The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-10
.PAROLED MAN NOW IN RACINE
Order for His Release Bears the Date
of January oath and Gillotti Was
Then to be Released in the Near
Future

District Attorney Robert Verne Bak-
er is indignant at the action of the
Wisconsin State Board of Control
which acting in the capacity of state
board Of pardons issued parole to
Charles Gillotti, the Kenosha Italian,
who was serving a two years sentence
in the state prison at Waupun after
being convicted on charge of robbery.
The district attorney wasted no time
in voicing his Indignation and he was
most vigorous in the expression of his
disapproval of the action of the board.
Gillotti has evidently been at liberty
for some time and he is now in Ra
cine. He was seen out on the streets
of Racine by a Kenosha man on Mon
day and he at once notified the district
attorney of the fact. At the time Gil
lotti was seen he warned the man to
say nothing of his presence in Racine
in Kenosha as he stated it was under
stood that he was to keep out of Ke-
nosha. The district attorney at once
called the Office of the state board Of
control and demanded in voice more
expressive Of anger than anything else
whether or not Gillotti had been re-
leased by the board A clerk who ans
wered the phone stammered over the
matter and finally went and looked up
the records and stated that there was
a memorandum on January oath that
Gillotti was to be released in. the near
future but no date was set for che re-
lease ,7FhT
Ii seems now that Gillotti was re-
leased about THAT time as he is said
to have been in Racine for several
days The district attorney was un-
able to discover whether or not Eman-
uel Cappello and Joe Catuso who were
sent TO prison with Gillotti had been
released
At the time the application for the.
parole was made notice of it was sent
to Kenosha and ON the day for the
hearing the district attorney was con
fined to his bed and he notified the
board protesting against the release of
uillotti and demanding that he be
heard before any action was taken.
Judge f. B. Belden then sitting in the
circuit court here sent telegram to
Ae board making similar protest
he district attorney had not been no
cited in the case since filing the protest
and he declares that the board acted in
direct violation of their agreement with
the district attorney and the judge,
The Gillotti case was one of the hard
est fought criminal cases ever tried in
Kenosha county Gillotti and his two
companions in the trial were charged
with holding up section foreman at
Berryville and robbing him at the point
of gun. AT the first conviction of
the men Gillotti and Cappello were sen
fenced to the state prison for term
of five years but the attorneys for the
men CARED the case to the supreme
court and got rehearing. On The
second trial which ended in October
1908 the men were again found
guilty of the charges and this time
elliott and Cappello were sentenced to
term Of two years in the state prison.
They had been in prison since that
time.
Joe Catuso the third of the trio was
sentenced to the state reformatory at
Green Bay. AS yet the district attor-
ney is not certain as to what course is
open to him but he is planning to lodge
a strong protest against the action of
the board with the state officials and
as Baker is a known fighter it is not
impossible that the action of the board
may be reversed. The district attor-
ney will not take formal action until
after he has chance to discuss the
matter with the, judge of the circuit
court.
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