The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-11-12


aThere he is, sitting right there at
the table! I'm sure, Pm positive!"
And with these words Leo Chafee
was identified this morning in the mu-
nicipa court as the man who on the
night of May 20, 1925, pointed a gun
at two people in a Studebaker touring
car, made the man "beat it" and taking
the girl back of strawstack attempted
criminal assault, until she recognized
him.
The testimony was given this
morning at the preliminary hearing of
the state against Leo Chafee, charged
with criminal assault on that night in
May. Leo Chafee sat at the COUNSEL
lor's table, chewing gum He kept on
chewing gum all through the testi-
mony of the girl and of the man wit
ness who preceded her. At Chafee's
side sat Leonard Baumblatt, his att
torney, of Racine. On the other side
of Baumblatt sat Assistant District
Attorney Morris Barnett, who conduct
ed the examination for the state, and
Just back Of him District Attorney
Lewis Powell.
Court Room is Cleared.
There were several hundred people
in the court room just before the case
opened. They occupied not only the
seats, but the standing room along the
walls. Some of them had come early
and waited patiently for nearly two
hours for the case to begin. And then
came the disappointment.
Judge Slater ordered the bailiff to
clear the court room of all spectators,
leaving only the court officers, witness
es the lawyers in the case, a few other
attorneys and newspaper representa-
tives.
Mrs. Anne Latimer and Miss Evelyn
Latimer, mother and twin sister of the.
dead Girl, Madalynne Latimer, in whose
case Chafee is suspect, were in the
court room and were perforce obliged
to leave with the others under the
ruling of the court.
The case then proceeded. Under
recent ruling of the state legislature,
the name of woman complainant may
not be published where attempted Grim
inal assault or criminal assault is
charged. For these reasons the names
Of the witnesses are withheld.
Only Two Witnesses for State.
There were only two witnesses for
the state; the first witness, the man
who said he was the escort of a girl
who was taken from him at the poins
Of gun one night last May, said he
was not sure what night it was, and
could not identify the man with the
gun or even describe him.
The states case then, as to identii-
cation, rested solely upon the second
witness, that of the girl. She posi-
lively identified Leo Chafee as the man
who had approached her, saying that
she knew him we'll in the past as
heighbor of Is years. standing in Ra-
cine, and that on the night of the at
tempted assault she saw him by the
light of a hashlight he carried in his
hand.
There were several women in the
court room who were required to with
draw to the jury room who will be
witnesses for the defense this after
aoon. Among them are the neighbors
who expect to establish an alibi for
Leo Chafee on the night in question.
Girl Tells Her Story.
The girl witness told her story as
follows:
She said that she had known her
sscort on that night for two years, and
on Wednesday night, May 20, 1925, he
took her at her request to Racine.
She called at her sisters house and
found her not at home. Then they
irove back to Kenosha, along the Lake
Shore road. They let off another man
whom they had picked up, walking on
he road, at the corner of Milwaukee
avenue and Middle street, and then
;hey drove out on Grand avenue to
what she called the Milwaukee road.