The Post-Crescent from Appleton, Wisconsin • 1

VOIj. 20 O. UU APPLETO, WISCOXSm, THUESDAY APEIL 28. 1910. PRICE TWO CUNm KANSAS CITY'S SENSATIONAL MURDER TRIAL SEE TRKK IH PITIFUL TALE Of FAMILY III FILTH KOCH GUILTY; IS FID $55 II ft Irav I If 1X; (fl0m A I Its A whl il Vf v- Jl xi c.

ry nl) JHf tAfg sM? JP 3 SWO WfJ V5. ttr JURY HOLDS HE SOLD BEER ON APRIL 3 WITHOUT LICENSE SAID HE WAS AGENT Testimony Showed He Had Been Pur-chashing From Six to Twelve Cases Each Month, Alleged to Have Been for Boarders. William Koch, 1019 College avenue, was found guilty in municipal court yesterday afternoon of selling liquor without a licensed He was fined $55 and costs, in all $86.59. The jury was out forty-five" minutes before it returned with the verdict of guilty. An appeal to the circuit court has been taken.

While there is no direct evidence showing that Koch had either given away or sold beer, the fact that he had a government license to sell liquor and-that he purchased from six, to twelve cases of beer a month, the witnesses for the, defense clairhed were bought by Koch for the boarders at his place, indicated guilt." All of the witnesses for the defense told of giving Koch a dollar every time they wanted a case and he ordered it for them. They said he kept it in the ice box for them which he used when he formerly conducted a saloon. Henry Bartman, teamster Twin City Bottling Works, who sold Koch the beer, failed to bring his sale book as ordered in the subpoena" and could not give accurate figures, but estimated he delivered from six to twelve cases of boor, each case -containing two dozen pints, a month. -He did not know- how long he had been delivering there, but was certain it extended, as far back as last September. When Walter Stickney took the stand he said he had boarded with Koch for about five months and it was a month after he went there that they decided to club together and order their beer through Koch.

While Bartman was a witness for the state he did his best to defend KochObi-t his testimony and that of-stickney ifiWd merially regarding the length of time they had in It 'y ANSAS CITY, MO. Not for many years has there been a crimi- nal case in this city that has attracted so much attention as the 1 Ub trial of Dr" Bennett Clark Hyde for the alleged murder of Col. Thomas H. Swope, a millionaire philanthropist arid uncle of the prisoner's wife. Hyde is charged with having poisoned Swope while acting as his physician, and also is under indictment on charges of killing a nephew and cousin of the colonel and of attempting the lives of other members of the family by administering typhoid germs.

One of the typhoid victims was Miss Lucy Lee Swope, who was stricken with the disease just after her return from Europe to New York. Dr. Hyde met her in the eastern city. AUGUST BACH WAS BRUTALLY ASSAULTED NEIGHBORS OBLIGED TO TAKE ACTION TO SAFEGUARD. Guardians are Applointed Yesterday for Andrew Nitkey and Son, of Lib-erty Girls Were Once Teachers.

Living in such a state of filth that the neighbors are afraid of disease, clothed in practically nothing but old overcoats which have been reduced to rags, sleeping on the floor of a two- room house, all in a state of degeneracy is the pitiful story of the family of Andrey Nitkey, of Liberty, consisting of a father and five children. The case was first brought to public two years ago when, steps were, taken to do something, but noth ing became of the move at that time. To first prevent the family being fleeced out of what land they oWn and to secondly enable a cleaning up being carried out, the case came up in probate court yesterday under a guardianship hearing. While it may only seem natural that the cleaning up process should come first, it was the protection from robbery which the probate court had to deal with. With that object in view John Joskosski was appointed guardian for the father, Andrew Nitkey, 92 years and Herman Bonnin guardian for Joseph Nitkey, a son 53 years old.

Both the father and son own 40-acre farms. It is said the son can get $4,000 for his, while the father's is not quite as valuable. It was the fear that some person might get better of them and swindle them in a deal for the land that petition for guardians were made by the neighbors. It is said, however, that the entire family is suspicious of strangers and it would be a difficult matter to close a deal. Year after year the place has been running down, the little stock there is left in a poor condition, the farm has not been paying and everything is filthy.

There are two or three girls in the family, their condidion being as pitiful as that of the raen Three of the Chilly 0 dren were in the asylum at one time, but "are now out, all living in the shack on the father's farm. It is said that at one time the girls were bright enough to teach school and had country positions, but have become as degenerate as the "balance of the family. There appears to be no doubt but what the entire family will be in the asylum to be no far distant date. It is said to be the most pitiful case of its kind ever heard in probate court and that the ex treme Jfilth they lived in endangered the whole town of Liberty. A county official who has seen the place and the people said this morning: "It is a most pitiful case.

The family lives in a shack about 12x20 in size with a lean to one end, the windows are broken, the shingles are off the roof in many some of the boards on the side of the house are off. The people are clothed in rags. They live on one of the hills near Mosquito hill a short distance from New London. The father's farm where the family lives in is Liberty, while the son's tract is in Maple At one time the family was bright, but all appear to have become simple minded over something." PROGRAM FOR THE DISTRICT CONTEST FOND DU LAC GIRL REPRESENTS LEAGUE TO WHICH APPLE-TON BELONGS. The following is the program for the district declamatory contest in the Oshkosh Normal school Friday night: Deathbed of Frout de Boeus Marie Bodden, Wautoma.

Volores Defies the King Nellie Fowler, Antigo. The Man in the Shadow Roland Par-menter, Neenah. Wee Willie fWinkie Mildred Howard, Waupun. Sign of the Cross Marguerite Ma-honey, Fond du Lac. The Man With One Talent Edward Shimandle, Kewaunee.

Cherokee Roses Helen Porterfield, Peshtigo. The Death Disk Clara Rossers, West De Pere. Markesan will not be represented in the contest owing to the of the declaimer who was to have taken part. William J. Bryan was on Sunday ordained an elder in the Westminster Presbyterian church midway between Lincoln and Fairview, Neb.

ALDRICH'S STATEMENT REGARDED SUSPICIOUSLY IN CAPITOL DEMOCRACY CAIIMING Gov. Swanson, of Virginia, Says the Democrats are Nearer to Electing President Than They Have Been Since 1892. Special Washington Correspondent ot Thb Crescent Washington, April 27. Senator Al-drich's announcement that he will not be a candidate for re-election is being regarded with increasing suspicion here in Washington as a manifest political trick. It is doubtful if a single one of the genuine progressive republicans really believes that the Rhode Island boss intends to relinquish his control of legislation a moment sooner than he has to.

Even a few "regulars" have privately expressed the belief that Aldrich might consent to a re-election, basing this conclusion upon what they characterized, as the "enormous pressure" which wifl no doubt be brought to bear upon Al drich to cause him to change his mind. Because of his record of underhand- edness and trickery in dealing with the senate and the public, everything-Senator Aldrich does or says should be carefully analyzed before accepted on its face value. Aldrich does not say arrywhere that he will not accept a re-election. He says he will not be a "candidate." It would be no surprise to Senators who know Aldrich if the words "I am not a canaidate tor re-election should turn out after 'the fall congressional elections to have been another of his- famous "jokers," with which the Payne-Aldrieh tariff law is overloaded. The corporation interests served by Aldrich can best maintain the excessive tariff rates, which give them monopo lies on American markets and make it possible for them to collect enormous profits from consumers, through a re- 1 publican administration.

Therefore it is but natural that Aldrich's primary object at this time is to keep the re publicans in power. move on Aldrich's part could relieve the republicans of so heavy a responsibility in the approaching con gressional elections as the announcement of his retirement? Realizing' that his long representation of Big Bus iness has earned for him the enmity of the American people, and that his name is to be one of the main issues in the fall campaign, it is but, giving due credit to Aldrich's resourcefulness to assume that he figured it out he could not serve the special interests better at this time than to announce his retirement, if such announcement would help the' republican party over dangerous shoals. Aldrich is taking no chances in an nouncing that he will not again be a candidate. He can change his jnind easily, or he can have re-election "forced" upon him. Should the next House -be democratic, however, Aldrich might not care to come back to the senate, for it would then be obvious that he could put through none of his own pe culiar style of legislation.

The ship subsidy bill is beaten so far as this session of congress is concerned. It goes to destruction on the rocks of scandal. The Merchant Marine League, the organization which is backing the bill providing for the annual payment of $5,000,000 of public funds to a few private shipowners, is being exposed before a special investigating committee of congress as being backed by men who would profit directly or indirectly through the passage of the proposed legislation. These men, most of whom are millionaires, have contributed to the funds of the league, and the, funds have been used in turn to attack and terrify members of congress opposed to the subsidy grab. Although officers of the league testified contributors to the" league treasury were interested in the passage of a ship subsidy bill merely as American patriots anxious to see the merchant marine built up, a cross examination of the very witnesses who made such assertions brought out the fact that two of the vice-presidents of the league were directors of the steel frust, and that another vice-president was the general manager of the Newport News, shipbuilding company, con cerns which might easily profit through the opening of the pork barrel by the passage of a ship subsidy.

-o- "The Democrats are nearer to elect ing a president of the United States CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) IVCY LEE SWor LETS SAPLING ELY; HEW SUICIDE ROUTE INDIAN MAKES WOODEN ROPE- TIES TO BENDING TREE WHICH HE SPRINGS. It is the Indian who lives close to" nature and it was the assistance of na ture which enabled Martin Denny, an Oneida Indian, to take the suicide route yesterday. This morning his body was found suspended from a sapling, his feet barely off the ground. Denny, who was between 55 and 60 years of age, pealed the inner bark off of a bass wood tree with which he made a rope. After tying one end about his neck he had about three feet left.

He bent down a sapling and tied the loose end of the rope to that and then let the tree fly up. Apparently that set tled the Indian's career on earth. There were no marks of violence ei ther on the Indian's person or in the vicinity of where he was found. Ac cording to the authorities it was a plain case of suicide. This morning Joseph C.

Hart, superintendent of the Oneida agency, notified District Attorney F. J. Rooney that the dead Indian had been found, apparently a victim of suicide. The county official ordered the agent and a physician to make an investigation and a second message at 9 o'clock this morning stated that there was question but what it was suicide. In addition to the lack of marks which would have existed had there been foul play, the investigators said the wood rope was tied in such a manner tEaT it was evident the victim had placed it around his own neck.

Denny informed his wife yesterday that he was going to take his life and had previously remarked to others that he was tired of living. RECEPTION FOR FORMER PASTOR AND WD7E. A reception for the Rev. and Mrs. Wilbur L.

Clapp wil be held in the First Baptist church Friday evening from 7 to 9 o'clock. From 7 to 8 o'clock the members of the Sunday school will say good-bye to their former pastor, and from 8 to 9 o'clock the reception will be attended by the adults of the church, and all friends of the Rev. and Mrs. Clapp are invited to attend the reception and bid them good-bye. Rev.

W. L. Clapp has become pastor of the Baptist church in Neenah, and will remove to that city. Splendid RecitaL The recital by. students of the Lawrence School of Expression in the college chapel last night was attended by a larger audience than any of the previous recitals.

The work of all the readers was excellent, and the audience was warm in its praise of the students and the teachers. TELL THEIR TROUBLES TO JUDOTGOODLAND SHAWANO COUPLE FORCED FROM THEIR HOME AFTER SHERIFF BREAKS DOWN DOOR. After having consulted five different attorneys Mr. and Mrs. August Krueger, of Shawano county, came in person to plead with Judge John Goodland this morning in an effort to get back their farm which they have lost through foreclosure.

Against the forty-acre farm in Shawano county there were four mortgages amounting to $1,852. One of the mortgages, amounting to $200 was foreclosed and the property purchased by a young man for $2,000. Krueger refused to vacate and it was necessary for the sheriff of that county to. obtain a writ of assistance. When he went to the place he was obliged to break down the door to put the occupants out of the house.

It was necessary for Judge Goodland to call in an interpreter and it was then that Kreueger showed he was a Marathon talker. He could get out more words in one breath than any person who had ever talked in the judge's private office. He admitted he had engaged four different attorneys in Shawano at different times, but presumably he fought with all of them. This morning he presented a letter from a local -attorney stating that he thought the couple had been fleeced of their holdings, but those better posted appear to think otherwise. TO OBSERVE FOURTH Oil LOWER RIVER BOAT CLUB WILL HOLD CELEBRATION ON LARGER SCALE THAN LAST YEAR.

A Fourth of July celebration on the lower river on a larger scale than last year was decided upon by the members of the Appleton Boat club at a meeting in the city hall last night. As there will be no league ball g'ame in Appleton that day, the club will arrange several big features on the lower river for the afternoon of the fourth. W. O. Thiede has offered a silver cup to the winner of the time race at this year's celebration.

The condition is made that the winner must carry off the trophy twice before becoming its permanent possessor. The boat club gladly accepted Mr. Thiede's offer and gave him a vote of thanks. Though still a long time before the Fourth, it is known that a number of the fastest motor boats in this part of the state will be in the races here. In the evening the club will hold the usual display of fireworks, illuminated parade and water carnival, followed by a dabclng party in the club house.

KNOCKED DOWN AND HIS RIGHT LEG WAS FRACTURED Was Followed By Two Men and Young Women While Going Home Shortly After Midnight and Assaulted Without Cause. August Bach, 850 Garfield street, was brutally assaulted by an unknown man near the corner of Superior and Atlantic streets shortly after midnight last night, when he was knocked down and I his right leg fractured just above the ankle. Mr. Bach, who is a carpenter, 59 years of age, had been at Brillion, attending a funeral, and returned to Appleton late at night and was on his way home. He was going north on Superior street when he discovered he was being followed by two couples, two men and young women.

The men began addressing him with insulting remarks and he supposed they were merely trying to be smart before the girls. Bach claims he said nothing to them but hastened to get out of their way. He said he turned west at Atlantic street and had gone but 75 or 100 feet from the corner when one of the strangers turned after him and became very profane in his remarks to him. At that Bach said "I stopped and said, step aside boys and leave me The fellow struck me in the jaw and knock- ed me down." Mr. Bach did not appear to know whether he had been struck more than once or whether he had been kicked but he found he could not get up and began calling for help.

Charles' Glaser, 886 Atlantic street, heard his cries and picked him up and with the assistance of neighbors carried him into his home and notified the police. Mr. Bach was removed to the St. Elizabeth's hospital in the city ambulance" and a surgeon summoned, and discovered that his right leg was broken above the ankle. The police made a search for the two couples last night but failed to locate them.

This morning Captains Garvey and McCabe were detailed on the case. They learned that after the assault the two men ran west on Atlantic street, while the girls ran east on the same street. Later the men were heard on Superior street, where they were searching for the girls. There appears to have been no just cause for the assault and the police will make every effort to bring the guilty parties to justice. The Mose club will give another card party in their club rooms Friday evening.

These affairs have become very popular and a large crowd is expected to attend. Prizes will be awarded to winners. been purchasing the' beer. Chief Hoefer testified to making an examination of the place several days after Koch was arrested and found a number of cases of beer in the lower part of the ice and a number of single bottles of beer, a bottle of whiskey and several bottles of soda in the upper part. While witnesses for the defense testified they had their beer in cases, some of which were marked with their names, there was no effort made to tell who the loose bottles belonged to which the chief found, or if the whiskey had been bought in common.

After City Clerk E. L. Williams testified that Koch did not possess a city license on April 3, Louis Palm took the stand and testified that he had boarded with Koch for four years. He said he and his son each had a bottle of beer in the place April 3. When McCabe entered he saw them drinking and asked what was in the bottle.

He drank some of it, said the witness, and offered to pay for it. Palm's son refused the money, but offered the officer another drink which was refused and McCabe walked out of the place. Koch was in the place at the time. McCabe's testimony was practically che same as Palm's. Chief Hoefer tes-bified to arresting Koch- at the court louse, having telephonel him to come there.

Koch told him he had" lost his government license, but had gone or written to Oshkosh for a duplicate, but that he had no city license. Louis Palm, testified practically the same as Mc-Oabe-and said the beer they had his father had gotten out of the ice box. Henry Bartman, the man who sold Koch the beer, opened his testimony saying there was no such thing as ager beer made now, but admitted that you drank enovigh of the kind they lo manufacture that you would get Irunk. He was unable to tell just how had delivered beer to Koch. He ttated he kept a record of his delivery in lis head, making a report that to lie office.

When asked why he had not )btain the records as ordered he stated le did not know if they would give up at the office, but admitted le had not tried to obtain them. He thought that probably he had delivered beer there twice a month, each time -he orders being six or twelve cases. Te was positive1 he had been delivering to Koch from Sept. 1 to April 3 and hat Koch paid for it. The defense moved that the case be ismissed as the state had not shown tat Koch had given away or sold beer, le court ruled that Koch owned the box which contained the beer and CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT).