The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-24
Attorney r. V. Baker riddles confession of convicted
slayer of Pacini in argument for setting aside the
verdict and the release of the defendant
DECLARES PACINI KILLED BY 'STILETTO MANI
Against the objection of attorneys for the state attorney argues all
facts regard life of Pacin the possible motives
his assassination. Bares life Of amusement king

III the garage just DeIOTe GaClHl was
shot. Baker declared that the original
notes made by Wade Of the confession
indicated clearly that either the facts
were put into the mouth of Lang by
the police or that it was a highly i'm
aginative story framed by Lang to es-
cape mistreatment at the hands of the
officers. He cited the fact that Lang
had been known as robber and that
he took no steps to conceal his iden-
tity regardless of the fact that he
knew that he was known to Pacini.
"A man bent on robbery will do the
thing that a robber usually does" de-
clared Baker. "Here is Lang, As years
of age, with a record of crime as
claimed in this case, and it is ineon-
sistent to think that he would sit on
the curb and wait for his nan without
ticking asy stent to ayeid detectic
Urges Other Iheorses OF Crime.
Baker strongly urged other theories
of the criminal agency which brought
the death of Pacini. "The man who
killed Charley" he said, "was not bent
on robbery but on revenge or satisfac-
ton of some other emotion. The man
who killed Charley Pacini ran down
Maiden Lane and they can not say that
this man was Lang unless they deny
the confession on which Lang was con-
victed."
mot one of the witnesses who saw
this man identified him as Lang" de-
clared the attorney.
Baker put much stress on the fact
that the knife, alleged to have been
found in front of the garage, was open.
He declared that this indicated that
it had not been lost but that it had
been dropped by the assassin of Pacini
as he made his getaway. 1'This knife
is not in the realm of speculation but
a material piece of evidence in this
case" declared the attorney "If it
was Frank Lang who dropped this
knife, why did he not mention it in
his confession?"
Said Pacini Knew Who Killed Him.
Charles Pacini's statement came
from mind which knew declared Mr..
Baker in one of the most dramatic
portions of his argument. GAS he was
being taken away, Charley Rock asked
him, who shot you, Charley? and
what did he answer-ANeyef mind
about that now, will take care Of him
when l get WELL" 4f
"Pacini knew who shot him and he
knew the motive for the crime" con-
tinued the attorney. isn't it fair to
believe that Pacini would seek to con-
ceal the identity of the man and at
the same time conceal the cause of the
shooting? Pacini knew that it was
important to get to the room where
he lived. He wanted to get into that
room where he knew Harriet Adams
was He did just the same thing that
any other man would have done under
the same state of facts.
"Pacini had no reason to conceal the
fact that he had been held up by
robber. Charley was. so associated in
his relations and they were such that
he wanted to conceal the facts sur
rounding them. He didn't want his
relations and old friends to know that
woman was living with him."
Holds Judge Was Right.
In concluding his argument, Attor-
ney Baker declared that he did not
believe that the court erred in submit
ting the confession Of Lang to the
jury, but he did believe that error was
committed in the instructions to the
jury in regard to the consideration Of
the confession. He held that as lay
men the jurors could not consider all
the facts in connection with the con-
fession. "The fact that Lang said, 4
killed Pacini,' blinded the jury from
other considerations" he concluded.
1.-THE jurors may have believed that
the police beat Lang numerically, but
they excused this in their belief that
the police beat the truth out Of him
while on the other hand all the police
beat out of Lang was lie'
Court adjourned for the noon recess
at the conclusion of the opening argu-
ment by Mr.. Baker Attorneys Buck
master, Hammond, Fisher and Stewart
were expected to be heard this after
noon and it was improbable that the
hearing would be concluded before
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