The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-10-14
MAE BULL MUST STAND TRIAL
Court Refuses to Permit Woman to Give
Evidence Against Defendant When
Hearing Is Held and District Attor-
ney Gives Up Prosecution.
(From Thursday S Daily

Frank Hansmann, arrested ten days
ago, following admissions made to the
sheriff and chief of police by Mae
Molter Bull, was discharged on a pre-
liminary hearing in the municipal court
this morning Judge G. E. Randall hold
ing that the evidence presented by the
state was insufficient even to bind
Hansmann over. In the hearing of the
charges against Mrs Bull, which came
us at the same time no defense was
proposed and the young woman was
held for trial under the charge made
in the warrant, at the next term of the
circuit court. She was directed to give
bonds for $1,000 for her appearance at
that time and the court placed her in
charge of her attorney R. V. Baker
| pending the signing of new bond
which is to be furnished this afternoon.
To use the language of the street
/ the case of the State against Hans
mann "blew' when Judge Randall re-
fused to permit the young woman in
the case to answer questions relating
| to her relations with Hansmann. The
! district attorney admitted in court that
! he was not ready to present any evil
dence in support of the admissions
which had been made by Mrs. Bull. At
torney Baker who appeared for the de-
! PENDANTS at once made q motion de-
handing the release of Hansmann. He
! dnolaraI +ba+ If hn ctTia of
had any further evidence against Hans
mann be could arrest him and declared
further that Hansmann had no inten-
ton of leaving the city. The district
attorney spared for time and asked
an adjournment of the case but the
court promptly denied this motion hold
! ing that if the state had evidence suf-
! fcient to bind over Hansmann it had
plenty of time to get this evidence in
condition to present to the court this
morning. Hansmann at once left the
court room and he was visibly pleased
with the outcome of the case.
There was nothing frenzied about the
hearing today. Less than dozen peo-
pie were in the court room. More had
come before the opening of the case
but the Judge promptly issued an order
barring spectators. Mrs. Bull was alone
in court and the only woman in the
court room. The case against her was
the first to be called. The sheriff took
the stand and told Of the admissions
made to him and the court held that
such admissions were competent testi-
money. The attorney for Mrs. Bull en-
tered no defense and she was held for
trial 1t was declared that she would
have an elaborate defense later.
When the Hansmann case was called
and after the chief Of police and the
sheriff had testified to admissions made
by Mrs. Bull in which the name of
Hansmann was mentioned the woman
was called to the stand. She got as
far as giving her name and declaring
that she was the wife of Frank Bull,
when the testimony came to an end.
Attorney Baker at once objected to her
giving any testimony in regard to her
relations with the defendant Hans
mann and the court sustained his OBJ
lection. Then Paul Hildebrand was
called to the stand. He had hothing
to offer in regard to the main issue on
the case but he told of how he had
been approached by the defendant in
an effort to find out what he knew of
the whereabouts of Eva Major Goerndt.
This did not seem to make any very
strong impression. The trend of the
testimony indicated that the state was
seeking to show that efforts had been
made to keep Mrs. Goerndt out of the
reach of the court until after the hear
ing was over. The testimony of Hide
brande intimated that the effort had
been successful.
People who had expected that the
testimony would have been full of
thrills would have been disappointed
even had they been in the court room
Not once was any name mentioned in
the testimony with the exception of
the two defendants and Attorney Bak-
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Hansmann declared that his client had
no desire to introduce the names of
anyone else into the evidence. Mr.
Baker held that the holding of Hans
mann for a longer time would turn
1pr0secuti0n into persecution q
The district attorney made no reply to
the argument and he was evidently ex-
pecting the discharge of Hansmann
when the star witness, Eva Major
Goerndt was still among the missing
The hearing of Mrs. Bull on the
charges may be taken up at an early
session of the court. The young wo-
man made no statement as to her de
sires in the matter but her attorney
after she had been bound over insisted
that the case would be bitterly contest