The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-08-08
AFTER THE BATTLE.
STREWN WRECkAGE OF THE BIG
LEGAL STRUGGLE.
FORREST HAS SOME T1LTs
Schaefer to Become q States witness
Turns Tail on HIS Companions
New Evidence Found Since
the Big Hearing.

i Inc WrocKag6 OF the Dig legal DdGGle
which has just been fought lies streWn
all around Kenosha in reckless heaps.
The storm has broken; the portentous
rumbling about which there was so
much anxiety and superstitious fear,
has subsidized. There were but two or
three strong claps Of thunder and the
distant rumble of its retreat. The
clouds still hang overhead, but quiet
reigns and the anxious fears of the
community are sneaking behind such
screens as appear handy to await the
further Developments. The storm has
not ended. 1t has but begun. 1t rose
like the cloud in the east of the size of
mans hand when the meaning hints
of the authorities and Of Detective
Cowie intimated that Kenosha would
soon be tossed about on the crests of
sensations severest waves. The cloud
grew quietly and calmly for two or three
weeks. Then came a sudden lightning
flash. 1t was lurid, stunning streak
which left our citizens uncertain Of its
portent. The thunder followed in a
terrible crash, which seemed to threat
en- the social fabric of this beautiful
town. Quickly the reports came in
that George S. Perren had been ar
rested in Grand Rapids, Mich; and
that Schaefer and Levine were in jail
here. A rapid skirmish commenced
for three others. They were landed
shortly, and then neighbegs shook their
heads. They said to each other: "This
can't be so. Where is the motive for such
d deed as this alleged? We cannot
believe this story"
But story was made up by the
hands of Detective Cowie and Chief
of Police Stemm. They probed and
Investigated and when at last they
were prepared to tell their secrets a
second thunder bolt was launched in
the big storm. The preliminary hear
ing was called and Bernhard Rosenow
the willy Jew from Germany, told his
startling tale. A minor clap came in
the testimony of Harding, the tinsmith.
And the distant rumbles of the ele-
mems lost themselves in the binding
over of the seven men.
The wreckage was strewn all about.
Fragments of it have been picked up,
and here they are:
Attorney Forrest started off with the
idea in this preliminary hearing that he
could ring in a number of grand stand
plays and attract the attention of the
court from the real issues. He sprung
on Rosenow some questions about an
alleged conversation with someone in
which he was alleged to have admitted
getting a bribe for his testimony. Mr..
Quarles called that flag raising of a
false issue, and it was ruled out.
Some of the legal pleasantly which
passed between these TWO men was
quite good, and demonstrated Mr..
Quarles an adept at repartee. At one
time Mr.. Forrest remarked that mod
esty prevented him from naming the
most handsome man in the room. Mr..
Quarles promptly replied: And your
candor, exceeds your 'Ahodesty, Mr..
Forrest
Not all the wreckage picked up,
however, is of the pleasing kind. There
are bits which will have the opposite
effect on the defendants. For instance,
probably they don't know yet that
Frank Schaefer, one of the defendants,
will turn tail on his companions and
become states witness when the reg
ular trial comes on in September. That
is a fact, however. He claims to have
been an unwilling tool all along of the
defendants and now says he will tell all
he knows. He has had compunctions
of conscience which will prevent his
fighting the case on the other side, He
wants to clear his conscience. This is
bit of information the prosecution has
studiously avoided giving out 1t has
been covered up and kept from the
light, but that furnishes the real reason
why Schaefer waived his preliminary
hearing which all the others stood up
for. His attorneys did not care, as the
attorneys for the others did, what tes-
timony could be brought out. There is
to be no fight there. The others stood
the hearing so as to get the prosecu-
ton to show as much of its hand as
they could induce it to show down, SO
as to know what to prepare for. They
know some of the main facts now and
are able to see that they have got to
prepare for a big battle. There is lots
of evidence to be presented at the trial
that was not limited at in the prelimin
airy. In fact there is some coming to
light right along which was not known
to the prosecution at the preliminary
hearing. For instance:
The authorities are in possession of
the fact, picked up Tuesday evening,
that a certain one of the defendants
took this certain wagon, which was
used by Robinson and Rosenow in,
bringing their benzine and other stuff
/ nm here in. to Nick Pirsch'S and or