The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26
ASSERTS He IS INNOCENT
Post Mortem Over Remains Shows
That He Died Prom a Blood Clot On
Brain and Not From Drowning
Lungs Held as Evidence.
(From Wednesdays Daily

! NEIOn w cOuGSOdy . DdAlyJ
There is plenty of mystery connected
with the death of Herman Martin
whose body was found floating in Lake
Mary at Twin Lakes on Monday morn
ing and District Attorney R. " Baker
and Sheriff Gunter went out to the lake
this morning to continue their search
for evidence in connection with the
case. AS result of the first day S
investigation on the part of the of
fcials Herman Hasten, the last man
seen with Martin, is in the county Jail.
He was arrested late last night by
Sheriff Gunter after having been in
custody during all day Tuesday. Kas-
ten is silent on the question of the
death of Martin, but stoutly declares
that he is innocent. He was brought
to Kenosha and landed in jail late
Tuesday night, but all during the long
ride from the lakes to the city he
never once opened his mouth and at
the jail today he kept the same stolid
silence.
~ am innocent he declared to the
district attorney in a statement he
made in connection with the case and
continuing he said, elf | have to suf-
fer for this you will be furnishing the
wrong man. Herman went over board
from the boat and that is all there to
/ it, To one of the men at the Haegle
Ice House where the dead man and
HASTEN was employed HASTEN said:
l"Poor Herman, he fell over board and
then l threw him the oar, but he re-
fused to take it and l did not see
him afterward.'
! Developments were rapid at Twin
Lakes last night for after the arrival
of Judge Randall and Sheriff Gunter
at the scene a conference was held at
which it was decided to have a post
norton examination of the remains of
Martin at once and Doctors Thompson
and LanSdoWne were summoned from
Kenosha and with the light of kero-
sene lamp to work by they opened the
body and removed the lungs Of the
dead man. An examination showed
conclusively that the man had not died
by drowning as there was absolutely
Inc Oh 4bo Ir7ac Hbo 20
placed in glass jar and sealed and
4 brought to Kenosha with the prisoner
last night and they will be held for
evidence at the trial Of Hasten who
will undoubtedly be held for murder as
a result of the verdict of the coroner IS
jury rendered today. The physicians
not only found that Martin did not die
from drowning, but that he had great
blood clot on his brain and this is given
as the cause of his death. Whether
he was killed apd thrown into the lake
or killed in the boat and fell into the
lake is one of the problems that is yet
to be solved.
The officials have two theories in
regard to the case. One Of them is
that Martin and Hasten, who were both
intoxicated when they were alleged to
have gone out on the lake at eleven
o'clock Sunday night, had brawl in
the boat and that Hasten struck Mar
tin with the oar killing him and the
body fell from the boat into the lake.
The other theory is that another man
had part in the killing and that Mar
tin was killed on the shore of the lake
and then thrown into the water
In the company with Martin on Sun
day night were hasten and Polish
saloon keeper from Chicago whose
name is being suppressed. The
saloon man and Martin seemed to be
old acquaintance and from the way
they talked it was thought possible
that there was trouble Of long stand
ing between them. Martin, it seems,
had resided about Genoa Junction for
the past ten or twelve years and the
hChicago saloon man had also been in
that part of the state for some time.
The officials have not given out the
name of the Chicago man and as yet
no steps have been taken to have him
arrested in connection with the case.
He was a guest at the Swartz Hotel
on Sunday and retired just before mid
night Sunday night and left for Chi
cago on the first train Monday morn
ling. 1t is known that this man and
Hasten were with Martin just before
the fatal trip on the lake was started.
The thing that is. puzzling the Of
sdcials just at present is what became