The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-04-03
Martin Bugan, Hungarian
Found Dying On the Side
Walk On North Main ST.
Saturday Night.
One man HELD AS SUSPECT
Man Had Been Hit in the Head with
Some Blunt Instrument and Died
Without Being Able to Make ANY
Statement-Here Four Years.

Deep mystery surrounds the alleged
murder of Martin Bugan, forty-three
years of age who formerly resided at
% North Main street and who was
found dying on the sidewalk near 80
North Main street .usee after eleven
0 CLOCK Saturday night. The dying man
was carried into the saloon of John
Danielewicz and he died before DR..
Christopherson who had been called to
attend him reached the saloon. He had
a Jagged wound in the head right over
the right car and his skull was fractur-
ed. Coroner Parker was called and
ordered the body removed to the Cros-
sin morgue. Half dozen men who had
been in saloon with Bugan were taken
by the police and late- all but one of
them were released when they gave as
surance that they knew nothing OF the
manner in which Bugan had met death.
Laze Veekich, who had been arguing
with Bugan in saloon few minutes
before he was found dying, is still held
by the police. He gave his address as
the same as that as the muir 1ered man
but protested that he new nothing about
how "his friendo had been killed.
Bugan and Veekich had been argu-
ing together in the saloon of Frank
Hams just after eleven o'clock and
Bugan left the place. According to the
story told by the men in the Hams sa-
loon the other man did not leave the
place until fifteen minutes later and at
that time Bugan had been found dy-
ing along the street.
The dying man was found by man
who wore the uniform Of the United
States army, but who failed to give
his name to the police or any one in
the Danielewicz saloon. He came into
the saloon at 1920 and called the po-
lice and told the men IN the saloon that
the man was dying on the street. with
men from the saloon the soldier helped
to carry the wounded man into the
Danielewicz place and the proprietor
Of the saloon notified the police.
The coroner declared that his inves-
tigation caused him to believe that
Bugan had been struck with club or
with bottle. Officers said tina it was
possible that Bugan might have fallen
and struck on his head in such q man
ner as to have brought the wound
which caused his death.
Bugan had lived in Kenosha for the
past four years and had made several
trips to Hungary. He was a member
Of the Slavonian society and he has a
brother residing at Webster, Mass.
He is supposed to have wife in Hun
gary, He had been seen in the saloons
of the city on Satuprday night and
had been drinking considerably but it
was said that he was not drunk when
he left the Hams saloon supposedly to
go home. 1t was said that he had not
been in the Danielswich saloon during
the evening.
When the man was being taken away
in the police ambulance, Veekich came
to the back of the ambulance and in
sisted on going with th3 man. He
was my best friend an / want to stay
with him now" Veekich declared. In
stead Of going to the morgue Veekich
was taken to the police station. Many
of the friends of the murderer man
were examined by the police on Sun
day but nothing was brought out to
throw any light on the case.