The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-24
REGARDLESS OF HUMAN LIFE
Wilson Pleads Not Guilty When Ar.
raigned on Charge of Reckless Driv-
and Is Expected to Plead to More
Serious Charge This Afternoon.


A formal warrant charging George
Wilson with the terrible injury of An
ton Bredek, Pleasant Prairie powder
worker, on the Geneva Road last Tues
day night was issued in the Municipal
court this morning jnst before noon.
It was issued on the complaint of Chief
of Police Owen O'Hare, the complaint
being drawn by District Attorney Pc
ter Fisher, Jr. The warrant was turned
over to Chief 0 Hare for service and it
is expected that Wilson will be in Gus
tody early this afternoon and he may
be brought into court for hearing. The
warrant for the arrest of Wilson is
made under the state law charging as
sault evincing depraved mind and
without regard to human life. This
statute does not suggest the idea of
murder more than to say that should
the victim of the assault have died the
pc son liable for the assault would have
been guilty of murder in the second
degree.
The name of Wilson was connected
with the injury of Bredek on
the night after he was taken
to the hospital and early on
the following morning Wilson was ar
rested by Chief O'Hare and Police
Officer Charles Rock and taken to the
city lock up. He was released sew
eral days later On Monday a formal
warrant charging reckless driving
against Wilson was issued on the com
plant of Cheriff Jacob Hermann. Will
son was brought into the Municipal
court and arraigned on this charge and
the hearing continued until May goth.
He gave bonds of 5000 for his appear
ance at that time and declared that
he would be prepared to contend against
the state IS attorney.
With the issuance Of the warrant for
the arrest Of Wilson on the charge of
assault police officers began to get sub
poenas for the members of the automo-
bile party who were with Wilson on the
night Of the accident. It is possible
that later on formal warrants will be
issued for the arrest of these men. All
OF them-and the names are known to
the district attorney-will be question
ed at once by the district attorney and
the stories they tell will decide what
steps will be taken in their cases. Will
son has repeatedly denied that he struck
Bredek on the road.
For days the district attorney and
the police and the sheriff have been
trailing every available clew leading to-
ward the guilty parties and these offic-
ials declare the evidence they have
gathered certainly warrants the arrest
Of Wilson. More than dozen wit
nesses have been found who are to be
called at the hearing. Several of
these people were eye witnesses to the
cruel injury of Bredek.
Bredek is comfortable at the hospi-
tai and with recovery of his health
he is making an effort to pull himself
together so as to be able to give a
more connected story of the accident
Bredek now believes that he will be
able to recognize the driver of the au-
tomobile if he is brought face to face
with him. He declares that he is
unable to say whether the top of the
automobile which hit him was up or
down
Working under the instructions of the
district attorney the officials have gath
erred lot of information in regard to
the ride of Wilson and his friends and
it is declared that this will all be
brought out in court when the prelimi-
nary hearing of Wilson is called.