The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-05-05

county. Mr.. Walker was named for
this position on February nth last and
his formal appointment as special
prosecutor was filed with the clerk of
the court this morning. Since his APP
pointment Mr.. Walker has been busy
studying the conditions in Kenosha
county and he has had much to do with
getting the evidence whipped into shape
for the calling of the inquisitorial
body. He is widely known as an at
torney and he-comes to aid with the
work here with the idea that the grand
jury is to bring about a new regime in
kenosha county. Judge Joseph R.
Clarkson is also named as an assistant
to the district attorney in the heavy
work of the grand jury Investigations
OF course in the event of the appoint
mept of Judge Clark to succeed Judge
Taylor as county judge, it is possible
that some one else may be named to
assist the prosecuting attornye.
After Mature Consideration.
The calling of the grand jury by
Judge Belden comes after mature con-
sideration and after the presentation
to the judge of a large amount of evil
dence of violations of the law in the
county as prepared by special investi-
gators working under the direct super
vision of Judge Belden. The list of
grand jurors from which the seven
teen to have. charge of the probe will
be selected, was drawn by the Jury
commission of Kenosha county on
February 18th and the list has been
locked up in the vaults of the clerk of
the circuit court awaiting for the form
al order of the Judge for the drawing
of the seventeen "geod men and true"
1t is possible that the jury will be
IN session for more than month and
some of the people who have been in
terested in the collection of evidence
to be submitted to the jury, think
| it possible that it will be in session
all summer.
The original petition to Judge
Belden for the calling of the grand
jury was presented the early part of
October of last year. 1t was signed
by some seven hundred residents of
Kenosha county.
Judge Asked for Evidence.
At the time the judge issued call
for the signers of the petition to come
to see him and give him facts in re-
gard to alleged violations of the law.
When the returns were not satisfac-
tory the Investigators were put to
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over to the district attorney and some
of it was used in the making of com
plants on which some ffty-two ar
rests for violation of the liquor laws
have been made. "We have not di-
vulged but small part of the evidence
which has been collected" declared
one of the officials this morning. At
the time the prosecutions were started
In the lower court it was with the idea
that grand jury would ultimately be
called. We are hopeful that the new
method for cleaning up the county
will do away with lot of delays and
make it possible to get early and quick
action on the whole matter"
Little Girl to Lead.
When the seventeen names of men
to serve as grand jurors are drawn on
next Saturday they will be drawn by
little girl under the age of ten
years. If the little girl has been Sc
lected her name has not been divulged
by Judge Belden.
On account of the activity of Judge
Belden in the investigating of condi
tions in the county, it is not expected
that all of the defendants who may be
named by the grand jury will want to
be tried with Judge Belden on the
bench. 1t has been suggested that in
cases of change of venue that Judge
W. B. Quinlan of Marinette, may be
called in to hear the trials. Judge
Quinlan has had wide experience in
grand jury investigations.
The grand jury is not expected to
give its entire time to the investiga-
ton of liquor sales 1t is also ex-
pected to investigate the traffic in
women, the gambling operations in the
county and alleged reports of graft and
misconduct on the part of men who
have been actiyeIv connactad with Al