The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-14
FIRED on FROM AMBUSH
Dominica pstracci Arrested Here Has
Perfect Alihi When Examined by Po-
nce-cIaim Attempt at Assassina-
ton Result of Old Feud.

Detectives from Racine came to Ke-
nosha Just before noon today, seeking
to get clews to the identity of two
Italians who just after nine clock
Tuesday night attempted to assassinate
Frank Jannozzi, 23 years old and a
Racine barber. Two shots were fred
at Jannozzi and one of them tore a
hole through his coat and just bruised
his skin The other went wild.
The men who fred the shots had hid
den behind box car between State
and Prospect streets in Racine. JAM
nozzi notified the police of the shoot .
ing within few minutes after the at
tempt had been made ON his life and /
he promptly declared that ne believed
Kenosha men had made the attemnt to
kill him.
Jannozzi had left the barber shop IN
which he was employed only few min
utes before the shooting and was ON
the way to his home, riding bicycle.
He had no warning from the men who
fred on him. At the first shot which
went through his coat and just pinched
the skin, Jannozzi fell from the bicy-
Gle and getting up he started to run.
In second another bullet whizzed
over his head He made no effort to
follow the men who had fred on him
but rushed to tls home Of his father
and notified ga1 police.
Later in the evening the Kenosha
police department was notified of the
shooting and demand was made that
an effort be made to locate Dominick
Petracci a Kenosha Italian. He was
found working at a tailor shop and
placed under arrest. This morning
Detective Yanney of Racine took
charge of the examination of Petracei.
This Kenosha man had been suspected
of completely in the attempted assas-
sination on account of the fact that
Jannozzi is the husband of the formers
wife of Petracci.
The man held here was arrested sew.
eral years ago on charges Of shooting
his mother-in-law Shortly after he
had been sent to prison, his wife Sc
cured divorce in the Municipal Court
and year later she was married to
Jannozzi and went to live in Racine.
She took with her the little daughter
of Petracc.. The father of the child
was released from the state prison less
than three months ago and it was
IN 10 an loo Inv he
Racine Jeeking to secure the custody
of the child. H is alleged to have
made sensational statements as to what
he would do to get possession Of the
child. When arrested here Petracci
declared that he knew absolutely moth
ing in regard to the attack on Jannozzi
in Racine. He had perfect alibi.
The shooting took place just befores
nine o clock Tuesday night and at that
time Petracci was working in the tailor
shop in Kenosha. He had not left The
shop during the entire evening. Re
gardless Of this fact, Detective Yanney
refused to consent to the release of
Petracci and he insisted that he would
probably be taken to Racine later in
the day for an examination.
"Jannozzi feels certain that the maA
who attempted to kill him came froms
Kenosha, said Yanney this afternoon.
" Early Tuesday afternoon two men
came into his barber shop. From their
conversation he gathered that they
We're from Kenosha, but he had never
seen either of them before One of
them got into the chair to be shaved
and when Jannozzi was lathering him,
he discovered that the man vote a
false mustache He said nothing of
the fact. The man asked Jannozzi
what time the shop was closed in the
evening and he told him that eight
O'Clock was the closing hour Then the
man asked him if he went straight
home after the shop was closed and
Jannozzi declared that he did. Jam
nozzi believes that the two men in the
barber shop were men sent to Racine
to kill him. Re intimates that the
shooting may have been the result of
an old feud.
Petracci declared to the police that
he had no trouble with the husband of,
his former wife at any time and that,
he had not sought any. He asserted
that there was absolutely no cause tof
holdAhim in connection with the shoot