The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-28
Sends Judge Belden Full
File of County Complaints
from Madison Today.
NOTHING SPECIFIC"
Governor Declares His Best
Efforts to Cooperate with
Court in Every Way.

Governor Emanuel L. Philip has
nothing of a specific nature to offer
Judge E. B. Belden of the circuit court
tn guide him in his examination OF the
warrant for the calling Of grand jury
to investigate conditions in Kenosha
county. The governor told the Judge
so in a letter which was received this
morning. Judge Belden asked that the
text of the letter be not made public
but he declared that the governor had
offered nothing specific" Together
with the letter Governor Philip sent
to Judge Belden his entire file in re-
gard to conditions in Kenosha county
This showed a number Of letters from
Constable John Scholey, number OF
carbon copies of letters which had been
sent to District Attorney Peter Fisher,
evidently enclosing letters which had
been received from people IN kenosna
county. and one letter which bore only
the initials of the writer. The gov
ernor indicated that in cases where ne
had received complaints on Whlch
prosecutions could be based that the
prosecutions had been made and the
cases adiudicated in court
schoIey Made Most Complaints.
The governor declared that most of
the complaints which he had received
against the sheriff and the chief OF
police had been made by Constable
Scholey. He said that he had explained
the law in regard to the removal of the
sheriff and had invited formal COM
plants from people of the county. The
governor reiterated his statement that
there had been much newspaper talk"
about letters and kilograms being sent
to him and he declared that this was
not true. The governor said that the
same authority which he might exer-
else over the sheriff could be exercised
over the district attorney. He declared
however that nothing had been filed
with him which would justify his TAX
ing action.
Hears of "Much Gossip"
The governor said in his letter which
covered several pages of manuscript
that there had been "much gossip" in
regard to the unlawful sale Of liquor,
rambling and other unlawful acts, but
that no one outside Of the constable
had given him any facts in regard to
this matter. The governor declared
that such matters as had been brought
formally before him had been referred
10 the district attorneys and that the
cases had been taken into court and
formally disposed Of, thus taking them
out of his jurisdiction.
The governor said much as to his
lack of jurisdiction over the police Off
GERS and in regard to the Pacini case.
He said that the chief of the police
department and members of the de-
partment were under the direct super
vision of the police and fire commits
sion and that he had no jurisdiction
over municipal officials.
Might Offer Reward.
He spoke especially about the Pacini
case and said that he had sent his
agent to Kenosha to make an investi-
gation of the activities of the police
I department and that the verbal report
Of this agent had indicated that the
hGHOSud pO1lC6 WGA6 AhdhAAS pAOpCA
efforts to locate and arrest the slayer
of Pacini. He said that the state
might offer a reward for the capture
of the murderer. He asserted that the
lPacini case was not dissimilar to muir
Fers among the Italian population in
Racine, Milwaukee and other cities and
he said that although police officers and
detective agencies had investigated
these cases that often the search for
the slayers had been futile. The gov
ernor declared his willingness to sub
nit to the Judge every scrap of evil
dence he might have in regard to Ke-
nosha county and asked that it be re-
turned to him when the judge had com
pleted his investigation.
No Local Complaints.
Judge Belden did not indicate that
he had received any evidence warrant
Ing the calling of grand jury from
any local sources and he made no an
nouncement of his decision in the mat
ter when he was in court this morning.
1t is not believed that there will be
any call issued until after the first of
the month, if call is issued at all,
and it is possible that the matter will
be held open until after the trial of
Frank Lang, scheduled for the second