The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-10-23
ORIN HEATING
CASE Is TRIED
Jury of Six in Justice Court
Hears Testimony in
Bar Case.
HE IS FOUND GUILTY
julius MOnteen and William
Larsen, Who Were Keating's
Customers, Give Evidence.

The trial or URN Aeatlng, chaEHeU
with violating the city ordinance by
maintaining q standing bar at which
drinks were consumed at his soft
drink parlor at the corner Of South
Newell and Lester streets on Sept. %,
was held Friday afternoon in the mu-
nicipal court. City Attorney c. E.
Randall prosecuted the case, and the
defendant was represented by Attor-
ney Leo Vaudreuil.
Heating was found guilty in verdict
returned by the jury before Ave o'clock.
julius Monteen was called as the
first witness for the city. He was
found at the place by the police while
making a trip Of inspection. He was
called and sworn but testified that he
was not at the bar or in the room
when the police entered and that he
was not served anything at all.
Police Tells Other Story.
Sergeant Matthew J. Kirsch then was
called to the stand. He testified that
he went to Keating's place together
with Officers Chase, Mitchell and Rey-
nolds He said that while passing the
window on the outside he saw Heating
behind the bar serving Montee1i and
William Larsen who was in front OF
each. He said when they entered he,
Kirsch, ran to William Larsen and
took the glass away. Officer Chase, he
said, ran to the other end to grab the
glass which had been served Monteen,
officer Chase testified that when he
ran for this glass, Heating whipped 1t
off the bar and ran to the sink where
he dumped the contents. Ofiicer Rey-
nolds and Mitchell corroborated this
testimony.
All of the officers testified that
there was money on the bar; 80 cents
in front of the place where Larsen was
standing and two quarters in front OF
Monteen. Larsen said it was not his,
Monteen said the money was not his,
end Heating said it was not his. It
ended by Larsen picking UP the change
and pocketing it, the police said.
William Larsen called to the stand
and duly sworn testified for the de-
Tense.
when the police came in.
when I came in, went to the bar
and asked for drink and didn't get
it. Heating told me / would be served
at the table. Near beer was served
me. / drank part Of it and then went
over to the bar with my glass in hand
to get some cigarettes. / had drunk
part of the beer and was about to 90
back to the table when the police
walked in. i had my back turned and
didn't see the police when they walked
in. Naturally when was walking back
I took little drink out of the glass"
"Did you pay Mr.. Heating for the
cigarettes ?" asked Mr.. Kendall.
"Yes sir"
"Was there any conversation with
the police as to what was In the
glass z"
al kidded Kirsch and said it was gin
ger ale"
ooh, you kidded him. see. Did
you pay Mr.. Heating for the glass Of
beer !"
"No sir"
Grin Heating then took the stand in
his own defense. He said that Lar
sen came in to his place and asked for
short beer. He said he, Heating,
served him at the table. Then he said
Larsen came to the bar and asked for
package Of cigarettes, and gave three
nickels for the package.
The "other beer" which the police
say they saw Heating serve to Mon
teen at the bar, Heating said, he, drew
off for himself. He said he picked
the glass of beer off the novelty stand
and drank it down, and that he did
not dump it.
On cross examination the city attor-
ney asked Heating if Larsen had paid
for the cigarettes and Larsen again
said he had.
"And for the beerT
Heating said that Larsen did not
pay for the beer.
"The officers said that there was
change on the bar" said Heating, "but
it wasn't mine."
"How long had it been on the bar ?"
asked the city attorney.
~ don't know, it didn't belong to
me-" replied Heating.