The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-11-11
Hope T h a t Decision of
Competency of Evidence
May be Reached Soon.
JURY HAS A HOLIDAY
Court in Executive Sessions
Continues Hearing Witnesses
Crowds in Attendance
RITILETIN.


BULLETIN.
At three o'clock this afternoon
the circuit court was still in exec
utive session, hearing evidence as
to the competency of evidence in
the case of the State vs.. Frank
Lang, charged with the murder of
Charles Pacini. At this hour there
was no intimation as to how much
longer the executive session of the
court would continue.
For the first time since the open
ing Of the trial, Mrs. Lang appear
ed in the court room this afternoon
and sat by the side of her husband
as the hearing before Judge Belden
proceeded.
The trial dragged along today, all
the time in executive session of the
court and while press reports of the
proceedings by which Judge Belden
expects to make ruling on the motion
of the attorneys for the defense to
exclude confessions from the evidence,
were barred, there was an interested
crowd in the lobby all during the day.
The proceedings were regarded as
most unusual, but the pencil pushers
kept quiet and there was no sign of
any desire to break over the order of
Judge Belden that reports of the evil
dence now being received be not pub
lshed. 1t was indicated, when the
session of the court opened this morn
ing that the executive sessions"
would be continued during the entire
day as both the state and the defense
had many witnesses to examine. 1t
was said that progress was being
made as rapidly as possible and that
a decision on the motion of the attor
neys for the defense might be expected
this afternoon or tomorrow.
Mystery" Increases Crowds.
The action of the court in barring
the publication of reports of the prac-
tical feature of the trial now under
way, came as a whet to the appetite
of the curious and there were larger
crowds at the court room this morn
ing than at any time during the pro-.
eeedings of the trial. The judge gave
orders to the deputies in charge of
che crowds that the people must either
find seats or get out of the court room
and this deprived a good many people
from hearing all that was going on.
Judge Belden on Tuesday evening eN-
planned his order against publicity.
my whole idea is to have this case
tried on it's merits and we have asked
that this evidence be not published
with view Of safe guarding the in
terests of both the state and the de-
Tense. We want, if possible, to make
1t impossible for any word of this
testimony to get to the jury until the
question of the competency Of the
evidence has been settled"
Many Study Defendant.
Many people who have been in court
have been keeping close tab on the de-
PENDANT. Lang is taking very active
interest in the proceedings and he is
by no means passive. Repeatedly dur
ing the progress of the trial he has
conferred with his attorneys and has
advised with them as to the line Of
questioning to follow. 1t is not ex-
peeted nov that the hearing of the
evidence in the case will be concluded
until the latter part of the week and
the trial may run into next week. Of
course this is largely dependent on the
decision of the court as to just what
evidence is competent to go to the jury.
Jury Enjoys Holiday
While the court is busy in execu-
tive session the twelve good men and
true called to carry the issues of the
case, are having holiday and it is
admitted that the waiting for some
thing to happen is not entirely agree
able to some of the jurors They
spent much of Tuesday at the h3tel
and when they went to court this
morning they returned to- the hotel
with the assurance that they would
probably have another day of waiting
to become active participants in the
trial. The order of the court giving
the men a chance to attend the thea
tres and moving picture shows has aid
ed very materially Otherwise the
members of the jury might work out a
new system of philosophy. Under the
order of the court the jury is barred
I'M discussing the case on trial
g themselves.
Lang and Baby Lang have not
ade their appearance in the
and Lang has sat alone
ong hours of the hearing.
hat the wife expected to
,er and that it was pro-
baby daughter would be
charge of a nurse.
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