The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-09-17
FOSTER iNED BY A REVOLVER
Denies Charges Brought by Woman
Who Formerly Lived at Salem-Pair
Admit Guilt in Court and Are Placed
on Parole For Two Year Term.

John Morrow, young telegraph
operator from Deerfeld, Wis, and a
student at the University of Wiscon-
sin during the past year, husband OF
Emily Stocker Morrow of Genoa juno
ton, appeared before Judge Randall in
the municipal court this morning and
pleaded guilty" to a charge Of at
tempting to extort money from }. A.
Foster, one Of the most prominent men
Of the western part Of the county.
Foster is sixty years Of age and the
head of the Foster Mercantile Com
pany owning stores at Salem and
Bristol
The charges against Morrow and the
story revealed in connection with them
form one Of the most sensational chap
tiers in the history of the criminal
ence has been imposed on Morrow
and Judge Randall will consider the
matter before he sentences him. Eos
ter, who was cruelty wronged in the
alleged attempt to extort money has
proven himself good samaritan and
he has declared to the court that he
IS willing to have Morrow placed on
parole. Emily Stocker Morrow, the
wife, was also arrested and her case is
still waiting hearing in court.
Morrow was arrested at Salem on
Friday morning and the wife was tax
eE into custody at the same time. The
two were brought to Kenosha on way
freight on Friday afternoon and late in
the afternoon Morrow made full
statement of the facts in the case
which was reduced to writing. Fol
lowing this statement he entered his
plea of guilty this morning.
The incident on which the prosecu-
ton was based took place at the Eos
ter store in the town of Salem on
Thursday night when Foster found him
self looking into the muzzle Of re-
volyer in the hands Of Morrow and
Morrow made demand upon him for
the payment of money for wrongs al
legged to have been done to his wife,
Foster was in the store alone just
after six O'Clock Thursday evening
when Mr., and Mrs. Morrow entered the
store. He had never seen Morrow but
he knew Mrs. Morrow as she was form
erly resident of Salem. Morrow APP
preached Foster and asked for priv
ate interview. Foster took him into
b0 Of
Morrow explained his mission. He de-
clared that his wife had informed him
that Foster had wronged her and he
demanded reparation.. He insisted that
he and his wife did not desire the
notoriety which must necessarily follow
suit in court and at the same time
intimated that the matter could be fix
ed up with money payment. En-
phasizing this demand he drew the
revolver from his pocket and coolly
covered the Salem merchant
You have revolver and I am I'M
armed and unable to defend myself so
guess you will have to shoot me, !"
said Foster, and Morrow lowered the
gun and showed a willingness to com
promise. Foster entered an emphatic
denial to charges made against him by
the young student and Morrow prompt
ly called his wife into the warehouse
and in the presence of Foster she re-
newed che accusations which she had
made to her husband. Foster made an
excuse to leave the room and called his
son. Then the Morrows left the store
and as soon as possible Foster came to
Kenosha and laid the facts in the case
before the district attorney. A war
rant was issued for the arrest of
Morrow, charging him with aiming a
gun at Foster.
Morrow was greatly wrought up
when he reached Kenosha in the Gus
Itcdy of an officer and the first demand
that he made after reaching the court
room was that he have a priest sent
to him. Later under a gruelling ex-
emination on the part of the district
attorney he told the whole story of
the incident at Salem
"'The little Stocker girl" as she is
familiarly known at Salem, is the
daughter of former telegraph opera
tor at Salem She was as child famed
for her beauty, but things went wrong
with her and some time ago she was
arrested in Kenosha as a delinquent
and sent to the state school for Girls
In Milwaukee. She was pardoned by
Governor McGovern a little over a
year ago and returned to the home of
her parents at Genoa Junction. Then
Morrow came and the two were mar
Red. Morrow alleged to the officials
that he had known nothing of the
career of the young woman before the
marriage. They went to live in
otoughton and it is alleged by the hus-
band that the wife was untrue to her
marriage vows. He came to Kenosha
county and Mrs. Morrow asked the 20
lice to arrest him for abandonment.