The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-07-31
Father Dies at Kenosha Hospital Following
Amputation of Leg.-Efforts to Save
Life Prove i'm Vain.
SON NOW HELD ON MURDER CHARGE
Police Re-Arrest William Marshall the Son Who Fired
the Fatal Shot Released on Bonds on Lesser
Charge, After Fathers Death.

at the news of her husbands death,
had recovered sufficiently to take an
appearance of comparative calm, the
arrival of the police who came to IN
form her of Williams re-arrest.
Meanwhile the body of James Mar
shall was taken to the Hansen funeral
home. His death came unexpectedly
within "a hours after the bitter quar-
rel which had cost him first the loss
of a limb and then his life.
The wounded man had suffered ex-
tremely from loss of blood and the
shock of his sons act, and physicians
in attendance upon the wounded man
decided that his only chance for life
lay in amputation of his left leg. At
IL o'clock on Wednesday morning Doc
tors c.. G. Richards, George Keskey
and P. P. M. Jorgensen performed the
operation, and at 1880 o'clock in the
afternoon Marshall was removed from
the operating room with his left leg
amputated at the thigh. He never re-
gained consciousness after the opera
ton.
Wife is Frustrated.
Death came so suddenly and with
such little warning, that of the i'm
mediate family only Mrs. Marshall was
at the bedside at the time. The son,
William, who earlier in the day had
been arraigned on charge of attempt
ed murder and pleaded not guilty and
who was allowed to go out on bail fixed
at $500, was at the home at 8 Albion
place with his sister, Minnie, aged II,
and his younger brother, James, Jr.,
aged 10. The first information he re-
ceived of the death of his father was
when relatives and friends brought
home the PROSTATE form of his step
mother Minnie, the first to feel the
seriousness of the news, collapsed.
For several hours she was in state
of mild delirium.
Mrs. Marshall broke down complete
ly and between periods of unconscious
ness she kept calling for James,
James" William, for the first time
since the shooting, showed signs of
emotion upon hearing that his father
had died. While he said nothing which
would give the impression that he was
sorry for what he had done he was
room and refused to allow anyone to
enter, or to speak to anyone.
Shortly after the news reached the
police office of the death of James Mar
shall, efforts were made to prepare Will
liam Marshall for arraignment on a
new charge-that of murder. Officers
were sent to re-arrest the young man,
and he returned to the county jail
again to spend his second night since
the shooting. Because only Judge E.
B. Belden of the circuit court has the
power to change bail, the defendant
must remain in jail until new bonds
are set.
Many at Bedside.
All day yesterday relatives of the
wounded man had been visiting at the
hospital expressing their regret for the
incidents Wednesday morning" al
though in an extremely weakened con-
dition, Marshall had signifed his in
tention of forgiving his son for his
rash deed, and had made the request
that the best attorney be secured for
his sons defense, and said that he-him-
self would pay the costs. He declared
that he would hold no grudge against
his son and was willing to forgive him.
His last words just before he was TAX
en- into the operating room were for
his son. poor Billy" he said.
Following the operation the ply
sicians in attendance declared that II
the patients constitution and physical
strength came to his aid he would be
able to recover. But about 4:30 o'clock
in the afternoon it was observed that
the heart action of the patient was be-
coming feebler. At 10 minutes after
five o'clock the heart stopped beating.
At the dead mans bedside at this
time were, in addition to Mrs. Mar
shall, his mother and father, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Cassidy; Mrs. Fred Rudy,
sister; Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Marshall,
brother and sister-in-law respectively,
and Mrs. Oliver Axtell of Silver Lake,
a sister.
Was Going to His Sweetheart.
What circumstances had lead to the
quarrel between the son and father
was the theme of discussion among
neighbors of the family today Accord
ing to some, James Marshall had taken
an attitude of undue harshness to-
wards his family, and had from time to
time administered unmerciful beatings
to his son.
Last spring, it is said, William want
ed to marry, but his father refused to
give his consentS the young man not
being of age. The breach between the
two widened.
Tuesday night, the eve of the wretch
ed quarrel, William came home just
after six o'clock and bitter words were
passed between the two.< The father
ordered his son to go up to bed. Will
liam went to his room, put on his new
suit of clothes and prepared to go out
calling on his girl. He said to his
sister Minnie, 81 am not going to stay
here tonight"