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tth?«rkc-rh8Tju-12pithas-tewnd,themgbeor-theev-meindon-DIRECT SEALEDVERDICT IN CASEtOF MAX LADWIGPriric«ton Resident to Know Fate On TuesdaylOf interest to Berlinites is a Milwaukee Lews story stating that a seated verdict in the case of Max Ladwig, Princeton restaurant owner, will be opened Tuesday at 10 a. m. in the iMdwauteee federal court.The federal court jury received the cuse Friday and returned the sealed verdict the following day. Ladwig was indicted following seizure by federal agents of 150 gallons of illicit alcohol at Princeton on June 3, 1935.MAN WAS SHOTIt was during the seizure of the illicit alcohol that Edward Kulile,; Fond du Lac, alleged to- have been implicatec in the sale of xmtaxed al-; dFbati; cohol, was shot and killed. Joseph I E, Quinn an. agent in government’s • £' alcohol fe.x unit, testified he shot s S] liable wh^n the latter started to run:], upon beii g placed under arrest, I | Quinn ;estiified that he drove with tiSKuhle frcm (Fond du Lac to Prince-j ton on June Sr 1935, and that Kuhle had made arrangements to get him fiOO gallons of alcohol a week. That night, Quinn said, they parked near Ladwig’s restaurant. Kuhle went inside and :heni came out, saying they would be delayed.Later, according to Quinn’s testimony, he and Kuhle met Paul ILad-wig, brother of Max, and 15'0 gallons of illicit alcohol were delivered to Quinn at a nearby powerhouse. Kuhle was shot and Paul Ladwig escaped, Quinn sa^d. Paul Ladwig later was arrested on a state liquor charge and has been sentenced to a one to five year tenr at Waupun.RESIDENTS TESTIFY The government charged Max ILad-wig with being a partner with his brother in handling illicit alcohol. Ludwig's defense was that lie never previously had been charged with a crime anc that he had no knowledge :of the sale of alcohol in the neighborhood. Max had seven Princeton | residents testify for him.Air mv m « A t mrvbNtlUtlwo:IEfah:b-a-wblt;tlgwPs*hbialeitlletl
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Berlin Tri County News
Berlin, Wisconsin, US
Mon, Feb 08, 1937
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Roger B.
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