The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-04-04
Collier Case is Ready to Be Sub
'nitted to jury at q Late
Hour This Afternoon
FORREST PLEADS NOT GUILTY
Flood of E1oQuence is Turned Loose i'm
the Manslaughter Trial This
Morning and Verdict May Not
Be Received Today
from Wednesdays Daily.l

was closed late this afternoon aud all
that remains to make the famous case
matter of history is to instruct the
jury that it may arrive at verdict.
While It is thought that the case will
surely go to the jury by six:o,clock it
1s impossible to state this positively.
Attorney Forrest for the defense
. closed his argument just before noon
and this afternoon District Attorney
Baker made his closing argument.
The closing speech of the District
Attorney was complete review of
all of the evidence in the case as we'll
as a fearless and eloquent answer to
the argument that had been made by
the attorneys for the defendant. In
closing the case the District Attorney
spoke for more than two hours.
The fact that the end was near in
the trial drew large crowds to the
Court room both for the morning and
afternoon sessions and it is evident
that many of the people will remain
in the Court room until the jury
brings in verdict. There is great
deal of speculation in regard to the
verdict. Many people believe that
the jury will find the evidence suffi-
cient to convict Collier, but larger
number believe that the best that the
state can expect is disagreement.
Should the case go to the jury by six
o'clock it is possible that verdict
will be rendered early tonight. The
Court officials will remain within
reach of the courthouse so as to be
able to receive verdict should it be
rendered before midnight.
Forrest Pleads for Collier
The entire morning session Of the
trial was given over to the argument
Of Attorney w. S. Forrest on behalf
OF the defendant and for nearly three
hours he held an audience that taxed
/ the capacity of the court house spell
bound. 1t was an eloquent speech
and a splendid presentation of the
evidence of the defense and power
full attack on the case which had been
set up by the state against Collier.
4 bespoke especially Of the question of
reasonable doubt and declared that
kthe entire case made by the State had
been built on a framework of guesses
and that the jury could not guess
when the liberty of man was at
stake. All through his long argu-
nlent Forrest sought to show that it
/ was not only impossible for Collier to
be guilty, but that it was exceedingly
possible that the guilt could be laid
] atrthe door of another or others. He
/ hammered into the jury lat all times
4 the propositions that there was no
! evidence to show that Dreyer had
s been killed by an automobile and that
the evidence as presented showed con-
Iclusively that the Collier machine could
not have killed Dreyer. HeSbrought
prominently to the jury9 the facts
that had been brought out in regard
to the actions of Captain William
Lewis ana the Racine party on the
night of the fatal accident. He re-
ferred to the brokenlsglass and the
evidence adduced to show.that it could
not be from the Collier machine. He
made great point of the appearance
OF the tracks of Bailey Tread tires
along the roadway and the finding Of
the pair of pliers on the day after the
accident took place. All of these
facts, he declared, showed that the
machine that killed Dreyer, if he was
killed by an automobile, swas other
/ than the one driven by. Collier.
IN his remarks he declared that he
desired to treat Captain Lewis and
the Racine men with all charity, but
that with the liberty of man at
stake it was necessary to bring these
facts prominently before the jury and
allow them to decide. He spoke at
length Of the action .of Collier when
he demanded that the party go back
to see what they had struck and de-
clared that if there was. any wrong
done In. the matter it should have
been laid against Jackson. d, He de-
/ clared that it had been said that
Jackson was bearing the costs of the
case and he said that Jackson should
bear the costs forsit was he who was
responsible for Collier beingi.p1aced
in this position.
Mr.. Forrest attacked theicredibility
OF several Of the. witnesses placed on
the stand by ktheIk defense, and de-
clared that their evidence khad been
50. different at the variousa hearings
that it should be.idisregarded alto
gether. He spoke!of 5!the'coercion of
Witnesses by police officer, and made
great point in this.,regard in con-
nection with the evidence given by
John Smith.
Tuesday Afternoon Session
The Tuesday afternoon session at
the Collier trial was given up entirely
to the argument of the case before
the jury by District Attorney Baker
and Attorney George w. Taylor, the
leading counsel for the defendant.
The arguments were decidedly inter-
esting and they drew the largest
crowd of the trial to the court room.
La his opening argument District
Attorney Baker clearly outlined the