The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-07-03

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terminate fatally to one Of the parties.
The following narrative of the incidents
OF the affair was given to the reporter by
the County Attorney as he had gathered
it from the sworn statements of the trad
ers, Williams wife and the chill
dren, and is about as follows:
Sunday evening Michael and John Stein
/ bach went up to camp established by
some horse traders about mile north of
town, looking for gypsy with whom
they had had a scrimmage the day before,
The gypsy, Jack Williams, with his wife,
young son and a lad he employed had
been camping near the horse traders
camp, but when the traders learned that
Williams had had trouble with some one
here they compelled him to move on and
camp somewhere else. Williams accord
ingly moved his camp about quarter Of
a mile further north on the other side Of
the railroad and it was to this camp that
MessrS. Steinbach were directed by the
traders when they asked for Williams
They went on up to Williams camp and
awoke Williams and his wife who had
been in bed in the wagon and asleep for
Two or three hours. One of them told
| Williams that he was the Chief of Police
and wanted to know when he was going
to move on. Williams replied that he
would move on in the morning, but this
did not satisfy Steinbach who ordered
him to get right up and move on then or
he would clerk him.. At this Williams
said he would move right out in the NOR
ming. The other Steinbach then jumped
up on the wagon tongue and with an
oath asked why the s. b. did not show
himself. He had knife in his hand and
| Williams recognized him as one with
whom he had had fight before So he
slipped out the rear end Of the wagon and
ran down toward the traders camp cry
ing murder and calling for hdlp. He
reached the traders camp and told them
that there some fellows up at his camp
who We're going to murder him and his
wife and asked for help, The traders told
him they thought not and that he could
take care Of them himself. He started
right back to his own camp and on his
way back met the two Stenbach brothers.
He stepped to the side Of the road to allow
! them to pass. but they advanced upon
him, John Steinbach in front and carrying
a knife Williams pulled out his revolv
er and pointed it at him, but he didn't
mind it, but told him to 90 to h with
his revolver, that he was going to do him
up, or words to that effect and continued
to advance upon him. Williams fired
two shots over his assailants heads, hop
ing it would brighten them away, but
when John Steinbach got up to within six
or eight feet of him he lowered his revol-
yer and shot him. Steinbach staggered
and fell and his brother turned and
skipped out and did not show up in Ke-
nosha until about noon the next day. The
bullet entered Steinbach's right breast,
went through the lung and struck the
shoulder blade Williams went down to
the traders camp, told them he had shot
man and wanted to give himself up.
Word was sent to the Chief of Police, who
took Williams into custody. Mrs. Will
liams and the two lads were also lodged in
Jail and the next morning all the men in
the traders camp were brought to town
and their testimApy taken. They testi-
fed that the Steinbach brothers had said
something about wanting to ''settle" with
Williams that night as they left the
camp on their way to Williams camp.
This is substantially the gist of all the
testimony taken except Steinbach's. His
side of the story is given below in full as
sworn to by Michael Steinbach. 1t was
feared at first that John Steinbach's
wound was fatal, but he continues to i'm
prove and it is thought as we go to press
that he will live. Williams and his fam
| lily are in jail yet awaiting hearing.
STATEMENT OF MICHAEL sTEINBACH.
Nv name is Michael Steinbach [ live
| in Kenosha, Wis. | first saw these gyp-
sizes here in town last Saturday at John
Abel's saloon Did not drink with them,
did not pay much attention to them. [
went inside of saloon-did not stay there
long. | next saw them at their camp
north of here that same Saturday after
noon, Mr. Matte Modor and young
man by the name of Corey went up there
together. Don't know Corey's first name
NOT much acquainted with him. We
stopped there to look at the horses and sat
down under tree all by ourselves. We
offered defendant and his wife drink OF
beer. We had case Of beer from my
brother here Peter and this lady says to
me. don't you want a pillow? and | said
don't care about a pillow. She got pill
f low and throwed it down along side of the
tree and laid right down on to it and was
talking to the men, Modor and Kearney.
Tho defendant came right uD and Jumped