The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-01
GUS SINGER
GOES TO JAIL
Jury Finds Him Guilty of
Driving a Car While
Intoxicated.
is SECOND OFFENSE
Singer Was Driving While
Drunk Once Before When He
Ran into Cooper Car.

Gus Singer, well-known Kenosha
county saloonkeeper, sits in the coun-
ty Jail to serve out sentence impos-
ed upon him by Judge Slater of the
municipal court for driving while in
toxicated on November Ath.
Singer had entered a plea of not
guilty to the charge and his attorney,
John F. Kuehni, asked for jury tri-
al. Six men accordingly sat as jurors
in the case Monday afternoon. They
did not deliberate long over the case,
but in five minutes brought in YER
diet of guilty.
Sentence is Imposed.
The defense attorney asked for a
stay Of sentence, but Judge Slater an
swered tartly "Stay nothing" proceed
ing at once to impose sentence upon
the defendant.
Singer was given fine of 500 and
costs with the alternative of sixty
days in the county jail, with the adj
ditional sentence of sixty days at hard
labor in the county jail. In accord
ance with Sheriff Pabst's announce
ment some time ago that no one will
be released again under the Huber
law, Singer morosely took his baggage
and himself into Jail quarters.
It is not the first time that Singer
has been found guilty on this serious
charge. The man, who has been known
as saloonkeeper maintaining in tne
past notorious resorts in the county,
was arrested once before while driv-
ing car intoxicated. AT that time
he ran into an automobile driven by
the late Henry Cooper on Salem ave-
nue., and speeded on. He was caught
at TruesdelI on that occasion after a
chase given by Police Officer Edward
Pecan. Singer at one time maintain
ed saloon at Truesdell, but more re-
Gently is proprietor of place at ire
.vor.
An Amusing Trial.
The trial in the present case was an
amusing one. District Attorney Bar
nett and Assistant District Attorney
Powell represented the state and the
defense was represented by Attorneys
Kuehnl and Malloy.
The state proved that Singer was
driving car west on the Geneva road
at night, sent the car flying into a
ditch, and was later found incapaci-
tated lying under a barb-wire fence.
Singers own story was long and
involved one. In it, he declared that
man whom he had known for years,
but whose name he did not know, was
the driver of the car!
Singer said that his Friend" came
up from Chicago to TrevoH on the day
in question and drove into Kenosha.
Then Singer let this man, whose name
he did not know, take the Singer car
to Racine. His friend" returned and
together they went west on the &C.
neva road, said friend at the wheel Of
the car.
The friend ran the car into the
ditch, and then jumped out. Singer
got sore with the, friend for handling
the car so rudely, and jumped out too.
He started to chase the friend, across
the slough, and got caught under a
barb-wire fence. With this testimony
he tried to explain the fact that he
was found entangled under the fence.
Society Not Injured"
Guy Murphy, witness for the state,
LGSLlUeQ IHaC he 1VunU AAS6P1
citated under the fence, sprawled
there, pulled him out and notified
Constable Lee Benedict. The con-
stable set out and came upon his man
leaning up against the blacksmith
shop at Woodwork. Singers guile
less explanation was that while he
was sprawled under the fence, he was
"chasing his friend" and that while
he was supporting himself against
the blacksmith shop he was waiting
for train"
Attorney Malloy arguing for the
defense insisted that society had not
been injured"
"Why this man did not hurt the
pavement out there" he said.
Judge Slater called him to order
for such argument, reminding the at
torney that he was not stating the
law.
The jury arrived at speedy YER
dict, followed Immediately by the SEN
tence of the court.