The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-07-07

Kenosha waited for the breaking of
a new sensation today in connection
with the reported confession of Dis
trict Attorney Peter Fisher Jr. and in
the meantime the officer inquired at
the Bloxdorf Tavern early Friday
morning was recuperating at his home
on Chicago street planning to reach the
governor with his resignation during
the day.
At the police office the city, state
and county were busy probating deep
into the incident which resulted in the
injury of the district attorney and it
was an open secret that the chief Of
of police, the sheriff and Mar
timer E. Walker, the special pros
ecutor were of the opinion that all
had not been told in regard to the
injury of Fisher.
Fisher suffering from two wounds on
his head and with both of his eyes
badly dscolored was able to sit up at
his home and during the morning he
asked for another conference with the
special prosecutor. Mr.. Walker gave
assurance that he would be there dur
ing the day and possibly early in the
afternoon. 1t was declared that the
district attorney on Friday afternoon
had largely completed the task of
purging his conscience Of any stories
of his connection with the protection
of the liquor traffic and gambling OPP
is not said that the statement has
been reduced to writing but the pres
ence of court stenographers in the city
indicated that it was expected that it
would be reduced to writing during
the day
Resignation Is All Ready.
81 don't know whether it will do any
good or not but l am ready to sign up
my resignation and forward it to the
governor" Mr. Fisher told close per
sonal friends today and it was expected
that it would go forward at once, pos
sibly by telegram. 1t is declared that
the governor has no power to remove
the district attorney without a formal
complaint being made against him OF
without his being formally indicted by
the grand jury.
Believe Fisher Was Assaulted
The officers who have been busy
making the investigation of the case
admit that they believe that Fisher was
the victim of vicious assault previous
to his fall at the Bloxdorf tavern and
it is their belief that he was assaulted
by some one who was interested in the
story which it was known Fisher had
told to the special prosecutor. That
there were cOpious supplies of liquor
for the district attorney and his friends
has been brought to light by the Off
Gals and one permit by which the
liquor was secured from west side
drug store has been found and is in
the hands of the officials.
Fisher himself has not given any
further statement in regard to his
injuries other than the one he gave
on his return to his home on Friday
and it is said that he has not been ask
ed to 60 farther into the subject of
the injury on account of the fact that
the officials were busy discussing more
important things.
Companions Meet Officials.
f. T. Birmingham and Frank SWIFT
who were with Fisher on the night
of his injury were questioned by Chief
Logan and Special Prosecutor Walker
this morning. They came to the 20
lice office accompanied by their at
torney and they told the officers that
they were seeking to conceal nothing
in regard to the matter. The attorn-
ey for the two men said that neither
of them had witnessed the injury to
Fisher. zone of the boys" said the
Attorney twas in his car out on the
road in front off the tavern and the
other one had gone to the toilet
room. Fisher left the place in com
pany with Julius Bloxdorf the proprie-
tor and they were talking, The next
thing the other men knew was that
Fisher had been injured.
The men declared that they wanted
to be entirely fair and tell everything
that they knew in regard to the mat
ter. They said that if Mr.. Fisher had
been assaulted they did not know it.
Detectives from the police depart
ment and Sheriff Rauen had been ac