The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-05-14

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Powers has been in communication with
Attorney Taylor and he agreed to come
to Kenosha as witness in a divorce
action which was before the court. some
time ago. The Canadian has never been
discovered and his name is not known
to the attorney for Schleyer or to the
district attorney.
Two Divorce Actions
Schleyer and his wife came to Keno
sha early in 1900 and it was evident
that Mrs. Schleyer was the manager for
the family. The two, worked hard and in
five years secured property on Rowland
avenue which is worth from six to eight
thousand dollars. Four years ago
Mrs. Schleyer madc p,ons to get a di-
vorce, but at thai tins the matter was
amicably arranged and in order to head
off the divorce action Schleyer decided
to his wife all the property that the two
had secured. Last August Schleyer left
Kenosha and short time later his wife
fled suit for divorce. She charged
Schleyer with desertion, cruel and in
human treatment, drunkenness and fail
ure to provide. Schleyer was served
By publication and when the case
came up at the September term Of the
Circuit Court, Mrs. Schleyer got de-
cree by default. Schleyer, who had
been in Portland, Oregon, returned two
days later and went into court and had
the Judgment reopened and fled ans
Wer to the charges made by his wife.
A few weeks ago he went into court and
withdrew the charges he filed stat
ing that the matter had been settled out
Of court. The new findings in the iudg
ment were never signed by the court
and at the time of the shooting Schley-
err and the wife held the same relations
to each other as when they were first
married. Schleyer had made no charges
of infidelity against his wife and Koch
ler's name had not been mentioned in
connection with the case. The Schley-
ers had two children, Henry and Mabel
and they had been living with their
mother. 1t is claimed that Koehler had
taken a great interest in the children
and this had further enraged the hus-
band against Koehler.
Story of Mrs. Allen
Mrs. E. III. Allen was q boarder at
the home of Mrs. Schleyer and she was
at the house when the shooting took
place. Mrs. Allen when seen said:
was in my room upstairs when
heard ~Schleyer enter the house and a
minute later [ heard the discharge of a
revolver. [ thought that the children
had secured the revolver belonging to
Mr.. Koehler and [ rushed down stairs.
When | got to the kitchen I found
Koehler and Mrs. Schleyer, but the hus-
band had fled. I saw nothing of the
shooting"
Schleyer Won't Talk c
Schleyer was seen at the county Jail
this morning and seemed to be intensez
ly nervous. He had recovered somes
what from his excitement and spent
most of the time leaning against his
cell door. When asked for an interview
in regard to the crime Schleyer said:
don't think [ can say anything in
regard to the matter at this time. You
won't have to look for the cause. -
Then he had something to say in regard
to the fact that Koehler had been board
ing at the house for number of wears.
flor bo II
don t want to say anything more about
it. = By this time the chief of police
had come to the Jail to take Schleyer
to the Court of Justice McCarron for
hearing. The complaint charging as
sault with intent to commit murder had
been made by the chief and there were
only a few people in the court room
when Schleyer was brought before the
justice.
Held in Bonds of $4,000
Schleyer listened to the reading of
the complaint and then entered plea
Of ESNot Guilty" to the charges. At
torney George w. Taylor appeared for
him and did all the talking. Most of
the time Schleyer sat with his head bur
led in his hands. Arrangements were
made to continue the case for ten DAYS
IN order to see the condition of the two
victims and the bond of Schleyer was
placed at $4,000. Attorney Taylor
stated that his client could not give
bond and he was taken back to the
county jail. His appearance on the
streets attracted little attention as few
people had expected a hearing until
this afternoon or tomorrow.
Was Kind to Daughter
Miss Elsie Gras, who lives at the
Schleyer house, told an interesting story
IN regard to the tragedy Together
with little Mabel Schleyer one of the
two children Of the Schleyers, she had
gone down town just before three
O'Clock Sunday afternoon. She and the
child met Schleyer at the corner of
Prairie avenue and Chicago street.
i" schleyer was perfectly sober, when
we met him, said Miss Gras this morn
ing, and he chatted with Mabel.
She asked him for nickel and he stop