The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-01-12
Louis Schrayer of Truesdell Testified This Noon
That Fisher Demanded $1,000 to Keep
Him Out of Grand Jury.
CAN'T WAIVE IMMUNITY AND GET IT
Defense Bomb Goes Up Like Toy Balloon AS Court
Holds That Waiver of Immunity Cannot be
Strapped and Trial Goes On.

III see That you are not indicted by
che grand jury" are the words which
Peter Fisher Jr., former district attor-
ley said one day last May while the
5rand jury was in progress to Louis
Schrayer saloonkeeper at Truesdell,
according to the testimony given just
before noon today by Schrayer as a
itate's witness. Schrayer said that the
statement was made by Fisher just
fter he, Schrayer, had promised to
come across" with $500 the following
,ay. The witness today, who was the
1ost sensational the state has put on
he stand so far, declared the sugges-
ion that he pay money for protection
gainst grand jury prosecution came
rom Fisher himself and that it was
irtually in the form Of a demand for
1000.
The testimony this morning showed
hat the protection given on gambling
perations covered crap-shooting and
Their more vicious forms and that the
ounty was honey-combed with this
ystem. Schrayer said that he had
our machines at his place at Truesdell.
Schrayer Spilled the beans" right
nd left, even under cross-examination
When he said that he had paid Fisher
nd former Sheriff Meyers $50 a week
turing the fall Of 1919 and spring of
900 for period Of ten weeks for pro-
ection on a. crap game outfit which
vas run by Jack Jensen and others at
Truesdell.
Court Opens at 1880 A. M.
The entire morning up until 1880
o'clock was occupied by the court in
'hambers, where it threshed out the
notion Of the defense that Peter Fish
sr Jr. could not be prosecuted further.
Vhe packed court room waited in great
iecorum for the judge to appear from
MS room, but it was wait of 31s
iours, as the court foregathered sharp
and retired into conference at nine
o'clock. 1t was, then, not until half an
1our before noon that Judge Belden
inally emerged and Undersheriff Knip-
ef touehed.oR the electric bell for the
Jury and attorneys and sounded the
usual, "Hear vel Hear ye! Hear vel"
which announced that the circuit court
vas now in session.
Judge Belden announced that the
rial would go on and that the motion
If the defense for the discontinuance
If the prosecution on the ground that
'lsner coulu not waive ms immunity
ma cOuIu NOT as d witness IN maCter
u wlue pup I,-S ~ =, De prosecuted
OF i''aICeT 'nas ne flad IeStlhed aOoue'
euse Doioen ueciareu 'ha' a waiver
- immunity couio no. oe Eegarueo as
NJ soaap u paper anu 'n"1 ~ wou .l
80 lss ei''e1'Iy u d peISoil oTNlu "atvS
claim his waive
And Az se Deluge.
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- w. i.'stAASe@ sA caleo TO Inc
'Sanu anu $50, 'l1S petweeh oep-
eehDeI l9A9 ana AuBusG ASzo ne hao
purchased 9o'Uoo worth Oh WhlsKey
, rom Feter c'aiies ana Cnaries Murray:
ne ees'iirony was lor 1He purpose Oh
s',oml"g g, va. ~ uitsy anu oai,es' rom
80, 49, LniL - 81 n6o eU WIN n@slng
o''Nsn piiDe y Y-'oVV' "eie 1ne@seu
~ ii'""iui llquoi '@ieS III Nenosna
county on large scale as wen as op7
eratlons WIN gambling macnlnes:
LOUIS ocnrayer, the second witness
eaiieu ny ene sVS'e ms noon gave
en'y mlnu'es o. scii.iiia'ihe 'es'l-
"ony pom uAoer Inc ulrect eNamlna-
s'lon OF IiosecuV0r zap . ana Une cross
examination OF ~ '; baAeF' one Oh the
1VSorheys TOT the uelehse, oy wnom
ochrayer was roughly hlahhahdIeu Tor
some ume' with promises oil the same
treatment When court opened at two
O'Clock inns afternoon
Fisher Told schrayer to Come.
.4u ~. 41 - NJ 10,
w 'o'.oi. = .1AS' ,, go 80
- "a taId 49,, 80 ,1','l Ca a..
Office. He said he wanted to see ma
went in the next morning and TO his
,fice in the court house annex. He
wasn't there. waited around Tor him
and at last the lady in the Office told
ne that he wouldn't be in. l came back
the next morning. and again at noon,
and he still wasn't there, but finally |
net\him there at four o'clock that day."
The defense entered an objection
through Stewart as testimony on an
Independent crime, incompetent and