The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-15
MAY ASK CHANGE OF VENUE
Possibility of Trial of the Case in This
County is Not Discussed at Length
When Defendant is Admitted TO Bail
BY Judge Belden.

O0OTQ0 NOSCdhg Q61SHQdAG LII lIlS
dynamite case, had his first hour of
freedom in more than seventeen months
this Afternoon for just after noon to-
day Judge Belden admitted Koscak to
bail and he walked out of the circuit
court free man. It is doubtful if he
will ever be arraigned as defendant
in Kenosha court again. There was
no excitement connected with the re-
lease of Koscak and less than half
dozen people were in the court room
when the case was called. Koscak APP
peared in the custody of the sheriff
but he was wreathed in smiles as he
had been advised that he was to be
admitted to bail. None of the mem
bers of the Koscak family were in
court at the time and the first that
they knew that he had been released
was when he walked into the little
home on the west side half hour later
ready to eat dinner with the family
from which he had been separated for
so many months. Koscak had been adj
vised early this morning that his at
torney would make motion to admit
him to bail during the dav and he had
all preparations made to leave the jail
long before the final order was signed
by Judge Belden.
With the opening of the session Of
court this morning Normal l.. Baker
appeared before the court and asked
to be permitted to take up the Koscak
case. He made no motion for an i'm
mediate re-trial of the case, but de-
clared that it was possible that the at
| torneys would ask that the case be tried
in another county or another judge
called in to hear it.. Judge Belden no.
tofed the attorney that official afida-
Wits would have to be made if any
change of venue was to be asked and
this matter was dropped without furth-
er discussion.
Attorney Baker then asked that Kos
cak be admitted to bail and he was as
sured that the court was entirely agree
able to such a plan if the amount of
the bail could be agreed upon. Dis
trict Attorney A. L. Drury was at once
summoned to the court house and the
formal motion in regard to bail was
heard. The attorney for Koscak asked
that the bail be placed at $500, declar-
ing that he personally would furnish
this bail. II have no desire to inter
fere in any way with this defendant
being admitted to bail, = said Attorney
Drury, "but I do not believe that
$500 bail is in keping with the charge
against him. I am willing to agree to
a bond of $1,0000 The discussion of
the bail and of the possible Grial of the
case was taken up at length by the
attorneys in the judges chambers and
| just after eleven O'Clock the two at
| torneys appeared before the court and
agreed that formal order to admit
! Koscak to bail in the sum of ST 900 be
entered. The attorneys for Koscak
were away from the court room only a
few minutes when they returned with
the bail bond signed by Dan Hahn, a
Main street cigar dealer and Eugene
Lammacia, west side italian mer-
Sndilt. q uuSCt De1ueu~ gave assurance
that the bail would be acceptable to
him if passed by the district attorney.
Koscak was at once called into court
and he signed the bail bond and was
| discharged from custody. At the pub
lie hearing of the motion no mention
was made of the possible trial of Kos
oak or as to what plans would be fol
lowed in bringing the case to trial.
! With the defendant out on bail it is
certain that the case will not be called
until the September term of the circuit
court and it may not be called at that
time. 1t was stated by the attorneys
| that at least one of the sureties had
been secured in signing the bail. It is
understood that Koscak will remain in
Kenosha and that he will seek work
here. He is declared to be in excellent
/ health.
There was a happy family reunion
at the Koscak home this afternoon and
many of the friends and relatives Of
the defendant dropped in to congratu-
late him on his gaining his freedom.