The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-01
People all Over the Country Take
Great Interest in the Sue
cessor ofAttorney Folk.
PROUD OF HIS NATIVE STATE.
New Circuit Attorney of St. Louls
tions of His Many Admirers.

The splendid record made by Joseph
w. Folk while circuit attorney of ST.
Louis and the sensational Doodle
trials which are liable to come up
during the term of his successor in
that office have caused unusual
interest all over the country in the
man who is to succeed him. Arthur
n. Sager, the old Kenosha boy who
is to succeed Folk, was before his
election a comparatively unknown
quantity outside of st. Louis and
many have been the inquiries sent to
that city since the election as to the
character and ability of the new
circuit attorney. People outside of
ST. Louis who have watched the fight
made against the Doodle element and
who know something of the powerful
influences that will be brought to
bear upon the legal representative of
the city in the coming bribery trials
are interested in the personality of
the man the people of St. Louis pick
ed out as a worthy successor of Folk
obo q AA1OA lAOy NOu1A IL ASI W Iu1SL
the work he began. In all the inter
views given to the press since his
election Mr.. Sager has taken pride in
emphasizing the fact that he is San
old Kenosha boy" and the items sent
out by the press correspondents in
reply to requests for information
about the new circuit attorney all
make mention of the pride and love of
Mr.. Sager for his native state and
city.
The following is a fair sample of
the kind of replies sent out by the
special CORES pondents in answer to re-
quests for information about Sager.
"Arthur N. Sager, who on Nov.
was elected circuit attorney of St.
Louis to succeed Joseph w. Folk,
Missouri's new governor, is a native
of Kenosha, Wis.
Mr.. Sager was nominated by the
Republican city convention on his
birthday-Oct. 10-being just % years
old. He proved strong candidate
and was elected by plurality equal to
IAdI VI lLAO AAOdO VI lis llChSl.
Mr.. Sager is pleased to say that he
is distinctively Wisconsin "boy,"
and that he loves the Badger state
and Kenosha, the home of his boy
hood, on the shores of old Lake Mich
igan. He is the son of George Sager,
bridge builder and contractor. He
received his primary educa ton in the
schools of Kenosha and graduated
from the high school of that city.
When IL Mr.. Sager entered DuPauw
university at Greencast1e, Ind, where
he took a law course. Soon after
leaving the university he went to Ar
kansas and commenced the successful
practice of his profession in 1893.
After three years in Arkansas he
decided to come to St. Louis, which
field. Shortly after his arrival here
he made his repu ltion as criminal
lawyer.
Mr.. Sager says he does not purpose
to make the prosecution of bood1ers
Speciality" but will carry on the
work of the office.in the best interests
of all the people and without fear or
favor and to endure.
Mr.. Sager's parents left Kenosha
for Evanston several years ago, but
he has kinfo1k living at Kenosha and
in other parts of Wisconsin,
The friends of Mr.. Sager in this
city, and they are many, have every
confidence that he \ i'll justify the
faith St. Louis has reposed in him
and make record of which both he
and they may be proud.