The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-20

i same time IN regard TO allegeu NlOld-
tions of the law at other theatres.
4 Chief O'Hare in response to the letter
/ sent a man to the theatre and later
turned the letter over to Pacini.
Pacini later returned the letter.
O'Hare Sent Letter to Attorneys.
1t developed today that the-fetter in
question had been turned over TO the
district attorney after the shooting of
Pacini, but that nothing had been
found in connection with it regarded
as pertinent to the search for the
slayer of Pacini.
The assertion was made that detec-
tives, not employed by either the state
or the defense had been busy on the
case for months and that they had fol-
lowed a lot of leads without reaching
anything (which would warrant the is
suance of warrants. It was declared
that these men had heard of several
letters which had been sent to close
personal friends of Pacini and which
had warned them of danger and which
had suggested that the friendship of
Pacini for one woman was the cause of
his danger. No facts were given out in
regard to any of these letters.
According to the statements made
by the attorneys, it was alleged that
it had been discovered that Harriet
Adams who had been spending two
weeks at Lake Geneva, had come to
Kenosha on the night that Pacini was
rb ga sorlo4
o'clock 1t was declared by these
same investigators that man, men
toned in the case several times, had
followed the woman to Kenosha in an
automobile and that he had made GER
tain statements which were in the
nature of threats. This fact is not in
any way borne out by information in
the hands of the district attorney
and the defense.
Brief Long One.
The brief filed by Attorney Buck
master covered many pages of type
written matter and he declared that
he was willing to go ahead with the
argument for new trial if tn, judge
decided that this action should be
taken. He declared, however, that he
did not believe tina Lang should be
sentenced at this time. eff he is sent
enced now | can see no way to get him
out of prison if the real slayer of
Pacini is found later. He would not
be eligible to pardon. for he has been
convicted" said Mr.. Buckmaster. "Any
effort to convict any one else would be
greatly handicapped on account of the
fact that there would be the record
that Lang had been convicted as the
slayer of Pacini and sentenced"
The brief reviews the case at some
length 1t holds that the court erred
in many ways.
Broadsides Against Stewart.
In the first paragraphs of the brief
a broadside is fired against the partici-
patton of Calvin Stewart as an attor-
ney in the case. The defense held
that the court acted in error in per-
hitting Stewart to go into the case on
account of the fact tina he was the
attorney for the members of the Pa
cini family and that the family feared
that large sum of insurance might
be lost.
| In answer to this Stewart filed an
affidavit in which he declared that he
had not, been retained by the family
| to appear in the case and that the
only remuneration he had received
had been from the county in keeping
with the order of the court naming
him as an assistant to the district
attorney in the case.
The brief cities the fact that the
defense objected to the appearance of
Stewart. 1t asserts that his address
to the jury in which he bitterly de-
nounced Lang as criminal, had much
to do with the securing of the verdict
convicting Lang of murder.
Points Out Other Errors.
/ The brief goes into many other al
! legged errors in the trial. 1t contends
that the court erred in admitting evil
dence brought out on the confessions
of Lang, showing that he had confessed
to a number of burglaries, and that
the court failed to determine that the
confession made by Lang was volun-
tary confession, that the court refused
to receive evidence proposed by the
defense. This evidence included the
story of the knife being found near
the garage, the story of the quarrel be-
| tween Pacini and another man who is
not named and the finding of an
American Legion button and similar
matters which had been brought out
by the defense at the trial but which
had later been ruled out by the court
as highly speculative"
In the brief the defendants attorney
again declared that it was clear that
"Pacini had not been killed for rob-
| berry," and that Pacini had carried a
revolver because he feared death.
Instructions Under Fire.
! The instructions Of the court to the
/ jury were also under fire in the brief
of the defense. 1t alleged that the
court erred in instructing the jury in
what he said and in what he failed to
say. In conclusion the brief declared
that the verdict was contrary to law,
contrary to the evidence, and perverse
in that it had been rendered as a re-
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