The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-10-20
ATTORNEY MORGAN WILL
5l# PROSECUTE CASES HERE
Attorney General Morgan Announces That the
q ~ State VIII be in Charge of Grand
Jury Prosecution.
WALKER 4 IS NOT APPOINTED
Attorney General Gives Out All Correspondence In
Connection With the Proposed Appointment
Of Special Prosecutor Here.

Political Propaganda" and note the
concluding paragraph:
THE call is again made to the gov
ernor and to the attorney general to
name Mortimer Walker as representa-
tive of the state in the work that must
be done in Kenosha county"
Before l give you the facts respect
ing our position on Mr.. Walkers APP
pointment, permit me to say that since
| assumed my duties as attorney gen
eral it has been my purpose to conduct
the affairs of this department without
regard to political consequences. I
think thats an examination of the rec
ord of my administration thus far will
convince you that we have proceeded on
that plan. You may rest assured that
we will continue to do so.
I cannot appoint Mr.. Walker as spe-
cial counsel. That power is lodged in
the governor alone, but I have stated
from the first that if Mr.. Walker was
appointed as special counsel to assist
the attorney general I would assign
him to the Kenosha county work. That
you may have the record straight,
give you the following correspondence.
I returned from my vacation on August
1, 1921. The governor addressed a let
ter to me under date of August 27, as
follows:
What the Governor Wrote.
During your absence, l discussed
with Deputy Attorney General Hoyt
the situation that exists in the county
of Kenosha, where a grand jury is in
session. At about the same time, Judge
Belden also went over the situation
with Mr.. Hoyt.
"Since then, the then district attor-
ney resigned, and his successor states
in letter dated August 10 that 1T has
become necessary for me to ask for
assistance in the prosecutions and in
the appointment of special counsel for
such purpose. The work is Of such
magnitude that feel impotent to meet
the situation and respectfully request
that you direct the attorney general to
give me assistance in this work He
further states as follows: Mr.. Morti-
mer E. Walker, of the firm of Simons
& Walker Of Racine, Wis, has had the
grand jury matters directly under his
supervision prior to August LIST, when
you appointed me as district attorney
II am not going into the details Of
the situation that exists in Kenosha
county, for the reason that Deputy At
torney General Hoyt has been given the
same information as 1 possess.
81 deem the situation there, on ac-
count of the apparent wide prevalence
of graft and malfeasance, such as to
Justify directing the attorney general
to afford assistance to the district at
torney in Investigations before the
grand jury and the trial on indictments
returned by the jury.
"Mr. Hoyt suggested that, as Assist
ant Attorney General Baker was away,
and inasmuch as it would take num-
Der of weeks for one mans exclusive
attention, it was thought that your de-
partment would be unable to furnish
assistance without the appointment of
special counsel.
"Mr. Walker has been serving, and If
the situation now is such in your de-
psftment, under the circumstances
which Mr.. Hoyt will explain to you in
connection with the vast amount of