The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-08-19

| identity.
woman living in the neighborhood
/ who was attracted by the shots thought
she saw man running eastward. She
declared that she heard motor hum
ming and that she thought the assail-
ant had two confederates waiting for
him in the car. The police, however,
could find no traces whatsoever of the
bandit car and believe that the woman
must have been mistaken.
Shows Signs of Struggle.
The scene of the struggle between
the lone bandit and his victim shows
that there was terrific struggle be-
tween the two men, part of it possibly
taking place within the garage. The
bandit did not allow Mr.. Pacini time
to turn out the lights in the garage,
not waiting for complete darkness to
stage the attack Some of the bullets
lodged on the inside Of the door lead
| ing into the garage giving evidence
! that they were probably fired from
within. It was at first thought that
the man might have secured entrance
to the garage and was there in hiding
but this has been abandoned by the
police.
Another rumor arose regarding a
mysterious man with black satchel,
the description of whom was given to
1 the police. This story arose over the
fact that Mr.. Pacini had been seen on
Saturday evening talking to young
man, probably a motion picture agent,
and had not explained to any of his
assistants at the theatre the nature of
| his conversation. This man looked
like an Italian, wore blue clothes and
had black hair. There is no reason for
connecting him with the crime other
than that he was in Kenosha on Sun
day and those who were most intimate
ly connected with Mr.. Pacini in his
! business declare that he was business
| acquaintance.
Robbery Believed Motive.
Robbery is believed to have been the
motive for the crime. Mr.. Pacini was
accustomed to wear several large dia-
j monds, valued at several thousand dol
lars and it is believed that these may
have attracted the bandit to make the
attack. These, however, were untouch-
ed as Mr.. Pacini- drove the bandit away
by showing fight and neither money
nor gems were received by the bandit
for his act.
Because of the mystery surrounding
the murder, many rumors wholly I'M
| substantiated have arisen. The police
while they are working on all theories.
up to late hour this afternoon had
found nothing definite regarding the
| bandit. It is probable that detectives
will be called to Kenosha to work on
the case in an attempt to clear up the
mystery.
Many Stories End in Mystery.
There were many stories told in re-
gard to the case about the city, but
not one Of the stories had any sub
sanitation. Detective Rock of the
police department., talked with Pacini
as he was being taken to the hospi-
tai. "Who did it Charley% Rock
asked him. The injured man appeared
to be conscious of what he was saying
and he replied "Never mind that now,
get me to hospital and get a doctor.
know and I'll get him myself and to
another request Pacini said Don't
bother me with that, III take care of it''
At the hospital on Saturday night
Mr., Pacini talked with his private
secretary Willard Welch, but the con-
versation was wholly one in regard to
business affairs. He turned over to
his secretary his jewelry and money
and gave him some instructions.
These were only partly audible and
were held as sacred confidence by
the secretary.
BattIed Hard for Life.
At the Kcnosha hospital everything
possible was done to save the life of
Mr.. Pacini. The dunn dummed bullet
had torn ragged hole in his abdomen
making at least seven holes in the in
testines. He bled profusely and an
operation was found necessary in order
to save him from dying Immediately.
Drs. Hanley, Schwartz and Ripley,
all of whom had had long experience
in treating just such wounds in the
A. E. F., carried on the operation, and
the patient had survived it well. Hours
of probing failed to focate the bull
let, however, but because of the loss
of blood the search for it was finally
abandoned.
Sunday afternoon Colonel Yates,
who during the war was in charge of
all abdomen surgery cases in the
American Expeditionary Forces, was
called to tend to the injured theatre
man. He praised the local physicians
for their skill and declared that the
operation had been all that had saved
the patient from dying within an hour
after the shooting. The noted physi-
clan predicted that Mr. Paeini would
recover unless his heart failed to with.
stand the shock and death proved the
wisdom Of this diagnosis.
Corner Truman T. Parker with DR.
Schwartz and H. NJ. Ripley this after.
noon conducted post norton exam
nation over the remains in an at
tempt to locate the bullet which
lodged in the abdomen of Mr.. Pacini
It is thought that the finding of tn,
bullet might help to establish som,
clew as to the identity of the bandit
At the time Of his death on Sunday