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


Element he let the account, after June
z go. So he couldn't have been very
anxious about that list of accounts.
The telephone incident was declared to
be false from Robinson's. standpoint.
The visit of Jacobson to the Jail to see
Rosenow after the fire was brought up
and Mr.. Scanlan wanted to know why
jacobson should have gone there at all
if he knew Rosenow to be guilty. Rob
inson, he said, was the only witness
against jacobson, but his testimony
has been thoroughly impeached. Mr..
Seaman closed at 4:30 p. N.
Mr.. Foster followed about five min
ntes after Scanlan's close. He made a
very elaborate opening touching upon
the duty of juror. An accusation
against man should not weigh against
defendant. A verdict should be
based purely on the testimony brought
out in court. He believed there was
cause to complain of the prosecution.
he had every respect for Messrs.
Quarles and Buckmaster. The case
throughout is reeking with rottenness,
corruption and bribery. Messrs. COVE
and Alexander had charge of this case
and these men came in for severe de-
nunciation. He believed Harkins as
able man as Cowie and more honest,
but he was not called into this case as
detective as he should have been.
The call of Rosenow, Cowie and Alex
ander at Huefer's was referred to and
he asked why Cowie and Alexander
had not been put on the stand to con-
troverG Mrs. Huefer's testimony. The
same reference was made to the Graf
alleged bribery incident and both Cowie
and Alexander we're denounced in
scathing terms. Robinson also came in
for an equal amount Of it. He hoped
the real issues would not be lost sight
of and read the complaint which stated
that the defendants had hired, pro-
cured and commanded Robinson and
Rosenow to commit this crime. Then
he claimed that there had not been a
scintilla o. evidence to show that Per-
rem had done either Of these things.
Then what motive could these men
have had to commit this crime? Per
rem was q salaried man and the burn
ing Of the plant meant the destruction
of his means of livelihood.
The refusal of the state to furnish
RObinson's statement to the counsel
was referred to and commented on un-
favorably. Robinson's testimony, he
said, would not be believed anyway.
He started out to lie and it took fifty
more lies to back that one up and fifty
more to back up each one Of that fifty.
So he could not be believed on any
score.
Tuesday Evening Session.
Mr.. Foster continued his argument.
He began by referring to Bloch's get
ting the pals and the step ladder AID
taking the engineer to see the steam
pipe in the factory. These circum-
stances were not suspicious. Then he
returned to Robinson and picked his
testimony to pieces as being unbeliev-
able in every particular. The facts
concerning Perrens and Bloch's loca-
ton on June Is were warmed over to
further show Robinson's inconsistency
of testimony. If Robinson had been al
honest man, as he says he was, how
could Perren approach him with q fiat
proposition to burn the factory? Then
after Robinson had accepted the job
Perren would not get jacobson to adj
vance money for the job by check
That would leave evidence behind
Rosenow was not trapped because he
told the truth. Mr.. Foster was willing
| to admit all the details of the trip up
here and the preparations for the fire
and that the fire occurred, but Perren
was not there when Robinson and
Rosenow got there. Witnesses who
said he was must have been mistaken.
There were nearly dozen witnesses
who had sworn that Perren was some
where else at this same time. McMil-
len, he declared, was very unfair as a
witness, and in discussing his testi-
mony Mr.. Foster mimicked Perren in
twirling his mustache to the infinite
suppressed delight of the audience. A
little later he brought i'll one of the
burned cans and stamped on it before
the jury to show that it could not be
broken out of semblance of itself. Every
detail of the closing of the factory OF
Saturday noon and Perren coming home
without a requisition were driven home
with splendid arguments and the close
came in blaze of patriotic fervol
which had for it's central idea the fact
that the Jew was beside all other re-
ligious people in the late war. MI
Foster closed at 9:15 p. m.
Wednesday Morning Session.
The last day of the big trial saw the
largest attendance of the session. AS
early as o'clock the hall way of the