The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-07-10
FISHPOLE LEADS
TO GUN FIGHT
William Unit Claims That
Victor COrbelli Point
ed Gun at Him.
IN DOOR OF STORE
Excitement Prevails Tuesday
Night on Corner of How
land and Park AYES.

An innocent little object like a
fish-pole can cause a lot OF dlstur-
bance. as the police learned Tuesday
evening when they were called upon to
break up fight which started at the
Unit store, PSI Rowland avenue.
Victor Corbelli, 1920 Salem avenue,
was in the lookup this morning as
the result of the fracas, as he is
charged with pointing loaded gun at
William Unit, following the argument
over the fish-pole.
All In Vacation Time.
William Unit owned fish-pole. A
friend of his William Anderson loan
ed @Bill" Units pole to Victor. Vic
tai ia not ring it back. CHIP got
Idrd Of sore ,abcat it, He asked Vic
.eiial timaf for that fsh pole, hat
it didn't come back.
Tuesday night "Bill" was sitting out
on the doorstep of the Unit confec-
tionery and smoke shop. Vic came
along.
where's my fsh-pole?" Bill Unit
asked. An argument started. There
are as usual two versions of that
argument. According to young Unit
him and he, Unit hit Vic until he
( rolled on the pavement. Vic then
Jumped to his feet and uttered
threat and ran home for his gun. The
other version is that Victor told Unit
that he did not have the pole but was
willing to pay for the price of new
one, and that Bill Unit called him a
guinea" and that thereupon Victor
was fighting mad.
Whatever the true version, it meant
a busy hour for the police.
Sergeant Frank Schneeberger re-
ceived telephone call before nine
o'clock from Joe Unit, who reported
that three men had come to the store
at 251 Rowland avenue in Red Odds
mobile touring car, and that one OF
the three had pulled a gun on his.
brother William Unit. He said that
William escaped through the rear door
and the three beat it.
The sergeant put on the recall and
secured Motorcycle Officers Chase.
Rohde and Larsen, who were sent out
to find the Red Oldsmobile.
At 9:10 p m. another telephone call
came from an unknown person asking
the police to send the wagon at once
to the corner of Park street and How
land avenue, as there was shooting
affair going on there. officers Pecan
and O'Hare left in the police ambu
lance and Assistant Chief Cyzak in
the Paige. Officer Vanderwahl, sum-
moned from the Main street beat,
jumped an automobile and went out.
Officer Fenske when he pulled Box "a,
was also sent to the scene of the ex
element for the police know the dis
trict well, and were taking no chances,
expecting a repetition Of the old feud
in the Italian quarter
When the police arrived at the
corner the usual crowd that assem-
bles in such times was already there,
swarming over the pavement and side
walks. There were no signs of
fight Assistant Chief Cyzak learned
the story from Unit, who said that a
= man with whom he had exchanged
few words in argument, had come
back to the store and standing in
the doorway, levelled a big, blue-bar-
relied gun at him.
The man he said was "Vic," he didn't
know his last name, and he said he
could be easily detected by a scar
upon his face.
The assistant chief sent the wagon
back to the Office, and together with
Officer Fenske started to make
search of the neighborhood.
Good Police Work.
Perhaps you do not know how it
feels to be a police officer. A police
man out on call, hates to go, back
to the station without the s'bacon."
But in less than fifteen minutes the
nose Of the big Paige was turning
back towards the police Office and in
back Of the car was Officer Fenske
guarding Victor Corbelli, prisoner, and
in front driving was Assistant chief
Cyzak and in his pocket was the big
long barrelled steel blue gun.
Mr.. Cyzak and Fenske first went
into the soft drink parlor or hotel or
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