Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-01-26
HOGL TRIAL JAMS
COURT ROOM
CASE STARTED MONDAY IN
CIRCUIT COURT-HEAR
TESTIMONY


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The state rested at three o'clock '
yesterday after completing the in
PRODUCTION Of the direct evidence
and after recess Joseph Hogl =
took the stand. The session this
morning was devoted to the cross"
= examination of Hogl and Poepke y
. and their testimony practically '
conceded with that of earlier
y witnesses. An early completion
y of the case is looked for.
=, y
| The circuit court room is being
| jammed daily this week with spectators
following the progress of the case of
the State of Wisconsin vs. Joseph
Hog! which arose out of the death of
John p. Ryan on August 6, 1921. tt,
case was called Monday morning End
the work of selecting jury was start
ed at once. The regular panel of thir-
ty-six jurors was augmented by an
additional fifteen ordered drawn bN
Judge A. Fl. Reid Monday AFTERNOON
and later until seventy-two yenSe-
men has been summoned.
The examination of prospective iur-
ors was severe and a number were
summarily excused. At ten O'Clock
Tuesday morning somewhat unex-
pectedly, twenty men were accepted
as eligible and of these the following
twelve were chosen to form the jury.
Gilbert Plank, town of Flieth; Chas.
Leitermann, Rib Falls; Henry j. Nc
Kay, Wausau; William Altman. town
of Mcmillan; j. L. Anderle, town of
Mosinee; Edward A. Becker. STRAIT
ford Peter Straub, town of Green
Valley; George Deval, Stratford; Wal
lace Drake, town of Kronenwetter;
Charles braves town of Easton: Geo
l.. Schmid, town of Cleveland and
William Hilgeman, town of Cl<yeland.
Begin Work
After the selection of the jury, Dis
trict Attorney George j. Leicht out
lined the course the state expected to
pursue and he was followed by Attor-
ney Ralph Il. Smith of Merrill, with
the outline of the defense. The -
trict attorney is assisted by Attorney
e. p. German, formerly district at
| torney. and assistant counsel for the
defense is Attorney Fred w, Genrich.
A map Of the Ryan premises in the
| town of Texas where the tragedy oc-
Cured. was made from surveys by
d, S. Burnett and was identified and
explained. Photographs taken by W.
| |. LaCerte were also introduced.
fhe testimony in the early part of
the trial closely followed that given
at the preliminary hearing eXcept/hat
the defense brought out new points in
it's claim of self-defense. Th~ prose-
cution sought to show that Hogl had
threatened Jack Ryan and was de-
! termned to get him. The defense
attempted to prove that Hogl became
| Involved in the affair only when try
| ing to make peace between Ryan and
Paul Poepke, who were fighting at
the time.
Outline OF Story
The outline of the story taken from
the testimony of Pierce Ryan, brother
of the deceased and of eye illnesses
of the fight and OF incidents preced-
ing and following it is as follo\s:
| On the day before the fight, that
is. ON Saturday, August 5. Hogl, Paul
-Poepke and Pierce and Jack Ryan met
at the Ryan home in the town of Tex
as and came to Wausau in Hogfs< au-
t0mobile. They stopped at the Robert
Bliese saloon on Sixth street and AZ
that place Hogl and Jack Ryan quai
relied, Hogl, according to the testl-
mony of Pierce Ryan. being the ag-
grcssor, More or less drinking had
been taking place and both we're in
toxicated.
After the quarrel tht two bee. me
friends again and the party finally
left for home, Beyond Jim Moore
creek, Hogl. who was driving. stopped
the car and invited Jack to fight. All
got out and in the fight bet/e~. Hogl
and Jack. the former got the worst 90
IL. They made up their differences
again and went on TO the Glasel sa-
loon where Jack and Pierce. Ryan
fought Hogl stopped the firlt and
took Pierce Ryan home. Jack re.
manned over night.
Revisit Scene
The next day. Sunday, Hogl. and
Pierce Ryan revisited the scene o.
the fights OF the day before in an at
tempt To hid a watch Hogl elaine 20
! have lost. They picked up Poepke and
Jack Ryan and the four started for
: home.
Jack Ryan and Poepke qsarrelled
most of the way 10 the Ryan place
about how 10 run a car and after ar
irving. Poepke drove the car onto
the Ryan yard where Jack invited
; Poepke 10 fight. They clinched and
| rolled to the ground, Ryan on top
! Hogl attempted TO interfere and pfertS
held him back. Then he went TO Q
woodpile near by. got an ak and STRUCK
Jack on the head with H. Pierce az.
tempted TO grab the AK and Hog
| struck him with IL several tirIes. on,
blow stunning him.
i Hogl and Poepke then drove away
leaving the Ryans unconscious on th,
I ground. Pierce revived upon the ar.
rival OF the officers but Jack failed e
! recover consciousness and died earl,
the following morning.
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