The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-22
New Wisconsin Law to Bring
Liberty to Former Kenosha
Banker Now at Waupun
TO BE FREE WITHIN A WEEK
Warden Towne Will Nominate Komp as
the First Man to be Paroled by
the State Board of Control
Under the New Law

the Kenosha State Bank. who has
been serving term of two years and
six months in the Wisconsin state
prison at Waupun, will be released
within another week or as soon as the
State Board of Control can act on his
case. Komp will be released or pa
role, and he will be the first prisoner
at the state prison to be affected by
tie law passed at the session of the
Legislature held this year.
Under the new law the State Board
of Control has the right to issue pa
roles which will be approved by the
Governor on the suggestion of the
Warden of the prison. Komp has
been such a model prisoner that War
den Towne notified Sheriff Pfennig
when he was at Waupun on Thursday
that he would ask for his immediate
release as soon as the new law went
into effect. The law will go into eff
feet next Tuesday, and it is thought
that all the formalities for the release
of Komp will have been complied
with before the end of next week.
Komp has not been notified of the
action that is to be taken in his case,
and he is still working with his
friends to secure a pardon. The pa
role granted to Komp will practically
mean his liberty, as he has only a
little over three months to serve and
he will be under the care of the prison
officials for only that time. Of great
est value to the former banker is the
fact that the parole will restore to him
his citizenship which he lost when he
went to the state prison.
District Attorney Baker has re-
ceived formal notice from the State
Board of Control that Komp is to be
paroled if no objections are made by
the officials of this county, and it is
pretty certain that the district attor-
ney will throw nothing in the way of
the release of the former banker.
When seen this morning District
Attorney Baker said:
"As Komp's term is nearly out do
not think that there will be any OBJ
jections to his release. There are no
charges now pending against Thin in
this county, and while there, was the
old charge of receiving deposits at
the bank, shall not take it up unless
complaint is made in the regular form
by some of the people interested in
the matter"
Other officials of the county who
were interested IN the prosecution of
Komp when seen expressed willing
ness that he should have his Sliberty,
declaring that his punishment for the
crime charged had been sufficient.
Komp was sent to the state prison
nearly two years ago after being con.
victed on charge of perjury. Since
he entered the state institution he has
been model prisoner. He has been
employed in the Office Of the prison
and has been treated almost as an
equal by the PRISON. officials. Long
ago he laid aside his stripes for citi-
Gems clothes and he has been granted
many liberties on account ofs.the good
work that he has been doing for the
state.
It is supposed that when Komp is
released he will go at once to Chicago
and take up the broken strands of his
business. His service will probably
release him from all the entanp1e-
ments of the Kenosha bank and the
matter will become dead chapter in
his career.