The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-06
Charles Loescher, Protesting for
Delay, Taken to Waupun at
an Early Hour Today
NO APPEAL TO HIGHER COURT
Attorneys Interested in the Case Do
Not Believe That Any Effort Will
be Made to Secure Re-
lease of Prisoner
(From Saturday s Daily

| Charles Loescher, sentenced to the
state prison at Waupun on Friday by
Judge Brace, began the service of his
long term in prison this afternoon, but
he went to prison still protesting his
innocence and demanding that the
sheriff keep him in Kenosha until he
had chance to appeal the case to
the Supreme Court Of the state
| Loescher was taken out Of the county
jail just before dawn this morning and
while he had expected that he would
be taken to Waupun today he made a
hard fight against leaving Kenosha.
! When called from his cell he demanded
that he be held in Kenosha until Mon
day morning in order that his attor
ney might have chance to get a writ
from the Supreme Court, but Judge
Brace had made no order along this
line and Sheriff Gunter decided that all
that could be done with Loescher was
| to take him to prison. Chief of Police
| 0 Hare accompanied the sheriff and
the prisoner, and Loescher was still
protesting when he got on the train
for his long trip to the Dodge county
institution.
SO far as can be learned no steps
have been taken to carry the case to
the Supreme Court and it is not thought
that any steps along this line will be
taken. The attorney for Loescher at
! the final hearing of the case on Friday
intimated that he would appeal the
case, but no effort was made on the
part of the attorney to have a writ
| from the Supreme Court to prevent
Loescher from being taken to prison
this morning and it is generally
thought that the case will be dropped
In his final argument on motion
for new trial, Attorney Stewart de-
clared to the court that he believed
that the Supreme Court would not
have granted a new trial had Loescher
been found guilty" of assault with
intent to commit criminal assault and
as the court sentenced Loescher to the
extreme penalty under this charge
rather than to a lighter penalty under
thought that the friends Of Loescher
will drop the case as it would be a
hard matter for new trial to resu'+ in
his being acquitted entirely Of the
charges against him and should he be
found guilty on the minor charge it
would be, possible for the court to i'm
pose the same sentence given on Friday.
! Loescher has had some experience
with prison service. He spent short
time in the Illinois reformatory at
Pontiac and managed to secure a par
don from Governor Yates after he had
been paroled from the institution
Later he was sent to the Green Bay
reformatory from this county and man
| aged to secure his release from the in
stitution on writ of habeas corpus.
Loescher himself discovered that he had
been sent to the reformatory after hav-
ing served in another penal institution
and that under the law it was impossi-
BILE for him to be held at the Wiscon-
sin institution. He secured a lawyer
in Green Bay who took the matter be-
fore the Circuit Court there and secur-
ed the order for his release. After the
release of Loescher several other pri-
soners availed themselves of the dis
covery he had made and gained their
freedom.
It is not thought that there is any
flaw in the commitment of Loescher to
the state prison, but with good behavior
his time may be reduced from ten to
seven and half years.