The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-22
JUDGE TAXES PLEA BY PHONE
A. w. Murphy, Chicago Newspaper Man
Refuses Absent Treatment Cure for
Violating Game Laws and is Brought
Into Court This Morning.

Absent treatment in the carrying out
the work of the courts was invoked on
Sunday to prevent Charles Fielden, a
wealthy Chicago manufacturer from
having the stain of violating state
law in Wisconsin hanging over him
any longer than was necessary and
Fielder entered a plea of guilty
over the telephone and Judge Randall
at the other end Of the line promptly
assessed a fine and the costs and this
was paid into the municipal court this
morning. Fielden and his family had
been stopping at the Camp Lake hotel
for some time, but Fielden had forgot
ten to get nonresident fishing
license. Early Sunday morning when
the fishing was at it's best Game War
den Kleist went out in a boat from
the Camp Lake Hotel and the first man
he rounded up was the Chicago man.
E'Have you got license" shouted
Kleist. "Nope, don't need oneo was
the response of Fielden. Where do
you live" was the next question of
the warden and then Eielden got real
busy and told a wonderful story about
the employment he had at a big car
rage manufacturing plant in Kenosha
His knowledge of Kenosha was insult
fcient to make the plea stick and
Kleist at once put him under arrest.
Then Fielden wanted to settle and it
was agreed to take chance on a tele-
phone trial. Judge Randall was sit
ting st the breakfast table Sunday
morning when court was called over
the long distance. The game warden
read the complaint and asked for inn
mediate trial. "All right" said the
court, "'call the defendant. = Fielden
took the phone and started to go into
a lengthy discussion of the Wisconsin
game laws but the court informed him
that what he wanted to know was
whether he was "'guiltyo or "not
guilty" Fielden conferred with the
manager of the hotel and then the tel
ephone at the judges home brought
the plea Of guilty" 81 will fine you
$25 and costs, the minimum fine under
The state law was the response Of the
court and half an hour later Fielden
settled with the game warden for 1913.
81 and got receipt in full. He then
took out license and fshed all day
Sunday. This is the second time that
the telephone has been called into use
in holding similar trials and the meth
cd promises to be popular with veal
thy Chicago men who do not care to
have their day of rest interfered with.
A. w. Murphy a Chicago newspaper
man who was also among those who
fshed at Camp Lake on. Sunday refus-
ed to stand for the absent treatment.
He declared that if he was going to
be relieved of $28.62 he was going to
see how it was done Murphy and
his two children were out in the lake
fishing. Murphy said that the child
rem were fishing but he was brought
into court this morning. He had Wis
ions of testing the law and all that
sort of thing but he was given some
advice by one of the local attorneys
and he went before Judge Randall
and paid the $28.62 with the added
costs of the trip to Kenosha Murphy
insisted that he had not violated the
law but that his fighting the case
would simply result in the arrest of
the children and that he was saving
money by paying the fine himself.