Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1923-11-22
HEARING OVER
REWARD MADE
FOR MURDERERS
County Board Of Supervisors Be-
comes Court TO Determine
Whom Should Be Paid
(From Fridays daily

court to determine who should be
paid the reward of $500 offered by
the county for the arrest and con-
viction of the murders of Robert
Jaeger, near Plain, on the evening,
of August 2, 1923. The sum Of 500
was offered for the discovery of tho
owner of the car and $500 for in
formation which would lead to the
arrest and conviction Of the guilty
persons.
The reward was claimed by Will
lam Dawson, police reporter for the
Capital Times at Madison, and by
William E. Ffaherty, proprietor OF
the Rent-A-Car garage at Madison.
The former was represented by At
torney Philip F. LaFollette of Mad1-
son and the latter by Attorney Her
man Grotophorst Of Baraboo. District
Attorney H. ]. Bohn sat informally
as the Judge and Miss Lille Sparks
acted as reporter.
Statements were made by the at
torneys and the two claimants were
examined, Mr. Bohn making a. closing
statement.
Claims of Flaherty
Mr.. Flaherty claimed to have read
the reward sent out, to have ex-
amined his record, to have notified
the police, and to have attempted to
reach the authorities in Sank county,
all this occurring on Monday, Tues
day, and Wednesday forenoon-Aug-
.ust 20, Il and 22 According to his
statement he did not reach Mr.. Bohn
on the telephone until about noon
on Wednesday.
Claims of Dawson
Mr.. Dawson had been working on
the case from the morning of the
murder on August 2. He had visited
the scene of the crime, had noticed
the bills containing pictures of the
tires on the murderers' car, had Wis
tied the garage where he noticed the
machine, Che had hired a car, met
with an accident, and was trying to
adjust the damage), had quizzed
Flaherty as to the car with peculiar
tires, had asked for the records in
the garage and had been refused, had
told his superiors in the Times office,
and had telephoned to Mr.. Bohn be-
fore 9 o'clock on Wednesday morning
August %.
Mr.. Bohn stated he had received
the telephone message from Mr.
Dawson and had sent the detectives
and Sheriff Ode in haste to investi-
gate and make the arrest, which was
done. The message of Dawson came
first.
During the examination of Dawson,
F'laherty injected numerous remarks
and on calling Dawson a liar was
sent from the room. Later he return
ed and remained quiet. One of the
things that nettled him was the
statement of Dawson to the effect that
when he asked Flaherty where the
Fisk Premier tires on the car came
from he said they were given him
ard later said they we're purchased.
The reward offered W
was not made until some days after
the crime and. Mr.. Grotophorst urged
that a f.nd always be on hand for
detective work in the county.
Attorney La Toilette is beginning
his law career and has much Of the
convincing manner Of his fathel.
Senator R. M LaFollette.
The reward in the county was
signed by Chairman. George w. An
drews. Sheriff w. H. Ode, and Mr..
Bohn.
The Crime
It was Alvin L. Jensen and John
Galloway, two Madison painters who
hired the car on the night in ques-
ton, and were later sent to Waupun,
Jensen for life and the other for %
years.
The Fisk tire used on the car is a
new make and but few were in the
country. A careful look by the re-
porter resulted in the arrest
The Rewards
1t has been agreed that Dawson be
paid $500 and F1aherty $780, Flaherty
will get the $500 because the auto
mobile was kept in the garage sew
eral days at the request of the county,
because he furnished the record
through which the men were arrested
and because he made some effort to
reach the proper authorities.