The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-01-12

Q-You never intended to pay it
back?
A-Well, now, I wouldn't say that,
Mort. I wanted to get some money,
and | really was perfectly willing to
tell them I would pay it back and
simply make a loan of it.
Didn't you expect it to be a
bribe?
A-No, I can't say that I did really
now. No, I don't think so.
Q-What did you mean the other day
when you said you thought they gave
it to you because you could do them
some good?
Al simply meant this: That they
left that for me, and were willing to
let me have it because they thought,
probably, | could do them some good;
they were doing me a favor. But,
| didn't know just how they would feel
now, whether or not that was supposed
to be paid back.
Q-They never spoke to you about
it afterwards?
A-NoI don't think have spoken to
them once since.
Q-Mrs. Murray was in your office
one time?
Airs. Murray was in one time to
see about = what there a warrant is
sued for her?
Ono, guess not.
A-That is long before that. She
has never been in my office but once.
Q-What did she call on you then
for?
Wanted to Come Back.
A-That is what I am trying to think
| Oh, will tell you what it was. Was
mt he away at that time? Yes, and
he wanted to get word to come back,
or not. I said: Of course, he can
come back if he wanted to. What 1
discovered afterwards was they were
interested in the Fedral prosecutions
and she thought was one. l said:
ooh, yes, tell him to come back. There
is no use of his staying away" That
is the only time ever saw her.
Q-She had quite long conference
with you?
A-She wasn't in there very long.
Q-About two hours?
A-Oh, no.
Q-That is the report that was Civ
en- me. Are you sure that is not so !?
A-0h, no. She wasn't in there that
long. She talked about that, and it
seems to me she told me Charley was
away some place, and that she could
reach him by telegram. She wanted to
know whether I would tell him to
| come home; he wanted to know wheth-
er to come home. Had she been ar
rested at that time)for selling case of
whiskey out there?
Mr.. Burgett No, she never was
arrested ~. y
Mr.. Fisher 90 She knew about it.
Mr.. Burgett From the part she
took in the sale, she must have known.
Q-What did she tell you about
that?
Over Whiskey eDal.
A-She wanted to know if she was
going to get into trouble over that
whiskey; and if am not mistaken, she
told me how she happened to have the
whiskey think she told me it was mot
Charley's whiskey; that it was whis-
to her father, or his brotherin-law, or
some old fellow that brought it in
and had it in the attic.
Q-Who was her father?
Al can't think of his name.
don't think it was the father. I think
it was the brother-in-law of Charley's
or something like that. She talked to
me about that q little, but that was ALI
There wasn't anything *
Q-(nIterrupting) What about mon
ey solicited by you, and paid to you,
that 100000 left in the haywood Ho-
tel, to influence your act as district
attorney?
| Al don't think there was a word
said at that time about that-about any
prosecutions, or anything else. Of
| course, that was after they had started
these prosecutions, wasn't it?
Q-I think it was after the grand
jury met, I don't know.
A-No.
| Q-After it was ordered?
A-No, it was before that, I think.
Q-When was the grand jury called
Mr.. Burgett - The 18th.
Mr.. Fisher The 18th of May.
Mr.. Burgett This was in March,
the 18th of 18th of March.
Q-Was there anything said about
your fayoring them?
A-NO, sir. l don't think there was
word said.
Q-or that you had favored them
A-No, sir.
No knowledge of Booze Business.
Q-Did you know they were running
whiskey around here?
A-No, sir, at that time I didn't have
any idea they were doing the business
they were doing. I really didn't know
it. l had no occasion to hear it or
know it, that they were taking that
stuff out through the county the way
they were.
Q-You told me the other day that
Peter Gales paid you two or three
hundred dollars in addition to that
sum.
Acts see. Did he pay that, or
did he pay it to Ritter? Yes, l think
that went to Ritter, and then came to
me, but supposed to be from Gales.
l can't remember for sure. I never
had any dealings with Gales, much.
Q-What made you say that: That
he paid you two or three hundred dol
| lars?