The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-08-02
Examination Wednesday Fails to
Throw any Light on Killing
Of William Dreyer
LEWIS PARTY ExoNORATED
Captain Lewis and His Companions
Answer All Questions of the District
Attorney Who Finds Evidence
Insufficient for Warrant

PAUL. and Charles Everett, of Racine,
appeared as voluntary witnesses be-
fore Justice Sturges. on Wednesday
afternoon to aid the officials in an in
vestigation Of the death of William
Dreyer, who met death north Of the
city Tuesday morning by being strnck
by an automobile, and the statements
made at the investig alton were. such
that Captain Lewis and his party we're
practically exonorated.s While the
investigation was left open pending
the discovery Of any other evidence,
both the justice in charge of the ex-
animation and the district attorney
admitted after the hearing that there
was no evidence which would warrant
the OBTAINING Of Lewis or any Of the
members Of his party. The police are
now searching for other c1ews which
will aid them in the solution of the
mystery.
Captain Lews and his companions
came to Kenosha early Wednesday
afternoon and Lewis was accompan-
led by Attorney Thomas M. Kearney,
who advised him during the examina-
ton.
DR.. F. E. Andre, the acting coroner,
was the first man called to the stand
and he testified in regard to the find
ing Of the body and gave it as his
opinion that the man had certainly
been killed by being struck by an
automobile.
When Lewis was called to the stand
his attorney stated that he would ad-
wise his client not to answer any
questions as he had been informed
that it was the intention Of the dis
trict attorney to charge his client
with being connected with the killing
Of the old man. There was a long
series of sharp dialogues between the
district attorney and Mr.. Kearney
at the close of which Kearney stated
that Lewis had not been properly
summoned to the Investigate ton. A
subpoena was at once issued by the
court, but Lewis and his attorney
waived the ceremony of service.
Lewis then on the advice of his attor-
ney refused to answer any questions.
He was instructed by the court to
answer and his attorney advised him
to again refuse to answer. When the
court threatened to hold Lewis in
contempt Mr.. Kearney changed his
attitude and demanded that he be in
structed if it was the plan of the
district attorney to issue warrant
for the arrest of Lewis. The district
attorney stated that it was not his
intention to issue a warrant I'M
less the statements brought out at
the inquest warranted such action.
With this statement Kearney in
structed his client to answer all ques-
tons without reserve. Captain Lewis
took up the matter in a straightfor-
ward manner and told all he knew in
regard to the trip to Kenosha and the
return tip to Racine.
The testimony given by Lewis was
substantially as follows:
81 think left Racine for Kenosha
Monday night between 10 o'clock and
1880. took the Lake Shore road
and passed what is commonly known
as Central Park between 1920 and
II. stopped at the hotel at Central
park and reached Kenosha be-
tween II and 1880, should Judge. /
do not remember seeing any other
automobiles on the road. I met one
man on foot on the bridge over
Pike creek, but the description given
of the man who was killed is too
meager for me to tell whether it was
he. I simply noticed that the man
looked like tramp. My machine
was SO near stopped before / reached
the bridge that / had to use the in
termediate' to get under way.
II should judge that started back
for Racine an hour and half latter.
We did some speeding, and + cannot
be certain about time. We turned
off the Lake Shore road at Berryvil1e
and returned to Racine by way of
Corliss, where we had a luncheon.
We arrived at Racine about $780,
The statements made by Mr.. Lewis
were borne out by the statements of
the other members of the party I'll Of
whom stated positively that the ma
chine did not strike anything between
Racine and Kenosha. Attorney Kear-
ney then offered the machine in evil
dence declaring that it had not been
touched by workman since it was
run into the yard after the trip on
Tuesday morning.
In connection with the examination
Attorney Kearney stated that Captain
Lewis had employed Pinkerton de-
tectives to search for the two men
who were alleged to have req Sned
Waukegan early Tuesday morning,
and that he was willing to do any
thing in his power to aid the officers
II seeking out the guilty parties.
Chief of Police O'Hare left for
Waukegan soon after the hearing had
been concluded and spent the eve
ming looking into the clue discovered
there. These menit is claimed had
an air cooled motor which had been
repaired at the Waukegan Scale
works. The fact that the machine