The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07
Petitions Pile up for Grand Jury and Leader
of Work of Investigation for Cleanup
Is Being Discussed.
COUNTY BOARD HEAD FAVORS IT
Chairman Murdoch Declares He Wants Stain Lifted
From County-POGce Get Lang Chest" as
Part of Evidence i'm Proof of Stories.

Circulators of the petitions asking
that a grand jury be called to investi-
gate the conditions in Kenosha county,
declared today that hundreds of people
had signed the formal petitions and
hundreds of others have sent their own
petitions to Judge Belden. While it is
not expected that any action will be
taken on the petitions until the return
of Judge Belden from his vacation, the
petitions will be ready for early con-
sideration. AS there is no political
angle to the proposed cleanup Of the
county, it is just possible that the
grand jury will not be called until af-
ter the election is over The petitions
asking for the grand jury have not
been put in circulation by any of the
so-called independent" candidates who
are running on a Claw enforcement
platform, but it is admitted that the
plan has the support Of these candi
dates.
Suggest Buckmaster to Prosecute.
A. E. Buckmaster has been suggested
as the man to be named as the special
prosecutor to have charge of the in
vestigations. 81 would not want to ac-
cept such position" declared Mr..
Bu6hAlastor III IL a.sar hat may
take a long time Of Service and I am
not able to give up my private practice
in order to give the time to it."
Many people believe that if the grand
iurv when called is to get the largest
measure of success that it should be
under the direction Of some out-of-the-
county man who might be called in.
William Morgan, the candidate of the
Republican party for attorney general,
has been suggested for the position
and others have suggested Major Guy
ID. Golf, who was formerly United
States district attorney in Milwaukee.
1t is said that the question of securing
funds to finance grand jury investi-
CATION will be an easy matter if the
assurance is given that the work will
be done thoroughly and it is possible
that the county will not be called to
pay cent of the cost.
One Man Ready to Pay.
eff someone will give the assurance
that this investigation will be one
based on facts and not propaganda"
declared one prominent man of the
city on Tuesday, cit will be the easiest
thing in the world to raise money for
the work if the county board objects
to paying"
1t is possible that the matter will be
brought to the attention of the county
board and the board will join in the
petition for the cleanup grand jury.
Fred Murdoch, chairman of the county
Z board, declared that he favored the
grand jury. eve have heard so much
about the violation of the law in Ke-
nosha county, that believe that the
grand jury should be called and real
information Of conditions secured" de-
clared Chairman Murdoch in discuss
ing the matter
Police officers Busy.
It is said that nearly every member
of the police department has signed
the call for the grand jury, but the
police officers are busy with the Lang
investigation and it is declared that
they will have large amount of evil
dence to present when Lang is ar
raigned for a preliminary hearing on
Friday morning in the municipal court.
"The chest" which belonged to Lang
is in the possession of the police. 1t
is a wooden box filled with small
change and it is declared by the po-
lice that Lang claimed that this was
part of the money he secured at the
Cozy saloon. 1t is not known whether
or not Lang plans to repudiate his con-
fessions of various burglaries. Lang
Is keeping quiet at the county Jail and
few people have been in to see him
since he was remanded to the custody
of the sheriff last Friday.
Fisher Talks With Lang.
District Attorney Peter Fisher on
Tuesday afternoon went to the county
Jail and spent some time making an
examination of Frank Lang, but it was
declared after the interview that the
prisoner had declined to make any
statement to the district attorney and
had stated that the whole matter was
in the hands of his attorneys. Detec-
tive Charles Rock was present when
the examination of Lang was conduct
ed by the district attorney. Lang re-
iterated the statement made in court
tina he did not kill Charles Pacini. 1t
was said by the officials that the in
vestigation did not include discussion
Of burglaries alleged to have been COM
mitted by Lang and that the officials