The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-11-07
CASTER BOUND OVER
Court Commissioner Hastings Holds
the Ex-AIderman to the Circuit
Court Today.
CLAUsEN NOT YET ARRESTED.
But the Attorneys For the State Say That
Simply Out when the officer Called,

After fight of many weeks the
State has won its first victory IN the
| contest to convict certain aldermen
and ex-aldermen of the charge of
bribery for this morning after long
and tiresome argument, Court Com
missioner Henry Hastings held ex-
alderman John Caster for trial at the
circuit court, fixing his bail at one
thousand dollars The bail was secur-
ed this afternoon, and the prisoner
/ was released from custody. The clos
ing day of the hearing of the ex-a1der-
man brought out little of interest,"
more than the raising of the bail. It
was conceded several days ago that
Caster would be bound over aud the
effort of the defendants lawyer, this
morning is alleged to have been made
for the purpose of forming base for
supplementary proceedings in the way
of a writ of habeas corpus.
When the hearing was opened this
morning, the attorney for Gastar con-
tinued his plea for the client, claiming
that he should not be bound ovor on
account of the. fact that the corpus
delicti'' had not been proven. The at
torneys for the State argued against
this point of view, and at the close of
the argument the com issioner decid-
ed that from the evidence crime had
been committed, and that it was prob
able that Caster was guilty of the
charge.
Before the final ruling of the court
was made the attorney for the defense
was given N opportunity to introduce
testimony, but the attorney had banked
all on his motion for the discharge of
the defendant an6 when this motion
was overru1ed the case of the defense
practically fell.
With the announcement of the de-
NAL of the motion the attorney for the
State at once demanded an increase in
the bail. At first the State asked for
an increase to So, 500, but they asked
that it be placed a not less than s., 900.
The Commissioner, after hearing the
arguments on the bail question, de-
cided that 81, 900 was sufficient bail.
During the continuance of the hear
ing Attorney Furthman stated that he
would at once seek habeas corpus pro-
ceedings to'secure the release of Caster
but after the hearing was oyer F>urth-
man stated that he was not at the
present time certain as to the next
move of the defense in the case. If an
effort is made to secure the release Of
Caster on a writ of habeas corpus the
matter will come up before Judge Fish
in Racine. This will probably he the
defense's next move, but nothing will
be done in this matter today.
The hearing of Aldermen Pirsch
and Smith, which was set for this
morning, was continued until a week
from next Friday.
Clausen Not Arrested.
Sheriff Whitcher Monday morning
secured a warrant from the Governor
of Illinois for the arrest of Gustav L.
C1ausen, of Chicago, but the accused
man is still at liberty.
The Sheriff took the warrant to Chi
cago and it was delivered into the
hands of one of the Chicago officials
for service, but when he called at the
office of Clausen the promoter was not
at home to friends and for this reason
the warrant was not served.
1t was reported on the streets this
morning that C1ausen had come to Ke-
nosha to give himself up, but this
proved to be false alarm. It was al
so reported that C1ausen had fled from
Chicago, but the District Attorney
states that Clausen was simply out of
his office when the officer called and
that he cannot be considered fugitive
from justice. 1t is probable that
Clausen will be arrested today and
brought to this city as soon as pos
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