The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-03
Deputy Sheriff Charged With Civ
ing Information Of Raid Has
Preliminary Hearing
PHONE OPERATORS TESTIFY.
Operator in Charge of the Board Il;
November Gains That the Tip ~
Was Sent From Hotel Keno
sha to VanDuesen Resort

The preliminary hearing of Deputy
Sheriff Homer E. Royce, charged by
the State on the complaint of Frank
Symmonds of having given informa-
ton to Carrie VanDnesen of ssthe fact
that warrant had been issued for
the arrest of the inmates of her re-
sort west of the city, began before
Court Commissioner Hastings this
morning, and while the evidence was
not concluded before the adjourn-
fnent of the court, the magistrate
gave strong hint that he would hold
Royce to the Circuit Court.
Thesstrongest evidence produced by
the State was given by Miss Nora r.
Corr, Telephone operator was in
charge of the switchboard at the -tele-
phone office on the night that the
famous raid was made. Miss Corr
testified thaa the call for Mrs. Van
Duesen, in which she had been warned
of the coming of the officers, was
from the Hotel Kenosha. She stated
further that the person calling seemed
to be greatly excited for some reason
and that he spoke in a loud voice.
Miss Corr did not testify that Royce
had made the call for the west side re-
sort. She declared that she could not
remember the substance of the tele-
| phonic communication between the
Hotel Kenosha and the VanDuesen
residence, but that she had every
reason to believe that the communica-
ton was entirely satisfactory.
Notwithstanding the fact that she
was subjected to rigid cross exam
nation Miss Corr insisted that she
could not remember the body of the
communication. She said that she
had heard the party calling say to the
people at the VanDuesen house, 81
am particular friend of yours and
that this had ended the communica.
ton. Miss Hall, another Of the oper-
ators, was on the stand, but she did
not hear the conversation.
Mrs. VanDuesen was one of the star
witnesses for the state and she re-
peated the story that she had told on
/ the former examination admitting
that she had received the tip but that
she was ignorant of the identity of
the person giving it. She was recalled
to the stand and asked to make an
effort to describe the voice, but she
insisted that she had never heard ii
before.
Sheriff Veitch was called and his
testimony was practically the same as
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the warrant for the arrest of Royce
was issued, save that at this time he
stated that he was not certain that he
had told Deputy Royce that he had a
warrant for the arrest of the people
at the VanDuesen resort.
Attorney Baker who was prosecut-
ing, stated to the court that he de-
cided to introduce the former testi-
mony of the sheriff, but Commissioner
Hastings stated that he did not think
that this would be necessary as he
was satisfied with the evidence and
that if this was wanted it could be
brought in after the defendant had
presented his case. Frank Sym
monds, George B. McCarron, M. f.
Barber and District Attorney Baker all
took the stand and all of them testi-
fed that that they had not commune
Gated the facts in the case to Mrs. Van
Duesen. In his testimony Mr.. Baker
called attention to the fact that while
M r. Barber had gone to the house
south Of the city with large convey
ance to bring in the inmates, Veitch
and Royce had gone to the VanDue-
sen resort in single buggy. After
the state had closed its case an ad-
/ journment was taken until three
O'Clock this afternoon.
tits not thought that the defense
will submit any evidence but allow
the hearing to be decided on the evil
dence presented by the state.