Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-10-24
ON TRIAL FOR MURDER

Circuit court convened last Thursday
afternoon, but owing to the fact thar all
the jurors had not arrived, an adjourn
ment was taken to Wednesday morning.
A jury was then empaneled for the trial
OF the case of the State of Wisconsin VS..
Aug. Schuttenburg, of the town CT Pike
Lake, charged with murder. Since that
time the case has been in progress,
though very slow progress, on account
OF most OF the testimony having to be
translated from the Polish to the English
language. In all great many witness
es have been examined and much old
straw has been threshed over. The
state rested its case yesterday and the
examination of witnesses for the
| defense began. The case may not be
given to the jury before Thursday.
THE CRIME
John and Frank Gorskowiecz were
unmarried brothers, residing on 100
acres of land in the town of Pike Lake.
Aug. Schutten5erg was a brother-in-
law living on 100 acres of farm land
adjoining, and like great many other
brothers-in-law they did not agree very
well. On one occasion Frank had
Schuttenberg arrested on an assault
and battery charge, and some time
later Schuttenberg caused the arrest of
John for assaulting his sister, who is
Schuttenberg's wife. Thus they lived
for number of years until the climax
came on Friday afternoon, Nov. q,
1908.
The country surrounding the Gorsko-
wiecz and Schuttenberg farms is not
very we'll supplied with timber and
Schuttenberg was compelled to go some
distance for his fire wood. On the fore
noon of the day mentioned he hitched
his team to his sleigh and drove away
from home after load of wood. On
returning home he drove across land
belonging to the Gorskowiecz brothers,
and he encountered John on the way
Hot words passed between them and
John ordered his brother-in law off the
premises. In the afternoon Schutten-
berg went after another load of wood
and this time, it appears, went pre-
pared for trouble. The Gorskowiecz
brothers were digging well near their
log cabin and Frank went away from
home on some business connected with
the we'll
When he returned he found John
absent, and tracking him through the
snow, found him some distance from
home at about the time Schuttenberg
was returning with another load of
wood, over the same route he had
followed in the morning. A quarrel
Immediately ensued, but as to who was
the aggressor is a hard matter to
decide, because there are but two living
witnesses to the affair, and their stories
contradict Frank Gorskowiecz claimed
that Schuttenberg, upon seeing the
brothers, exclaimed Come on, now,
PHI fix you," or words to that effect,
and few moments later raised gun
and shot John.
Schuttenberg claimed that the
brothers attacked him and that John
brandished an ak in menacing way,
which led him to believe that his life
was in danger, and that to protect him.
self he shot John. The charge of No.
shot struck Gorskowiecz in the Jaw,
tearing away the jaw bone, jugular
vein and arteries and he expired almost
Immediately. Schuttenberg then went
home, hid the gun in the attic of his
house and started toward Bevent, STOP
ping at several places on the way and
telling what he had done. He walked
to Hatley and there informed Ed.
Westerfield of the act and the latter
advised him to go to Wausau and give
himself up, which he did. The sheriff
was notified of his coming and met him
at the depot and locked him up He
was bound over for trial and the case
has been continued for several terms.
In all about forty witnesses were sub
poenaed, besides number who came
voluntarily. 1t was necessary to have
an interpreter in taking most of the
testimony