The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-30
WOMAN TELLS OF STRUGGLE
Hasten cz1ers no Evidence in Defense
and Motion of His Attorney to Dis
charge Him is Denied by the MUM
cipal Judge.

| The web OF circumstantial evidence
woven about Herman HASTEN, charged
with the murder of Herman Martin at
Twin Lakes on the night of August %,
was regarded as strong enough to hold
him for trial before jury in the Cir
cunt Court and late Thursday after
noon Judge Randall ordered that Kas-
ten be held for trial on charge of
murder in the first degree and he was
returned to jail without bonds to
await trial at the March term of the
Circuit Court. This action was taken
after the court had denied a motion
made by Attorney Calvin Stewart, who
represented the defendant, in which
he declared that the evidence was in
sufficient to hold Hasten.
No indication of the defense to be
presented by HASTEN was given out
at the preliminary hearing and his at
torney did not place a witness on the
stand to attack the strong circum-
stantial evidence that had been
brought in by the state Hasten did
not make move during the entire
hearing to say anything in his own
defense and, in fact, while an inter
ested listener to the evidence he did
not even confer with his attorney in
regard to the cross examination of the
witnesses. The decision of the court
was no surprise to Hasten or his at
torneys as lit was generally believed
that the preliminary hearing would be
little more than a form. The evidence
IN the case had been largely forecast
ed at the time Of the finding of the
body of Martin and Notwithstanding
the fact that many witnesses were ex-
amlned there was nothing brought out
In the testimony that had not been
brought out on previous occasions. 1t
lis claimed that the district attorney
has large amount of evidence against
hasten which was not revealed at the
preliminary hearing and Hasten will
have to meet this evidence when the
case is tried in the Circuit Court.
1t is said that damaging admissions
have been made by HASTEN and these
facts can not be brought out until
Hasten takes the stand in his own de-
Tense. It is certain that he will take
the stand on the trial and that he will
be the principal if not the only wit
ness in his own behalf.
The last witness at the hearing on
Thursday was Mrs. Amelia Wibrig of
Chicago. Mrs. Wibrig was one of the
women who was living along the lake
at the time of the killing of Martin
and she testified that she was awaken
ed by the noise made by two men who
were evidently quarreling in boat on
the lake. She told of hearing the
words which passed between the two
men and declared that later she heard
some one moaning as if in great pain.
Later she declared the grooming stop-
ped and all became quiet. This was
about the time that it was stated by
other witnesses that hasten had come
back from the row on the lake and
had reported that Martin had Jumped
out of the boat and had probably been
drowned.
After the hearing was over Kas-
ten declined to make any statement
in regard to the action Of the court
in holding him for trial and he went
back to the jail in silence to start
his long wait before he is arraigned
in the Circuit Court. A brother-in-
law of Hasten was in court with him
and before he returned to his home in
Chicago he made arrangements to have
Hasten given every possible care at
the Jail.