The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-03-09
SONDEL SCORES
DELANEY COUNSEL
States Attorney in Plea to
Jury Condemns FOn-
taine's Methods.
DEFENSE RESTS EARLY
Attorneys Start Pleas to the
Jury This Morning when
Defense Rests Case.
(By Associated Press Lsased wire.)

Milwaukee, visit was an aCfocl-
Gus thing" for Attorney A. B. Fon-
taine, representing Thomas A. De-
laney, to charge in his opening state
ment at Che Delaney trial that the
prosecution was the result of a con-
spiracy between the Joseph Dudenhoe-
fers, father and son, and George Gold
ing, government detective, David A.
Sondel, assistant United States dis
trict attorney, said in beginning his
argument to the jury today.
cit was an atrocious thing to accuse
a high-minded government official like
Mr. Golding of such a crime" said Mr..
Sondel, knowing as Mr.. Fontaine did,
that there was no intention of offering
proof of his statement. The defense
has made miserable showing in at
tempting to prove this charge against
a man who was sent personally by the
internal revenue commissioner to clean
up Mr. Delaney's office"
Citing Mr.. Fontaine's statement that
the defense would admit ninth-tenths
of what the government was about
to charge, Mr.. Sondel said that he
should have admitted that ten-tenths
of it were true.
Scores Inspector Ray.
Commenting on The statement Of
Joseph H. Ray, former prohibition in
spector, who is co-defendant of De-
laney, that he had taken the word and
the record of the Dudenhoefers as
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had on hand, Mr.. Sondel said that if
Ray was willing to make his inspec-
ton on that basis there was no need
of his going to the Dudenhoefer es-
tablishment at all.
After reciting Rays statement that
at first he had refused to accept a
500 watch from the younger Duden-
hoefer, Mr.. Sondel said:
cray, A, and former vice-consul in
Russia and Siberia, was induced to ac-
cept the gift Of Joe Dudenhoefer, "a"
"After Delaney had told Ray that it
did not look good for him to be wear
ing watch given by the Dudenhofers,
Ray told his associates in the prohi-
bition Office that he got the watch
from a nurse whom he had met in
Russia said Mr.. Sondel.
Not Defending Dudenhoefers.
Mr.. Sondel said that he was not de-
Tending the Dudenhoefers, but that the
blacker they were painted by the de-
tense the blacker became officials whom
they are said to have bribed.
Mr.. Sondel said that the reason the
late Joseph S. Giudices alleged go
between, was called in by the Duden-
hooters after they had arranged for
him to get permits to buy whiskey
from Delaney, was the suspicion on
the part of the Dudenhoefers that the
reason the permits were not forth
coming was the fact that they had not
been paid for.
"The elder Dudenhoefer gave Giudice
$500 for himself and $500 for De-
laney, and in six days the permits
arrived,1 said Mr.. Sondel. Mr.. Son
del pointed out that despite the claim
of the defense that there was huge
number of permit holders in Wiscon
sin to be inspected, the number of
state was only forty-seven.
Defense Rested Early.
The argument to the jury started
this forenoon when the defense rested
after having introduced character tes
timony. Thomas F. Konop, formerly
of Green Bay and former congressman
from the ninth district, now a resident
of Milwaukee, and County Judge John
C. Karel, DR.. E. M. Rice and Senator
M. w. Perry, Algoma, testified to the
good reputation of Ray. Similar tes-
timony in behalf of Delaney was given
by Circuit Judge Henry GRASS, Green
Bay, Municipal Judge Nicols J. Mona
han, Green Bay; George Kennedy,
Green Bay, contractor; and Henry
Vanden Heuvel, who resides near
Green Bay and formerly was sheriff
of Brown county.