The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-12-01

WHlle thousands OIL WOrShIppeFS were
Hing down the steps of the Holy Ros-
Try church and were vending their
way homeward at eleven-ffteen o'clock
sunday morning, Frank Ciappetti, 904
Park street, was shot from ambush in
he very shadow Of the church spires
IS he was walking along Rowland
venue, just south OF Pearl street.
The peaceful Sabbath air vibrated with
he sound Of twenty pistol shots, one
GLOWING the other in rapid success
ion as four men, each hiding behind
tree or a telephone pole, by con-
erted signal, picked out Ciappetti for
heir target and all opened fire at
nee. Ciappetti staggered, wounded,
ct managed to make his way with a
cap and bound into the nearest house,
It the southwest corner of Rowland
venue and Pearl street. In the midst
# the ensuing confusion, the four
,ssailants made their escape.
The wounded man was taken to the
Senosha hospital by Mike Constantine,
me of the onlookers of the ARRAY, in
he automobile of A. J. Richter, which
HANGED to come along just after the
hooting. Dr. Pugh attended the vic
i'm and found that only one bullet
ST the open fire had taken effect, lodg-
ne in Ciappetti's left side. He will
recover. The affair is believed to con-
meet directly with the affray when
Frank Iaquinta and John CLOVIS
were shot.
Crowd Talks But Says Nothing.
On a warning received Saturday
night, the police had been preparing
for just such an occurrence, but had
been warned that the attack would oc-
cur at another place and at another
hour when actually TRANSFERRED Just
after the shooting a police call was
sent in by Deputy Sheriff John Conley,
Secretary Meissner was the only one
at the desk in the police office, as the
ambulance had departed on another
call Meissner hurried out to the
scene alone, and was soon reinforced
by officers Long and Kautenburg with
the I ambulance and Detectives Rock
and McCluskey. Only a willy ges-
ticulating and talkative crowd was to
be found, the assailants having made
their departure as swiftly and noise
lessly as they had appeared The only
clue given by pedestrians who had wit
messed the shooting, was that one of
the four men was grey haired.
Desperate Plan Miscarried.
1t was learned that four men, two
n1 10 h. l.
Rowland avenue, and Tom Iaquinta,
ell Park street, had stationed them
selves at the corner of Pearl and How
land avenue, two at the northeast and
one at the southeast corner. The posi-
tion Indicated that the assailants had
meant to open their attack from each
Of the four corners, but that their
plan had miscarried. 1t is believed
to be only this trivial miscarriage
which enabled Ciappetti to escape with
his life. One of the four men was
said to have been seen going through
the park with a gun in his hand, just
after the shooting, although the Incl
dent was held to be unlikely.
Tom Iaquinta, one of the men I'M
der suspicion, was arrested on October
I, 1921, charged with stealing milk
from grocery store at Rowland
avenue and Middle street. The arrest
was made by Deputy Sheriff Sam
Chiappetti, who is not related to the
victim of Sundays shooting and who
spells his name differently.
Links With Old Case.
This is the second shooting affair in
the last three months to be brought
TO the attention of the police which
is shrouded in mystery, The first of
the kind within that length of time
occurred at eleven O'clock on the even
ing of September at the corner of
Rowland avenue and Garden street
when Frank Iaquinta and John CLOVIS,
the, latter Of IT'S Brockett street, were
shot from ambush In that affair a
shotgun was used, and most of the
buck-shot lodged in big plank thereby
saving the lives of the two men. It
was believed at that time that the
shots were meant for ,Taouinta nc