Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-06-05
of the Weber Robbers.

adage that 'Murder will Out" In less
than four days after the robbery is commit
| ted they are arrested and in safe keeping,
speaking we'll for the vigilance and prompt
ness of the officers interested in their cap
ture The arrest of doctor" Ishfording
| followed quite naturally from his connec-
| ton with the affair." Guilt was discernible in
every movement he made after the robbery.
| If after the deed was committed, Ishford-
| ing had displayed one half the cunning and
! shrewdness he did in laying the plans for
! the robbery, he might never have aroused
suspicion. But his apparent disinterested-
ness on his return from witnessing such a
| high handed outrage on an old acquaint
ance is what looked so bad and led to his
arrest. But the capture of the man Jacob
Wondering, alias William Keiser, is the
most curious feature of the hole affair.
| Thursday mornings Milwaukee Sentinel con-
tanned under the head Of "Shortage of ST.
| 800" an account of the bringing into the
Milwaukee police station. a soaked individ-
ual whose abundance of this worlds wealth
| was such that the greenbacks fairly pro-
truded out of his pockets. He had been
having a high old line all day Wednesday,
and Notwithstanding his liberal distribution
of money around the city he appeared to
have bountitul supply left, 81, l74.73 be-
ing found on his person He gave his name
as Jacob Wondering and claimed that he
had few days previous sold his farm near
Burnett Junction for $4,000. This item
met the eye of Postmaster Moak, among
others, and connecting the transaction with
the highway robbery committed only the
day previous, it looked at least worth in
curing into. Deputy Sheriff Hartwig of
Dodge County, was informed of the matter
and the facts were also communicated TO
Under Sheriff Giles. A dispatch was sent
to Superintendent of Police, Kennedy, to
have Wondering held, and Hartwig and
Giles went into Milwaukee by the 1920 A.
NJ train. A short interview with Wender-
ling convinced them that they bad their
man, and the officers brought him here by
the 7 o'clock train Thursday evening
There was large reception committee pres
cnt at the depot on the arrival of the pris-
oner, with all the excitement due the i'm
portant event in the history of our city.
Wondering was at once placed in the lock-
up. A few minutes had scarcely elapsed be-
fore the fire bell rang out with the alarm
for the fire that had just then broken out
in tie stable OF 4th street. and the prisoner
Wondering concluded that his time had
come. Visions of Judge Lynchs court
with the summary manner in which his de-
cisions are carried out, came up before the
highway robber, and in the hope of saving
himself, he then and there turned states
evidence, admitting his connection with the
Weber robbery, and intimat:ng where an
other one associated with him in the crime
might be found. Friday morning Wender-
ling, now giving his name as William Keis-
er, was brought before Justice Ambrose.
The prisoner waived an examination and
was held for trial at the next term Of the
Circuit Court. His bail was fixed at $4,000
and in default he was taken to Jefferson
County Jail, Sheriff Newton and Under
ling is a young man apparently about %
years of age, medium height, brown hair,
blue eyes, and carries a bad looking coun.
tenance about with him. He is the same
individual who stole the furs last winter
from the store of M. A. Hirsh, for which
ofense he spent short term in Jefferson
Jail. 1t is also said that fer some theft he
Was in the Dodge County Jail at Juneau,
where he met the now celebrated doctor"
lshfordng who happened to be in limbo at
| the same time for some short coming. At any
rate, he and Ishfording became quite in
innate. Wondering has been around here
since Robbins Circus was in town, and
how much of the petty thievery that has
been going on here lately he and lshford-
! ing are guilty OF will perhaps never be full
| ly known.
| In the history Of this drama we now
come to the arrest Of Henry Recko, the sup
posed last remaining actor in the robbery,
by UnderSheriff Giles last Saturday morning
at his own home in the town of Water
town, just south of the 9TH ward limits.
Recko Immediately admitted his guilt, con-
Tossing that in the division of the spoils of
the robbery he received $500 of the money
taken from Weber, and going into his gar.
den dug up an oyster can containing his
ill.gotten wealth which he handed to Giles.
The officers proceeded to Jefferson with him
by the FIRST train his bail mean while having
been placed at $2oe, which sum be could
not OBTAIN. Recko's completely in the
Weber affair is great surprise to his
friends, as he has always been considered
young man of fair character. His connec-