The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-12-11

"And you went fishing with him ?"
ITO keep on the right side of him.
He suggested it and we went for three
hours"
Had To Weigh Each Word.
Edward r. Millager, IA Albion Place,
testified that James Marshall had
very bad temper and that his son Will
liam always seemed very gentleman
ly young fellow.
"How long had you known the
fatherw
II was boy friend of James Mar
shall" said Millager.
"You weren't afraid of him ?" said
the witness after Mr.. Baker finished
the district attorney cross-examining
the direct examination.
"I would have to weigh every word
would say. He was very hot-head-
ed man."
"You don't know of anybody he
killed" asked the district attorney
with some sarcasm.
"No, but he could have killed good
many of them"
Mrs. Ruth B. Wellner, Albion
Place, testified that James Marshall
had a very bad temper and that on the
afternoon of July %, before the shoot
ing she heard an alteration in the
Marshall house, which is just west of
her own home. She heard James Mar
shall say, You, I'll show you'll Then
she heard the slam of the door. Then
she heard fighting within. She heard
James raised voice, but none other.
She said Marshall, senior, used much
profane language, that it seemed to
come natural to him.
Tells of Assault On SOrenson.
Mrs. Daniel Cox, S Albion Place,
testified that she had lived in that
street for twelve years and that she
had known James Marshall for sixteen
years. On the question of reputation,
she said that James was always quar-
reling with his family, finding fault
with them every minute of the day.
She said they were frequently assault
ed.
"Well, they are alive, aren't they"
asked the district attorney.
"They are, and am surprised that
they are alive" she returned.
William, the witness said in re-
spouse to Mr.. Bakers question, bore
an "A-Number One" reputation for
being a peaceful law-abiding citizen.
He was always good boy, she said.
Anton Sorenson, buffer, 760 Roberts
street, called as witness for the de-
tense, testified in substance as fol-
lows:
zone night about year and a half
ago, l was giving William Marshall a
ride. / was driving a Chevrolet tour
ing car. I picked him up and another
| fellow at the Becker Pool room. AS
we were driving along we met Will
! liam's girl and the other fellows girl,
and took them in for a ride. We took
the others home and then took Will
! liam home. 1t was about half-past
ten or eleven when we got to his door.
"Mr. Marshall his father, jumped
out Of the house in his trousers and
underwear and yelled at me Wait a
minute!' just as / started up my car.
l stopped and waited, because l didn't
know what he wanted.
she started hitting me and calling
me all the names he could think of.
He didn't hurt me because 1 ducked
out of his way. He saw me the next
day and he yelled at me, You're lucky
you're living"
Had Pulled the Hammer.
District Attorney Barnett, cross
examining William Marshall on Tues
day afternoon, sought to bring out in
more detail the circumstances of the
actual shooting as it took place on
the stairs of the home about 500
o'clock on the evening of July g..
"When did you last load that gum"
asked Mr.. Barnett.
The defendant answered that it was
in spring. He had cleaned the gun
and left two shells in it with an oiled
rag above, and had knocked down the
gun. He admitted that in the en-
counter on the stairs he had raised
the hammer and cooked the gun. He
said that in the struggle with his
father, the latter grabbed the barrel
of the gun. Then the gun went off
and everything went blank, Williams
said. The state sought to know that
a wounded area of about the size OF
two palms, such as the physician tes-
titled James Marshall had at the
knee, COuiQ INV NC ny q oAAOS-
gun fired at so close a range.
"You have been struck by your
father before?" The answer was yes
"a hundred times?"
ooh, two hundred times" said the
young man YEARLY. 81 can't tell how
many times. I've been beaten so much
"Why didn't you leave home"
81 did once six years ago and rar
away to my uncle's in Silverlake. II
five hours my father came after me
and brought me back"
Asked again why he had not made
more recently a determined effort t.
leave, William answered, ~ Away.
stayed home on account of my
mother" He had testified also that OF
the scene of the last quarrel he die
make an effort to run away from tn,
house and his father caught him il
the grape arbor, knocked him dowr
} with a club and forced him back int
the house and upstairs.
: William testified on the direct ex
animation that his reason for getting
home from the factory so early tina
, day was that he had injured the fore
finger of his right hand, and had beer
treated at the Nash hospitaI Their