Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-10-02

GUILTY OF I'd
DEGREE MURDER
lFrom Fridays Daily


ton of the accident in which his auto
mobile killed three persons ant
of the accident in which his automo
bi1ebiie killed three persons AMI
badly manned a, fourth on the nigh
of March 10, when he drovt his ma
chine into a crowd boarding a stree
car in Milwaukee was statemen
Judson Montgomery, on trial on {
charge Of second degree murder
when he took the stand in his, own de
Tense, Thursday in the above city.
Montgomery also testified that ht
had no recollection Of the events Of
the moments Immediately preceding
the crash.
He did not deny any OF the state
ments which he is alleged to have
made in the police station the might
Of the accident. He recollected what
happened after several roadhouses
were visited on. the Blue Mound road
and said that at the last place, Bar
ney FarreI's, he felt that he was slip
ping.
'At Farrell's / wished the chauf.
feur was there" he said. II called
up the garage to see if could get
him to come out and drive us home
But / did not get him. Leavy then
asked me if he should drive. I told
him / was all right, I'd get home all
right. Then we got into the car.
have a hazy recollection of going
over the Grand avenue viaduct but ]
do not remember turning into Wells
street, nor the rate of speed at which
we were going, nor whether I was
on the left side or not. I have no
recollection whatever, after crossing
the viaduct."
Don't you remember seeing the
street carr" he was asked
Says He Saw No Persons
"I saw the car ahead looking like
a lighted Building, but | didn't see
any persons and I don't. remember
anyone shaking my shoulder, or call
ing out to me For Gods sake, slow
up the car. remember after
ward that there was crash and that
there were some persons in it.
knew something had happened but
didn't know whether hit one person
or an army.
'Then / drove up to the ], garage
and said to the chauffeur: Ed.
have committed something, but /
don't know what it was / left the
garage by the back door and started
for my mothers house. I changed
my mind and decided to go to the
Hotel wisconsin and find the other
fellows, and see what had really hap
pened.
ST met Chauncey Yockey in the
hotel. was nervous and said had
done something, but didn't know
what. Then saw Leavy and he sug
gested that I call a lawyer. / called
Sloan. He wasn't my lawyer, but
was beside myself. Another friend
was with us, John Blinn I heard
talk in the hotel about some people
who had been hurt. There were
four or six. or they didn't know how
many. I knew I had done some
thing, but I couldn't tell what.
started for the police station, and
took a car had no thought of run
ming away from anything"
Il was taken to cell and locked
up. Several detectives came in. One
of them was Muellner He called
me a dirty murderer, or words to
that effect, and pleaded with him
My God, man, I didn't know what
have done. Have mercy Sleep was
impossible. The next morning | was
taken before Captain Sullivan.
Montgomery told of his illness last
Seutember, that he had influenza
followed by double pneumonia. He
said he was in the house for three
weeks, and did practically no bust
ness in November or December, and
none in January.
The Sentence
(From Mondays daily.)
J. Montgomery was found guilty Mon
day at Milwaukee of murder in the Sc
cond degree by a jury in the munich
pal court which heard the case against
him in which he was accused of hav-
ing driven his car into crowd of wait
ing passengers on March 19, killing
three.
The maximum penalty under ths
state laws for second degree murder il
rs years. The minimum is not less thar
ia years.
District Attorney W.. g. Zabei
characterizing Montgomery as ..dea
monin 2 death car. closed his ad
dress to the jury late in the afternoon
Judge Chester M. Fowler then de