The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-05
Two Milwaukee Detectives Ar
rested at Badger Plant Fined
$40 and Costs by Justice
CLAIMS ACTION WAS ANARCHY
Justice McCarron in assessing Fine
Claims ThatlMen Defied the Law
and the Whole People of
the State of Wisconsin

It is expensive to be detective and
seek to earnga living by protecting
plants whichs ares being :operated in
defiance to thesorders of labor unions
and George L.ssaReed and Frank Po-
ciechowski off Milwaukee, will know
this fact tonightSwhenkthe learn of
the hearing of their case which was
held in the court of DISQUALIFICATION
here today. Each ofs~.the men was
assessed asfne of $40 and the costs of
the action and the fines were paid.
The men themselves did not appear
in court and a plea of guilty to the
charges was entered by the attorney
who appeared for them. 1t was adj
mitted blythe friends ofGthe two de.
tectives that they had,been so beaten
at their lastSvisit toSKenosha that they
were unwilling to come back to the
city and their plea of guiltyEwas made
by proxy. So far as CAM be learned
this is the first time that criminal
hearing has been sheld in sKenosha
without the presence of Ithe defend
ants. The justicetcourt was crowded
with the members ofathe iunion when
the case wasscalled and all of the men
were anxious to get "a ''look' at the
accused men. They waited in vain
for the men to come and when the
case wasG formally called Attorney
Barnes entered plea of equity for
them. The lcourtsswas not ready to
impose sentence and Special Police
Officer Britton, Joseph Everett, the
constable Sand sWilliam Brown were
called as witnesses. liz The men were
charged with gscarrying concealed
weapons and the evidence left no
doubt but that they were fully guilty
of this charge. Thesattorney for the
defendants ....simply drought out the
fact that thereahad~been no shooting
at the time of the7arr of the men
and that they9had not attempted to
use the guns except when set on by
the crowds e bout the plant.
In sentencing the absent defendants
Justice McCarron made rather
remarkable speech. Hessaid that he
had heard Of many cases where
charges carrying concealed weapons
had been preferred but thatShe con-
sidered this case onesof the most seri-
Gus that chad ever come before him.
He statedothat the lawswass explicit in
regard to the3 carrying of concealed
weapons and that these. men acting
as detectives should haveSknown this
law. Hea declared bthats coming into
Kenoshaks armed ssswith srevolvers the
men had defedss theuentire people of
state of Wisconsingand. hadsdefed the
law. He declared that their action
was nothing 3 less than anarchy.
when those5menac amebhere and en-
tered on their.duties for the Badger
Brass company" sSsssaid the Court,
"they defied theswholes people of the
state of Wisconsin, theysdefed the
law. Had they carried weapons and
no riot CONGRATULATIONS would not
have been 50 Dad. The fact that the
men have entered aSplea OF guilty to
the charge shows that they are not
wholly without respect for the law"
The fine of'$70 and costs was then
assessed IN each case with the alter
native of six mouths in jail. Altor-
ney Barnes notified the Court that
the fines would bespaid at once.