The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-22
FAIL TO SOLVE DEATH
PUZZLE, ADJOURN QUIZ.
Probable That Poison Which Caused Death of
Joseph Dubinski Was Fusel Oil
from MoOnshine Liquor.
TO- CONTINUE INQUEST ON MONDAY
Witnesses Pass Lie to Each Other as to Who Furnished
the Illicit Booze Which is Supposed to
Have Contained Poison. ha

While the formula for the solution
| of the mystery surrounding the death
of Joseph Dubinski, Pleasant Prairie
farmer, seemed to be the words, fusel
/ oil, there were still phases of the
problem which were sufficiently puz-
zling to lead Coroner Truman T. Par
ker to adjourn the inquest held yester-
! day afternoon, to 2 p. m. Monday. DR..
| A. j. Lowe, who attended the dead man
during his last illness, and Andrew
| Stahl, in whose Office the man spent
the afternoon, will he called to testify.
Instead ofNhaving taken three small
drinks of moonshine whisky at noon,
as was first reported, facts brought out
at the inquest, which was held in the
council chamber of the city hall,
| showed that the men drank nearer two
! quarts.
Dubinski, it was testified, took the
| first drinks out of the bottles. Fusel
oil, it was also testified, rises to the
| top in moonshine, ike cream on milk,
and it was therefore possible that sew
eral men might drink out of the same
bottle and only the person who took
the first drink get the poison. This
I
! drank feeling no i'll effects.
Someone Committed Perjury.
The testimony Of four of the wit
nesses under oath directly passed the
| lie. This was regarding the source Of
supply of the liquor. When Peter Pu-
zas was called to take the stand Frank
Katutis, with whom Dubinski spent the
afternoon, was sent from the room by
the coroner. Puzas testified that Du-
binski and Katutis stopped at their
farm shortly before IL a. m. and that
/ they called the members of the family
in and asked them, to have "li'l appe-
tier" out of the bottle which they pro-
duced. Puzas stated that he, his wife,
his hired man and the two visitors
finished the pint
On the desk in front of the coroner
stood a bottle which the Puzas family
brought in at the request of the coro-
ner. Mr.. Puzas identified this as the
bottle from which they drank. He
stated that after it had been emptied
the men left it at the farm.
Testimony is COrrobOrated.
Lottie Puzas, Peters wife, then took
the stand. She said that the men had
stopped at their farm to see if they
were having an auction sale. She also
testified that she first saw the bottle in
the hands of Dubinski, who invited
them to Join him in a modest libation.
She added that she then prepared din
ner and that the men ate little. Du-
binski, she said, took three bites of a
roast pork sandwich.
John Rimkus then took the stand.
He testified that Dubinski inveigled
him to drink with these words:
"Have little taste, old mani"
Whereupcn Rimkus drank and re-
marked, CHATS pretty good, l don't
mind if l have another" He said he
followed the second "shotp with three
others.
Katutis Takes the Stand.
When Frank Katutis took the stand
he announced that he and Dubinski
had some drinks at the Puzas farm.
Questioned as to where it came from
he stated that he had asked Mrs. Puzas
if She had drink about the place to
which she replied that she had if they
had any money.
Katutis averred that Dubinski
Sprung" a dollar for the first bottle
and that when that was gone he bought
the second. He said he thought there
was a third bottle produced, but he
wasn't sure that that was drained and
he didn't know who bought it,
To the oft repeated query of the
district attorney if he was telling the
truth" Katutis each time replied with
conviction, "You betcher my life!'
While Katutis was holding his little
truth telling party, there reposed on
| the desk in front of the coroner the
witnesses police record. Each of the
charges had to. do with the manufac-
ture, transportation or sale of "high
tension wet goods"
One case against Katutis was record
ed where he had been fined $500 or siY
months at hard labor. The police said
that he escaped the serving of this
sentence through producing doctors
certificate to the effect that he was far
gone with consumption and that he
could not possibly live his term cut.
Katutis a Distiller.
| On the wall of the Office of the chief
Of police, in fact the other side of the
wall Of the room in which Katutis
stood, was a framed photograph Of the
| largest illicit distillery ever located in
! this part of the country Katutis, thc
police stated, was the proprietor Of
| that establishment.
Frank then pointed out the bottle on
the desk and stated that that was not
| the bottle in which Mrs. Puzas had
served the liquor. He described the
| bottle as "an old gin bottle" adding