The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-01-21
IS HELD TO THE CIRCUIT COURT
Woman Comes to Municipal Court in
Taxi-cab and Judge and District At.
torney Hear Plea in Motor Carts
Held in Bonds of $500 for Trial.

In the wierdest and most unusual
court hearing ever held in Kenosha,
Mrs. Grace Gillian, charged with ar
son in the municipal court, waived ex-
animation late Tuesday afternoon and
was held for trial at the next term of
the circuit court i'll bonds Of $500.
The hearing which resulted in the
woman being held for trial, was held
in taxi-cab in front of the municipal
| court building and it was strictly in
keeping with the provisions of the law.
Present at the hearing were Judge Ran
dali, District Attorney A. L. Drury,
Attorney Calvin Stewart, who repre-
sented the defendant, and a relative of
the defendant
Since her release from jail more
than week ago Mrs. Gillian had been
confined to a room at the Kenosha hos
pital and it was declared that her con-
dition was such as to demand an opera
ton. The defendant has friends in
Memphis, Tenn, who were willing to
provide for the operation and early on
Tuesday afternoon Attorney Stewart
appeared before Judge Randall and
asked that the woman be allowed to 90
to the southern city. A conference
with the district attorney was called
and he insisted that some final DISPOSE
ton be made of the preliminary hear
ing of Mrs. Gillian before she be per-
mitted to leave the city.
"The woman would not be able to
attend a session of the court, - replied
Attorney Stewart, "but if the court
will hear her plea 1 will have her
brought here in a taxi-cab.' This
plan was agreed upon and half an hour
later Mrs. Gillian, propped up on pill
lows in a taxi-cab, came to the court.
Judge Randall, District Attorney Drurv
and Attorney Stewart all went out and
got into the roomy taxi-cab and there
Mrs. Gillian declared her willingness
to waive examination of the pre-
liminary hearing and be held to the
circuit court for trial. She signed a
formal waiver of the hearing and
Judge Randall promptly placed the
bond at $500.
Here came one Of the dramatic feat
ures of the hearing. III can not
furnish all of this bond in CASH. said
Mrs. Gillian but she took from her
purse $50 in currency. Then she drew
off her glove and slipped from her
finger handsome diamond ring and
proffered it to the judge as a portion
of the bond. The ring sparkled in the
judges hand as he considered the mat
ter and then he walked back into the
court house and turned the currency
and the ring over to the clerk and
wrote signature of approval across
the face of the bond. A few minutes
later Mrs. Gillian was taken to the
North Western station and in company
with a relative she took train for
Memphis. Experts declared that the
ring which had been accepted as bail
was valued at from $3.50 to 5000. Tt is
said to have been the ring given to
Mrs. Gillian when she became engaged
to her husband.
Physicians declare that the condition
of Mrs. Gillian is serious and that she
may never be able to return to Keno
sha to stand trial on the charge of
arson.
The police are still following the
trail of her husband, Bert Gillian, and
if he can be located he will be arrest
ed and brought to Kenosha and be
charged with the same offense as his
wife.