The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-10-03

cred the income. The condition
showed something had to be done.
The plant was worth $4,000. The
plant with goods, machinery real es-
tate and all was worth less than $780,
600. This was represented to be
worth 500, 900 to the insurance COM
panies. There was motive in this
case. 1t was to sell out to the insur-
ance companies There had to be
fire or a failure owing to the condi-
zion of things. He then stated the
liabilities and assets.
Perren's motive IN the fire was found
in the fact that the company was going
to the wall and he was manager and
saw job must soon come to an end and
as he had had couple of fires before
and two or three failures he knew that
his reputation as a manager would be
lost. Bloch's motive laid in the
amount of money he lost. Jacobson
Strengthening up his accounts a day or
two before the fire was brought up to
show jacobson knew what was coming.
HIS motive lay in his being a heavy
creditor and he knew he could not get
his money any other way. Taking up
ROsenow's and Robinson's stories he
called attention to how every minor
point in them were pointed by other
witnesses, and that the cOnspir-
acy was laid between 4 and o'clock,
on June IA between Perren and Robin
son, for Perren admits he was here be-
tween those hours, though he had been
in Chicago few hours before. All the
details of the trip up here and the ar
rangements for the fire were got up
step by step and the corrobOrative
testimony was woveninto a very inter
esting story.
At o'clock Mr.. Buckmaster had
not finished and court adjourned to 8
o'clock Tuesday morning.
Tuesday Morning Session.
Court opened promptly and Attorney
Villas, of Milwaukee, made motion for
a judgment in a case brought here
from Kansas court. The Judgment
was granted and Mr.. Buckmaster COM -
tinued his argument for the state.
He began by bringing up the Keno
sha Cotton Mill company and the
Spring Edge Mattress company, of Chi
cago, and showing their connection
with the Chicago Bedding company.
The company here shipped their goods
from here the day before the fire. The
goods shipped we're such as were used
in the manufacture of goods here.
What did they ship this class of goods
out for SO close to the fire? The fact
is this Chicago company was a con-
venient place for storage. The stuff
found in the vault showed the defend
ants were preparing for the fire. Many
things were found there which were not
usually put there. The picking out of
the excelsior was another suspicious
circumstance. The taking of the cans
from the ruins by Perren was touched
upon and was shown to be very i'm
probable from Perren's testimony and
brought the testimony of the various
witnesses against Perren out in strong
light. Davidson's testimony was rid
died by the contrary testimony of vari-
Gus other witnesses. He declared Da-
Wilson's testimony false. The payment
to Robinson of the 5000 by jacobson
was brought in and the books of Jacob
son showed nothing, he said, of Robin
sons account. There was good reason
for this because jacobson didn't want
to show by his books that the money
for this fire had been paid. The Reed
Office incident was brought up and de-
clared to be irrelevant and said it
should not be considered.
In summing up the evidence Mr..
Buckmaster called up the names of
each of the defendants and showed
what each one was charged with do
ing. He wanted a verdict purely upon
the evidence and in no way upon ex-
traneous matter which might be
brought up by the defense. Mr.. Buck
master closed at 1915 a. u.
Mr.. Cavanagh followed for Defend
ant Bloch. He began with the history
of the Chicago Bedding company. He
called attention to the fact that no tes-
timony had been adduced to show that
any of the concerns preceding this last
Continued on fourth baqe.