The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-26
District Attorney Baker Begins
an Investigation Of the MUIR
der Of John Wren.
MANY SUSPECTS SUMMONED.
Five Men are Brought IN From Trevor
by Sheriff Veitch This Morning,
and More are to Follow.-Search-
ing Investigation to be Made.
(From Fridays Dai1y.)

torney A. E. Buckmaster, this morn
ing began searching inquiry into
the conditions surrounding the death
of John Wren the former Manitowoc
man who was killed at the village of
Trevor on Christmas day.
For some time the new district at
torney has been looking into the mat
ter and today at his order Sheriff
Veitch with the assistance of deputies
James Pease and John Mutz, of the
town of Salem, brought to Kenosha
FIVE men who are expected to be able
to throw some light on the murder of
Wren. This is only the first batch of
witnesses and it is expected that the
second insta11ment will be brought
in this afternoon.
The men brought in this morning
were M. J. Schumacher, a saloon
keeper in the town of Trevor; Peter
the bar keeper at the Schumacher
saloon; Douglas Barhyte and John
Bolton.
1t is alleged that all of these men
were in the Schumacher saloon on the
night Wren met his death and it is
thought that these men will be forced
to give out some facts in regard to
the murder that were not brought out
at the time of the inquest before JUS
tice Button.
None of the men is under arrest
but they are simply being held as wit
nesses for an investigation pending
the issue of warrants.
District Attorney Baker recently
spent whole day and night at Ire
vor and he is convinced that from the
batch of men that have been sum-
moned for this inquiry he will be able
to get some information which will
lead to the arrest of the guilty par
ties.
The Investigations under the direc-
ton of Justice of the Peace Sturges
and the men were kept from the
court room while the testimony of the
different members of the party was
taken.
Peter Schumacher, the boy who
found the body of Wren, was the first
man called to the witness stand.
Schumacher told the story of the find
ing of the body and gave a general
idea of the conditions attending the
death of the man. M. j. Schuma cher,
his father, was the next man to be
put on the stand and he testified that
it was his opinion that Wren was not
murdered but that death resulted from
fall. He stated further that Wren
had not been drinking in his saloon
on the afternoon previous to the MUIR
der.
From Saturdays Daily.
The star chamber investigation into
the murder of John Wren at Trevor,
continues in Justice Sturges' Office
and behind barred doors the district
attorney and the justice are making
an effort to discover some evidence
which will give sufi cient cause for
the issue of a warrant. The investi-
cation drags along very slowly and
when the court was adjourned late
Friday evening no warrants had been
issued and only three of the men held
as witnesses had been examined.
One thing of importance has been
discovered and that is that John
Sweeney, one of the men who was
about the saloon at the time that
Wren was killed, is missing. He is
wanted as a witness at the investiga-
ton and deputy sheriffs have been
scurrying about the country making
an effort to find some trace of him.
Sweeney is alleged to have been seen
about Trevor for several days after
the murder, but he has not been seen
there in the past few days. No ac-
cusation has been made against the
missing man but it is stated that his
testimony is badly needed to COM
p1ete the investigation. Further eff
forts are being made today to locate
Sweeney.
It is evident from the testimony told
to the justice on Friday that Wren
met death from fall All the stories
of the witnesses agree, and in fact
they are so similar that it seems pos
sib1e that the men at Trevor had been
expecting the investigation and had
done little star chamber work on
their own hook.
Besides the two Schuma cheers only
one witness was examined on Friday
and that was John George, the dis
penser of drinks at the Schumacher
tavern. George was submitted to an
awful crossfre of questions on Fri
day afternoon but the story secured
from him did not differ in material
points from that told by M. ]. Schu-
macher and his son. It was dark
when the testimony of George had
been secured and the hearing was ad-
iourned until this morning.
The continuation of the examina-
ton of John George took up most of
the time of the morning session at
the investigation and after he had
completed his story Dug Barhyte was
called to give evidence. His evidence
was in no way different from that Of
the other men examined.