Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-03-04
mot GUILTY" VERDICT
In RADAKOVICH CASE
Epson Man Acquitted of Charge Of
Murder in Connection with the
Shooting of Claudio Bailey.

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term of circuit court for Iron
county. The jury returned with a
verdict of mot guilty" at two
O'Clock Thursday afternoon.
The session of court was called
especially to try the Radakovich
case and following the verdict OF
the jury was dismissed. Judge w
B Quinlan, of Marinette, presided
i'll lieu of the regular circuit judge,
Judge G. n Risjord, against whom
an affidavit of prejudice had been
filed. Judge Risjord presided at
the preliminary hearing when
Radakovich was bound over for
trial.
Court opened Tuesday morning
and the forenoon aud part of the
afternoon were taken up in select.
ing the jury. The following com.
prised the jury: Leonard Chart,
Phillip Bruneau, George Nord-
berg, Hjalmer Thompson, John
Bertone, Louis Vale, VIM. Plum
kett, Arvid Nelson, Henry Voss,
Charles NJ. Myers, Dave Johnson
and Henry May.
District Attorney Warren B.
Foster was assisted in the prosecu-
tion Ivy John P. Baker, assistant
states attorney general. Attorney
Marion + Reid of this city and
Attorney Frank B. L.amoreux of
Ashland represented the defendant
The taking of testimony started
about 2:3o Tuesday afternoon.
The first witness called to the stand
was Rayfeld Sorreli, who with
Carl Mattson, the yound men who
were with Bailey on the night of
the fatal row, were the principal
witnesses for the prosecution. The
court continued in session Tues
day night and also Wednesday
night.
The defendant was placed on
the witness stand shortly before
noon Wednesday and gave his
version of the affair, of how Bailey
Mattson and Sorrell spent a part of
the evening in his soft drink parlor
at Upson and after leaving for the
camp at which they were employed
returned to the saloon and demand
ed more moonshine, became bolster
Gus and even threatened him with
revolvers and of how he lett his
place of business and went for as
sistance, going to the home of Nj.
]. White aud asking him to come
along with him, saying that he
was being held up. Radakovich
claimed that when he and White
returned to the saloon Bailey at
tackled him, struck him and threw
him to the floor and that in the
sCuffle the revolver in the defend
ants right hand was discharged
and that he was then compelled to
shoot Bailey in self defense. The
shooting occurred on the night of
March 9 last. Bailey was shot
twice, once in the back and once
in the back of the head, the latter
shot proving fatal.
Many witnesses for the defense
were called to testify to the general
character of the defendant.
Late Wednesday afternoon the
attorneys for the defense made their
arguments to the jury. When court
resumed session in the evening As.
sistant Attorney General Baker
presented the arguments of the
prosecution. Judge Quinlan then
read his instructions, naming four
counts on either of which the de-
fendant Should be found guilty OF
not guilty. They were murder in
the first degree, second, third OF
fourth degree manslaughter. The
jury retired at 9:15 and after an
hours deliberation was conducted
to hotel for the night, returning
to the jury room at 8 0 clock Thurs.
day morning.