The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-03-10

The formal complaint demanding
full investigation of the Rauen-Cran-
dali controversy reached the desk of
Governor John j. Blaine at the execu-
tive Offices in Madison this morning
and the governor has announced that
he will give it his immediate attention.
1t is expected that some order in con-
nection with the matter will be issued
the first of next week with view of
having a speedy examination into all
the facts connected with the incident.
The complaint in full follows:
The Formal Complaint.
To His Excellency, John J. Blaine,
Governor of the State of Wisconsin,
Madison, Wisconsin.
The complaint of Walter T. Marlatt
against William Rauen, the sheriff of
Kenosha county, Wisconsin, respect,
fully alleges and shows:
That this complainant is resident
freebooter of the city of Kenosha, Ke-
nosha county, Wisconsin, and the
editor of the Kenosha Evening News,
newspaper published in said city of
Kenosha,, county and state aforesaid,
and makes this complaint for and on
behalf of himself and all other free
holders and citizens similarly situated.
That the said William Rauen was
duly elected sheriff of Kenosha coun-
ty, Wisconsin, at the regular Noven-
Der, 1920, election, and has qualified
by filing his official oath and bond, as
provided by law, and is now in the
exercise of the functions of said office.
That on the evening of the 10Th day
of February, A. D. 1921, as this com
plainant is informed and believes, one
George Crandall, who was then a depu-
ty sheriff in and for Kenosha county,
Wisconsin, while in the exercise of
his official duties, discovered gambling
in a certain saloon owned and oper-
ated by one Grotsky, on Newell street,
in said city of Kenosha; that in the
performance of his duty as such Off
Ger, he sought to arrest the proprietor
of said saloon and the participants in
said gambling game, and called the
Office of the sheriff for assistance;
that in response to said request for
assistance, the said William Rauen,
sheriff aforesaid, called at the saloon
Of said Grotsky, and, as this complain
ant is informed and believes, severely
arraigned the said Crandall for his
action in making the arrest, accusing
him Of drunkenness and prohigacy, and
ordering him to go to his home.
That thereafter, and on the same
evening of the 10th day Of February,
A. d.. 1921, the said George Crandall
again called at the saloon of said
Grotsky on Newell street, in the city
of Kenosha, Wisconsin, and discovered
that gambling operations were openly
conducted in said saloon; that there
upon, as this complainant is informed
and believes, the said William Rauen,
sheriff aforesaid, was again called, and
Jpn his entrance into the building
directed the said George Crandall to
leave the place and again accused him
of drunkenness and profigacy, and
Invested him of all authority as such
deputy sheriff.
This complainant further alleges,
upon information and belief, that at
the time of the attempted arrest, to-
wit: on the evening Of the 10Th day
of February A. D. 1921, he said George
Crandall was not intoxicated, but was
in the lawful exercise of the functions
&of his Office.
This complainant further alleges
that the action of the said William
Rauen, sheriff aforesaid, in removing
said deputy sheriff from office and di-
vesting him of his authority as such
officer, and preventing him from per-
forming his duty as such, constituted
an act Of malfeasance in office and
tends to encourage lawlessness in the
city and county of Kenosha, and serves
as an invitation to others to violate
laws without fear of prosecution or
penalty.
This complainant verify believes
that in the furtherance of justice and
the public good, thorough investiga-
ton Of the charges herein contained
is necessary and desirable, to the end
that the truth or falsitv thereof no