The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-04-04

/, my father Will never stand the shock,
and he persuaded me to drive on.
''Now have told you just how it was.
Montgomery and Jackson are going
to Baker today and tell the whole
story and want to get away about 10
or II O'Clock to go down and tell my
story Collier continued: There
have been lots of lies told about me
and l wanted you to know the truth
and now you know all about it,
Story Has Effect
There is noldoubt but that this story
on the part of the witness was fitting
climax for the case of the state and it
had an immediate effect on the jury
and on the crowdsof spectators in the
Court room. Everybody craned his
neck to catch every word of the story
as told by Symmonds and there is no
doubt but that the alleged confession
came as great surprise to the attor-
neys for the defense as we'll as to the
people who had been closely following
the case. Attorney Forrest did not
refer to the story in the opening of
the cross examination but he relieved
the tension of the hour by referring
some technical question to Symmonds
that for a moment relieved the situa-
ton. Collier was moving nervously
all of the time that Symmonds was
telling the story of the alleged con-
fession.
Monday Afternoon. Session
The Collier trial set new records at
the afternoon session Monday, for
from the time the defense took charge
of the case there was not minute
lost. There were no long cross-ex-
aminations and six witnesses were
examined in less than an hour and a
half. These were the most important
witnesses for the defense, and when
the last of the half dozen had left the
stand the attorneys for the defend
ant announced that they were nearly
done and could not go any further be-
cause their other witnesses we're out
of the city. This made it possible to
do away with the night session which
had been planned. Collier was in the
court room, but his attorneys stated
that there was a grave doubt as to the
necessity of putting him on the stand.
Disprove Glass Theory
The theory Of the State that the
glass picked up along the road on the
day after the accident was portion
of the glass that had been in front of
one of the lamps on the Collier car
was riddled by the defense when
various witnesses were called to the
stand. George N. Bliss and L. S.
Vinegar testified to the fact that the
car which Collier drove was fitted
with a Solar lamp known as No. 684,
and when the manager of the factory
making the lamp was placed on the
glass in this lamp was little over ten
inches. This was r. Fl. Wel1es, ard
later Mr.. Welles was shown the glass
picked up along the road and he tes-
titled that he did not think it possible
that this was a portion of the glass
from Solar lamp. He testified that
the Mitchell Motor Car Co. had not
used the Kenosha made lamps on their
cars last season.
Lewis In Case Again
The name of Captain William M.
Lewis, of Racine, was brought promi-
nently into the case by the defense.
The bar tender at Central Park testi-
fed that Lewis and his friends had
been at the park on the night of the
tragedy and later j. r. Gotfredsen
was called to the stand and the only
questions put 10 him were in regard
to Lewis. He was asked if he had
seen Lewis in Kenosha on the night
of the accident and as 20 the color of
the car he was driving. The witness
stated that he had seen Lewis here at
that time and he was driving light
gray Mitchell car. He vas not cross
examined by the state.
f. L. Schumacher, the man who
had passed final judgment on the car,
was one of the witnesses and he tssti-
fed that when the car YVES returned
to. the factory by Collier on the morn
ing of July "a the hood had not been
broken and the bar holding the tank
had not been bent.
Did Not Impeach Testimony
1t was expected that the attorneys
for the defendant would make an
effort to impeach the evidence that
had been given by DR.. F. E. Andre.
No such an effort was made. Mark
Hansen, the witness, who; at the pre-
1iminary examination had told a
different story from that of Andre,
was called to the stand, but he was
asked only few questions, the most
important one of the lot was.in regard
to his having seen the marks of Bailey
Tread tires near the body. He testi-
fed to this fact and when the state
started to cross examine him in re-
gard to the time DIR. Andre had left
the wagon Attorney Forrest objected
and the objection was sustained. w.
N. Scott who had been one of the
principal witnesses for the defendant
at the preliminary hearing was not