The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-08-11
County Board Displays It's
Apathy in ANY Court
House Proposal.
VOTE DETECTIVE FUND
Appropriate 500 Emergency
Fund for District Attorneys
Office. with Provisions.

IN any PROJECT Tor the DullQldE VI d
new court house. This was demon
strated emphatically this morning
when the board refused to listen to
communication received from Joseph
w. Roger, IAN architect of Urbana, Ill,
setting forth some plans for the build
ing Of court house.
County Clerk Holderness presented
the communication and started to read
the six-page document. Supervisor
Zerfas halted him after the reading Of
the first page.
Are we interested in court house?"
asked Supervisor zerfas. whats the
use of wasting our time l move you
this communication be placed on file"
And this was done by unanimous vote.
Go Through With Red Tapea
The board was busy this morning
disposing of some "red tape" work of
the session. The resignation of former
District Attorney Peter Fisher Jru was
received and accepted Also the APP
pointments of Attorney Frank S, SYM
monds as judge of the probate court
Of Kenosh county and later as district
| were I6CGiNcu anu IdGlASdS
! The board unanimously voted $1,000
for the use of the Willowbrook sana-
| torium and made other minor approp-
riations for carrying on the regular
business of the county An appropria-
ton of 500 was also made for the
Wilmot fair to\ aid in the display pre-
scented by the county there. Supervi-
sors Filbin and Barrows were named
to serve with Chairman Roders on a
committee to visit Racine and oversee
work Of former Recorder John Schmitt
in connection with the transference Of
county records and to report at the
next meeting.
No action was taken on the claim Of
| former Sheriff Joseph Meyer for com7
pensation, the committee asking for
more time to report on it. This after
noon the board accepted the invitation
of County Supervisor of Highways
John Herzog to inspect the new roads
completed in the county, which act
ends the meeting of the board.
To Continue Probe Work.
Backing up their resolution of sup
port for the grand jury as adopted on
Wednesday afternoon, the county board
later made an addition of $1,000 to
the emergency fund of the district at
torney with the idea that it should be
used for the purpose Of employing "a
detective to continue the probe. The
board did no stipulate whether or not
the Russell Detective Agency should
be retained but it did indicate that it
would not expect to pay the men any
sum like $25 day.
Want More Speed Cops.
Sheriff Rauen's appeal for more speed
cops to aid in riding the roads of
Kenosha county was heard and grant
ed as he was authorized to employ two
more motorcycle deputies at salary
of SITS a month. His request for the
hiring Of jailer was also granted and
such man is to be secured at 500
month.
The chairman of the board was au-
thorized to. appoint committee to
oversee the work of former register of
deeds John Schniitt at Racine with
power to act in regard to his request
for more cooperation. The board will
also act on the matter as to whether
the work is to be continued for a
year, as developments have shown
that it was much larger task than
was at first believed,
The petition of the town of Brighton
for aid jim the building of the De Bell
! bridge was received and granted. The
structure is to cost in the neighbor-
hood of 5000, one half of the expense
to be borne by the county. Bids will
1 be asked for it Immediately.
Not Worried Over Suit.
The members Of the county board
did not seem to be worried over the
suggestion that tax payer might file
suit to recover any money which
might be paid to the Russell Detec-
tive Agency. 1t was pointed out that
the $4,000 allowed on the bill by the
board on Wednesday was certainly not
in excess of the costs of the work done
by the agency since the grand jury is
in session and there is no question re-
garding the legality of that part of the
bill. Since the motion did not waive
any rights of the county regarding
other sections of the bill, the members
of the board can see absolutely no way
in which suit could be filed on this
amount. When a complete settlement
is made, the other question will be be-
fore the board to be settled and by
that time it is possible that decision
from the attorney general will have
/ been handed down on the problem
Has Brush With Prosecutor.
A rather interesting squabble oc-
Cured Wednesday afternoon in the
corridor of the court house between
c. S. Lathrop and special prosecutor
Mortimer Walker The former has a
case Of. long standing involving mort
gage on a property, which case he at
tempted to present before the board
and intimated that it was grand jury
/ business.
Get a reputable lawyer to represent
you and file the facts" said Mr.. Walk
| er, intimating that it was civil suit
and was outlawed and not material for
the grand jury at all
81 guess it hits too high commented
/ Lathrop.
IBID you mean to insinuate any
thing?" asked Walker rather CURLY.
mot anything except that | want
! this taken care of immediately" was
/ the reply. The brush ended abruptly