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

III. JdChSon declares that Collier had
never told him that he believed a man
had been struck, but that he had seen
the lamp break and had put on the
brakes and wanted to go back and
make an investigation,
A Pathetic Story
jackson made an effortstoiayoid re.
citing his reasons for.nots wanting to
go back, but District Attorney Baker
and Attorney Forrest insisted that ne
give his reasons, and he repeated
again the story of the sickness and
death Of his father, and declared that
his fear for his father had alone
actuated his movements IN the case.
The story of the mysterious woman
was not referred to ia the examina.
ton of Jackson save in the fact that
the district attorney closely ques-
toned him in regard tosthe number OF
people IN the car. In this regard
Jackson insisted that there were but
three people in the carl at.any time
after 10 o'clock. The cross-examina-
ton of Jackson by the attorney for
Collier did not take two minutes, and
it was limited entirely to the illness
and death of Jackson's father.
Montgomery Tells Story
Shelly Montgomery, theRother COM
panion of Collier onIthe night of the
accident. was the next witness sworn
and his evidence was even more un-
satisfactory than that of Jackson. 1t
could not be said that Montgomery
evaded the questions put to him, but
his answers failed to elicit the infor-
nation sought by the district attorney.
He stated that he could not tell as to
the object in the road on'account of
the fact that he was sitting in the rear
of the car and could not see the road
in front. He declared that he had not
felt the car strike anything and he
was certain that he did not look back,
nor did any member of the party look
back or get out of the car. He was
very clear on this fact, as he was on
the fact that the defendant had re-
peatedly demanded that the trio go
back and make ar examination He
attributed the fact that they did not
go back to the desires of Jackson, and
said that they had all appreciated the
condition Of Mr.. Jackson.
Forrest Urges Haste
The examination of Jackson and
Montgomery had been so short that
District Attorney Baker was not ready
with any other witnesses, and when
Montgomery was released from the
stand after practically no cross-ex-
amina tion the session was closed. Mr..
Forrest at this time pleaded with the
court to rush the case a little and
asked that night sessions be held, but
the court held that this could not be
done and insisted that the men be
ready to begin at 9 o'clock this morn
ing.
All through the case the time of the
court and jury has been largely taken
up by the bubbles of thesattorneys as
to the materia1ity of certain questions
and when they fought out the rig hit of
the district attorney to regard certain
friends of Collier as hostile witnesses
with decision for the defense, the
case of the district attorney was put
under fearful handicap,
The weeks sessions of the Collier
case closed in blaze of pyrotechnics
just before noon Saturdaywhen within
a few minutes of the adjournment of
the court two big deputy sheriffs bear
ing between them battered auto
mobile tank entered the court room.
1t was daring coup on the part of
the state to get the appearance of
just such atauk before the jury and
while the tank was not admitted by
the court as evidence it served as a
powerful object lesson to the jury
and when the deputy sheriffs carried
it out of the court room the district
attorney seemed to care little to pro-
test against the ruling of the court.
1t was one of the craftiest schemes
ever worked in Kenosha court. It
had an effect on the jury for during
the ten minutes that the attorneys
wrangled over the tank being admit
ted as evidence the jurors were care
fully scrutinizing the tank with the
tell-tale hole broken in the rear of it.
1t was the most dramatic occurrence
of the trial.
Work Was Well Done
The tank was brought into the court
room without any warning. In an
manner District Attor-
ney Baker called Alfred Lindstrom to
the stand and at the same time he
notified his deputies that he was
ready for the tank. Lindstrom was
sworn, and as he sat down in the wit
ness chair, the tank, broken in front
and badly battered, was brought in
and placed directly in front of the
jury box with the great hole which
had been torn IN the rear of it directly
IN front of the jurors. "Now want
to introduce this as a type of the
tank said Mr.. Baker, but he never
got any further, for the attorneys for
the defense were on their feet with a
protest declaring that the tank had