The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-12-15
REVEAL STRANGE TALE
Sensational Revelations Made
to Free Fathers Memory of
Stain Affect Juries.

bauer, the former Kenosha resort
owner, who was found shot through
the abdomen in the alley near his
home on Racine avenue on November
3rd and who died the following morn
ing, took the witness stand at the in
quests held Saturday afternoon at the
municipal court and barred family
secrets in order to push aside some
of the suspicion which had gathered
around their fathers name in connec-
ton with his own death and also with
the mysterious death of his partner,
Casimir Gintoft, three years before.
So strong was the effect of their
testimony that the coroner's juries in
both the inquests into the death of
Newbauer and also in the inquest into
the death of Gintoft, failed to bring
in verdicts, as expected, which would
absolutely incriminate Newbauer.
Free Gintoft's Brother.
The first inquest was into the death
of Newbauer and started at eleven
o'clock Saturday morning. 1t was fol-
lowed by the resumption of hearings
into the death of Casmir Gintoft
which started several yeeks ago when
his body was exhumed from the grave.
The fact that Newbauer was wanted by
the authorities in connection with this
probe gave .credence to the theory of
suicide for his death.
The jury which heard the evidence
in the Newbauer death SHE'D at MAX
ing any statement which would brand
Newbauer absolutely as a suicide, but
they did free Bruno Gintoft, brother
of Casimir Gintoft from any blame.
It was this man who was meant by
Newbauer, when while he was be-
ing hurried to the hospital he muir
INJURED, Bruno killed me. He shot me
just as he shot his brother three
years ago."
The coroner's jury brought in the
verdict in regard to Newbauer's" death
that he "came to his death by bullet
wound from a gun held in his own
hand or in another's hand, unknown
to the ury, it having been proven
conclusively that said gun was not held
by Branislaw Gintoft."
The other jury brought in verdict
establishing without any doubt that
Casimir Gintoft, who was found dead
in his bed more than three years ago
and who had gone down in the. rec
ords as probably suicide" had been
murdered but the jury did not pro-
coed to identify in any way whom the
murderer may have been.
The verdict was that Casimir Gin
loft came to his death "by bullet
shot through his brain from a revolver
held in the hand Of some person other
than himself, whose identity was not
established by evidence submitted in
this case"
With these verdicts returned both
cases will go down in the records of
the county as only partially solved
mysteries. While some interesting
evidence was introduced in the case,
it is not believed that any Of it is of
such convincing nature that further
investigation into the deaths would
be warranted.
Bristled With Sensations.
Both hearings fairly bristled with
sensations. The most interesting of
these came in connection with the
testimony given by Mrs. Rose Osowski,
daughter of John Newbauer, who in
attempting to show that her father was
not the person who shot Gintoft re
vealed the story of love affair in
which Gintoft was alleged to have
Tilted a Kenosha woman only short
time before the morning that he was
found dead in his bed
The identity of the mysterious
woman" in the case was not revealed.
az don't know what her name was"
testified Mrs. Osowski, "but l do know
that she had worked in a saloon and
that Gintoft and she had planned to
marry and then run the Newbauer sa-
loon together. Then Casimir had
falling out with her and Chief O'Hare
was sent to get the engagement ring
from her"
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jury that every effort had been made
to find the woman referred to in this
testimony but that all attempts to trace
it down to realities had proven futile.
Mrs. Osowski also startled the jury
by declaring that she did not believe
her father could have killed GintOft
since he had often sighted his own
family in order to take care of this
man. "He seemed to love him more
than he loved u.s." she testified. cat
least he turned out his own children
in order to care for him"
The most damaging testimony made
against Newbauer was that of Mrs.
Mary Sczypinski, who testified that
several years before either death, New
bauer had told her that some time che
would kill Gintoft and then kill
himself"
Tilt With District Attorney.
The first excitement of the hearings
came shortly after it was resumed in
the afternoon. Anthony Newhauer,
son of the deceased, took the witness
stand expressing a determination to
clear up some things in this affair.
District Attorney Symmonds warned
him that he was under oath and that
any statements which he would make
which were false would place him
liable to a perjury charge.