The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-10-29

o'clock Wednesday night by al
committing the crime threaten
he told Of the murder and then
ing and escaped.
Andreoli died short time
pital, having been hurried Their
officers had been summoned to
consciousness enough to name
ton has shown that he recogr
A dragnet was immediate
and the adjoining territory in a
but at a late hour this after
noon no suspect had yet been
arrested for the murder. Sam
Covelli and Andrew Tenuta,
joint owners of the soft drink parlor,
where the Staying occurred and the
latter an eyewitness to the murder,
were taken into custody for question
ing. Through them the police secured
a good description of the slayer.
Grappled With Victim.
Andreoli and Tenuta were seated at
a table in the back room of the sa-
loon when the assailant entered, ac-
cording to the story told to the police
by Tenuta. Covelli had been with
them up until a few minutes before
when he left to go to his home, only
short distance away, to get some
wine.
The slayer, described by Tenuta as
large man, wearing sheepskin coat
with the collar turned up to conceal
his face and also wearing a derby hat,
entered the place and walked immedi-.
ately to the back room. He advanced
towards Andreoli
"You tried to get me and now I'll
get you'll" he shouted as he pulled
revolver from under his coat.
Andreoli, evidently recognizing the
man as personal enemy, started
towards the door. The slayer ad-
vanced to within few feet of him and
fired, the first shot taking effect in the
abdomen. When Andreoli continued
to try to escape, the man grabbed him
and held him with his left arm, while
he pressed the gun into his ribs and
fired five more shots in quick success
sion.
Kicked Victims Face.
Andreoli, bleeding from half doz-
en- wounds, fell to the floor. The slay-
er kicked him in the face and then
turning towards Tenuta, who had been
held powerless with fright, brandished
the empty revolver towards him and
threatened him with death if he
crossed his path.
Calmly the man then walked out of
the place.
Covelh returned few seconds later.
Because of the shots, crowd had
gathered around the place, but no one
had entered it. Covelli started in and
went towards the dying man.
"Stay away" shouted some of the
crowd according to Covelli's story to
the police. "Stay away or they'll
blame you for it."
Covelli, however, went to Andreolrs
side, but was not able to help him.
The police ambulance arrived on the
scene about this time, Chief Logan,
Detectives Rock, Meissner and Breidt,
and Patrolmen Fenske and Pecan an
swering the call.
Dies at the Hospital
Andreoli, barely breathing, was
placed on a stretcher and hurried to
the st. Gatherings hospital in the am
bulance. He died there only a few
minutes later.
An autopsy of the body made this
morning revealed that he had been
shot six times; one of the bullets
struck him in the chin; one was traced
through the upper part Of the abdomen
and through the lung and out under
the left arm; one tore its way through
his thigh, another through the left
arm and the others were buried in his
abdomen. The autopsy indicated that
a .SS-caliber revolver had been used
by the murderer.
Several of the bullets drilled then
way through him and ricocheted One
of these struck a window in the place
breaking it. Another buried itself II
the floor and another in the wall.
The police Immediately took Tenuts
and Covelli into custody for question
ing, gaining from them the story O
the Staying as told above. They are
being held for further questioning
while police are making an investiga
ton of all angles of the shooting.
"Grape War" the Cause.
Police are working on the theor!
that the shooting is fare-up of
"grape war" which has been in prog
ress in Kenosha for several weeks
Andreoli was salesman for Califor
MIA grapes to be sold in carload lot
and it is declared that he had cut il
deeply on the business of other con
Germs in this product. 1t is believed
that the slayer was imported her
from Chicago or some other city to pu
an end to this competition.
The police have had numerous re
ports of slight difficulties along thl
line and had made an investigation O
them. One of these had told how An
dreoli was a marked man" and how
man was sent here two weeks ago TO
the purpose of getting rid of him.
Tenuta declared that he did no
know the slayer and had never seer
him before. Police believe that tn
latter had been in Kenosha for severa
weeks and are working on this clue