The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-07-31

born announced that he would pre-
sent his decision later.
John Ohmstead told City Manager
C. M. Osborn this morning at the hear
ing in his case that there was nothing
the matter with him last Saturday
NIGHT except that his feet hurt. The
SUSPENDED police officer was on trial
charged with having been intoxicated
while on duty directing traffic at the
corner of Main and Wisconsin streets
last Saturday night between 900
and 10000 p. m.
envy feet felt sore at the bottom
with callouses," said Ohmstead. He
said that that was all that was the
matter with him.
Other Witnesses Called.
The hearing opened in the city cotn-
Gil chambers at 1915 a. m. Beside
the CITY manager sat Chief Logan and
the stenographer, to his right the ac-
cused officer and his counsel, Leo Vau-
dreuil, and at the left City Attorney
C. E. Randall Eight witnesses were
called by the city attorney to tell what
they knew of the affair. They were
H. G. Maddox, Robert w. Steele, Jay
B. Glerum, Charles Goodman and
members of the police department
Leo Buchanan, Lawrence Bauschelt
Charles Rock and Assistant Chief
Cyzak.
The first four witnesses testified
that they were on the corner, of Main
and Wisconsin streets on Saturday
night, July 10, and saw the officer
directing the traffic.
"When came along there were no
cars crossing on Wisconsin street.
said Maddox. II walked across Main
street through the traffic. Stopped at
Becker's on the northeast corner and
bought a couple of cigars. I was in
there a couple of minutes and when
got out the traffic was still stand
ing. l knew it was at the same point
as before because the cars / had pass
ed going across the first time were
still there. I talked to the people
there, there was a crowd on all corn
ers, and asked what was the matter
and some one, 1 think it was Jay
Glerum, said, The officer is drunk.
1 watched the proceedings for five
minutes until the officer left the
corner"
"Did you observe the officer ?" asked
the city attorney.
81 did. He appeared to be pretty
unsteady on his feet"
"What have you to say of his con-
dition, as to whether he was intoxi-
Gated or not?"
"My opinion would be that he was
intoxicated"
Maddox said that there was con-
siderable CONGESTION and that the Of
ficer was doing practically nothing
with the traffic.
Robert Wesley Steele, 1868 South
Fremont avenue, was the second wit
ness called.
He said that he observed the traffic
officer while on duty last Saturday
night twice, once on foot and once
from a car while driving by him.
"The officer appeared to be intoxi-
Gated" he said He was unsteady on
his feet, and was not directing traffic
He would stop the Main street traffic
while that was heavy to let the traffic
on Wisconsin street get by when there
was no east and west traffic. / came
down to the police Office and reported
the matter to officer Bauschelt.
told him the traffic officer on the
corner of Main and Wisconsin street
was intoxicated"
officer Lawrence Bauschelt. confirmed
Steele's statement of the report made
He said that the first call that came
in came in little before nine o'clock
when some one telephoned that there
was a drunk on the corner of Main
and Wisconsin street.
eve answered with the wagon, did
not find the man and went back to
the Office" said the witness. Then he
said Steele came in.
"Were there just those two COM
plants % asked Attorney Vaudreuil
for the defense.
"There were quite few telephone
calls about it,"
"You saw officer Ohmstead and he
appeared to be all right, did he not 2
asked Vanderbilt.
"There was something wrong with
him. He appeared to- be sick or (the
witness hesitated) or something else
was wrong with him."
did you think he was intoxicated p
81 would not say whether he was
intoxicated or not" replied the police
officer.
"If you thought he was sick, why
didn't. you take him back with you ?"
persisted 'Vaudreuil.
at is not my place to take an of
fcer off duty. l reported to Lieut..
Rock"
'You had no trouble in getting
through Main street ?" Vaudreuil went
on encouragingly.
"The traffic was tied up" said
Bauschelt 1--WE had difficulty in get
ting to the corner"
Jay B. Glerum was the third witness
called. He also described the crowd
of pedestrians and the thick traffic
on the corner that night. At one time
he said the Main street traffic was SO
TANNED that it reached "below Park
street." Motorists were blowing their
horns, ne said.
'.What would you say of the officers
condition, was he sober or not sober?'
asked the city attorney.
81 was not close enough to say"
answered Glerum.
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