Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-05-30

man. AT tDe night session, SATURDAY
night, and while his attorney, w. j.
Conway was making strong plea as
against his sanity, Karatsky wept and
sobbed till he had to be admonished
by the sheriff in charge of him, to be
quiet. And Monday morning when
George Finklestein was upon the
stand and telling the story of the
shooting, Karatsky called out to him
several times, "You are a liar, stop
telling that"
Jury Against Karatsky.
On the question of the sanity of
KaratSky, the jury were out from
half past ten at night till five the
next morning, and brought in a ver-
dict that the man was sane. The
trial of murder after that was mere
farce. No arguments were made by
the attorneys ia the case further than
to thank the jury for their careful
consideration during the long trial;
the state waived final argument.
After being charged by Judge Webb
the jury retired for the second time,
and were out for twelve minutes, the
first ballot resulting in a verdict of
! murder In the first degree. After
receiving the verdict, and after thank
ing them for their patience in the
long and tiresOme trial the judge ex-
cused the jurors for this term of court,
and for their care in the case and the
third chapter in this record of crime
was ended. While the 7erdict was
being read by the judge, Karatsky
| appeared i'll at ease, and hung upon
the words of the judge to learn what
sort ofltreatment he was to receive for
the utter disregard of human life
which he had shown. After the ver-
dict was read and court dismissed till
two O'Clock in the afternoon, Karat
sky said he wanted to speak to some
one, and started to leave the court
room alone. He was promptly taken
in charge by Sheriff Little, and Under
Sheriff Basset, who had charge of the
man during his Incarceration at the
county Jail, to which place he was
taken.
| His Punishment.
The penalty imposed by law in
punishment for the crime of murder
in first degree, is life imprisonment,
and this is what will be given Karat
sky. Judge Webb will probably wait
till the other court work is done be-
fore he will read the sentence to the
murderer, and from that time, he will
begin his sentence Of Imprisonment
for life at Waupun. The sentence
| received by Karatsky is the heaviest
that the State of Wisconsin inf1icts
upon offenders
The duty of imposing upon man Of
the stigma of murderer and one who
murdered Intentionally, and according
to fixed purpose, is one that is hard
for jury to impose. 1t is equally
hard for an attorney to prosecute such
a case, and bring this stigma upon a
man.. 1t requires clear conception of
duty, and purpose to do it, stronger
than any personal sympathy which may
be aroused. To pass such judgement
upon man is a no less unpleasant
duty of judge. These are therefore,
acts deserving of credit to so do, and
to let justice and duty prevail over
all emotions as has been the case in
this instance. This credit is due to
the men on the jury, to District At
torney Brazeau, and to Judge Webb.
The end of the long Karatsky
murder trial has been reached and
Wood County and the State Of Wis
consin are freed of another of that class
who hold human life in such small
esteem as to take the life of another
oc for n