The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-05-23
COWELL A FREE MAN.
ALL THE CASES AGAINST HIM
OUT OF COURT.
GRAND JURY FAILED TO INDICT
He Was Not Charged With An Ex-
trad1table Offense and Must
BE Tried Here If
at All.
JURY FAILED TO INDIcT
(F'rom Mondays Daily.)

II06 UNIC ctuO I0-dII0SICQ INlC0 NIlulu
two days. This last time he was taken
by Chief Stemm, on the charge of for
CRY. AS stated in this paper in former
articles nothing is being left undone
by Mr.. Cowelrs attorneys to release
him from the grip Of the law, but at
the same time everything is being done
to hold him until he shall have been
heard in a court of justice.
Just as we went to press Saturday
evening Court Commissioner Hastings
released Mr.. CoWell on habeas corpus
complaint brought against Mr.. COWell
was defective. Immediately upon his
being released he was re-arrested by
Chief Stemm. The complaint upon
which this re-arrest was made was
similar in every particular to the first.
Then the matter was taken before JUS
tice Slater, upon a motion to amend
the complaint. Upon this motion JUS
tice Slater was kept up until l1:30
o'clock Saturday night. Then the
case not having been finished it was
adjourned to this morning and up to
11:15 this forenoon Mr.. Cowell's attor-
ney's still held the boards in their ar
gument against the amendment of the
complaint. When they had finished
the argument District Attorney Buck
master moved the dismissal Of the COM
plant. This was rather a settler for
the defendants attorneys. SO far Mr..
| BuckmaSter has demonstrated capac-
| ity for springing surprises on his OPP
pOnents that was a surprise in itself.
| The justice, of course, had no alter
native but to dismiss the complaint,
since the motion came from the state.
Immediately after Mr.. Cowell be-
came once more a free man he was met
by Fl. M. Rogers, Rev. Harry Thomp-
son and others. All shook hands quiet
ly, but Notwithstanding his freedom,
Mr.. COwell did not act in the least ju-
bilant. He knew other warrants were
out for him, and one was served on him
j as soon as he left the court room. Chief
Stemm at once took him back to the
jail. This time the charge preferred
against him is new one and is made
| forgery, and the action is brought un-
der the Wisconsin law. Mr.. Cowell
will be brought before some justice
again for preliminary hearing.
Col Slough Wanted Now.
Amid all the pyrotechnics of this le-
gal display new turn was given to
events at about noon. Now Col. Slough
is wanted. What he is wanted for is
not entirely plain. 1t was given out
that suit had been started against him
by Mr.. Cowell for malicious prosecu-
ton. In this connection It is alleged
that warrant has been issued for his
arrest. Another view of the case is
that there is merely summons out and
that the colonel is wanted to appear at
once to push his case or drop it. 1t
was reported about this morning that
Col. Slough was still in the city. but
search has failed to reveal him. He is
probably safe in Chicago.
Public Interest Unabated.
the interest in this great case in
which Walter Marshel Cowell is fgur-
ing so prominently does not seem to
abate one jot or little. 1t is remark
able for the reason that the class OF
citizens who are the most interested in
the matter is not of the class that usu-
ally hangs around justice courts to hear
every petty Cause that may come up.
The interest seems to be a deep seated
one, and the matter of Mr.. COwell'S
guilt or Innocence is the oVershadowing
question Of public discussion every
where. Do you think Mr. Cowell
guilty? is the first question of every
gathering and at once the awful posi-
! bilities Of the outcome are canvassed at
length.
No Expense 70 The County.
The impression has somehow gained
ground that this long legal battle is
costing the county lots of money. 1t is
a mistake. The burden of this cost
rests on the complainant. The expense
to the county will be very small.
Will Cowell Ever Get Out
The effort made Saturday to get
Cowell out of jail may not be the last
one, but one thing Mr.. Cowell and his
attorneys will learn is, that they have
an exceedingly intrepid man to deal
with in Detective Elliott. Mr.. Elliott
is an officer trained in the school
where the outWitting of the keenest of
legal lights was one of his everyday
exercises. He is not going to let Cow
ell get away until he has had his trial
before proper court and proven alb
solutely innocent; and all the fight
Cowell and his attorneys may put up
will find Mr.. Elliott within very close
range with his ever ready invitation to
Mr.. Cowell to remain behind the bars
Kenosha has not often seen so sharp a
legal contest within her borders, but
this time she will run through the ex-
perience of contest in which every
ltechnicality within reach will probably
be invoked on both sides. 1t is very
evident that Cowell considers he has a
bad case, or he would not be so anxious
to get SO many attorneys interested in
it. Perhaps, too, Mr.. Elliott is helping
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