The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-01-19

where he. served ten months for IL
qpor offenses; Joseph Custer, star gov
eminent witness at the Herzog trial,
and Herzog himself.
Embraces Kenosha Saloon Men.
The second dry law Indictment
names, with Feuer and Grosscurth,
Charles Erler, Arthur Birk, Joel
jacobson and Hyman Gordon. Kenosha
saloon keepers. The first bribery in
dietment names Feuer, Grosscurth,
Burke, Custer, Jacobson, Gordon, Err
Ter and Birk. The second bribery true
bill names Feuer, >Grosscurth, Burke,
Budar and Custer.
All of the men named in the four
indictments have been given notice to
be ready for trial on Monday, it is be-
lieyed, but only one or possibly two
of the cases will be taken up at that
time. A motion by the United States
attorneys Office to consolidate certain
Of the cases is not considered impreb-
able in which case similar charges
may be tried at the same time.
Affidavits of prejudice have been
filed against the local judge by Feuer
and Gross eurth, necessitating an out
side judge presiding at the trial. This
judge will be chosen by Judge Baker,
senior jurist of the Seventh circuit,
and will be, according to word given
out on Saturday, either Judge Evan
A. Evans, Circuit Court of Appeals;
Judge Albert B. Anderson, Indiana, or
Judge George A. Carpenter, Chicago.
Guilty Pleas Startle.
With the stage set for the opening
of the "Lederer trial." a bombshell
was cast on Saturday at the defense
of indicted members of the alleged
Milwaukee whiskey ring, when Joseph
Dudenhoefer, ST., Joseph Dudenhoefer,
Jr., and Frank J. Eggerer appeared
suddenly in federal court and entered
pleas of guilty to all charges against
them in connection with the $250,000
rum bribery and conspiracy scandal
revealed by the October grand jury.
The action was believed to be a
complete surprise to most of those in
terested in the case, and was regarded
as distinct government victory. CO.
defendants named in one or more of
the indictments to which the guilty
pleas were entered include Thomas A.
Delaney, former federal prohibition
director; Joseph P. O'Neil, former pro-
hibition director; Joseph Ray and Au-
gustus F. Barker, former prohibition
inspectors; John Bluemm and Walter
P. Lewandowski, Milwaukee business
men, and James NJ. Loyellette and
Sam H. Cohen, Chicago.
Admits Giving Bribes.
All of these men, except Cohen and
Loyellette, who have not yet been ar
raigned, have entered pleas of not
guilty to the charges. Dudenhoefer,
ST., was charged in the indictments to
which he pleaded guilty, Of distribut-
ing $4,000 in brides and bonuses
among other members of the ring,
while Eggerer was charged with ac-
cepting $4,000. The cases are among
those awaiting trial during the court
session opening on Monday.
The affairs of the Milwaukee and
Kenosha whisky ring will receive the
attention of the court for at least two
weeks, it is thought. Sensational dis
closures regarding the activities of the
indicted members, and revelations con-
Meeting names hitherto unmentioned
with the ring operations are expected
to result from the "Lederer" trial.
Check on Transportation.
The government will attempt to
prove in the first dry law Indictment
that the defendants, "each and all of
them," transported 5000 gallons of
whisky from Ohio to Milwaukee Jon
Aug. 1s, 1920, and 5000 more gallons
on Sept. 8. Whisky in 5000 gallon
lots was transported by them from
New York on Sept. 10, Sept. 18, and
Oct. 5, the government also charges.
In attempting to establish these
facts, the government is expected to at
tempt to prove that on the night of
August 18, 1920, Harry Feuer, Joseph
Budar, and Joseph Custer unloaded
1000 cases of whisky from freight
car in Milwaukee. Burke is charged
in the indictment with giving the num-
Der Of the whisky car and the ar
rival date to Bert Herzog on three
occasions. Custer is charged with
twice giving Burke $4,000.
The second dry law indictment con-
Germs itself with the car of whisky
which arrived in Kenosha on June 16,
1920, which received much attention
during Herzog's bribery trial. The
two indictments charging conspiracy to
bride Herzog dealt almost entihely with
events brought out by testimony at
the Herzog trial.
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