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

asked me Ior money, he said, Lou, l
don't want you to think I'm holding
you up, but got $1,000 from Gales
and Murray"
Ride Schrayer Over Bumps.
Attorney Baker, in cross-examining
Schrayer for the defense, indicated
that Schrayer would not be allowed to
turn states evidence without having
his jacket warmed for him, so far as
it was in the powers Of Fishers attor-
neys to do so. His past was infinitely
inquired into, which was allowed by the
court, although label entered frequent
objections.
what did you conduct at Trues-
dell?" asked Baker.
"a hotel business, restaurant and
saloon" replied Schrayer.
"You conducted house of i'll fame
at that place also, did you not ?" asked
Baker.
Witness-"No, SIR
Baker-"Didn't you have rooms up
stairsT"
Witness-"Six or seven little rooms"
Baker-"Didnt you rent out those
little rooms for purposes of prostitu-
tion?"
Witness-"No, sir"
Baker-"Did you conduct any other
business there"
Witness-"I rented one room for a
crap game outfit"
Baker-"Who to p
Witness-"Jack Jensen and the rest"
Under this cross-examination the de-
tense brought out some testimony
which was not to it's fancy, when
Schrayer, who stood the grilling fairly
we'll, testified that this same crap game
was run ten weeks, during the fall Of
1919 and again in the spring of 1920,
and that Fisher was paid rake-off of
$50 a week and former Sheriff Joseph
Meyers $50 a week for protection.
Schrayer said that he himself got 500
week but that he shut down on the
crap game because he wasn't getting
enough out Of it.
"They gave me $500 week." he said,
''but as 500 Of that had to be divided
between Fisher and Meyers, I only had
$500 left and learned that the other
| fellows were getting a lot more than
that. There wasn't enough in it for
me-"
| Baker demanded whether he himself
had been indicted by the Kenosha
county grand jury. Schrayer said that
he had been indicted by the federal
grand jury for selling liquor and that
he had pleaded guilty and that he was
indicted by the Kenosha county grand
! jury for the same thing.
"And charged in the federal court
with conspiracy to bride Herzog?"
asked Baker.
eyes, sir" replied Schrayer.
"Have you ever been indicted by the
Kenosha county grand jury for paying
Fisher 5000 for grand jury protection ?"
IF so, l know nothing of it," said
Schrayer.
"Have you been indicted for paying
$50 week to Fisher and $50 to Meyers
for protection on a crap game 2" asked
Baker.
"Again, not that 1 know Of" replied
the witness.
The REORGANIZATION was discon-
tinued at twelve o'clock as the court
took recess until 1880 p. m.
Defense Springs Bomb.
The defense in the trial of Peter
Fisher, Jr., played it's trump card at
FIVE o'clock Thursday afternoon, near
the close of the third day of the trial,
when it tossed bomb-shell into the
midst of the prosecution, and halted,
for the time being at least, the on
ward march of the states case.
The attorneys in alliance for the
defense declared that Fisher had no
right to waive his immunity, and that
the state had no right to prosecute
to prosecute witness for transactions
concerning which he had testified in a
civil action or an action by the state,
except to prosecute for perjury.
Why Defense Played Pussy.
Singular as it seemed, the defensa
had made no objection to the entering
in evidence of Fishers second state
ment, the statement to the grand jury,
although it was more lengthy and went
into more minute detail than the first
statement made to Mortimer Walker,
the admittance of which in evidence
had been bitterly contested by the de-
tense. The reading of Fishers grand
jury statement occupied most of
Thursday afternoon, and that the de-
Tense had reason for quietly sitting
back and letting the evidence drip in
word by word, was finally apparent.
The defense allowed the evidence
showing that Fisher had appeared as
grand jury witness in order to play
their trump that therefore because he
had been witness, he could not be
prosecuted for matter about which he
had testified
The bomb was sprung just as Louis
Schrayer the last states witness for
Thursday, took the stand at five
o'clock. Before his examination was
begun, Attorney R. v. Baker asked that
the prosecution be halted and declared
that the defense would show reason
why there should be no further prose
cution of the case. In the midst of a
surprised court room, crowded to the
doors, Judge Belden ordered the jury
to retire
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