Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-26
The UhImann Case.


speaking and the predictions made bv
this paper last week have come true In
every respect.
Ida Uhlmann has gone out of the
community and state having made a
compromise of the $4,000 damage
suit which she had instituted against
AL Uhlmann, her father who deliber.
ately attempted to murder her. By
the terms OF the compromise che rs-
celved sum OF money, generally sup
posed to have been 81, 500 In consider.
alton of which she was to leave the
state Of Wisconsin for an Indefinite
length OF time. This she has done
having left for another state last
Saturday morning. She went to
Oconomowoc In company with. her
father and her brother, Frank Uhl-
mann, who is now an attorney at Alex
andria, Mimi, on that morning, hav.
ing with her, her trunk and other per-
soual property.
James Malone, attorney for Albert
Uhlmann, is the man who out gener4
allied District Attorney Husting and
took from his hands the only trump
card which be held to play in the game
and has practically paved the way to
freedom for the man who by his own
confession is guilty of one of the mosa
diabolical crimes ever recorded In the
history of Dodge county. It should
not be understood. however, that the
district attorney is guilty of any con-
nivance in the case. He has simply
been mace the victim of misplaced
confidence which caused him to rest on
his oars trifle too long. It is .erf-
Gus blow to the case OF the prosecution
and the prosecutor has no doubt by
this time lost much of the faith he
had in human nature few days ago.
In an interview with Mr. Husting.
yesterday, he admitted that he had
held no conversation with Ida Uhi-
mann, the chief witness In the case
since last May, on which occasion she
assured him that she would listen To
no offers of compromise and would
go on the stand and testify against
her father. Believing she would
be straight with him and In con-
sideration of the fact that 1t would
harm his case to put her under, bond Or
in Jail pending trial, Mr.. Husting al
lowed her to go free. The facts Of the
case are, Ida Uhlmann. in the parlauce
of the day, has thrown him down,
hearkened to the persuasions of her
brother and other attorneys and left
him to hold the snipe bag.
To bring the whole story down to 3
defniteness, Husting is now compelled
to shoulder the blame In matter for
which his predecessor In Office Is to
blame.
The whole story has come out ex-
actly along the plan we outlined last
week and the citizens of this commun.
ity who have hoped to see justice
meted out to the criminal who richly
deserves it, are doomed to bitter dis
appointment for all that is to be hoped
for now is conviction on circum-
stantial evidence.
Indignation was at fever heat last
week when the news became known
that there was probability OF the
ends of justice being defeated and
prominent citizens were ontspoken in
their Indignation last night. The dis
trict attorney is in a delicate position
in the case and we feel that our people
should suspend judgment until the
case has been decided. Mr.. Husting's
statement appears in another column.
The whole affair is one OF the big
gest pieces of legal skull-duggery
ever pulled off in this county and forc-
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IDLY illustrates the power Gf money
over law and justice. The matter
now stands in allegiance awaiting the
time when all parties implicated in
this brazen game OF tampering with
states witness to begin dividing up
the spoils and then--well perhaps you
know the saying about when thieves
and rouges fall out.
The fun in this case has already be-
gun and the attorney for the defence
and the men who are responsible for
Uhlmann's present liberty are at
swords points and are standing with
their hands on each others throats.-
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