The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-09-19

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Robinson here. Robinson and Perren
had an interview and Perren employed
Robinson to burn the factory. The
amount of compensation was agreed
upon. Then Perren instructed Robin
son how the factory was to be burned,
and told Robinson the full manner and
detail of burning. Perren was told
that one man could not do the work.
Perren tod him to hire another man,
and the price was fixed upon as 81, 900
for the job. Robinson then goes to
Chicago aud hires Rosenow to assist
him. Rosenow was to get $500. The
getting of the benzine and the trip up
here as told by Rosenow on the prelim-
mary hearing was next detailed He
told about the getting of the benzine,
taking it to the hardware store, getting
lumber and sawdust, the emptying Of
the benZine into the tin cans, the load
| ing of the whole on to the wagon, the
securing of the tin chutes, the covering
of the wagon with tarpaulin and then
the trip up here. The stop Of the de-
PENDANTS at North Chicago was told,
the arrangement to get here at 3
o'clock in the afternoon, and the other
details of the route were dwelt on spar
ingly.
They did not get here until 4:30
o'clock Saturday afternoon. Bloch
and Perren were both in the office
awaiting these arrivals. The engineer
was there, though the factory was
closed down. Bloch went out to en-
gage the attention of the engineer and
get rid of him. The stuff on the wagon
was unloaded and then Perren and
Bloch went away.
Next Mr.. Quarles told the story of
the arrangement of the material in the
factory by RosenoW and Robinson.
How the buckets were placed and sus-
pended and the chutes arranged was
detailed. 1t was a most elaborate
scheme. Some Of the goods were run
out Of the factory and shipped to Chi
cago.
Then came reference to the watch
man, Levine. This Waterman came on
Sunday morning. He heard pounding
inside and went in, found Robinson
and Rosenow there. They quoted him
until Bloch came. Bloch told him
things were all right and to watch out
side. Perren in the meantime had
gone out into the country fishing.
These men forgot one thing. That
was cigar The fuses were to have
been lit by one They struck a match
instead. Immediately there were eX-
plosions and the factory was full of
flames. Robinson got out the north
end and Rosenow was blown out by an
explosion. The trip to the drug store
by Rosenow and the further details of
his arrest were touched upon. Then
| followed a sketch of the attempt to get
Perren and Bloch to swear out war
rant for Rosenow. At this point At
torney Foster made remark which
called out from Mr.. Quarles vehement
remark about what might be expected
by the jury from the defense in tie way
of throwing bad light on the squeal-
ers.
Mr.. Quarles then went into a state
ment of what a conspiracy is. jacobson
seems to have been the paymaster Of
the crowd, said Mr. Quarles. He paid
Robinson in several checks and at one
time paid money to ROsenow. The
books will be introduced to show that
there would either have to be failure
or a fire. He would show that the
books we're doctored, and that false
entries we're entered into the books to
enable these defendants to claim the
greater share of the insurance money.
Mr.. Quarles said he was prepared to
advise the jury that vicious attack
will be made on not only the two men,
Robinson and RosenOW, but also upon
the detective in the case. He admon-
ished the jury not to be lead away
from the evidence and from the law
laid down by the court. He said he
did not assume to tell about all the
evidence. He briefly alluded to the
production in court Of the tin cans and
chutes used in the fire. Perren assist
ed in concealing some Of these cans.
Mr.. Quarles then explained the differ
ence between a principal in crime
and an accessory. He charged Perren
and Bloch with being the principals
and contended that the accessories are
equally guilty with the principals.
During the opening remarks of Mr..
Quarles the defendants sat just back of
their attorneys and were almost as mo-
tiOnless as statues.
At the close of Mr.. Quarles' state
ment the court took a five minutes re-
cess.
During the proceedings of the morn
ing the court room filled almost to
overfowing.
Immediately after the recess Attor-
ney Foster made statement Of the
case as viewed by the defense. He
outlined the lines the defense would