The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-17
DETECTIVES DIG UP EVIDENCE
Grand Jury in Lake County Makes an
Effort to Get at the Facts Surround
ing the Death of the Man Found on
the Road Near Russell, Illinois.

The investigation of the murder of
Ingolf Hansen, Chicago man, who
died at the Kenosha hospital more than.
a month ago as result of injuries re-
ceived when he was struck by an au-
tomobile-or something else-near the
state line at Russell, is to be re-opened.
The case will be taken up by the grand
jury of Lake county at Waukegan at
half past nine CLOCK Friday morning
and this morning Sheriff Stahl was call
ed to subpoena more than twenty wit
nesses from this county to appear be-
fore the grand jury at that time.
The Lake county prosecutor has not
shown his hand and it is not given out
what facts he has discovered in con-
nection with the case, bu tit is admit
ted that he has had detectives at work
on the case for weeks and it is said
that he has found lot of facts which
he will bring out at the secret grand
jury hearings to be started tomorrow
morning. Prosecutor Eady has been
spurred on to action by demands of
people in the Russell neighborhood who
have insisted that all the facts in re-
gard to the death of Hansen be laid
before the people. A brother of Han
sen in Chicago has also been insistent
that some action be taken by the Of
fcials to make arrests and prosecute
men responsible for the death of his
brother. Just after the death Of Han
sen three arrests were made. These in
cluded James O'Hare, William Smith
and Frank Murrie. After the coroner s
inquest was held in Kenosha county all
of these men were discharged from Gus
tody, the Waukegan officials holding
that there was not sufficient evidence
to hold them for preliminary hear
ing Then came storm of protest
from the people of the. Russell neigh
borhood and the Lake county board OF
supervisors ordered detectives employ
ed to search out the facts in connec-
ton with the death of Hansen. Pin
kertons were employed and these men
were in Kenosha at the time the in
quesS was held and studied closely
the story told by the various witnesses
before tie jury
That the search is to be a deep one
is shown by the fact that practically
every one in Kenosha county alleged
to know anything of the case has been
summoned to appear before the grand
jury Ellen O'Hare of Kenosha, who
was the fance of the murdered man.
was the first name on the list of wit
nesses given to the sheriff of this
county by the Lake county officials
this morning. Miss O'Hare told her
story before the coroner's jury here,
but she failed to make any incriminat-
ing statements against any of the men
who had been held as suspects in Wau-
kegan. Other people from this county
subpoened include all of the men who
had been about the Schultz saloon near
the state line on the night that Hansen
met his fatal injuries.
The list of Kenosha county witnesses
which are being sought by the sheriff
this afternoon includes: Emil Schultz,
Ellen O'Hare, George Roth, Fritz
Roth, HPink' Murrie, Robert Murrie,
James Q 'Hare, Peter Nielsen, John Car
ney, Edward Cuddy, Ike Silver, Fred
Kroner, Cliff Walters, George Kroner,
Fred Schultz, Axel Olsen, Fred Kraus,
Peter Carney, R. G. Grosvenor and
Richard O'Donnell. The last two nam
ed witnesses were unfortunate enough
TO go along the road after the injury
of Hansen and they saw him along the
road. Their names have been in no
way connected with the injury of the
iran, but they were called on account
Of the fact that Prosecutor Dady in
sisted on taking every person before
the grand jury who had see anything
III connection with the case. Out in
the Russell neighborhood the men most
interested in the case believed that the
Waukegan officials had dropped it and
when the sheriff arrived today and be-
gan serving the grand jury subpoenas
his appearance caused real sensation. |
1t may take several days to get all the
facts In the case before the grand jury
in Waukegan.