The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-10-19
BAKER ASKED TO
AID RACINE MEN
Prominent Business Men"
Seek Aid Of Kenosha
Attorney.
KENOSHA GIRL TALKS
Lucille Cleveland in Jail at Rock
ford Declared to Have Ad-
mitted Attending Parties.

Evidently it is not all "smoke" and
no fire" in the Racine scandal"
Prominent business men of Racine have
sought the services of Attorney Robert
Verne Baker of Kenosha to represent
them in an investigation of the stories
which have centered about the resigna-
ton of Mrs. Alma Longgale as police
woman in Racine and it is possible
that he will accept the call and join in
a demand on the district attorney of
Racine county and the judge of the cir
cult court for grand jury which will
probe into the gossip of that, city and
pick from the rumors the facts.
81 can't talk about it because I do
not know anything about il" said
County Judge Baker. II suppose that
these men who came to see me are
prominent business mem but l can not
verify this statement because I have
not as yet conferred with them. / was
unale to see them when they came and
I anticipate that they will return. Cur
relations thus far are not close enough
for me to say whether or not l will
have anything to do with the matter.
It is true that these men were here and
sought my aid in the matter, but |
haven't anything further that ] can
give out"
1t is recalled that Judge Baker was
named by the governor of the state
some months ago to make an investi-
CATION into alleged irregularities in
the city election in Racine and it is
believed that he has wide knowledge
of official conditions in that city. It
is not suggested at this time that the
services of Judge Baker are sought by
the state or by any official of Racine,
but by certain mn whose names have
been connected with the rumors and
who desire to have their names cleared.
Not Interested in Rockford Case.
The-police department of Kenosha is
not taking any active interest In the
plight of Miss Lucille Cleveland of Ke-
nosha, who is now in the county jail
at Rockford awaiting for someone to
paw a fine of large proportions. She
was charged with disorderly conduct
but asserted in an interview that she
had done no wrong.
mo, we are not taking any action of
any kind in the matter" was the dec
laration of Chief of Police Thad Logan
this morning. "We carried the mes
sage of the Rockford police department.
to the relatives of Miss Cleveland IN
Kenosha, but they let US understand in
no uncertain manner that they did not
desire to take any action in the case.
The matter is one for Miss Cleveland
to settle with the officials at Rockford
and the Kenosha department is in no
way connected with it. Of course, we
would be ready to offer our service
to the relatives Of this unfortunate
young woman, but there has been no
request for such services and we are
not butting in on any work of the
Rockford officials"
Kenosha Girl Talks at Rockford.
Meantime both Racine and Kenosha
continued to take an active interest in
the affairs of Mrs. Longgale and the
two girls. Racine seethed with the
stories of "alleged goings on" at the
apartments which had been formerly
occupied by the policewoman and where
the Kenosha girl and her companion
had been called frequent guests. The
fact that pretty Lucille Cleveland had
been hooked up with the case made the
interest of Kenosha people more in
tense. A lot of Kenosha people went
to Racine to seek information which
they believed had been covered up" in
reports sent out from there, but the
stories told in Racine lacked confrma-
ton and. for the most part they con-
sisted in such expressions as "They do
Crort;r1od On PaOe ~