The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-29
MURDER TRIAL on.
Jury is Secured and Trial of Pas
quail Witt Begins With a Large
Crowd Present.
SCOTS AT SELF DEFENSE,

District ATTORNEY Buckmaster in Els
opening Argument Anticipates the The
DRY of the Defense and Declares That
the Bullets Which Entered Bruno's Body
Were Fired From Behind.-The Jury
Consists Entirely of Country Members.
Che trial of Charles Pasquah Viii,
on charge of murder in the first de-
gree, is the one item of interest in
court circles today. The fact that
murder trial is in progress has drawn
large crowds to the Court rooms at
both sessions of the court, and the
difficulties in securing a jury has called
large numbers of people from the out
lying districts of the county.
When court met this morning the
work of securing a jury to try the case
was taken up again. During the night
a special venire of eighteen men had
been called, but many Of these were
excused. It was almost impossible to
secure anyone who had not heard OF
the tragic death of Bruno. The de-
Tense was very careful in the selection
Of jurors, and took up the question of
<'Ita1ians," Benefit of the doubt"
and equal weight for testimony"
At noon the attorneys had exhausted
their strikes, and the jury was selected
for the case as follows: William ].
Rhodes, Edward Newman, w. E.
Heidersdorf, Frank Beihn, Mat Fonk,
Mat Reiter, ]. H. Karnes, Lyman Lar
rabee, George Newberry, John Quinn,
M. G. Kelly and A. F. McNie1.
There is not a resident of the city on
the list, and most of the men are taken
from the western districts of the
county. Before the jury had been
court and stated that he could not give
the trial the attention demanded on
account of business on hand. He was
not excused, and the trial went on.
At..this point District Attorney
Buckmaster addressed the jury in
opening the case. He stated that the
state would take the grounds that the
crime was cruel, cold, deliberate muir
der. The attorney also stated that the
full reputation of the deceased Bruno
would be laid bare. The matter of
what constitutes "se1f defense' was
also taken up, and the plans of the
attorneys for the defendant were anti
cipated.
In outlining the case Mr.. Buck
master stated it as follows:
Tony Bruno had been a resident of
Kenosha for some time. VIII and
Bruno were living in the same house
at the time of the murder, Bruno oc-
cupying the room next to that of Mr..
and Mrs. Vite. The men were on good
terms, and what the motive was for
the crime we are not able to show.
The attorney reviewed the actions of
the men on the night of Bruno's death
and stated that another person by the
name of Rosso would enter into the
case.
Here the attorney took up the ro-
nance of Rosie Weisung and Sam
Rosso and stated that Rosso would be
one of the principal characters in the
trial. The story of the alleged con-
spiracy against the life of Rosso was
brought TIP as one of the motives for
the alleged crime. Then followed a
recital of the events of the shooting
and the stories told by the men drawn
to the scene after the shooting. The
attorney stated that a witness would
be introduced who saw the defendant
fire the fifth shot into the PROSTATE
form of Bruno. The evidence contin-
ued to break down the theory of self
n Of cl1N hot CHI Of
was fred from behind The wound
behind the ear also shows that the
shot was either fired from behind or
after the man had fallen. He declared
that not a single shot was fired while
Bruno was in an attitude of offense,
but that he was shot down and then
filled with lead.
81 this point the noon intermission
was taken.
At the afternoon session Mr.. Buck
master continued his opening and
stated that the clothes of Bruno had
been burned and thus some important
testimony for the State had been de-
stroyed in regard to the action of Wit
after the shooting. In regard to the
COL1CSSLOIl VI v Ills liz cIIOAAANJ pas
little heed to it more than to show that
VIII had offered nc excuse for shoot
ing Bruno SO many times.
Attorney Calvin Stewart for the de-
Tense then addressed the court on be-
half of Witt. He stated that the evil
dence would show that VIII had always
been a hard working man of good re-
pute. In regard to the character of
Bruno, Attorney Stewart stated that
evidence would be introduced to show
that the deceased was bad man. This
was objected to and ruled out. Rosie
Weisung, said Mr.. Stewart, will figure
a great deal in this trial, for she was
the cause of all the trouble. More
than this, the attorney held that Tony
Bruno loved the defendants wife.
The tickle Rosie seems to have loved
a great deal and her love, according to
Mr.. Stewart was the cause for a deep
plot in the mind of Bruno, 10 bring