The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-05-23
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BELL MAY BETTE ONE
GROWING BELIEF THAT COWELL
MAY Be INNOCENT. s.
A TELEGRAM THAT EXPLAINS.
Another Interview in Which Mr.. Cowell
Asks to Be Considered Cen
tleman-Habeas Corpus
Proceedings. 4

Mr.. CoWell's attorneys believed they
saw some flaw in the complaint upon
| which lie was arrested and Friday
evening after they were sure the daily
fpapers of the city had been issued,
| they appeared before Court Commits
sioner Henry J. Hastings and re-peti-
| toned for II writ of habeas corpus.
The writ was served by command of
the court, commissioner by Verne
Baker on Sheriff Cropley, and then a
general hustle was made to fndrDist-
rict Attorney Buckmaster. The sheriff
at once produced the prisoner in Nj.
Hastings office and when Mr. Buck
master appeared he instructed the
Isherlff that he had twenty -four hours
lin which to make his returns and that
Mr.. Cowell should be taken back to
jail. This procedure was agreed to or
acquiesced in by the defendants attor-
-neys and then the trial of the case was
tset for 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Was This All Legal. "<
There seems TO be some question
among attorneys as to whether this
procedure is all regular and legal. 1t
is believed by some of them that Mr..
Cowell need not have gone back to
jail with the sheriff after. having been
produced in court, as he was COM
manded to be produced by the court
commissioner. To all intents and pur-
poses the sheriff had made his returns
and Mr.. CoWell could not have been!
taken back by him without due process
of law, which must have been q re-
committal byathes court commissioner
and therefore a. denial OF the habeas
corpus The agreement between the
attorneys. however, may probably
supereede this technicality. Whether
it does or not the sheriff still has the
prisoner, and with HIM made the formal
returns at the proper place at 2oclock..
The Habeas Corpus Proceedings:
There was excitement in plenty Wien
the habeas corpus proceedings came up
before Commissioner Hastings. The
argument of Cowelrs attorneys was
that the complaint in. this case was fa-
tally defective in four or five important
particulars. While, these particulars
were being set forth the attorneys on
both sides got. very. excited and the
sceiie3Was an4ushlg.l Ji1it9
DetectiyecDaEid aHliiotts an9 Cob II
Slough are both here this AFTERNOON
and in case the habeas corpus is
granted Mr.. Elliott is in possession Of
the necessary papers to re-arrests
Cowell at once. The proceedings We're
Istill in progress when we cote press.
and may continue for some time yet.
IE Cowell MAY Be Innocent
I There seems to be a growing belief
in the community that CoWen may be
innocent after all. Notwithstanding all
the published reports concerning his
deals, it seems that it may be possible
for him to show that Thomas
M. Bell is not a fictitious per-
sonage and that he himself has
been roped in on the fellow. Of
course, the whole case does not hinge.
on the existence of this man Bell
Whether he is or is not a fictitious per
son has some bearing on the matter,
but there are documents in the pos
session of District Attorney Buckmas-
ter which it will be an exceedingly in
teresting thing to hear sexplained, of
which Thomas M. Bell only plays a
single part ina complex affair. Sever
al prominent men about the; city are
Iinclined to think the public is trying
Hthe case too sud- denly and with INSULT
Gent evidences In che eyes of he law
Mr.. CoWell is an innocent mali until he.
is nrOVe44 gritty beyond a reasonable