The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-11-12
Dentist Tells of Rescuing
Girl on Milwaukee Road
One Night In May.
CAN'T RECOGNIZE HER
Leo Chafee Back in Jail Today
Awaiting Continued Pre-
lirninary Thursday.


charge of attempted criminal assault
on a young woman on the night of
May 20, 1925, and today is in the
same quarters on the second floor at
the east end of the Jail, awaiting the
continuance of his hearing which is
fixed for Thursday morning at 10
o'clock. Chafee has been unable to
furnish the bonds of $4,000 which
were fixed in his case.
Confederation of the story told by
the complaining witness was partial
ly made by DR.. L. c. Reith, Keno
sha dentist, who said that he picked
up a running exhausted girl one night
in May who told him : tale Of man
with a gun and fiashlight who had
taken her from her escort in drive
way out on the Grand avenue road,
and whom he brought into town. The
value of DR.. Reith's testimony was
minimized, however, by the fact that
he was unable to recogniz, the COM
planning witness as the girl of that
night, and also by the fact that she
did not tell him who her assailant
was.
The date of the alleged assault was
fixed by Deputy Sheriff. Nick Otto who
consulted notebook in which he had
made an entry under date of May 20
at the time report was brought in
to the sheriff's Office.
Wanted to Help Other Girls.
Attorney Leonard Baumblatt, on the
cross examination of the girl who is
the complaining witness in this case,
asked her if any promises had been
made her, and if she told the story
she was now telling in the hope OF
getting reward.
"I'm telling this story to help other
girls, to save them from the expert
ence went through, and that is the
only reason" she replied.
"Why, this was not new experience
for you, was it ~
cit was, in the line of a man taking
me out of car and trying to Go what
he tried to do"
On the night of the alleged assault,
the girl said that Chafee wore a dark
suit, Impressed slouchy clothes, a dark
cap, soft shirt.
"Do you remember shortly after this
night" asked Attorney Baumblatt,
chat you told a woman that you
weren't sure who the man was who
attacked you but he was familiar?"
Eyes, did say that" said the girl,
"but it was lie. din't care to have
her know, to have her tell my name
and his name in connection with it."
"When did you first hear that Leo
Chafee was arrested 2"
cat the factory where worked. The
next day called up Mrs. Mcneil of
the police department about some
thing else, and then I told her."
The attorney sought to find out If
the girl was trying to DO kind act
for the policewoman by naming Leo
Chafee as the man who attacked her,
because she, Mrs. Mcneil, chad found
husband for her." The girl replied
that it was not so, though she adj
mitted that she had been married and
that the marriage was forced one,
and that during the time the police
woman had been kind to her.
Bring Out Girls Past.
Attorney Baumblatt on the cross
examination of the girl witness in
the Chafee case, went into the history
of her past and brought out admis-
sions that she had been arrested for
larceny in Racine, placed upon parole
and violated the parole by committing
larceny again. She also admitted that
she had been arrested for larceny in
Chicago.
The girl spoke of the time she
went blind and was taken 20 hos
pital."
"How did you happen to go blind?"
asked the defense attorney. The girl
replied that it came through an in
lection. She admitted kat she had
had more or less trouble at Racine,
and admitted having had intimate re-
lation with different men prior to the
night of the alleged assault on May
20, 1925.
did you use to hang around the
docks in Racine?" asked the defense
attorney.
Les, SHe TePIleA+
Weren't you. arrested for solicit
ing men about the docks 2"
"No," she replied.
She admitted that she had been
married to young man of 20 years
of age in Kenosha two weeks ago, and
it was brought about through the po-
lice department.
Lawyer Makes Dramatic Appeal.
"The state rests" said Mr.. Barnett
of the district attorneys office. Judge
Slater at once indicated that there
was enough testimony in his opinion
to bind the defendant over, thought a
good deal of the testimony was weak.
He told the defense attorney that he
did not want to prejudice the defen-
dant's rights by putting on TIE the
witnesses for the defense. In spite of
the tactful suggestion of the court,
Mr.. Baumblatt replied that he wished
to put on his witnesses. Again the
court informed him that the question
of credibility was matter for jury
to decide and again the Racine attor-
ney urged him to listen to the defense
witnesses and hear the full story be-
fore he found probable cause and
bound the defendant over for trial.
Il don't care about hiding anything
from the state" cried the attorney.
Il want to present all our facts fair
iy and squarely. I'm here today be-
cause the officials of Racine county
who know Leo Chafee and, who know
this girl don't believe her story. Your
Honor knows the old aphorism is cases
Of this kind, that it is an offense easy