Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-01-29

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told he could get a glass of beer.
He failed in at least his first at
tempt. Admitted that he had had
a glass of moonshine before going
there.
(From Wednesday Daily
| Albert Millett, Dane, clerk OF the
senate judiciary committee in Mad
ison, again took the witness stand
in court here Tuesday afternoon in
the trial of Salvatore di Martini
and Frank Vitale Millett who
happened to be in the immediate
vicinity of Murray street the night
/ Patrolman Herbert. Dreger was
shot, claimed to have heard one
shot, then another, saw the flash
Of a gun and then ran around a
house. He and Mr.. Thomas crouch
ed down by some steps and saw a
man about 20 feet away.
Mr.. Millett described the man
they saw as having the appearance
height, weight and dress of Saliva
tore di Martini. Millett was col
lected, definite and explicit in his
testimony.
Attempts of Attorney Carl N.
Hill to corner him Melted little
results. Millett did, however, ad-
nit that he had had a couple Of
drinks Of moonshine The witness
stated he saw di Martini take
something from his pocket and
drop it in the car after his arrest.
He saw later the things were, re-
volYer and part of a shotgun.
Joheph A. Stephenson, coroner
OF Dane county was the net wit
ness called in the case. Mr.. Steph-
enson testified he helped remove
shots from the body Of Dreger. A
slug taken from the upper right
arm of the slain policeman was
produced and identified.
An envelope of shot taken from
the body of the policeman was also
| produced and identified. Part of
the shot in the envelope, it was
stated, was taken from a tree near
the scene of the shooting and might
have been in the tree since before
the murder, the coroner testified.
Witnesses following Mr.. Stephen
son for the prosecution included
members of the Madison police
force directly involved in the appre-
hension of the two Italian. Patrick
Burke, member of the force for
\ eight years, stated he first saw the
defendants near the scene Of the
crime as they were going by in a
car. The pair were walking fast
4 and both were walking without the
aid of support The witness testi-
fed Mr.. MiIett was not intoxicat-
ed when he saw him.
i H. C. Davenport, captain of po-
lice and members Of the force for
26 years, Patrolmans Lyman Ma
son, E. w. Hessling, John Arnold
also took the witness stand. M
Breaks Down
Patrolman Mason broke down i'll
his testimony of the encounter be-
tween him and the two defendants
whom he ordered to halt after the
shooting. Mason said he struck
di Martini over the head with the
but of his revolver. The officers
identified the shot gun parts taken
from under the rear porch at SIG
Milton street and the revolvers, al
legged to have been taken from di
Martini and Vitale.
Mrs. Dreger sobs
Mrs Dreger, the widow Of the
slain policeman, has attended the
trial since it opened Monday after
noon. Her brother, Albert Goetz-
laff is with her here. Mrs. Dreger
suppresses an occasional sob dur
ing the course Of the testimony.
Courtroom Filled
Tuesday afternoon the court
room was just about filed to its
capacity. Many were standing in
: the hall who did not attempt to
get inside.
When court opened this morn
ing John Arnold resumed his test
imony and stated that one of the
guns picked up on Milton street re-
Gently had been fired. He knew,
he said, the guns recently had been
fired from the odor but was not
able to tell the difference in pow
ders used in guns. He knew in a
general way how long before q
gun had been fired by the dryness
of the oil and SO forth. The testi-
mony pertained to but one gun.
Gun { pert Testifies>
Professor J. H. Mathews, Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, Madison, was
the next witness. Recently he
gave a fine address before the Bara