The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-01-04

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was pulled from his pocket, it was
found to be holding in the clutch Of
death rosary. Two other rosaries
were found in other pockets of the
mans clothing. A gold watch and a
small amount of money were also
found in his pockets as we'll as four
cartridges for an Italian gun.
Passport Establishes Identity.
Z In his inside coat pocket was found
his passport, which established his
identity without any doubt. Also with
in the book was found note written
in Italian and several bank orders for
Italian Tires. With these were few
war mementoes gathered while he was
| in the services.
In the belief that the man had been
twice shot, and that the body had been
carried to the spot and left there, an
| investigation was started. It seemed
impossible then that the man could
have killed himself, due to the belief
that the hole in his left eye was also
thought to be a bullet wound.
Find Revolver Sunday Morning.
| Sunday morning, when the police re-
turned to the scene and made more
thorough investigation, a small Italian
revolver, corresponding to a 22-calibre
American firearm, was found buried in
| the sand which had blown over the
| body. It was on the right side of
where the body had lain just below his
waist. The cartridges found in the
mans pocket fit the gun.
Investigation at the place on West
colt street where the man had lived re-
vealed that he had been missing for
/ several days, having disappeared just
after he had drawn $500 out of the
bank. His cousin, Aemlio Paridice, his
nearest relative here, had thought pos
sibly the man had returned to Italy, as
he had talked Of this possibility.
Eye Wound Not Bullet Mark.
The post4mortem examination re-
vealed that the wound in the eye was
not bullet wound, but that probably
the eye had been picked out of the
| socket by seagulls or by other birds.
Probing for the bullet revealed that
the shot had passed through the heart.
The police are now Of the belief that
the man thrust the gun beneath his
vest and fired, but that death was not
instantaneous, because Of the small
calibre Of the bullet, and that in the
few minutes before death he uncon-
sciously threw the gun at his side and
pushed his right arm under his coat to
awsit death. This finally came, it is
believed, when the heart cavity was
filed with blood, making respiration
impossible. The probing for the bullet
done by H. A. Robinson and other ply
sicians confirmed this theory of the
death
Had Been Despondent.
Friends and relatives of the young
man declare that he had been despond-
ent since the time he returned from
Italy on December the first. There was
! intimation that an unfortunate love
affair had caused this dependency.
He had gone to Italy to marry the
sweetheart Of his early youth, but for
some reason or other the marriage had
not taken place. He had not told any
one here the reason, but had often
since reaching Kenosha expressed a
wish that he was back in Italy. When
he came here early in December he had
/ given the gun which he had carried on
his trip to Europe to friend. The day
before he disappeared he had taken
this gun back, explaining that he had
/ decided to carry it,"
\
I In his private papers at his home
were found receipts indicating that the
money which he had taken from the
bank had been sent to relatives in
Italy. On his bank book he had writ
ten both in English and in Italian that
he had loaned this money to his moth
er-$404-and smaller amounts to his
sister and brother-in-law. Then he
4 had marked out these notes as if he
had meant TO cancel the obligations.
4 The note which was found in his
pocket, and which appeared to be in
his handwriting, had explained that he
was respondent and wished that he had
never returned from his last trip to
Italy. He also expressed a Fremont
NA0A IhaO HO WOuIu meet WIFI oil carry
death.
Since returning to Kenosha he had
secured employment at the Nash Mo-
tors Comapny and had had no financial
difficulties.
In war days, young Paridice had en-
listed in the American army and had
served with the 317th Infantry. He had
seen active service in the Meuse Ar
gonne offensive.
Police Say Suicide"
+ Chief of Police Thad Logan today
declared that, while the police had not
entirely abandoned the idea. that the
young man may have met with foul
play, they were now practically con
WINGED that he had taken his own life
The only angle which is hard to ex-
plain is that his vest was not torn by
the bullet mark declared Chief Logan.
1T Is possible, however, that he may
have thrust the gun under his vest and
fired the shot himself; all other cir
cumstances point to this solution of
the mystery"
The remains were taken to the Han
sen Funeral Home on Park avenue,
! where the autopsy and the inquest
were held. Definite announcement re-
garding the funeral services will be
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