The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-08-20
PLAYED DR.. JEKYL & MR. HYDE.
Charles sackett Arrested in Chicago on
the Charge of shooting at o'Hare.

Tile CAarge OF Sno0t1ng at q Hare.
Some few days ago this paper prom
ised its. readers a red hot sensation.
The time is ripe now for telling it,
though it is feared that owing to the
Jail delivery of Thursday evening much
of the best part of the story will be out
of reach and not obtainable In many
particulars the case is Que of remark
able likeness to Robert Louis Steven
sons famous story, DR.. Jekyl and
Mr.. Hyde
The outcome of the Mr.. Hyde part
Of the story was the shooting affray of
Officer O'Hare on the night of June 26,
in which Frank Miller was wounded
and arrested. Miller's partner that
night was Charles Sackett, who was
arrested Thursday evening in Chicago
at the instance Of Under Sheriff Har-
kins, who has been in Chicago almost a
week working up the case and securing
the necessary requisltion papers for the
purpose OF bringing the fellow here for
trial
Charles Sackett, as a DR.. Jekyl, has
a large jewelry store in the Masonic
Temple in Chicago. He is man of
business and social standing, recog-
nized by much of the good society of
the windy city Like the members of
that society he has weakness for va
cations, and it seems that it was dur
ing the vacations that he developed
this remarkable Mr.. Hyde part of his
his character. Instead of taking the
ordinary vacation, he has, so it it is
said, for years, made it practice to go
out with some burglar and assist in
doing up some town" or series of
towns, and then travel back home with
his plumber as respectable and sue
cessful merchant
This thing seems to have worked
we'll until he struck the snag here June
26. 1t seems that only day or two
before he struck Kenosha. he had
worked Elkhorn and Racine and had
with him a team of horses, lot of
stuff in his wagon which might readily
be taken for camping outfit, and a
gang of men. Miller was only one of
the outfit. This team, it seems, was
hitched during the night inquesUion up
near the Central school building.
Sackett made his way to it, jumped
aboard and at once, by reason of the
responsibility of the turnout sheered
suspicion from himself and crowd in
pure bo3dness. OF course, officers or
citizens who saw these people would
simply conclude that they were camp
ers out who had been at the lakes and
were now on their way home. The
scheme worked we'll, but Miller got
caught and was afraid that the courts
would not deal leniently with him.
The thing revolved much in his mind
and he sought several times to get the
word Of the jail officials that if he
would tell his story of that night they
would promise to let him go. Of
course, under the law, they could not
promise anything and they told him SO.
This was not satisfactory, but the bur-
den of the affair seemed to work upon
his mind until at last he told the story
which showed Sackett's connection with
the affair. Under Sheriff HarkinS at
once began work on the case and soon
found enough corroborative evidence
upon which to arrest Sackett. Then
he hurried off to Springfield, H., Ito get
the rpOulSitiOn naDerS hOnOrnd and the
arrest was made Thursday evening.
Since the arrest was made the jail
delivery has taken place and Miller is
gone. 1t is not known whether Sack
EFT could be convicted without his tes-
timony or not. Whether he could or
not Under Sheriff Harkins and District
Attorney Buckmaster have gone to
Chicago to be present in Judge Chef
lain's court when the eXtradition mat
ter comes up.