The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-09-03
WILL PUSH INQUIRY
District Attorney Refuses To Give
Up Fight Against Gang Who
Fired "Four Corners"
WOMAN MUST FACE JURY
District Attorney Declares That He
has Three Charges Against Her
and One of Them Will Land
Her in Circuit Court
(From Friday s Daily

(From Fridays Daily
District Attorney Robert Verne
Baker has refused to give up the fight
connection with the burning of the
Four Corners resort and while no
warrant for the arrest of the woman
was issued today it is pretty certain
that the district attorney will seek to
reopen the case within another week.
There was some air of mystery in re
gard to the case today. Deputy State
Fire Marshal w. G. End came to Ke-
nosha from Milwaukee this morning
and held long conference with the
district attorney at his office after
which the district attorney went at
once to the jail and began a new ex-
animation of Ed. Ashman. The latter
has been moving heaven and earth to
get bond since the Parker woman was
released from custody and it was ex-
pected that the woman would come to
his rescue. It is certain that Ashman
has not told all that he knows and it is
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rey will make. it very difficult for him
to get out of the cluches Of the Of
fcers of the county. Even if Ashman
should furnish the $500 bond demanded
to secure his appearance as witness it
is probable that he will not be released
from custody as he was originally ar
rested on a warrant charging arson
and this charge still hangs over him
and can be called up by the district
attorney at any time. The district
attorney has not fully made up his
mind as to whether or not this charge
will be pushed and it depends entirely
on the action of Ashman.
The state fire marshall office spur
red on by the demands Of the insurance
companies interested in the fire has de-
manded that the gang be rounded up
and convicted and it is not probable
that any insurance losses will be paid
until the district attorney has exhaust
ed all possible efforts to get a convic-
ton in the case.
In speaking Of the case this morning
District Attorney Baker said: "IlI
tell you just Ole thing and that is that
Bose Parker will face twelve men in
the Circuit Court before we get through
with this fight. [ don't know what
the charge against her may be, but we
have three charges against her and one
is arson. The other charges may be
made public later after the fight over
the arson charge, which has just begun,
is over. am going to run down this
gang and force every one of them to
appear before jury in the Circuit
Court and if the jury discharges them
alI right, but [ don t consider my duty
done until they are brought to trial in
court. -
The district attorney declined to
give out the statements that have been
made by Ashman, but it is declared that
he has made some very damaging state
ments and they implicate several peo-
pie in connection with the deal ana
show that the plot to burn the old re
sort was one Of the most open faced
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arson ever known in southern Wiscon-
sin.
The Parker woman seems to have
dropped both Ashman and Griffin and
no effort is being made openly to get
bail for either of the men. Griffin an
ncunced when he was held for trial
that he would be able to get bail at
once, but he is still waiting. Before
the hearing many people visited Grit
fin, but since he was returned to jail |
not single person has called to see
him and he has not sent out single /
letter. Griffin will probably be tried /
at the September term Of the Circuit |
Court and in the meantime the officials
of the county are making a very care
full scrutiny of his former life and i
record.