The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-07-30
OFFICER O'HARE SHOOTS.
Puts Two Bullets Into Frank Miller Sun
day Morning,


day Morning,
Frank Miller is at the Jail with tvs
bullet wounds in him. The bullets
came from the revolver of 0fficex'
OHare. How the bullets came to DC
fired came about in this wise:
Along about 2 o'clock Sunday morn
| ing Officer O'Hare was patroling the
district about Central park. Over to-
ward the place where the properties OF
Durkee and Simmons join he noticed
two men emerging, They were headed
toward the north. OHare started to-
ward DR.. Farrs residence expecting te
head them off there. As he approach
ed them he asked them what they were
doing. They replied that they were
going to Racine. He asked them where
they came from and they replied from
Waukegan. Mr.. O'Hare remarked
that i: was queer route to take ca
came through the Durkee property
This confused them somewhat and one
of the men, who was about 5 feet 4
inches in height, medium weight, dark
mustache with brown clothes and
brown hat on, opened fire at 0'Haye~
He fired the revolver three different
times, but fortunately none Of the bad
lets took effect.
The men were then at the alley De-
tween DR.. Farr's and DR.. Hazelt0n's
lots. The men started to run The
one who had fired the shots started
west through the alley and the other
went north. O'Hare sent two shots
after the alley man and he believed he
had wounded him. Then he turned
his attention toward the other man.
The officer chased him around
through the University school grounds
and after firing three times more sue
ceeded in overtaking the man in ftoUa
Of S. G. Newman's place. When Inc
caught the man he found that he had
been shot twice, once through the
fleshy part of the lett arm and Oaacs
in the hip.
During all this disturbance the OFF,
Ger had raised great huhbub. He w&e
whistling for help and called loudly.
These, with the pistol shots, aroused
the entire neighborhood about the park
and in less time than it takes to tell it,
there were fully twenty men on the
spot. DR.. FAIR was among them and
to him the officer turned over his pris-
oner while he organized a search for
the other man. Officers Smith and
Kraft were sent for and all turned in
for the search. The streets, ail1.Es and
yards all about were carefully Searched
but no trace of the missing Mas eeeUAG
be found. He was wanted Was%t5 be
cause he was the one who had dotss3 the
first shooting. He had made gead his
escape, however.
In the search around it was found
that the captured man had throwE
from his pockets a bit and chiseE-
After capture it was found that ia his
pocket there were candle and
bunch of skeleton keys
The young man who was caught waf
attired in a neat, dark suit. He is Of
medium build, about 5 feet 4 inches in
height and wears IL dark mustacire.
The wounds he received are not4s0n-
sidered dangerous. The one on the hip
seems to have been from spent ball.
the ball falling into the mans stocking
The other is merely flesh wound.
Miller was taken before Justice
Slater this afternoon where be was
charged with carrying burglar tools
with intent to use them. A cOntinU-
ance of the case was taken to a week
from today. Bal! was fixed at 500.