The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-09-30
NEWSPAPER MAN MAKES ERROR
sRails at Judge Randall Over Possible
Action of the Court and Then Tries
to Find Way Out Hearing on Oc-
tober 7th.
lFrom Tuesday . Daily

crowded into the little lobby Of the
municipal court were doomed to bitter
disappointment this morning. They
shad gone early TO avoid the rush at
Fthe preliminary hearing of Mrs. Mae
Molter Bull and Frank Hansmapn, ar
krested several days ago on statutory
echarges. They crowded the court
broom 50 that there was scarcely room
Flor the prisoners at the bar and the
Eatorneys, and their countenances drop
Sped with dull sickening thud when
pthey found that the cases were to be
lcoptinued. The continuation was taken
Yuntil Thursday, Oct 7th and the bonds
Ewere continued with them.
Evidently the stage had been set
for a big day. Every one of the after
Enoon papers in Chicago had sent up
etheir. staff of writer's and staff photo
fgraphers and it looked like moving
Epicture army when they got ready to
'open court. The newspaper men prov
ed inst about as interesting as the
meagre proceedings in the case. They
FURNISHED the sport for the morning.
One little Charlie Chaplin fellow
p~ho said he represented the Chicago
ENews, had been hanging about the
lcourt room for the better part of three
Ehours just to be sure that he got on to
Everything that might come up. He
had two photographers with him.
One of the first men he accosted was
gJudge Randall He flicked the ashes
off cigarette and addressing his hon
Tor started in: Are you one of the at
itorneys in this case2'' 'fNope,' re-
lsponded the Judge. Is the old bear
going to bar out spectators?' volun-
iteered the staff writer. ''Don It know
said the Judge, and then they all
Ewalzed toward the court room and
when Judge Randall climbed up on the
Ebencb, the Chicago man at once start
Sed to look for window to jump
through He was restrained and the
Ecourt let it be understood that he was
ttoo good newspaper man to take any
risks.
The other fellows from Chicago We're
;1ust as oficious about the court. The
Judge barred taking pictures right
from the start much to the relief of
the defendants in the case.
He informed the picture takers that
the court was not operated with view
of furnishing unintelligent newspaper
copy for Chicago papers,
When the case against Frank Hans
A IL A
II. Drury asked continuance on the
hground that material witness in the
case had not been found. This was
bitterly opposed by Attorney r. Y. Bak
Ter who appeared for the defendant
fHansmann, and who insisted that he
The argument Of the attorney was
bristlng one and it in part compensat-
ed the crowd for the long wait about
the court room After a considerable
argument it developed that the I'M
portant witness missing was Mrs. Eva
sGoernt aud on this showing the court
granted the adjournment 1t was
claimed that Mrs. Goernt was in Keno
Isha on Monday afternoon, but if this
was q fact, the woman managed to
keep out of the way of the police Off
GERS and deputies who were on the
watch for her.
Mrs. Molter Bull was in court in
company with her mother, and when
her case was called the district attor-
.ney expressed a willingness to pro-
seed with the preliminary hearing.
This was not to the liking of the at
torney for the defendant and he sug-
gested that both cases be continued
to the same date and this was follow
led by the court.
Judge Randall made no order barring
spectators from the court, but il was
Epretty well understood that such an
Eorder would have been issued had the
tattorneys proceeded to introduce any
ievidence III the case. The judge has
shown in the past that he is not in
favor of the general peddling of this
sort Of evidence and in similar cases
he has barred spectators. It is prob
able that the very active Chicago news
paper man had heard of the former ac-
tions of the judge and for this reason
had decided to start something to pre-
vent the repetition of it.
Most Of the people iii the court
room We're men around twenty-one
years of age, but there was consider
able sprinkling of women in the crowd
They at first hung about the back seats
hut after the defendants came into
court the women were just as active as
the men in seeking to get the front
seats