The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-12-18
Wife Threatened
To Kill Him
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past her mother, and watched her
father as he fed to the rear Of the
house.
Other Child TestiHes.
! The next witness called was the 9th
er little Bogwilo girl, Violet, who like
her sister, calmly told her version of
the tragedy. Both children declared
they thought their father chased their
mother out of the house. The state ex-
pected to call Chief of Police Owen
O Hare and other policemen to tell of
the finding of the revolver late on the
afternoon of the tragedy. 1t was also
thought possible that Mrs. Charleston
of Zion City Nigh be called to the wit
ness stand by the state. It was not
expected that the district attorney
would be able rest his case this af-
/ teTnoon. !
Paints Bogwilo as Murderer.
The jury to hear the case was com
/ pleted just at the conclusion Of the
court session on Tuesday afternoon and
with the opening of the court this
morning Judge Clarkson presented to
the jury the case which is to be proven
/ by the state. He declared that the
evidence would show that Bogwilo had
deliberately shot his wife. He admit
| ted that there had been trouble be-
] tween Bogwilo and his wife on account
of boarder; that there had been ac-
cusations in the criminal courts and
that an action for divorce had been
brought. He declared that Bogwilo
had been jealous of his wife and that
he had repeatedly falsely accused her
of relations with the other man. He
paid high tribute to the dead woman.
We shall show by the neighbors
and close friends Of this family de-
elared the judge, "that this little
woman worked necessarily in order
that the children mikSlt be reared right.
We will show that she was a good
woman and good mother. He de-
clared that the woman had been re-
peatedly assaulted by Bogwilo in fits
of jealous rage. He told of Bogwilo s
being ordered to keep away from the
house; of his activities in the garage
] at the back of the house and of his
frequent visits to the house to start
quarrels with his wife.
Refers to Auster Case.
Against bitter protests from the at
torneys for the defendant, Judge Clark
son referred to the interest that Bog
wllo had shown in the Auster case. He
declared that at one time he had told
one of his friends that he would settle
small debt after the Auster case was
over and that this man 1yhen he heard
of the killing of Mrs. Bogvilo had ex-
claimed: Now know what he
meant
On the protest of the defendant s
attorney, the jury was ordered to dis
regard this statement.
The judge outlined at length the de-
tails of the shooting of Mrs. Bogwilo
and in closing he said: THE state
will claim and we shall attempt to
prove that Bogwilo knew just what he
was doing when he killed his wife and
ne was not SO mentally unbalanced not
TO know just what he was doing. We
will show that he was sane Immediate
ly before the shooting, Immediately af-
ter it, and at the time of the shooting -
BeSmirches Character Of Slain Woman.
Attorney Baker, in his opening ad-
dress to the jury, painted black pic
ture of the character Of the slain wom-
an. He charged that she had admitted
to police officers and others that she
had been intimate with one George
Fossenko and that her intimacy with
this man had been the cause of the
J failure of the mental balance of her
husband. He declared that the hus-
band had found Mrs. Bogwilo in her
nightgown coming from the room of
the boarder who made up the third
angle of the eternal triangle He
said that he had accepted the story of
the woman that she was coming from
the bathroom but later he had found
evidence to prove that she had been in
the room Of Fossenko. He outlined the
bitter fights which had taken place in
| the Bcgwilo home between the boarder
and Bogwilo and declared that in these
battles the wife had aided the boarder
to assault him. He reviewed at length
fight between Bogwilo and Fossenko
out in Bonds Woods which was fol
lowed by the arrest of Bogwilo, Mrs.
Bogwilo and Fossenko and he declared
thats following this incident Mrs Bog
wilo had admitted her guilt.
Carried Revolver Since Christmas.
Attorney Baker said that Bogwilo
had carried the revolver since Christ
mas Day Of 1918 because he had been
told that Fossenko was planning to kill
him. Bogwilo, he claimed, had been
told that his wife was planning to take
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