The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-05-28
The Alleged Attempted Slayer Of
Wife and Another To Have
Sensational Defense
HEARING CONTINUED AGAIN
Attorneys for Schleyer Fight For Long
Continuance But Case May Be
Tried in Circuit Court
Next Month

ago on a charge of shooting with in
tend to murder his wife Martha Schley-
er and Herman Koehler who boarded
at the home of the wife, was arraigned
before Justice McCarron this morning
for hearing, but on the motion of the
attorneys for Schleyer the case was
continued for another week and Schley-
er returned to jail under bonds Of
$4,000.
It is said that an effort will be made
to furnish bonds for the accused man.
but the attorneys for him, George W.
Taylor and Calvin Stewart, are not very
hopeful that the bonds can be obtained
Attorney Baker protested against de-
lay in the case on account Of the fact
that he desired to have the case against
Schleyer tried at the June term of the
Circuit Court to open two weeks from
next Monday. The attorneys for Schley-
er demanded ten days adjournment
and the district attorney declared that
this was with the view of having the
hearing Of the case in the Circuit Court
laid over until the September term of
the court
From statements that have been made
it seems certain that the case will be
one Of the most interesting ever tried
in the Circuit Court for this county.
The attorneys for Schleyer have made
no attempt to deny the facts in regard
~ cho L
attorney declared in court today that
the defendant had admitted the fact to
the sheriff the attorneys for Schleyer
made no comment on this fact, but de-
manded hearing on account of the
fact that they desired to know the evil
dence that the state would have to
present when the case was taken up by
the Circuit Court. Neither Mrs. Schley-
er or Koehler were in court and Schley-
er himself remained silent during the
entire proceedings. He did not even
offer a suggestion to his attorneys in
regard to the adjournment and it was
evident that his defense has been left
entirely in the hands of the ATTORNEYS.
Mrs. Schleyer will probably be able to
appear in court at the adjourned hear
ing and the physicians in charge of
Koehler state that he will probably be
able to be in court at that time if there
are no developments in the case for the
worse. Koehler is still in bed all the
time, but Mrs Schleyer is able to sit up
for a. portion Of the day It is not
thought that there is any longer danger
of either of the persons shot by Schley-
er dying
While no official announcement has
been made in regard to the defense to
be put up for Schleyer, it is reported
from his friends that the defense will
be the "Unwritten Law the same de-
Tense urged by Harry Thaw in his first
trial for the shooting Of Stanford
White. It is understood that Schleyer
has repeatedly claimed that Koehler was
directly responsible for the troubles be-
tween himself and his wife which Gull
minated in the divorce courts many
months ago. This is denied by the Dis
trict Attorney who was the attorney for
Mrs. Schleyer in the divorce action and
an examination Of the records of the
case including the answer made by
Schleyer, fails to reveal any mention
of the name of Koehler.
1t is known that Scbleyer complained
in regard to Koehler living at the house
but other boarders at the house declare
that there was no cause for this com
plant. These people strongly support
Mrs. Schleyer in the case and declare
that she was a hard working woman
and that she did no wrong. The de-
tense however will make the trial of the
case most interesting one