The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-09-19
cLAUsEN NOT YET ARRESTED.
Vas Not at His Home Last Evening. and
May Not be Found by Sherif-consp1r-
acy as Alleged will be Laid Bare.

warrant for the arrest of Clausen.
The man wanted is now under the sur
veilance of detectives and there is lit
tie reason to doubt but that he will
soon be brought back to Kenosha to
stand with his alleged fellow consp1ra-
tors before the bar of justice. The
warrant was sworn out late this after
noon before Court Commissioner Ba-
ker, who issued the warrants for the
arrest of the Aldermen Monday. The
complaint on which the warrant is
a lengthy one and covers the entire
transaction It consists of four counts
and the first count of the warrant and
comp plant reads as follows:
/ Before Myron A. Baker, Circuit Court
Commissioner for Kenosha County.
State of Wisconsin,
Plaintiff.
Against
IGustav L. Clausen,
Defendant.
Kenosha County: SIS.
Albert E. Buckmaster, being duly
sworn and examined by and before
Myron A. Baker, Circuit Court Com
missioner in and for the County of Ke-
nosha, State of Wisconsin, makes
complaint on information and belief
and says:
That on or about the second day of
July, A. D. 1900, at the City of Keno
sha, in said County, Gustav L. C1ausen
did unlawfully, fe1oniously and cor
rupt1y offer, promise and give to Peter
Pirsch, Albert Smith and John Caster,
who were then and there Legislative
and administrative officers Of the City
of Kenosha, Wisconsin, municipal
corporation existing under and by viz
tue of the laws of the State of Wiscon-
sin, to-wit: Aldermen from the First,
Seventh and Fifth Wards thereof re-
spective1y and members of the Com
mon Council of said city, duly elected,
Qualified and acting as such officers,
certain gifts, Pratuities, money and
things of value, to-wit, together, the
sum of One Thousand ($1 ,OOO Dollars,
and other personal advantage, present
and prospective, under an agreement
and understanding that the vote, opin-
ion, Judgment and action of the said
Peter Pirsch, Albert Smith and John
Caster should thereby be Influenced in
favor of and that they should vote for
the passage of a certain ordinance,
subsequently entitled Ordinance No.
24O, can Ordinance granting a fran
chise for Street Railway in the City
of Kenosha, Wisconsin," then pend
ling before the Common Council of said
city, and which might and did come
before the said Peter Pirsch, Albert
Smith and John Caster in their official
capacity as such Aldermen and MEM
4 bers Of said Common Council, the said
/ Gustav L. Clausen well knowing them
to be such officers; the said ordinance
being an ordinance granting to Pat
rick r. Haynes and said Gustav l..
Clausen and TO their associates, per-
sona1 representatives and : ssigns, the
right to lay, construct, operate and
maintain, for a period of fifty years
from the date of the passage of said
ordinance single and double tracks for
a Passenger Street Railway, with all
necessary side tracks, switches, curves,
turnouts, Us, poles, wires and other
appliances and conveniences necessary
or usually employed in the operation
of street railway system, using cleo
trio power only; over, upon, along and
across those certain streets, avenues,
bridges, cu1verts and public places
within the corporate limits of the said
City of Kenosha.
Following this count three other
| AoA S~a SnLn M. T1011con
is accused of dealing singly with Al
Il derman Peter Pirsch, John Caster and
Albert Smith. C1ausen is demanded
to make answer to each and every one
of the complaints.
There may be some trouble in get
ting Clausen to Kenosha for trial, as
it is alleged that the crime of bribery
is not one on which a man can be
taken in anotheriState than the State
j in which the crime was committed.
Today it is stated that two of the
Aldermen have made statements to the
District Attorney in regard to the
deals for the passage of the ordinance,
but this report can not be confirmed.
Patrick F. Haynes, who was associ-
a ted with Mr.. Clausen in securing the
: franchise in Kenosha, was IL the city
: this afternoon and when seen by re-
porter of this paper he stated that he
could make no statementin regard to
the charges which have been brought.
Mr.. Haynes did not affirm or deny the
!, truth of the charges, but he stated that
. he had absolutely no knowledge of any
such transactions as are alleged by the
district attorney.
In speaking of Mr.. C1ausen he said
that C1ausen did not fear arrest and
that the report that he had left Chica-