The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-11-18
said there were four marks on the
back Of the knife and "black hand"
shudders went through the crowd.


shudders went through the crowd.
The trial of Frank Lang, charged
with the murder of Charley Pacini
started on its second week just after
two o'clock this afternoon with the
hope in the minds of the court and the
attorneys that the defendant would
know his fate by Wednesday morning,
There was pep in the trial as it was
resumed this afternoon and the state
and the defense showed willingness
1 to hurry things to an early conclusion.
/ The defense was still Eat bat" with
few witnesses to be called before its
case was called and it was expected
that before the day was over that the
state would start calling witnesses in
rebuttal to clean up the doubts which
had been raised by the testimony of
Lang. 1t was said that the state would
i not give a great deal Of attention to
the specllations which the defense had
raised in regard to the "green cap" man
but that much of the evidence in re-
| buttal woult be along lines calculated
to break down the story which Lang
and his wife told in his own defense.
Jury Is Refreshed, Too.
The jury appeared refreshed when it
came back into the box this afternoon.
1t had real holiday on Sunday with
bowling game in the morning and an
automobile ride later in the day and
with a chicken dinner at noon and the
jurors all seemed fit as fiddle to take
up the last lap in the case. There were
no sensations brewing.
Oscar Johnson, the missing" wit
ness of the defense, was found early
Saturday afternoon and his message
said that he had just moved from a
boarding house and that on account Of
this he had not received messages sent
to him instructing him to be in court.
The state was not inclined to regard
his evidence of the paramount impor-
lance which had been suggested by the
defense and he was not greatly feared
by the district attorney and his aid
The story of Johnson was made public
in the Evening News. at the time oil
the murder and there was nothing of a
surprise in it in any way. 1t was just
one Of the many stories followed by
the police in an effort to bring the
early arrest of the murderer of Pacini.
Biennemann to Take Stand.
With the case of the defense prac-
tically in, the state had called William
Biennemann as its principal witness
for the afternoon and his testimony
was expected to be watched with in
terest. Biennemann is the man whom
Lang declared threatened him with
death if he did not say that he killed
Pacini and it was not possible to find
him to put him on the stand at the
time the court heard the evidence be-
fore admitting the confession to the
jury. Biennemann has repeatedly de-
clared that. he was not present when
Lang made his confession. All of the
police officers connected with the case
were waiting in the witness room this
afternoon and it was expected that
they would be called to upset the Lang
story of the treatment accorded to him.
Defense Scored Saturday.
Inc ue46HSS III the case won several
victories on Saturday afternoon. ThesL
were found in the testimony of Meyer
Ward and the three physicians who
had been called to examine Lang. Ward
brought most interesting piece of
testimony in support of the contention
of the defense that Lang had told the
officers of his being beaten. He was
l. L l. II
Chief O'Hare, Lang and Rock, when
the trip to Chicago was made follow
ing the confession of Lang. He de-
clared to the jury that at this time
Lang had shown signs of being in
physical pain to such an extent that
his lips were drawn close together and
that his face twitched. He said that
Lang had said in his presence that he
was sore from the beating that the
police had given him. This was in
direct contradiction to the statement
of the chief of police that Lang had
not told him of his injuries. Ward
was not just certain that O'Hare was
present when Lang spoke of his injur-
les but he indicated that it was his
best judgment that he was.
Watched Card Game.
Ward testified that on the trip to
Chicago Lang was very much interested
in card game which was going on in
seat across the aisle and that he
seemed to be more interested in the
card game than he was in talking about
his own arrest and the charges against
him. Ward said outside of the one
statement Lang did not mention his
own case again between Kenosha and
Chicago. He said that he sat in the
seat across from Lang all the way to
Chicago and that no one else, with the
exception of Detective Rock talked
with Lang and that he did not remem-
Der any of the conversation between
Lang and Rock.
Camera Missed High Lights.
The photographs showing the bruises
on the back and shoulders Of Lang
were introduced as evidence in the
case during the Saturday afternoon
session following an Identification of
them by W. D. Sydney, Market street
photographer. There were four poses
of Lang and Sydney admitted to the
jury that the pictures did not show
the "high lights" in the bruises. La
ter DR.. P. P. M. Jorsensen, the first
medical witness called by the defense,