The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-04-16
GUNPLAY BRINGS
POLICE THERE
Dante Speca Charged With
Pulling Gun On Brother
and Lawyers.
LAWYERS IN FLIGHT
One Declares This Morning He
Is Not Representing
"Speca's" Any More.

Here he is, Dante Speca, listed in
the city directory as follows: Dante
Speca, grocer, meats, importer OF
olive oils. buy all your calves, also
sell fresh calf liver and sweetbreads,
115 Rowland avenue, house ditto.
Telephone 1897"
But last night Dante Speca was
not "there," he was in Jail; and this
morning he wasn't there either; he
was in the municipal court with
serious charge against him.
Lawyers Involved Too.
Robert Verne Baker and Alfred l..
Drury, one representing Dante Speca
and one representing his brother,
Armand Speca, can tell dramatic
story of the events of Tuesday after
noon, when as they say, gun was
pulled in. their presence by Dante,
called Dan for short, when they were
trying TO adjust a land dispute with
the aid of the surveyor
Asked which brother he represented.
Mr.. Drury this morning said, Neither
just now. am representing myself"
The fight arose over a dispute be-
tween the two Speca brothers as to
the ownership of few feet of =
driveway between their two proper
ties, The two attorneys, together with
Survsyar William 0.Brian went to, the
Specss hon OK Tuesday afternoon to
iron tle matter out, and while doing
so, tn drama opened with all the
attendant properties of gun and
"etceteras." Neither OF the attor-
49,
movie for some time. They were
nursing shattered nerves today.
Can't Find Brother.
Dante Speca was brought over from
the county jail this morning but was
taken back again for the police were
unable to locate the brother, Armand,
who will have to sign the complaint.
charging Dante with assault to do
great bodily harm.
The dispute arose, according to the
attorneys, over few feet of driveway
running between the brothers two
properties on Rowland avenue. The
driveway is used by both, and is
little over seven feet wide. Instead
of splitting the difference and agree
ing amicably that each was entitled
to half of the drive, the brothers have
pursued a heated argument for a cou-
pie of years as to exactly how much
footage each one really owned.
Tuesday afternoon, Attorneys Baker
and Drury, and Surveyor O'Brien went
over the drive with the Speca broth.
ers. Finally the surveyor found the
exact line and pointed it out.
Dan Speca said, "Wait until / get
a chisel!"
He darted into the house and came
out with a butchers cleaver. Hs
started hacking in a furious way to
indicate the point in the drive where
his line was. The four other men
stood in circle about him, heads
bent, watching his peculiar violent at
tack upon the cement. {r-
In another moment they were look
ing, not at a cleaver, but at a gun in
the crazed mans hand. It CHANGED,
that Armand had said something which
acted as the final provocation to the
Infatuated Dan, and he whipped
out a gun.
He was worse than a desperate, tho
attorneys agreed afterwards, for a
despe-ado is cool, and Dante was act
ing like crazed man, capable of any
thing. He swung the loaded gun like
a eemaphore. Armand disappeared be-
hind Attorney Drury, whom he used
as a screen, and Dante demanded
wildly that Drury get out of the way
so he could shoot. The attorney stood
his ground, and Mr.. Baker used his
eloquence upon Dante, succeeding in
getting him into the house. Then Ar
mand dashed up the steps into his own
house, three steps at time.
Lets CO." cried Mr.. Baker. she's
gone for gun tool"
He had not, however; Armand re-
turned just as the lawyers got into a
car, and told them he had called the
police. Sergeant Buchanan and Of
fcer Long responded; they found
Dante Speca after some search, and
later in the evening Captain Clausen
and the night men found the gun.
hidden in stove in the Speca home,
a 81 liver Johnson.