The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-05
WILL PUT NC CARTHY ON TRIAL
Man Who Operated Automobile Which
Killed Rasmus Knudsen to Face Trial
on Charge of Neutrality-suspicious.
timers Litter Up the Calendar.

Clerk of the. Circuit Court B. M. De-
Diemar was busy today getting out the
calendar for the October term of the
Circuit Court which opens a week from
next Monday, this being the last day
for the fling of g Notices for Trial
The term is going to be one of the
busiest arranged for the Circuit Court
in years with a total Of more than
forty cases on the calendar. There is
the usual number of hold-overs and the
criminal calendar reads good deal
like court history. At the very head
of the calendar is the old case of the
State VS.. Pasquale Marcheese in which
the charge is murder. 1t will probably
be carried on the calendar until the
March term as District Attorney Drury
was one of the attorneys for the de-
tense of Marcheese in a former trial
and he will not ask for the dismissal
of the case on this account. There is,
however, no reason to believe that the
defendant will ever be brought to
court. Another of the old timers is
that of the State VS.. Philip Kastnake.
This defendant, charged with larceny,
'eloped" from~the county jail some
five or six years ago and he must be
going yet At any rate a succession
of sheriffs have never been able to get
any trace of him. Kastnake just
walked out of the jail when the late
John Ell. Vietch was the sheriff.
Another familiar case is that of the
State VS.. Clarence Mitchell on charges
of burglary. This case has been held
over for several terms. Mitchell was
taken from the Kenosha jail back to the
Illinois state prison at Joliet and some
months ago the report was sent to
Kenosha that Mitchell had died in the
| prison. Later on the report came to
/ the district attorney that Mitchell was
very much alive District Attorney
! Drury at one time announced to the
court that he would ask for the dismis-
sal of the charge against Mitchell, but
when he found that Mitchell was alive
and kicking he insisted that the case
/ be retained on the calendar.
Of the real live criminal cases inter-
est will center in the trial of James
Mccarthy. The defendant is charged
with manslaughterc in connection with
/ the death of Rasmus Knudsen who was
| run down and killed by an automobile
/ ON Selma avenue in the summer. Me-
Carthy was the driver of the car. Tt is
| 4ho+ The 10 70 IA
trial and it will probably attract lot
| of interest. Mccarthy was released on
| bail. His defense at the preliminary
| hearing was that the killing of
Knudsen was the result of an unayoid-
able accident.
Some interest centers in the case Of
the State VS.. Walter Lojeski, mem
| Der of the police department, which
was appealed to the Circuit Court after
Loieski had been found guilty of as
sault and battery in the lower court.
There are many personal injury cases
on the jury calendar. The most inter
/ esting case for the jury to act on is the
re-trial of the suit of the North
! Western Railway Company against the
Misses Karnes. This is condemnation
proceeding which was tried at the last
term of the court, but both parties
were dissatisfied with the verdict.
Judge Belden ordered a new trial
/ From the number of cases on the,
calendar it would indicate that the
term will last for the better part of
month.
| The regular term of the Municipal
Court in keeping with the schedule
should be on at the same time, but
| Judge Randall has announced that the
! jury will not be called in the Munich
pal Court until the majority of the
eases set for the Circuit Court term
have been disposed of.