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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
Three TO Run
as Independents

announcement was made this after
noon that as a result of conferences
held on Tuesday evening, there would
be three Independent candidates for
county Offices in Kenosha county at the
November election.
Peter NJ. Anderson viii run indie
pendently for assemblyman. Lewis
Powell will be candidate for district
attorney and John Scholey for sheriff.
All three men were defeated as can
didates for the Republican nomination.
Attorney Powell stated that formal
statement would be given out this at
ternoon or tomorrow in regard to his
candidacy and that similar announce
ments would be made by Scholey and
Anderson. The announcement of As
semblyman Anderson will be found in
another column.
None of these independent candi-
dates had the endorsement of the Nom
Partisan League at the recent primar-
les.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
Elk RI!
0'HARE DEMANDS
CHARGES BE SIFTED
Chief of Police Asks That Police and
Fire Commission Meet Tonight
and Hear Stories.

Chief of Police owen o'Hare just
before three o'clock this afternoon
asked the president of the Fire and
Police Commission to call meeting
of the commission for this evening to
hear charges. that undue force had
been used by members of the police
force in dealing with Frank Lang.
IF this man was beaten I did not
know it" the chief said. The action to
ask the commission to hear the story
of Lang and sift the charges to the
bottom, was taken after the chief and
Mayor John G. Joachim had a confer
ence called by the chief.
It was asserted this afternoon that
Lang had again changed his mind as
to whether or not he murdered Charles
Pacini. II will enter the same plea
on Friday" he told Detective Charles
Rock after he had been taken back to
the Jail, Rock declared that Lang had
made this statement this afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
Williams Confesses
Gamblers Indicted

Chicago, Ill-"Lefty" Williams was
the third White Sox player to confess
that the White Sox had thrown the
1919 world series to Cincinnati before
the Cook county grand jury. Assist
ant States Attorney Reprogle in charge
of the investigation, said today that
Joe jackson stated that Williams had
received $4,000. Judge Mcdonald an
nounced that Williams made g com
plete confession and then Mcdonald
made the following statement: "We
have now all the evidence to go ahead
and prosecute every one connected
with the conspiracy. Players and
gamblers alike. We don't need any
more evidence" A Chicago paper APP
peared this afternoon with what was
purported to be confession by CLAP
Ply" Felch, former Milwaukee Associa-
tion player. The paper quoted Felch
as saying "He got his $4,000 but the
eight players were double crossed out
of an even split of $10o,o0o."
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
RACINE DECIDED
NOT TO PURCHASE
Vote 8 to 4 Against Buying
Gas Plant in Racine
at This Time.
MAY SUBMIT AGAIN
Leaders in Racine Believe Incl
dent Closed by Action Of the
Council on Tuesday Night.

At meeting of the Racine City
Council sitting as committee of the
whole on Tuesday night the members
of that body voted nine to four in
favor of a resolution to rescind all ac-
tion taken by the council in regard to
the purchase by the city of Racine of
the gas plant of the Wisconsin Gas
and Electric company. The matter
must come formally before the city
council at meeting to be held on next
Tuesday evening. After the action of
the council the people of Racine will
have a chance to resubmit the ques-
ton by referendum provided ten per-
cent of the voters petition the council
to re sumbit the question for a refer
endum. 1t is not believed that the ten
per cent of the voters will be found
who are willing to ask for a reconsid-
Grafton of the matter If the people
fail to take this action in thirty
days the whole proposition of pur-
chase under the law must go over for
a period of four years.
City to Aid Company.
1t is understood in Racine that this
means the death of the plan for the
purchase of the gas plant by the munic-
ipality, The company and the city
have already agreed upon plan bs
which the city will subsidize the extern
sions of the plan in Racine and it is
believed that under this plan the city
will get extensions demanded for it's
growth. The company retaining the
plant 1t is not expected that the supply
of gas which has been sent to Kenosha
will be interfered with unless the city
Of Racine files petition with the
state railroad commission demanding
that some acton be taken to cut off
this supply and have the plant used
entirely for the city of Racine.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
MILWAUKEE MAN
CLAIMS BIG LOSS
VIM. O'Hare Held by PO-
lice Charged with Roll
ing" Elevator Foreman.
DENIES THE CHARGE

William "Squeezy" 0'Hare was ar
rested this morning by Police Officers
Breidt and Borden and he is being held
pending the investigation of the story
of H. A. Bradford, a Milwaukee man,
who declares that he was "rolled" for
a considerable sum of money Tuesday.
Bradford told the police that he had
$240, a part of which belonged to the
company by whom he was employed.
He said that he accepted the invitation
of O'Hare to have drink and that
after he had taken the drink he knew
nothing of what happened but that
when he became conscious again he
found that his money was gone. He
was a little hazy as to just where the
transaction had taken place.
O'Hare Says Money Given Him."
O'Hare was brought into court this
morning, but the officials held that he
was so under the influence of liquor
that it would be impossible for him to
tell story, and they sent him back
to Jail to sober up. O'Hare had $14O
in money when he was picked up by
the police in q downtown saloon. He
admitted at once that the money be-
longed to Bradford. but he told the
police he could produce witnesses who
would testify that the money was Civ
en- to him by Bradford for safe keep
ing,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
LEE MAGEE Is
TO BE INDICTED?
Rumors from Grand Jury Room De-
clare Former Kenoshan Caught
in Baseball Scandal.

Chicago Evidence already before
the grand jury involves Abe Attell,
former prize fighter; Lee Magee, Hal
Chase and Heinie Zimmerman, former
members of the Giants; three eastern
gamblers, and ia least three National
League players, according to the state
ments made here today. Assistant
States Attorney Repogle admitted to-
day that ten or twelve indictments
were in prospect. A telegram has been
sent to Debuc, ordering him to report
to the grand jury on October 4th The
Indictment OF the seven players on the
Chicago White Sox team cost Charles
A. Comiskey S2S0,00O, the amount for
which he could have sold their services.
Comiskey fixed the valuation of the
players as follows: Joe Jackson,
$4,000; Buck Weaver, $4,000; Happy
Felsch. $4,000; Claude Williams. $685.
900; Eddie Cicotte, $4,000; Charlie
Risberg, $25, 900; Fred McMullin, $1O,-
600.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
AMERICAN LEGION
AGAINST JAPANESE
(By United Pressl

Cleveland, O.-The American Legion
convention today adopted a resolution
favoring excluding Japanese immi-
grants and picture brides from the
United States and the cancellation of
the gentlemen's agreement with Japan
in respect to immigration. The meas
ure as introduced charged that the
gentlemen's agreement was constantly
being violated and increasing numbers
of Japanese were crossing the border
into the United States. An uproar fol-
lowed the introduction of the measure.
It was sponsored by California and all
the western states as we'll as by Ha-
waii. Colonel Milton, foreman of the
Illinois delegation, made a motion that
the United States prepare to meet the
Japanese menace. The motion, how
ever, was lost in the uproar and was
not acted upon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
SUNNY JIM FELL
AMONG THIEVES
Well Loved Kenosha Citi-
zen Gets Hard Treatment
While Visiting in Boston.
HE IS ROBBED OF $65

The city of Kenosha has an indict-
ment to bring against the city of
Boston, that historic classic city, on
account of the inhospitable reception
that it gave to Sunny Jim Bailey of
Kenosha, who returned last night after
attending the gathering of the agents
of the Massachusetts Mutual Life In
surance company in Boston. Sunny
jim" came home without his pocket
book and left somewhere among the
thieves of Boston the sum of sixty
FIVE dollars"
Eyes. I had fine time with just
one exception" said Mr.. Bailey this
morning. 81 got my pocket picked and
the thieves got away with sixty five
dollars of my money!
Don't Know When or Where.
Mr.. Bailey insists that he lived in
Boston the same exemplary life that
his friends know that he lives in Keno
sha but he insisted this morning that
he did not know when or how he was
"feeled" for his pocket book. 81 know
that I had it carefully secluded in my
inside pocket. l know that l reached
for it and it was gone and that with
it went sixty-five dollars"
Mr.. Bailey intimated that he did not
believe that the pocket book had been
lost. His idea was that Boston was
just inhospitable and that some thief
removed it while the Kenoshan was
being iostled in the crowds.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
Wounded Cashier
Identifies Bandit

0shkosh-One of the three men
who, with three women claimed to be
their wives, were arrested at Chippewa
Falls and brought here yesterday as
suspects in the raid of the Exchange
bank of Oshkosh by bandit gang, has
been identified by John E. Glatz,
wounded assistant cashier of the bank,
as the man who fred the shot that hit
him in the face and fractured his jaw
This man gave his name as J. l.. Turn
err. The other two, who gave the names
Of E. G. Rogers and James King, were
also brought before Mr.. Glatz as he
lay in bed at local hospital but he
could not recall seeing him before.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
.FOR0ETS WRONGS
10 SAVE HUSBAND
Mrs. F. Lang's Efforts to
Save Husband Saved Him
From Sentence Today.
CALLS AN ATTORNEY

Frank Lang, who on Tuesday con-
fessed that he killed Charles Pacini
and who this morning rescinded his
confession, has the wife whom he mis-
treated to thank for the fact that he
is not now on his way to Waupun to
serve out a life sentence for murder.
Because she forgot the wrongs which
he had inflicted on her for the two
years that they have been married and
took steps to save him from spending
the rest of his life in prison, he had
an opportunity this morning to rescind
his confession and was granted more
time for the investigation of the two
stories he has told.
Attorney Buckmaster, who arrived
just in time to prevent sentence being
passed, was sent there by the wronged
wife, who despite her i'll treatment re-
NAMED faithful to her husband be-
cause she believed he was not guilty of
the crime to which he had confessed.
Calls Attorney This Morning.
Yesterday Mrs. Lang sent letter to
Attorney Buckmaster. Early this
morning she called him by telephone
and asked him to stop at the home at
ENGLISH court.
81 know he has been cruel to me-"
she explained, "but I can't let him be
sent to prison for life without telling
what I know" Then she told Attorney
Buckmaster the story which she told
to a representative of the Kenosha
Evening News on Tuesday when she
declared he was at home on the night
of the murder and could not have been
guilty of the crime.
Pleased at Judges Action.
Later in the morning a News re-
porter was the first to tell Mrs. Lang
of the respite which had been granted
her husband and that her efforts had
been all that saved him from a life
sentence. She reiterated her story of
the night of the murder and when con
fronted bv the statements made by
Lang in his cell last evening, she de-
clared that he certainly was crazed
or did not know what he was talking
about"
Attorney Buckmaster told Mrs. Lang
of the action of the court and also in
formed her that she might be permit
ted to see her husband. She declared
that she would go to the county jail
TODAY to talk to him if the sheriff
would permit it.
May Hang on Her Testimony.
Sometimes have wished that
may never see him again." declared
Mrs. Lang, "but despite all this feel
that must tell what I know regarding
the case"
Attorney Buckmaster is laying great
stress on the fact that Mrs. Lang re-
members bathing the children on the
night of TIE murder and that she re-
members that while she was bathing
them, Lang went to bed where he re-
NAMED until morning. She says that
she is positive it was Saturday night
because for years it has been her Gus
tom to battle the children on Saturday
evenings and even though her memory
might fail her, this fact had strength
ened it in regard to the events on the
night Of the murder of Charles Pacini.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
BURY IRISH RIOT VICTIMS.
tBy Associated Press

Belfast, Ire.-Three victims of the
weekend rioting. John Gaynor. Ed
ward Troddens and John MeFadden,
were buried today, and in spite Of the
recent order prohibiting the marching
of members Of proclaimed political
organizations, there was a large turn
out. Five hundred volunteers followed
the collins of Gaynor and Troddens,
but none were in the procession which
escorted the body of McFadden to the
cemetery. Relatives of McFadden de-
ny that he was a Sim Feiner.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
Plot RumOrs, Are
Rampant in England
(By Associated Press)

London. Rumors of widespread
plots, which have ranged from conspir-
acies to assassinate King George to
blowing up public buildings, have been
current in London during the past few
days. These reports have been caused
by fear that the lives Of public men in
Great Britain might be jeopardized
should any of the Irish hunger strikers
die. particularly now that the BLACK
and Tan" police have made reprisals in
several Irish towns. Police authori-
ties have investigated some of the
more plausible stories, and newspapers
have run down many more, and always
with the same negative result.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30

Declaring that he had been the vic
tim of duress and coercion, that he had
submitted to having chains about his
wrists and that he had been beaten
with club until he confessed the muir
der Of Charles Pacini, Frank Lang,
after pleading guilty to charge of
murder in the circuit court this morn
ing rescinded his plea and his confess
sion and in conference with Judge
Belden declared that he did not kill
Charles Pacini and that he knew alb
solutely nothing of the murder of the
former Kenosha theatre manager.
Lang was remanded to the custody
of Sheriff Joseph Meyer and taken to
the county Jail to await an adjourned
hearing on his plea which was set for
Friday morning at ten o'clock. The
proceedings were the most unusual in
the history of the courts of Kenosha
county and it has raised grave doubt
as to whether or not the mystery sur
rounding the death of Pacini has been
solved
The district attorney and Chief of
Police O'Hare who were not present
when the formal confession of Lang
was secured, declared that they could
not give information necessary, but
that it was their best belief that the
man had made the statement without
duress or coertion.
Judge Halts Sentence.
The proceedings of the morning will
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
THE TELL-TALE MARK.

The tell-tale mark that led to the
undoing of Frank Lang was a deep
cut on his right wrist, according to
the story told of his arrest by Po-
lice Officer Charles Amberlang. The
police were on the lookout for the
thief who had broken into the Cozy
saloon. Their only clew was that
someone had broken the window
with his fist and had left a trail of
blood on the broken window pane.
When they rounded up the sus-
poets, they looked carefully for
cut somewhere that might explain
the drops of blood on the broken
glass. Lang only had Jagged cut
on his wrist. This was the point
which helped secure the confession
of the first murder and one confes-
sion led to another until Lang had
admitted that he was the man who
had killed Charles Pacini.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
BULLETIN.


A commission of doctors, COM
posed of Doctors ]. F. Hastings,
George F. Adams and p. P. nj.
Jorgensen made an examination of
the physical condition of Frank
Lang, who confessed to the Staying
of Charles Pacini on Tuesday
morning. DR.. George F. Adams,
after he had made an examination,
said: Gle is a sight. The man
was evidently submitted to terri
BILE beating. / believe that the
small bone of his left forearm is
broken. His arm is badly discol-
ored and shows signs of having
been beaten. The fact that he can
use the arm does not indicate that
It is not broken. His shoulders are
horribly bruised and appear to be
skinned in several places. He is
bruised on the buttOcks and on the
legs, where he claimed he was
struck by the police officers. He
is a sight"
later the man was to be taken
TO a studio to be photographed in
order that the extent of his injur-
les might be shown to the court
and it was planned to take him to
the Kenosha Hospital for an X-ray
treatment in order to ascertain
certainty whether or not his arm
had been broken.
DR.. Adams has been the family
physician of Lang for some time.
He referred to him as ''irrespOnsi-
bic and a dreamer"
Other people declared that the
man had had a lot of visions"
and the sentiment was gaining
ground that regardless of the GER
tainty of the police and district
attorney that the man had told
the truth in his confession that
his statement might have been
only dream"
DR.. Hastings said: "The man
must have beaten numerically"
DR.. Jorgensen said: "If this is
the third degree l am ready to
say that it is some degree. The
man was terribly beaten. He is
suffering from bruises all over the
upper part of his body. His arm
may not be broken, but 1t appears
TO me to have been twisted"
Sheriff Meyer declined to permit
the man to be taken to studio
TO be photographed without an or
der from the circuit court and it
was said that such an order would
be sought this afternoon.
Arrangements were made to take
Lang to the Kenosha Hospital at
1880 o'clock at which time the X
ray picture will be taken. After
the examination, Or. Adams said.
that the arm might be broken in
che shoulder.
Lang in his statement TO the ex-
aiming physicians said that he
had been beaten with ''long" clubs
and he named Captain Wade,
former police officer; William
Biennemann, and Number II
Amberlang, believe" as the men
who had welded the clubs.
Wade and Amberlang this morn
ing declared that they had never
struck the man with club.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
MASTER BUILDERS STAND PAT.

At the meeting of the Master Build
ers association held last evening in the
Chamber OF Commerce hall, the con
tractors agreed to stand solidly behind
the proposal which they submitted to
the carpenters last week. In this they
declared they would refuse to grant
any increase in wages as demanded by
the carpenters, who have threatened a
strike unless an increase to $1.35 an
hour is granted or some compromise
agreement reached.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
OHIO JURY TO ACT.

Cincinnati.-As result of Pitcher
Eddie Cicottes confession that he
found bride money under his pillow at
hotel in Cincinnati after he had
pitched and lost the first game of the
worlds series of last year, will be in
vestigated by the Hamilton county
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
More Confessions
ere Now Expected
(By AssocIated Pressl

Chieago Further confessions by
some Of The seven White Sox players,
who, with one former player, were in
dicted yesterday in connection with
the alleged throwing of the 1919
worlds series, will be made within a
day or two, Alfred S. Austrian, at
torney for the ball club announced to-
day. 1t has been rumored that at least
two Of he seven were anxious to
supplement the confessions of Eddie
Cicotte ard Joe Jackson.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
Nip New Scandal
in Bud Today
tBy Associated Pressl

New York.-District Attorney Lewis
of Kings county announced today that
he would start an immediate investi-
cation of report that clique of
gamblers plan to bride members of the
Brooklyn Nationals to lose games to
their American League opponents in
the coming worlds series.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
BABE RUTH SCORES 'NUMBER 54s

IHy h5sDtIateN IEa7I
Philadelphia.-Ba Ruth scored his
54th home run for the season to-day.
The wallop came in the ninth inning
of the first game between the Yankees
and the Washington team when Ruth
sailed one over the right field fenes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
Witnesses in BergstrOm
Trial at Laramie Describe
Details of Crime.
WEDDING STORY TOLD
Miss Maude A. Cook Tells How
Gladys Macarthur Bergstrom
Gave False Age to Marry.
BULLETIN.

Laramie, Wyo.--The jury in the
Roy Bergstrom case is as far from
selection as yesterday. FOur ven
Tres aggregating 100 men have
been exhausted and the iifth was
issued today. The great trouble
has been from men who do not be-
lieve in capital punishment. The
court took recess this afternoon
out of respect of c. S. Gronbaum.
a prominent Elk and knight of
Pythian, whose death occurred at
three O'Clock. County Attorney
Patterson believed the hearing of
evidence would begin some time
tomorrow. He is insisting on
verdict of murder in FIRST degree.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
REIFAsE BERGDOLL WITNESSES

Philadelphia, Pa Mrs. Emma C,
BergdoT mother of Grover and Erwin
Bergdoll convicted draft evaders and
four defendants one of. them her
third son-are at liberty on bail.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30

Continued on page 81
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-13

though the latter was the wir,
Drummie showed to advantage in er sve.,
one of the six rounds, but he ddniy, dNGeIy
have cinch, or anything like ha tha.
Reynolds proved willing boxer nd,,
tried his best throughout; but class viii
tell. and Drummie had lots of tbat E"'
Vincent Franchetti, who rses q,
sobriquet of Joe Jackson in the % VIM mo
put on rough battle in an cffort !,
knock out Young Franks, of New Yort 70
but Franks wasn't in there to ba 'rn M
away. He lasted the limit. altbonpuh, pJ,
Jackson walloped him for singles. J,ss1
bles and triples. While Jackson lackad
the home run sock, his batting avera :.
entitled him to the decision BY a I' mia
Willie Curry knocked out Mike Wa
honey, a bimbo from Boston who didn,t
know. how to hold up his arms. in
less than a round. Curry hit Mahonsu
so. hard he broke his own right shoc
In the opener Pink Bodie, after having
his hair operated amateurisbiv bS bS
frankie Howell between the third and
fourth rounds, put on clever eybib;.
ton. but Jimmy Austin's aggrcssivenpss
and hard punching enabled the latter ia
win W