The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-06-08
LAKE VILLA MAN
BUCkSHOT VICTIM
William Snyder Shot and
Seriously Wounded by
Romeo Moretti.
ALLEGES HOLD ; UP
Three Men in Jail as Result of
Shooting and Sheriff Nails
Up Doors of Ideal Inn.

Suing az Lake Bluff, Ill, Is In the
Kenosha hospital with both legs pep
pered with buckshot and three men
are in Jail as result Of a shooting
ARRAY which took place Just before
eight o'clock Sunday night at the Ideal
Inn in the town of Pleasant Prairie.
The men under arrest are Romeo Nor
retti, proprietor of the place, who Is
charged with shooting Snyder; Irwin
Snyder, twenty-four years Of age,
son OF the injured man, who was taken
into custody by Sheriff Rauen at Lake
Villa this morning at three o'clock, and
Redmond Cloud, also of Lake Villa.
who is said to have been a member
of the Snyder party and who was ar
rested at the Inn shortly after the
shooting. Several other men who were
in the place at the time of the shoot
ing are being sought by the sheriff and
his aids. Morretti claims that the
party from Lake Villa attempted to
hold up the place. The son Of SNYDER
claims that the shooting followed an
argument over the price to be paid for
drinks purchased in the place. Sheriff
Rauen and his aids are making
vigorous investigation into the shoot
ing and the men will be held in Jail
until the facts are brought to light.
1t was declared that none of them
would be arraigned this morning.
Elder Snyder viii Recover.
While Snyder is suffering from more
than sixty buckshots wounds in his
legs, it was declared at the hospital
that he would probably recover and
Sheriff Rauen had arranged to take
him to the county Jail as soon as he
is able to leave the hospital. The
man was declared to be suffering from
great pains as result Of his many
wounds but surgeons attending him
believe that his recovery will be rapid
unless blood poisoning sets in. The
elder Snyder has not as yet been able
to give his version of the shooting.
but it was expected that he would
make statement to the district at
torney during the day. The son Of
Snyder who was pulled from his bed
at Lake Villa at three o'clock this
morning by Sheriff Rauen, protested
ignorance of the severe wouading of
his father and declared that he, had
been so frightened when the shooting
took place that he had run away and
had gone to his home. So far as
Icould be learned the son had not sought
any information in regard to the out
come of the shooting of the father.
Conflicting Stories Told.
Conflicting stories were told as to
just what happened at the Ideal Inn.
Morretti asserted to the sheriff that
the three men had entered the place
and had asked for drinks and that
after he had served them that one of
the men seized pop bottle and struck
him over the head. Morretti, accord
ing to his story, fell to the floor dazed
from the blow and when he got up he
picked up the shot gun and fired one
shot. When Snyder fell to the floor
following the shooting there was great
confusion in the place and most of the
men who had been there fed. The
younger Snyder after his arrest told
Sheriff that he did not know Just what
the trouble was about, but he stoutly
denied the story that the members of
his party had tried to hold up the
place. He declared that there had
been an argument over the drinks and
that Morretti got the srot gun and
started shooting. He declared that this
was his cue for running away and that
he knew nothing Of what happened
later.
Cloud who was found at the Inn
did not make any statement to the
sheriff and he was to be questioned
during the day.
Sheriff Closes Place Tight.
II nailed that place up and it is not
going to be opened again. declared the
sheriff this morning. 1.-THE place has
history which is not at all compliment
tary. 1t is recalled that a few years
ago the remains of an old man were
found in ditch near the saloon and
| 1t was declared that he had been
thrown out Of the saloon on his head
and had died from his injuries. While
many suspects were examined in conAN
nection with the case no one was ever
tried for the killing of the man.
The place is in Kenosha county but
just north of the Illinois state line
and at one time it was great resort
when thousands of sports came from
Chicago to attend the races at Ideal
Park-long memory.
The sheriff today was seeking G. ].
Ackley of the town Of Salem, who Is
declared to have been in the place at
the time Of the shooting and he ex-
poets Ackley to furnish an unbiased
story of just what took place. The
men in jail are to be held pending the
investigation by the district attorney
and the sheriff
At Lake Villa it was said that the
members of the Snyder party were