The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-09-03
Justice Refuses To Hold Rose
Parker on Arson Charge in
Connection With Fire
BAKER SURPRISED AT RULING
Woman May be Arrested ON New War
rent Later but District Attorney
is Not as Yet Ready to Make
Any Announcement of Plans
(From Thursday IS Daily

" I'm lAlAAoNAoaA , 4Jol41
Mike Griffin, the Milwaukee con
tractor, is left to hold the BAG in con
rection with the burning of the Four
Corners resort, as late Wednesday
afternoon Justice Edward Donahue dis
charged Rose Kingston, alias Rose
Parker, who had been arrested on
charge of arson in connection with the
burning of the place
The decision of the court came as
great surprise to the district attorney
and to use his own words he Nearly
fell off the chair when the decision
was rendered. Mrs. Kingston gained
ker discharge without a word Of evil
dence being introduced in her behalf
and without a word being said in re-
gard to the motion of the district at
toIney who demanded that the woman
be held for trial at the coming tern
OF the Circuit Court on the charge in
the complaint IS soon as the evidence
had been completed the district attor-
ney moved that the woman be held to
the Circuit Court, but he was so sure
that the evidence was sufficient to hold
the woman for trial that he made no
argument of the case. Mrs. Kingston
who was not represented by an attor-
Eey in the case, said that she had moth
ing to say in regard to the evidence
that had been presented and She was
called before the court and Justice Don
ahue discharged her from custody at
the time declaring that the evidence
as presented was not sufficient to hold
her for trial in the Circuit Court The
woman Immediately left the court room
in company with mysterious man who
had sat with her during the continu,
anoe of the hearing.
The district attorney was too sur,
prised to make any comment on the
decision of the court at the time. but
later he stated that he was greatly sur
prised and chagrined at the result Of
the hearing as he had regarded the evil
dence as entirely sufficient to hold the
woman for trial and that he had
thought that the case would be
strong one even before jury in the
Circuit Court Tt was reported We'd
nesday night that the district attorney
would at once file a new complaint
against the Kingston woman before
some other magistrate, but the district
attorney declared after the hearing that
he did not know what further steps
would be taken in the matter. Justice
Donabue in discussing the matter dis
missed 1t with the statement that he
did not regard the evidence as sufficient
to hold the woman for trial
Tt is pretty certain that. the evidence
in the hands of the district attorney
viii not warrant the arrest of any one
else alleged to have been connected with
the fire as if the evidence was not
strong enough to hold Mrs. Kinston for
trial it is pretty certain that it would
not be strong enough to convict others
who had only very minor interest in
tho place However, the district attor-
ney declares that he has not given up
the fight and that he will go right af-
ter the suspects that may turn up.
Griffin was nightly tickled with the
failure of the district attorney in the
Kingston case and he declares that
this is an indication that the case
against him VII fail when it gets into
the Circuit Court.