Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-18
GREAT MOB IN
AWE OF POLICE
KA5AT GREETED BY JEERs OF
5000 PEOPLE.
FACTORIES CLOSED DOWN
Hearing in Mecarty Murder Case Be-
gun Amid Intense Excitement
After Refusal to Plead-Shows
Self TO Appease Crowd Bound
Over Without Bail.

Kaukauna, Oct IA jeering, hiss
ing and violent crowd OF nearly 5000
people greeted the special car at Kan
Fauna at 10 o'clock yesterday mora,
ing when Wenzel E. Kabat. the man
accused Of the brutal murder of
Michael McCarty, was brought before
Justice NJ. u. Schim.
Shouts of lynch him, put the
rcPe around his neck, "burn him,
and other threGts s., violence were
frequently heard, and the squad Of
fifteen police officers lead by The
sheriff and four deputies was kept
busy fighting the mob, which lacked
leader
Kabat was bound ever on murder
charge to the March term of the cir
cult court without bail AS the SHEER
i'll and guards took Kabat away after
the hearing, nearly 1000 people fol
flowed the party to the car. 1t WIS
all the police could dc to board the
car with their man.
Courtroom Jar1mea Full.
The widest excitement prevailed
in the courtroom prior to the judge
calling the crowd to order. Every
available nook was filed with craa-
lug. curious humanity, ana officers
twice had tC threaten TO clear the
room before the yelling stopped. At
the entrance of the courtroom and on
the street fer block in front of the
building, a bowling mob fingered be-
lore and during the hearing
Special officers had been detailed
to maintain order and several arrests
|of noisy characters were made who
were bent upon causing an uprising
against the accused man.
Half of the towE Of Karkauna was
cut 10 see the arrival of the special
car and it was with no little difficulty
that the officers made their way in
the center cf the street to the court
room
Come to jail Early.
Early yesterday morning crowd cf
about two dozen kaukauna men ar
rived at Appleton, going at once to
the jail Whether they simply wanted
to see the guilty man or were bent
Upon something of a more violent ma
ture is not known. Special Guard
Nooycn at the Outagamie county Jail
said YESTERDAY morning that ahout
fourteen strangers were seen near
the jail during the night, but no VIC
lcn~e was offered.
All along the line of the interurban
road crowds were out to see the spe-
cial car. All Little Chute the entire
street was lined as if for a circus pa
rade.
Kahat Satisfies Crowd.
Just before the hearing a crowd
gathered on a second-story veranda
near The courtroom for The purpose
OF peering in the window crash
was heard and it was feared the
torch pillars would collapse. Attor-
ncy Spencer for Kabat then ordered
his client to present himself before
tic windows TO satisfy the curious
crowd, which had been dispersed
many times by the police. Spencer
said. Here. Kabat, stick your head
cut of that window and say good rye"
The crowd in the courtroom grew
plore talkative and as a result the
court room was cleared, but it was
only after persistent work on the part
Of the police that the thrcng moved
2ut. One newspaper man said that
tulIy one-half Of the city's working
population had quit work to attend
The hearing and join the mob.
He Enters no Plea.
After court was called to order Al
torncy Spencer fer Ka5at announced
that his client was not prepared 70
enter A plea and waived further ex-
animation. District Attorney Krus-
refer then proceeded TO take testi-
mony. calling rs his first witness
Charles McCarty. father of the muir
derGd man, who said his son was Al
-eals OLD and that he saw him last on
September Z. He said he never saw
Ka5at before his son had disappeared
and then only On the McCarty farm
He refused to estimate tho wealth Of
his missing son, but said he owned
203 acres Of land well stocked.
Father Referred to Green Bay.
L. J.