The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-11-12
Young Woman On Witness Stand Says "He is
the Man" as She Tells of Incident
On Night Last May.
TOOK HER FROM ESCORT WITH GUN
Chafee Armed Forced Escort to Flee and Pulled Girl
to Straw Stack Before She Recognized Him
as Former NeighbOr, 1t is Alleged.


car, and when got outside this man
grabbed me by the wrist and held me,
and he said to my companion, Step
on the gas, and Go. Go like hell.
The man walked me back of the car
and walked me north up driveway.
He asked me if was married, and
said No, and ne asked if the man
was married, and / said No."
Here she told Of an actual threat of
assault.
The witness said that she tried to
pull away and that he stopped and
picked up a stick and struck her
across the knees so that she fell. All
the while she said that she did not
see his face, but thought that there
was something familiar about him, by
his walk and his voice, which seemed
to be one that she had heard before.
Both Faces Are Lighted.
Once while he was struggling with
her he took the revolver and hit her
in the jaw. She had struggled to her
feet, she said, when he came to strike
her. He had the flash light in his
left hand, and somehow turned it on.
"The light turned up on both. our
faces" said the girl, "and / recognized
the man. / said, why Leo Chafee,
what are you doing? You've got 4
wife and child in Racine. Would you
like to have your own child treated
SOP He said that he didn't give a
d.. And then he said, you see this 2
and he held the revolver in front of my
face. DO you want some cold steel
put into your If don't get you, some
one else WILL l told him that if he
promised to go to his wife and child
and let me go, | wouldn't tell on him.
He didn't let me go, picked up my
knee and kicked him in the stomach
and l ran down Grand avenue as fast
as could"
The witness said that she had known
Leo Chafee for about eighteen or nine
teen years, and that he had been
neighbor of hers in Racine. She said
she had seen him almost every day,
going to from saloons or going to
and iron 5rk.
"Do you now the man, and where is
he now ~ asked Mr.. Barnett.
Sitting right there at the tablet"
she cried in tremulous voice. I'm
sure, I'm positive it is the same mani"
Attorney Baumblatt took up the
cross examination of the witness, seek
ing to break down her credibility. He
asked her if she had not at one time
been in hospital in Madison, and il
at another time she was not picked
up by the police at Racine.
The young professional man who
said he was the escort of the girl on
the night in question, told his story
as follows;
On the night of the goth of May or
whereabouts he called for the girl at
the girls club on Prairie avenue. He
said the girl had asked him to drive
to Racine, as she wanted to get bum
die there. They drove to Racine and
back, returning along the Lake Shore
road. They went out Grand avenue to
an intersection which he had always
called the Milwaukee road but
amended to Green Bay road, as Judge
Slater told him that the north extern
sion OF Highway 81 south was the
Green Bay road. 1T was about 10 o.
clock" said the witness. 81 had been
travelling at good rate of speed and
as l turned the corner to go south, the
car skidded in the loose gravel; / put
ON the brakes and threw the clutch
and the car was just moving when
man stopped me. He jumped up and
had a gun and f1ashlight The first
thing he ordered was 'Upi'"
The witness said the girl had wanted
to look at some. pictures he had, and
he wasn't sure whether at that moment
she was in the front or rear seat look
ing at them under the dome-light.
II reached down, pushed the lever
out of gear, and he ordered the girl
out of the car" said the escort. "She
got out and was standing beside the
car"
"What were you doing?" asked As
sistant District Attorney Morris Bar
nett.
Just "Obeying Orders"
"Obeying ORDERS" replied the wit
ness. He said that the man outside
leveled the gun at him and ordered
him to drive on, the exact words he
used being "Beat It'll"
The witness said that he drove on
until ne could make a turn, possibly a
half mile further, then turned, shut off
his lights and with the spotlight only
drove back to the corner. There was
no trace there either of the man with
the gun or the girl. He then drove to
the sheriff's Office, reported what had
happened and with Deputy Nick Otto
went out to the place. Nobody was
there.
"Do you know the man who pointed
gun at you that night 2" asked Mr..
Barnett.
81 do not" replied the witness.
"Can you remember the build of the
man or anything else about him."
Il cannot" he said. Il was SO
frightened and it being in the dark
and ! blinded by the hashlight, could
not see anything. All I can remember
is obeying orders"
On the cross examination of the at
torney for Chafee, the witness said
that he did not remember the day Of
the week, kept no record Of the hap
pening.
II saw the girl that evening later"
he said. 1T was then about quarter
to eleven o'clock. l went to the, club
where she stayed. Her clothes were
torn, but We both agreed as long as we
both got away so lucky we were for-s
stunate."
did she have any bruises, injur-
les Z" asked Attorney Baumblatt.
Il don't recall. No, that wasn't what
interested me at the time" he said.
did she complain to you about be-