Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-04-01
eAIISBURY WILL GO
TO WAUPUN
nv DECLARES AGED MAN
u JCI,I ~ ATTEMPT TO KILL
nISTRICT ATTORNEY
-oome With Emotion, Salisbury
noeIarpS Innocence, Holds No
v,lice-ParOle May BE Taken
Tp With State Board

rnomas Salisbury, aged 72, was SEN
oJ Thursday afternoon in Judge
en- .5- cirruit court to serve a term
hSler s,.a Years in the state penitentiary
.! Waunpa on a charge of assaulting
. n..,ritt Attorney John Roberts of
lud D.5,'d Pan;ds. with intent to kill and
O- .r5sr The crime for which Sails
Lur- 9n-y was prosecuted in the state VS.
Ttomas Tt,! salisbury was committed in
6-oambar Llol- last at Grand Rapids.
Old Nan Pitiful Figure
old gray haired and bent, Sails
,rry ~ prpspntad a pitiful appearance
-hon 1i-5 sentenced Thursday. Overcome
W. emotion he endeavOred to express
simsaIf to say something as a conclu-
.-a IN the court. He expressed his
.,nraciaticn Of the cOurtesies Judge
psid has extended to him in the court,
5.cl.rpd that he bore no malice toward
no iury or towards those who had
n,osecuted him and re-emphasized his
i,nocppcp of the crime charged against
him Throughout his life, up to the
angle which created at the last, Sails
Elry had lived an earnest and COM
ms1dablp life. working industriously
br lengthy periods for concerns. An
rrglishman, he possessed recon-
npndations which spoke well of his
,b.lity and faithfulness, adding also
bat he was a person of strict sobriety.
nas,its his age, the defendant was
rob9st and physically weathered his
trial we'll.
Worked in Marshfield
Salisbury worked in Marshfield in
about 1915. He was involved at this
time in some litigation and on one oc-
rssion Attorney Roberts obtained a
claim Of several hundred dollars for
him. Later Salisbury desired to settle
another controversy in which a debt,
he declared, was due him. The adjust
neHt was placed in Mr.. Roberts
hands brought into court, where the
case was won by default, but which
was later appealed to the circuit court
Of Judge Park. In the meantime Sails
bury wished execution of the verdict
Of the lower court but, knowing that
The case was to be appealed, Mr.. Rob-
erts sought to restrain Salisbury, who
twas declared entertained suspicious
Of the faithfulness of his lawyer. Some
words were exchanged and Salisbury
sought another attorney, later losing
bis case in circuit court. Salisbury
harbOred the belief that a league had
been formed against him.
Embttered he sent Mr. Roberts, who
vas then district attorney, a letter
requesting that warrants be issued
charging certain lawyers with perjury
and another with conspiracy. This the
district attorney did not do, deeming
it Unnecessary and untrue. Salisbury
communicated with the governor, and
with Chief Justice Winslow of the
Supreme court of Wisconsin, and later
bad an interview Of Judge Park. All
Of these three men, after investigation,
informed Salisbury that he was wrong
and had made a mistake. InSistent,
the testimony showed, he wrote At
0mey Roberts a letter, in which he
alOrted Roberts to pay him a sum,
which he declared he had lost through
Dis circuit court case. Not receiving
al answer he visited Roberts at his
once, and there shot the attorney.
frequently in his letter he declared
uat If he did not have the protection
q the law, he would take the law into
DIS own hands.
Appeal for Parole
mat some provision will be made
whereby Salisbury will not be obliged
1spend his last days in prison, is the
etileI OF those who have been intimate
Connected with the case. Appeal will
E0OaOly be made to the state board
y control and a request for parole
x registered. Salisbury's two sons,
Is understood, have served in the
.4Ntd States army, one of them being
~ ~ oiileer. Fred w. Genrich assisted
Tsllct Attorney F. w. Calkins of
oVOl county in prosecuting the case
r-C N. J. Bremen of Milwaukee and
=. r. uorman of this city appeared for
ae defendant