The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-08
William Keenan, Charged With
SIandering Rev. BaisIer is Ex-
amined Friday Afternoon
TELLS STORY OF SANDER
keenan, Insisted That He Could Not
Name His Informant and That He
Did Not Know to Whom the
Story Referred When Told

William keenan,, arrested two
weeks ago on civil warrant sworn
out BY the Rev. P. E. Baisler charging
SANDER, had hearing before Court
Commissioner Hastings on Friday
afternoon. The examination was
under the discovery statute and it
brought out little information in re-
gard to the charges against keenan,.
keenan, re-asserted his admission
that he had told the alleged SANDER
GUS story in regard to the minister,
but he declared that at the time he
had told the story he did not know
that it referred to Mr.. Baisler. He
stated that he was not acquainted
with Mr.. Bais1er and was not aware
of the fact that he was the pastor of
the Grace English Lutheran church
keenan, stated that the story which
he had repeated had been heard in the
Vetter store, but notwithstanding the
fact that Attorney Baker who rep
resented Mr.. Baisler asked all sorts
of questions, keenan, insisted that he
informant. He said that he heard it
IN the store, but he did not know
whether it was told to him directly or
that he had overheard it.
The attorneys seemed to believe
that keenan, was attempting to
shield some one and for this reason
more than half an hour was spent in
attempting to have keenan, remember
! the name Of the person who had told
the story. keenan, stated that he had
/ told the story to Frank Schultz on
the following Sunday and that he had
not repeated it to any other person.
He stated that he had not told Schultz
the name Of the minister alleged to
be connected with the SANDER, but
| that he had told him that it was a
minister on Prairie avenue. He told
! Schultz that he had heard that the
minister had been intimate with a
young woman of the city, and that
he had gone to her home to visit her
until after she had consented to join
the choir Of the church. That after
she had joined the choir the visits at
her home had continued until the
minister had been ordered out of the
house.
keenan, declared that he never
heard the name of the woman in the
case, but that the incident was al
legged to have taken s place at
"Weyhe's". There is only one person
by this name in the. city directory and
no women are living Cat the house
save Mrs. Weyhe. Mr.. Baisler stated
yesterday that he had nevers been at
the Weyhe house.
keenan, was On the SPITE for more
than an hour, but hiss testimony con-
tanned nothing of a positive nature.
He admitted that he had noaproof OF
the story, but that he.Shad simply
heard it as matter of Hnews. He
stated that there were many people
who came 10 the Vetter store during
the day and for this reason it would be
impossible for him to state sjust who
had told the story
He admitted thats It'll had been i'm
pressed on his mind by the fact that a
minister at Waukegan had attempted
suicide after having been accused Of
a crime.
Rev. Mr.. Baisler sat by his attorney
during the hearing, but he took nc
part in the examinatio more than t.
advise with his attorney in regard t.
the questions to be asked. Keenar
was represented by Attorney John c.
Slater.
It is expected that the summon:
and complaint in the civil suit fol
damages will be filed within the mex
few days, but it is hardly possible
that it will be tried at the March tern
of the circuit court.