The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-09-15

IN Kenosha county-the first woman
in Wisconsin-called for duty as
juror in the courts of the state, an
swered "It's duty and | will answer
the call for service"
She was Miss Clara Carter, one of
the best known women of Kenosha and
she is employed as a stenographer in
the offices of the Hannahs Manufacture
ing company. Her name was the first
one to be drawn from the jury box
when the jury commission drew the
panel for the circuit court term to
start on October 18th.
''You have the honor and distinction
of being the first woman of Wisconsin
to be drawn for jury service" Miss
Carter was told by a reporter for the
News this morning Miss Carter was
surprised but not shocked "What will
be your attitude to such service" Miss
Carter was asked. as that an honor"
was her first reponse and then after
thinking over the matter for a minute
she said 81 suppose it would be case
of duty and I shall do my duty. 81
suppose then that you will report when
called 2" was the further query. eyes,
when | am called I will report for
duty" was the answer of Miss Carter
News Starts an Epidemic.
With other women notified this
morning that they had been drawn for
jury service there was not the same
alacrity displayed by Miss Carter; in
fact there was reason to believe that
the news would be the signal for a
series of sicknesses, all $50 serious
as to make tedious work of that kind
impossible"
Mrs. Elizabeth Kaufman, 1863 Broad
street, was called shortly after the list
was made public today and asked, "Are
you going to server
81 am not" came the answer with
the accent on the Gam"
When urged to "give reason" she
declared that she chad duties at home
much more important than jury serv-
ice" All of which, she was told,
would not excuse her from place
among the erstwhile twelve good men
and true" Whereupon she remember
ed that she had chad an operation
year ago and had never been really we'll
since" Investigation proved that the
latter excuse" was sufficient reason"
FOR freeing her from service.
"This Is So Sudden"
Mrs. J, j. Barrows of Somers, had
an equally good memory.
you've been drawn for jury service"
she was told over the telephone.
"You mean my husband" came
yarU nIIiatlU
"No, aren't you Caroline Barrows
eyes, that's me-"
"Well, you've been drawn among the
first women jurors in Kenosha county.
Will you serve?"
There was long tender silence and
then with little gasp: ooh, this is so
sudden" The sigh was audible even
above the purr of voices along the
party-line.
as there any real reason why you
shouldn't serve? ?"
''Yes, there's one thing-Im not
we'll"
! And the notifer knew that the cpl
demic of remembered sicknesses had
already spread from Kenosha to Som
efs and was possibly we'll on its way
to Anna Schilz at Whiskey Hill.
Twelve Women on Jury.
Twelve Kenosha county women made
up the first list of women jurors drawn
for service in the circuit court, the
number being just one-third of the
total number of jurors drawn for the
October term. The list of the women
included: Clara Carter, Kenosha; Mary
Moore, 269 Milwaukee avenue, Keno
sha; Elizabeth NJ Kaufman, 169 Broad
street, Kenosha; Ada Holden, 36Oh
Market street, Kenosha; Margaret Nor
ris, &C North Fremont avenue, Keno
sha; Ida Anderson, 765 Rowland
avenue, Kenosha; Laura B. Andre, 81
North Ridge street, Kenosha Ida Mar
tin, Brighton; Hulda Petersen, Pleas
ant Prairie; Flora Westlake, Salem;
Caroline Barrows, Somers, and Anna
Schilz, Wheatland
Expect Women to Accept Service.
While all of the women who had
been drawn as jurors had not been
asked to give their opinion of service,
it was expected that the large proper
tion of them would accept the privilege
and duty imposed upon them by the
Jury commission. This would mean
that some woman would sit on the
cases which were in court as a re-
suit of the indictments returned by
the grand jury.
The defendants in these cases will
carefully scan the list of jurors drawn
to hear these cases. The list contains
the names of many we'll known men
and women of the city and county and
he jury is considered one of the best
iuries ever called for service in the
circuit court. The list of jurors drawn
For the October panel is as follows
Clara Carter, Kenosha.
Mary Moore, Kenosha.
Elizabeth NJ. Kaufm@ln, -Kenosha.
Ada Holden, Kenosha.
Margaret Morris, Kenosha.
Ida Anderson, Kenosha.
Laura B. Andre, Kenosha.
F. d. Obey, Kenosha.
A. E. Bounsall, Kenosha.
John Davidson, Kenosha.
Isaac Youngquest, Kenosha.
Louis Jepson, Kenosha.
Harold G. Leonard, Kenosha.
John w. Stevens. Jr., Kenosha.
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