The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-09-26

Rosenow's own language: Robinson
hired me to help him and Perren and
Bloch objected. i told him Ibid not
care to go into the job. He said
be would see jacobson and the
rest to see what they would do about
it. met Robinson. several times next
day. He said he was to get $1,000 and
he would give me $500 and pay all ex-
penses. I did not care to go and he
told me I must, so l agreed" He told
the same story about the tin cans, the
wagon and ALL He got $75 before the
Job was begun. He told how he met
Robinson the next morning and went
to Heath & Milligan's for the benzine,
had it shipped to Harding's. From
there they went to Hutt's lumber yard
for the saw dust, then to Harding's for
the tin cans. The benzine was on the
sidewalk. They went in and began
emptying the benzine into the tin cans,
by means of a syphon. Harding came
in and ordered them out of the store.
When the story had reached this point
the clock indicated 6 p. NJ, so court
adjourned until 8 o'clock Thursday
morning.
It was 9:15 o'clock when Judge Fish
mounted the bench and the jury was
polled. a
Rosenow was at once called to the
stand to continue his testimony. He
began where he left off about rolling
the barrels out of the Harding store
onto a platform back of the store. He
told about some of the tin cans leaking
and about the. purchase Of the sprink-
Ter, hooks and tin chutes, and loading
these with the two barrels Of benzine
onto the wagon. The trip began and
he detailed the fixing the tire to the
wagon, and how he stopped to buy two
dozen eggs at country store. Had
the eggs boiled at a farmers and ate
them there with other lunch and came
on, stopping over night at a farmers.
Carl Feckto was the farmers name.
Started again in the morning and stop
ped at North Chicago to telephone
to jacobson to see what time
to arrive in Kenosha. Robinson re-
ported that he was to get here at 3 p.
N. Stopped with a farmer by the name
of Hanks to take dinner and then drove
onto Kenosha and went to the factory
via. the Sanitarium. Stopped at the
north of the factory. Perren and Bloch
we're both there when they got there.
When he jumped off he saw a man
there. He was ticking some stuff.
Robinson and Rosenow went into the
office with Perren and Bloch. Robinson
said they had agreed not to have any
one there and the engineer was in sight.
Perren put the books and papers into
the vault. Robinson told him to pile
the stuff solidly so that if the vault
should burn the books would not be
entirely destroyed. Perren went to see
if the engineer was there yet and found
him. Then Bloch went to see him.
Soon he came back and said everything
was all right, so the wagon was unload
ed. Bloch wanted to know what was
in the tin cans and barrels. He was
told it was benzine. Robinson would
not guarantee to Perren that nothing
would burn in the vault Perren went
away first. Bloch stayed there half. an
hour later. When they we're gone
Robinson directed me how to place the
material. Perren and Bloch wanted to
know what time it would burn. They
said about a. m. Perren said that
the night Waterman was all right.
Then Rosenow detailed the placing of
the hooks, and putting the buckets on
the platform and suspending them in
tipping position. Then how the strings
were gathered at a common point at
which they could easily and quickly
burn. Levine came in very excitedly,
said he was instructed that everything
was all right. Levine was told to get
lantern. At about o'clock he was
told to get lunch. He brought in the
lunch at 10 o'clock and exchanged the
lantern for bulls eye. The work was
completed in one building at II o'clock.
Then they went to sleep because they
could not finish the work that night.
The next morning Levine was sent to
Perren or Bloch's house. This was
about or Sunday morning. Sunday
morning Bloch came in and wanted to
know why the fire did not come off.
He was told that the work was not fin
ished. Bloch proposed that the horse
and wagon be sold to some gypsies.
Robinson objected, so Rosenow made
out a receipt for load of rags and an
other for the horse, wagon and harness
and signed these with a fictitious
name. Bloch then went out and got
some lunch. While they went up
stairs to work a man appeared who
wanted to know what was going on.
He thought something was wrong.
This man was Schaeffer. Robinson
had a conversation with Schaetfer.
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