The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-04-20
AWAIT SENTENCE
OF u. S. COURT
Members of Kenosha- Mil
waukee Liquor Ring to
\ Hear Fate Thursday.
READY FOR MEDICINE"

Thursday morning is announced as
the big day in the United States court
in Milwaukee. 1t is expected to find
the members of the so-called "whiskey
ring" learning their fate for violation
of the law and more than twenty de-
PENDANTS are expected to come before
three United States judges to receive
sentence.
A large number of these defendants
are Kenosha men and for the most part
they will appear in court ready to
take their medicine" One notable
exception will be Attorney Walter NJ
Burke as it is announced that Attor-
ney P. H. Martin of Green Bay is pre-
pairing an appeal of the Burke case to
the United States court of appeals. 1t
is expected that the appeal will be
filed on Thursday when Burke is called
for sentence. 1t is not known whether
or not this appeal will act as stay
of sentence in the Burke case, but 1t is
an open secret that the attorneys for
the Kenosha attorney are hopeful that
Judge Anderson will grant a stay of
any sentence which he may impose up
on Burke. The appeal has been I'M
der consideration for many weeks
and it is expected that it will be
urged with great vigor.
No Action on Other Charges.
Attorney Burke stands practically
alone in contesting the case as all, of
the men who have been named with
him in the indictments which remain to
be tried have wiped the slate clean by
pleading guilty. The pleas of guilty
will of course remove any chance for
the other defendants to come in at the
eleventh hour and suggest an appeal,
No stay of sentence is expected in any
of the cases with the possible excep-
ton of that of Attorney Burke. The
half a score of Kenosha men were busy
today adjusting their affairs at home
with the understanding that it was
possible that they might be absent
from the city for some time. There
was much speculation as to the pos
sible sentence which might be received
by the various defendants. 1t was ad-
mitted that all who had entered pleas
of guilty" were hopeful that these
pleas would bring to them a consid-
Grafton of the court and possibly tenn
per the wind to the shorn lamb.
Birk Also Has An Appeal.
Arthur Birk, the only Kenosha man
other than Attorney Walter Burke to
be convicted by jury on the charges
in the indictments returned by the
United States grand jury, is expected
to ask for new trial when he is
called into court on Thursday morning
If this motion is denied Birks name
will be added to the list to be sent
enced by the judges.
Judges Anderson, Geiger and Evans
will all be on the bench and each will
have part in imposing sentence on the
men. The Kenosha men who will ap-
pear for sentence include Attorney
Walter NJ Burke, Joel Jacobsen, H. r.
Gordon, Charles Erler, Louis Schrayer.
Peter Gales, Charles Murray, Joseph
Custer, Ed. Kosterman, former Keno
sha banker now living in Racine. In
addition the former prohibition of
fcials, Delaney and Ray, will be up for
sentence and the list will be concluded
with long list of Milwaukee and Chi
cage men who have admitted their con
nection with the so-called whiskey
ring.