fifteen stitches to close up the
wound.
The motive for the dastardly assault
on Mrs. Iaquinto is shrouded in mys-
terry. The men who mutilated her man
aged to escape and as yet the police
have found no clew to their identity.
The woman, suffering terribly from the
shock, is under the care of Drs. Sulli-
van and Pugh, and while she has told
part of her story to the police officer,
she has not been able to give them any
help in locating the guilty parties.
The husband of Mrs. Iaquinto is en-
ployed at one of the west side factories
as one of night gang and he was
working at the time the assault was
made on the wife. Mrs. Iaquinto was
at home rocking her baby to sleep when
she was called to the door. Two Ital-
ians, both strangers to her, were stand
ING near the door and they asked her
where her husband was. Mrs. Iaquinto
told the two men that her husband
would not be home until after nine
CLOCK.
ct have note for him.; one of the
men said and he drew his pocketbook
from his pocket. "Here it isl he
continued Instead of taking note
from the pocketbook, the man pulled
out blade Of safety razor and
welded it. Mrs. Taquinto saw the fash
of the blade and attempted to escape.
She had the baby in her arms and in
an effort to shield the child from in
| jury she turned her face as if to run
! back into the house. The blade was
| plunged into her face making CHASTITY
wound. The injured woman shouted
for help and her cries aroused the
lneighbors and one of them hurried to
| the Berk saloon and notified the police.
The two Italians had run south on Su-
perior street to Salem avenue, but no
one seems to have seen them.
Police officers Rock and McGivern
went out with the patrol wagon and
later Chief Of Police O'Hare took per-
sonal charge of the case. It was de-
clared that just after the two men had
fed from the Iaquinto home that
splash was heard near the electric rail
way tracks. At this point there is a
great sink hole in the sewer filled with
water. For two hours members of the
police department dragged in this hole
thinking it possible that one Of the
men who had stabbed Mrs. Iaquinto
had fallen into the hole in his frantic
effort to get away.
Neither the woman nor her husband
could suggest any motive for the at
tack made on her. They claimed that
so far as they knew, they had no enc
mics among the italian people Of the
city.
Mrs. Iaquinto gave the police fairly
good description of the two men, but
she insisted that to the best of her
knowledge and belief she had never
seen the men until Monday night.
| During the night one man was taken
as suspect in the case and while he
is not accused of being connected with
! the crime it was asserted that on Sun
! day night he was seen with two Italians
who answered the description Of the
men seen at the Iaquinto home.
The police think it possible that the
cutting of Mrs. Iaquinto may in some
way be connected with the murder of
| Mrs. Tony Valentine in Kenosha more
| than two years ago. The Iaquinto fam
lily was one of the close family friends
Of Tony Valentine and his wife. Val
entine, after the murder of his wife,
| fed from Kenosha and he was never
captured.
"These men who assaulted Mrs. Ia
quinto said nothing which would offer
any motive for their action,'' said
Chief of Police O'Hare today. cit is
possible that the wounds were meant
for some other person and that this
woman was the victim of mistaken
identity. It is possible that the men
managed to get out of the city bur we
are of the opinion that they found
refuge in some house in that territory
| Every police officer on the force was
summoned to aid in the search for the
two men and the search continued
throughout the night.
Mrs. Iaquinto suffered from loss of
blood, but it was declared today that