Portage Daily Register from Portage, Wisconsin • 1

BOOST FOR PORTAGE PORTAGE DAILY REGISTER-DEMOCRAT WEATHER Unsettled tonight and Friday ESTABLISHED 1886 PORTAGE WISCONSIN THURSDAY DECEMBER 29 1932 15c a Week Delivered LIFE SENTENCE I APPEAL COMING to its owners PARDEEVULE An Experienced Stoughton Portage Visitors Keep Slate DOMINIC CASE Kenoshan Testifies that Accused was in that City on August 23 Man to be Connected with Operation Active management of the Home theatre has reverted to Mrs Jadaon and Mrs Avers owners of the theatre building it was learned today Since the theatre was leased to tbe Snow Theatre corporation sev- Clean by Turning in a 23-15 Score The Portage Blue- basketball team defeated the fast Pardeerille team at PardeevlHe Monday evening by a score of 33 lit- 15 The Blues scored first and were leading at the end of the first quarter 6 to a At tbe end of the hah cra year aj Ms seefc Sim ceaelon of managers the laat being Mullens who left the city suddenly after suit had been started to break the The Home theatre the first the-atre to be built In the city for tbe The high scorer for the Blues waq Don Rainier who made I field goals and a free throw tor a total of 9 points The Blues have a dean slate for the seasoq so far and have scheduled a mmi ier of New York Counsel Retires in Favor of Badger Attorney Mailtsn Dec 29 Joseph jit loti conVV ted in circuit court here lair Saturday of plotting the murder of Andrew Fresti went to Wau-pun prison under a life sentence Wednesday while his attorneys planned an appeal to the supreme court -i'jsrrt Gelosi showed emotion when sentence was passed In a crowded Totrrtroofn Judge A Hoppmann explained to him that he was found guilty of two Crimea one that he plotted the death of Prestl and Induced Frank Deimontl and Joe Ros to commit the murder The other was that he helped dispose of the hody Refuses to Speak On both counts Judge Hoppmann asked Gelosi If be had anything to say and both times he replied to On the first charge Gelosi was given a life sentence and on tha second a sentence of thrqe years Mr Gelosi who had been at er- BULLETIN The Mate reeled lt case a-lnt Victor Dominic at It: JO this morning after had waged a Wceaslul fight to hate the confession made by Frank Tylius before his suicide introduced ua evidence in the case The confession vm not read but was made a part of the record of the cm The defence immediately began reading from a large g-oitp of affidavits which it has secured to attempt to prove the aiitrt of Dominic that he was in Sacramento Calif at the time of the murder 1 I Any Carl Hill attorney for Dominic mid today that he expected the defense case would take until about noon on Friday after which Judge Crosby tgJU give his deeiaton-on whether or not Doaxlnic wW be held for circuit court trTatr purpose of Mhowing moving pictur- game for this winter Tha h-x es was originally owned by Mr score follows Jttdson and Mr Avers who ran the bouse successfully for many year Assisting Mr Judsor and Mr AveY in the management of the theatre will be Mr Nelson who gome to Portage from Stoughton MINOR LEAGUE SPIN RESULTS TUESDAY NIGHT Captain Trank Hawks noted flier ii shown here as he arrived in Chicago as an airphneury session- the trial was mi-passt tiger instead of pfloCTine Capt Hawks waa on hit way to a Boston hospital to hava another operation to reset his jaw as a result of an accident he experienced last winter I I I News Photo lng from the courtroom Wednesday After sentence waa passed women relatives of Gelosi crowded about kissing him and weophtg Eastern Attorney Absent When court convened for the sentencing Wednesday' Thomas "Babe" Didrikaon noted girl athlete from Texas wbo recently announced her plans for a professional career is shown here as she indulged in a workout in a Chicago club In two workouts die won the praise of the coach for her skill in gym-jjjttM prt 8hd was unacquainted with heretofore She stated she would leave shortly to fulfill radio film and writing contracts International Illustrated News photo Company Fa Soldier Five Little Girl Honored At Birthday Party with Child Guests hie testimony was introduced by the defense whe-i they revealed that they had questioned 1 -arson at the home of a brother-in-law at Lodi on Dee 17 At that time with -Dominic present the defense paid lliat Laraon had said that he would0 not be sure of his identification of Dominic Larson intimated that he had not told them the story at that time because Dist Atty Ross Bennett had told him not to teM his story to anybody Mrs Dominic in Court Sitting beside Victor Dominic in the court room today was Mrs Dominic an attractive woman pit the ot her side of Domin ic was Mrs Roxumoff wife of the defense attorney The daughter of Dominic was seated separate from her father and mother just inside the enclosure dressed in a white high necked sweater and a Gaming red tam The court room was packed fuli of people many of whom wete Racine Italians who were interested in the outcome of the case They listened to the evidence in silence but all of their eyes were directed xtrmiqjht at the witnesses Sam Palmer Lodi restaurant man In whose place 1 Ison and Tyllus together with a third man ate at 11 on the morning of the murder would not say that Dominic was the third Call Mrs Wilson Fltyit -witness called by the state was Mrs A Wilson who testified that her husband had received telephone cadi from Frank Tylius previous to" the day of the murder and that he was carrying a-bout $126 in cash with him at the time of the murder Cheater A Wilson Kenosha attorney was also called by the de- feme but be simply established the fact that there had been a murder and that the victim had been hi father Dr John Bentley was expected to be called today to testify further into the details of tWTTndTng of the body and the i post-mortem examination Another witness called by the state was Gordon Tule who stated that at 6: 3D on the morning of the' murder Wilson and two or three men bad purchased gasoline front him at a Kenosha filling station Witness Furnishes Humor One of the witnesses Charles II Knuteson aged resident of the town of Lodi who rented some land from Wilson furnishdd a little humor during -the court sessions Knuteson told as he has on several past occasions hovr he left the house when he saw three men go Into his melon patch One of the men was Wilson he testified One of the others was Tyllus he said he thought but he would not identify Dominic as one of the men always kind of felt that I would recognize that third man if I saw hhn anywhere again I'd have a feeling like seeing a snake I have that feeling when I saw Dominic'' he testified It was cross-examination by defense attorneys that finally prompted the old man to say: is a resemblance yes" when he was being pressed to say that Dominic was not the third man in the melon patch not far from where the body was later found buried in a shallow sand grave Albert Knuteson and Marlon Knuteson eon and daughter also testified but added nothing to the information already in the case In ihla opening statement to Judge Crosby NelHsville Led in Triple Totals with 2900 The regular weekly schedule of the minor league in the Portage Bowlins association wu rolled at Abell's Alievs Tuesday evening Company led In the count of three-game totals with 2900 low are Bite detailed scores: Ft) 2571 Krech St 163 168 THREE DROWN IN LAKE AT WESTBENft! WILL CHECK OVER BOOKS OF COUNTY FAIR Business of Meeting Laid Over to January 17th FIFTY GUESTS PRESENT AT DANCE RECITAL Martha Graham Methods are Exemplified by Teacher and Her Pupil Rogers Btanira attorney who with MacIntyre represented Gelosi in the trial waa absent and In his place was new attorney Ohauncey Blake Mkdlson Blake said he had been asked to come Into the case Tuesday night mi was indicated that Blake wW aid In $he appeal of the case Sandria Quits Jail Madison Dec IF With 8488 in witness fees tucked In her purse Miss Sandria IJvingston the "star" witness against Joe Geloal of KRiiira who was convicted of being an accessory to murder left the Dane county jail for an unknown destination Gelosi was sentenced to life imprisonment Wednesday afternoon Fearing reprisal against her for revealing what she knew of the kidnaping and slaying of Andrew Prestl July 5 Mls Livingston kept her plans secret She told Pist Atty Fred Rimer that she thought she was being "trailed" The girl witness was In the county jail 168 days awaiting trial She was paid at the rate of $250 a day 150 17T 7 180 150 11 1 184 Peterson Scbtritz Peterson Johnson 819 831 after-: Elea-! Mrs Serf Marachowsky entertained Wednesday afternoon rt a birthday party for her thriven old daughter An enjoyable inu is had by a score of children an! a few neighbor 1 The table and room -were decorated in pink Favors were given 212 if dll ihe children and they 1 enjoyed the various and de- Sjj iicious lunch Mrs Bresnenan anj Mrs mpey wen the privca In jgjj bridge Guests present at the party were: Shirley Marachowsky Evelyn Peters Shirley Gassman Jeanne Uas-sman Mary Ellen Lueck Domce Marachowsky Jerome Gassman Harold Marachowsky Harvey Man-dell Lucille Ludwig BU'ie WiiM-4ms Raymond laidwig Janette Marachowsky Virginia Duerstein Phyllis Raimer Marjorie Peterson Bernard Peterson Bernice Borch-ardt Ruth Mandell Mary Lou Finklestein Esther Cross Margaret Cross Elsie Kratx Gordon Krn-tz Mta Bresneltan Mrs Dempsey Mrs Borchardt Mrs Mandril Gassman and Mrs Wolfleln 176 178 185 247 187 An auditing committee to check over the hooks of the Columbia County Fair association and report at a future meeting to be held on January 17 was named Wednesday at ihe meeting of the stockholders of the association held at the business men's rooms of the city hail Chairman of the committe named to make the audit was George 0reB wa a P11 studying Fifty guests attended a dance recital presented Wednesday noon at the clubhouse of the Civic league by Miss nor Green Bonnie Oaks and her pupil Miss Betty Blass daughter of Dr and Mrs Blass I The dancing was of tbe Martha Graham school of which Miss Long Other members appointed were Peter Doyile and Cushman 2637 Lehau Goodman Wingate Dunn McFarland 3U Company 2900 Clemmons 17 Duffy 234 Roberts Loomta I85 Leach 187 M3 Cyana 2679 Dlttberner 178 Klemp 171 Cochrane 184 Rol Clemmons 172 OtUtn 159 176 146 172 27 187 Boy Chum and Chum's Father Birthday Celebration Victims West Bend Dec 29 A skating party on Big Cedar lake planned as part of the celebration tor a boy on his fourteenth birthday resulted Wednesday afternoon In the death by drowning of the hoy his chnm and the chum's father Those who lost their lives were: William Duehnlng 4U Rlinger mail carrier William Duohning Jr 11 Stinger Burt token ltminger The bodies of tboys were recovered hy West Bend firemen within an Irony after the trio went through the Ice The accident occurred about 3 and firemen used a lungmotor until ntetitflall Mr Duehnlng had been In the water about an hour when his body was brought out Went to Skate The Duehnlng and Wlckert fain (lies are neighbors Every year it has been customary for Mr Dne-hnlng to arrange an outing on the Wlckert birthday Tills year the boys wanted to skate so ne escorted thorn to Big Cedar lake af-tef -lie had completed his day's' work The accident occurred' at the south end of the lake oppose Boettcher's hotel and about blocks from they uaw the boys go Into open water aod Mr Ihiehnlng sn expert swimmer plunged after them mmm two shore Witnesses said 954 983 at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City In addition to the excellent dance recital Miss Green read three of her original poems for the guests Among the dance presented were the "Peasant Dance'' by Miss Green and Miss Blass Days of Christmas" a solo dance by Miss Blass an Interpretative dance "Fear" by Miss Green and a dance "Maiden of the Flaxen Mrs Charles Kutzke sang the accompaniment for two of the dances Tea was served afterwards to the assembled guests No other business was transacted Everything other than the appointment of the committee was laid over until the meeting to he fialdrtur Jau 17 The motion for She audit of the fair books was made by Henry Nieroeyer director of the association and former publicity director for the fair The -motion was seconded by Staudenmayer The stockholder also voted To apply the A5pi insusance money from the fair: oh ttl- noth -alrthe tank A surprise witness Charles Welter Kenosha contractor was introduced by the state Wednesday afternoon In the opening skirmish of Its legal battle to have Victor Itominic bound over to circuit court to answer to a charge of having murdered Robert A Wilson -Welter had not figured in any of the other hearings held in the case before There was silence in the crowded courtroom when Victor Dominic stood up from his chair at the request of Diet Atty Ross Bennett Welter turned toward the spot where Dominic stood LThat's the -man" It said aitfi- piy- Welter had previously teaMHwf that he had met Robert A Wilson and Frank Tylius together with Dominic in front of a Kenosha hank at 11 on the morning of Tuesday August 23 the day be-lore Wilson's murder Make Appointment At that time according to Welter's story Wilson had Invited him to go to Lodi with him the next morning to see the property he was trying to sell to Tylius He had been interested in the purchase of coarse sand for his contrartilng business he said The Wilson farm at Lodi is made up mainly of sand In spite of stiff cross-examination on the part of Atty Oarl HIM who with Atty William Rozunioff is conducting the defense Welter stuck to his story He said that although he waited long after the 8:30 appointment Wilson had made with ltlnrfor the trip to Lodi Wilson never showed up on the following morning Atty HiU questioned him concerning dates of his talks with Kenosha police officers after Wilson had been missing and forced him to correct himself od a date but In the main hip Identification of Dominic remained unshaken Others Identify Dominie Welter was not the only witness to positively Identify Dominic the man with Tylius on the afternoon of the Wilson murder Harold Gastrow 15-year-old Lodi high school boy who made a positive identification of Dopiink at Sacramento stuck to his story He told how Dominic and Tylius had come to the farm after the murder and asked for a drink of water The Gastrow (vm is fust to the north of the WHson property On the stand young Gastrow was not subjected 0 crons examination He had told of picking Do mJnSvT pfcTuW ironr Two" to Sacramento to see Dominic himself Mty HOI demanded oX Dlst Attorney Ross Bennett that the pictures whoh Gastrow saw be produced in court This to have been done on Thursday when the cross examination of Gastrow would go on Larson Identifies Him Alfred Larson who found the body of Wilson hurled In the sand a week after the murder was the third person to make a positive ld-enttifflcation of Dominic as the man with WHson and Tylioa the day of he murder Larson wag subjected to rtf id 176 210 191 155 177 176 236 191 141 138 Abon Hassan Temple Hold Annual Funfest on Friday Evening Members of Abou Hassan Temple No 146 Oriental Degree to which only members of ths Knights of Pythias lodge are eligible will gather for theilr annual fun feet on Friday evening January 20 it was announced today A turkey banquet will be served at 6:30 with Initiation to follow 912 885 872 lehr's Chime 4 2708 Klelst 160 kot'r 180 Stinn no MjJSM i6 Doepke 18 169 139 178 180 216 213 206 170 188 193 Venerable Mason At Madison will Be 83 New Year's Young Cambria Musicians Give Pleasing Recital The pupils of Mrs Cot tam at Cambria were presented in a musical recital at the -Oh vet- church la that village on Thursday evening' IWembcr 22 Acting as accompanist In the several numbers were Nona Owen Ora Owen Carolyn Sohinmacher Mr Ot Parry and Mrs Cottam Pupils who appeared in the program Were: Marie Rosecky' Kmma Schultz June Baifltes Gladys Smith Marian Jones Mary AHati Rowlands Myron Davies Carolyn Schirmach er Frances Abendroth Geraldine Kasten John Lloyd Etheiyn WlH-i-ant and Bernice Case "At the Knd oT a ColaWertone Road" (Bourke) was rendered by a chorus Lots of tun and frolic is assured those attending by WUllam A Pa- Grand Orient of the temple The event is one which is eagerly awaited each year hy members and prospective member of the temple 945 146 167 181 171 87 164 178 246 188 288 890 Pennco 2685 Porter ig Slower in Moselay igo Beyersx- 163 Ktgghia 200 Gov La Follette Going to London on Lector Tour Madison Dec 2 Got Philip La Follette Wednesday announce! he and Mrs La Follette wllnSave for Washington to visit his brother Senator Robert La Follette Jr Mrs La Follette and Mr and Mrs Ralph Sucher Immediately after inauguration of (jovemar Sleet A Schmedeman Madison Dec 29 Robert Montgomery retired an early Mad- Ison settler wiU celebrate both who is conducting the preliminary New Year's and bis 83rd birthday hearing Atty HIU stated that Do- next Bunday In honor of the event Racine Policeman's Wife Shot to Death 837 984 864 Roof Blaze Calls Oat Department Late Wednesday minlc would show that he had purchased on Aug 18 eight days before the son lodge No' itt MRHlgtj murder and that he had left R- temple Tuesday night The pre-rine that evening sentatioti speech was made by IHeHSHI that DmUHc" had gone Rf OHibs who was made a Master Racine Dec Mts Esther Lu Mason ahout six years before Mr he ta tp lecture a the University of Ixmdon and oth er Institutions the governor said Montgomery joined the order Mir made Mason in cas wtfe of Leon Lucas a city policeman was found shot to death in their apartment at 14n2 Douglas avenue Wednesday Francisco Almeida 23 a Mexican 1129 Hamilton street I being held on suspic A roof fire at Ihe residence of Mrs Edwin Klelst In the 600 block on West Pleasant street resulted in slight damage to the rOof ot the house and necessitated a run of In February lr and Mrs La Follette will return to Madison Mr La Follette then will resume hit law practice here Montgomery was a 1880 In the old Masonic hall on West Main street He is now tbe 20th oldest member of lodge No 5 Despite his age Mr Montgomery visits the tonrpte every day and he also attends Hie meetings of the various lodges He lives with his son Dr Montgomery 2018 Jefferson street Annual Meeting Caledonia Equity Next Tuesday The annual meeting of the Caledonia Equity society Will be held at the Caledonia town hall on Tu- Woman Dies After Injury from Fall Mrs Neil WIHMma died at her home In Chicago on Sunday Dec 18 after suffering a hip fracture on the previous Friday Mrs Williams was tbe daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Robert Thcroas who Jived on the farm In tha town of Springvale where the deceased was born and and Cambria to California lit response to a telegram from his brother written In Its II An asking for $p0 because he Was troublq" Not only did a large party of friends see Dominic off it is re-portad but friends at Omaha Neb and at Sacramento sow him Atty Hill said He arrived at Sacramento on Friday Aug 18 be said On the evening of Wednesday Aug 24 Dominic went to Los Angeles Atty HIM said where he saw friends about bail for his brother He had a room in the Hotel St George in that city that evening and the hotel register proves It it Ion Police said he had a revolver ihe Portage Ore department Wed-wlth one dlecharged shell in his belt when arrested at his bine Mystery attaches the shooting and the discovery of the body Witnesses say Almeldg hnd a taxicab driver had carried Mrs Lucas into her apartment' a few minutes before her death was reported to the Phillip McDonald of St Pan I to Off Burner Factory Destroyed by Blaze Business and i will esday January 8 meettog election of officers discussion on shipping board he held pollen by her policeman husband spending the Christmas holidays in the city as the guest of relatives Mr and Mrs Roger Buck have returned from Winona Minn where they spent the holidays Ross Bennett asked that another count In the Indictment a count charging conspiracy to extort money from WHson by violence Is reported added The other count charges Before trial started Dlst Atty him with first degree murder Waupaca Dec The plant of the Vary Manufacturing company oil burner manufacturers was destroyed Wednesday by Are of unde-1 who mourn her passing termined origin The I ox was eet- i mated at $90000 I BUY IT IN PORT AG grew to young womanhood She has many relatives friends in the vicinity of Jamieson of Poynette was a Portage business caller ester day BUY IT IN PORTAGE.