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

the worlds fair. Had never seen him
in Kenosha before. Transacted no
business that day with him. Do not
know what he came here for. Only
shook hands with him on the 18th. Was
not at the factory at the time Robin
son testified I was in the feather room.
Went to Chicago that day to see if |
could make discount at the First
National bank in Chicago for the COM
pany. The bank book | have not seen
since the fire. Mr.. Nesbitt has pos
session of the books of the company.
had nothing to do with the book-keep-
ing. Came back to Ken0sha that
evening at about o'clock Know of
Ryan's saloon. Was never in that sa-
loon with Robinson that | remember Of
Have been in that saloon. Had no
conversation with Robinson on June IA
or at any other tine about the de-
struction of the Chicago Bedding COM
pany factory. Nor at the Ryan sa-
loon. Never told Robinson how burn
ing could be successfully conducted
Never talked with him about getting a
clean job done nor that had a $780,,
900 job for him to do. Never told Rob-
inson he would get 81, 900 for burning
| the plant. The first time / ever saw
Rosenow was at the preliminary hear
ing August 5. Never was introduced
to him by Robinson. / remember the
picnic we had. We had had a strike
and the men we're dissatisfied and we
est in them was the reason for the pic
mic. The strike was general one in
all the trade and was not because OF
trouble here. The picnic was the Sun
day before the fire. There was a pony
bought that day by my friend Vein
berg, of St. Paul. He tried to ship
that pony that night, but couldn't, so I
agreed to ship it Monday. [ got up
late that Sunday morning, went out to
the factory and got the carpenter to
make crate to ship the pony in. The
crate was sent down to the express
office. On June Is I was in the
factory. [ had been negotiating
for tie company for quarters in
| Chicago for salesrooms. Had Mr.
Owens go down to see about them
that day. Saturday evening before
the fire [ was out fishing. | left
the factory about 3 o'clock that after
noon. Mrs. Perren, Mr.. Coppage, Mr..
Crutwell, Miss Mcpherson, and my
colored man myself went out on the
fishing excursion. Talked with
the engineer just as [ was about
to leave the factory. l drove south
from the factory stopped at Links
saloon and went from there to the
house. Did not see Robinson or Rose
now drive up to the factory Saturday
afternoon. Never saw Rosenow there.
When got home l found the bath
room locked up. Had conversation
with Crutwell inside. This was about
4 o'clock. Soon after l went down to
Stahps and Parker's with Coppage.
Bought some cigars and whiskty at
Parker's and then went into Stahls to
get check cashed. / don't remember
| exactly when we started. We went
to Silver Lake. Got there in the
night and staid there all next day.
Got back about 1870 p. m. Sunday,
after the plant had been burned. The
company put up temporary quarters at
! the rag warehouse after the fire. Be-
! fore building this temporary building
| investigated the corrugated iron for
use in this building. tried to unbend
some Of the curled pieces. I never
loaded any burnt tin cans into wagon
and carried them away. The tin cans
in evidence are about the same color as
the corrugated iron mentioned. The
notice about the closing of the factory
on Saturday at noon was posted the
fore part of the week at the suggestion
of Mr.. Owen. Never cOnversed with
Levine. knew Of fire in the cotton
down and turned every man out to
fight the fire. | told Mr.. McMilIen my
| theory of the fire. | ran the excelsior
machine that Saturday because [ was
very cold and sick and [ wanted to get
up a sweat. The regular machine
man stood by and watched me. This
was Saturday. The excelsior was
| taken to the suffer. We were running
two that day. One of the suffers was
stopped because one of the machine
men was hurt and therefore the excel
sior accumulated. Was not at the
Office when Peter Jacobs called to col
lect bill. took King off as watch
man one night, so as to get him to look
the picker machines over to see
whether they could be worked. Mrs.
Perren never sent for me when [ was
| talking to Robinson. It was jacobson
1 was talking with in the feather room.
Never told Robinson the job was
good one. Never told him to go to
Harding to offer him $25 to keep quiet.
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