The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-03-05

upon the district attorney to bring
back to Kenosha and prosecute the
perJurer Poppic and to act on the COM
plants for conspiracy and perjury
which have been regularly made. =
Drury in Hot Reply.
Judge Belden made no reply to the
sensational utterances Of The attorney
but declared that ne would hear any
motions on the case on March 9th.
1t was evident that the court was an
noyed by the statement of counsel but
ne refrained from making any state
ment. The district attorney was not
Sc considerate and he responded to the
statement of Mr. Baker. 81 want the
attorney to understand" said Mr..
Drury, THAT every bit of the facts
alleged in his complaint and warrant
Is part of the records of this court
and that the district attorney will take
no notice of such complaints and war
rants until the matter has been fully
considered at conference between
the attorney and the court.
Mr.. Drury had not completed his
remarks when the gavel of the judge
fell and brought an adjournment.
Deputies Guard Jurors.
The crowd seemed slow to leave the
hall, the jury filed back into the jury
room, Elizabeth Koscak fought her
way through the crowd to the side of
her father, but she made no demon
stration. The judge left the court
room with the officials and the chief
OF police clearing way through the
crowd for him and the sheriff ordered
the room cleared. The jury remained
in their room until after the crowd
had left the building and then they
were escorted to the hotel under the
guard of deputy. This was done at
the request of members of the jury.
Koscak was taken back to the county
Jail. He had evidently expected an
acquittal and he made little comment
on the outcome. He seemed to be
tired and after a talk with his wife
and daughter he went to his cell.
Jury for Conviction on First Ballot
| Members of the jury did not seem to
care to discuss the twenty hour de-
liberation in the jury room, but it was
! learned that from the first the large
majority of the members Of the jury
| had favored the conviction of Koscak
One the first ballot the vote was eight
| for conviction and four for acquittal.
| The jury remained with this division
until after noon on Wednesday. On
| the first ballot after the dinner hour
two of the men who had favored the
/ release of Koscak voted for conviction
and on the next ballot the other two
Joined the majority. In reaching their
verdict the jurors had given great
| weight to the threatening letter which
/ had been sent to Charles T. Jeffrey
and to the fact that they believed
that Koscak had been a willing partici-
pant in the plot, even though it might
have been formed by the detectives at
work on the case. The jury gave lit
tie consideration to the evidence Of
any Of the detectives.
Case Notable in Criminal Annals.
| The case has been one of the most
notable criminal cases ever tried in
| Kenosha. When Koscak was arrested
there was nothing to indicate that he
would be made the nucleus of sucn
frenzied court proceedings. He was a
/ poor Austria laborer and his actions
had indicated that he was not any too
intelligent, but about him was built up
one of the most notable defenses andt
prosecutions ever made in a criminal
case in Wisconsin. Hundreds aud
possibly thousands of dollars were
spent in his behalf, but the source of
this fund, if the expenses of the de
Tense were paid, has not been revealed
Early in the case the contest Of de-
/ tectives developed and as the case pro-
crossed the fight between the detec-
/ tives became such factor in the case
that it overshadowed the fact Of the
guilt or innocense of the defendant.
| Chicago people seemed to take a great
interest in the case and it has been
/ limited that much of the money sL ent
in tie defense Of Koscak was raised
among labor organizations in Chicago.
This statement was denied by the at
| torneys for the defense.
| Mr.. Drury in discussing the case
said: 81 was interested in winning
this case because I believed that a
vigorous effort was being made to pre-
! vent the proper trial of the case and
the administration of justice. No fair
minded man, regardless of his feelings
| toward Koscak, would believe after
| hearing the. testimony that Jerry De
| Cou or any one else in Kenosha enter
ed into any conspiracy. to defeat JUS
| tice or to have this man Koscak sent
to prison. Mr.. DeCou and the other
men interested in the case were con-
WINGED that Koscak was dangerous
man and their fear that he might do
some one harm caused them to employ
the detectives to watch him. All
through the detective investigation
they sought to have the man watch
ed to prevent his committing a crime.
They felt that he was willing to com