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Thsid50lt;KGeorge Tuchek will be arraignedI ; before Judge Fruit in circuit court lid |)e_ I Monday on a charge of manslaughter jv_ in the second degree for killing an in- I unknown stranger last fall in the ke marsh along the Burlington tracks, th I 1 lie facts of the case were thorough- VV ly outlined in the Tribune at the time ; yj ^n'|the alleged offense was committed. j T1 The line of defense and prosecution *13S | in the case has not been developed I)! t° but it is expected that the defense will at claim that the case was one of justi-1S fiable homicide being committed in in~ self defense. Tuchek claims that the' stranger attempted a criminal assault ca' upon his body and he retailiated. In r0~ the light which followed Tuchck choked the stranger to death, holding his head under water.The case will be one of the few of J[J the criminal cases to come before’ Judge Fruit at this term of court. It is the first murder case since the famous Kerr murder trial in the old court house some years ago.iTuchek has been confined in the j county jail since the deed was com-1rr a mmitted. His family and friends feel'II Vi certain that he will be acquitted. ia^ Some trouble will probably be ex-311 perienced in selecting a jury to try not the case as the city and community surrounding La Crosse are conversant with the facts of the case.urn n n
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La Crosse Tribune
La Crosse, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Jan 21, 1905
Page 5
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