Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-30
REGAIN MAKES DENIAL
DECLARES HE NEVER HANDLED
STEPHENSON MONEY.
Was in Palmyra at Time Wagner Said
He Saw Him in the Plankin-
ton Hotel

MADISON, Wis, July 2S.-[ Special
The most of the time at the Wagner
trial this morning was occupied by Dis
trict Attorney Mason, who read into the
record a large portion of the testimony
given by Wagner before the senatorial
investigation committee. A number of
witnesses were on hand, but it was not
expected that any would be reached be-
fore this afternoon. Among those on
hand were Senator S. Nj. Marsh, chair
man of the senatorial investigation com
mittee, Assemblyman TONNES, n. j.
Regain Of Milwaukee. II. Stanley Green,
manager of the Plankinton house. Mil
waukee. and Dan Hyde, house detective
at the Plankinton.
Mr.. Regain was the first witness. On
direct examination he reiterated his testi-
mony given at the preliminary examina-
ton. The substance of this was that he
never was in the Plankinton house at
the time alleged by Wagner, nor with the
men named, nor did he ever handle any
money as alleged. He said that to the
best of his knowledge he was in Palmy
ra until May 20.
On cross-eXamination there were con-
slant interchanges between the attor-
neys. District Attorney Mason seeing in
many of Attorney Jockeys question a
tendency to prOlOng the case without
bringing any vital facts before the jury.
Mr.. Mason objected an several points Of
this kind and finally Judge Donovan said
that the trial ought not to be prolonged
unnecessarily by irrelevant and imma-
terial matter.
IN 70 Of ho nIontipD Of
Isaac Stephenson asked Attorney
Jockey of Mr.. Regain.
mo, sir"
"'Who were you in favor OFF,"
Meal Brown"
You are q DemocratV
Eyes, sir, | certainly am"
With the Introduction of this kind of
testimony, District Attorney Mason dis
played considerable disgust.
Attorney Jockey asked the witness if
he had not made a speech before the
Jefferson club in Milwaukee against the
proposed condemnation of ASsemblymen
Ramsey and Farrell for their action in
walking out of the joint convention and
aiding thus in the election of Stephen
son. The district attorney objected, but
when Mr.. Regain said that he would like
to answer, the objection was withdrawn.
Mr.. Regain said he made a brief speech
at the time, the substance being that he
urged that no censure of the TWO assem-
blymen be voted before giving them a
chance TO be heard.
Mr. kegan continued, in response to
questions, that he did not remember of
having met Mr.. Ramsey in the Plankin-
ton house nor in Michael Sheridan's
headquarters on the second floor of the
hotel during Sheridan's run for the coun-
ty judgeship. He admitted that he and
Wagner were friends up to the time Wag-
ner gave his testimony before the inves-
tigation committee. One time Wagner
came up to him in the PIankinton house,
he said, and asked him to use his infu-
ence with A. J. Lindemann, president Of
the school board, and with T. e. Ryan
and others to get him an appointment as
truancy officer. He said he told Wagner
that he did not know ally of the men
referred to. Later, said Mr. Regan,
Wagner asked him to help him get ap.
pointed as a deputy sheriff.