The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-05-04
A DAs1tARDLY CRIME
NICK HINDERHOLTz ARRESTED FOR
ASSAULTING A 11-YEAR OLD GIRL
is WE'LL KNOWN
And Although He Refuses to Admit His
Guilt He Makes overtures to the ON
Ger to Settle the case-CE1ld
Tells a Terrible Story,

From all indications the city of
Kenosha is just at present entertaining
a race of fends in human form. A
week ago William Anderson was
arrested on charge of committing an
assault Oh little girl II years of age,
and last evening Chief of Police O'Hare
succeeded in arresting Nicholas Hin
derholtz, who is charged with a similar
crime.
The case for which HinderhOltz was
arrested is of the most serious nature,
and taking into consideration the fact
that the defendant is we'll known in
the county and city, the case will I'M
doubtedly prove to be without paral-
lei in the history of the courts of the
county.
For some time bad stories have been
going aroundsin regard to the actions
of Hinderholtz toward little girl
named Jennie" DeMunck. AS the child
was but IL years of age and the stories
were Of the most sensational nature the
police were prone to Sbelieve that they
were mere. neighborhood gossip.
Finally these1reports gained consider
able credencesand the police made an
investigation ..of the affair which re-
suited in the arrest of Hinderholtz last
evening.
Several charges have been made
against Hinderholtz the most serious
being that he committed an assault on
the little girl who is the complaining
witness in the case. The case was
brought to....the snotice of the police
through the efforts of the minister Of
the Holland Reformed church, to which
the mother ofHthe :little girl belongs.
The minister..was in this city Tues
day and succeeded in bringing the
child to the Epolice Office where the
story of the crime wasimade known to
the Chief. The:lchild was afterward
examined by DR.. Cleary and she is
said to be in very serious condition.
According to ssthej story told by the
child her acquaintance with Hinder
holtz has extended over period of
nearly a year, and during this time the
fellow has treated her in way that
stamps him as a criminal of the worst
sort. The child claims that Hinder
hotz had made attempts to assault her
many times, and that the last attempt
of the kind was madeEyesterday. The
child cried for assistance and number
of the children of the neighbOrhoOd
coming in he was driven away.
The complaining witness, Jennie De
Munck, is very.little girl of Holland
descent. She has been living with her
mother on Grand avenue, just west of
Jay street. She is small for her age
and is at notwithstanding the free
schools and is a second grade pupil.
Hinderholtz is sretired farmer and
formerly lived in the town of Paris. He
is p German by birth and is As years of
age. He has lived in this city about
three years.
AS coon as the story of the child was
made public a warrant was sworn out
for the arrest sofNHinderholtz by the
District AttOrneysgand Othcer OHare
found him shortly after supper at his
home on Grand avenue, near the home
of the child, who had brought the
charge against him. AS soon as the
defendant discovered the import Of the
charge, on which he was arrested, he
cried like child, and, although be
made no admission of his guilt, he
made every effort to settle the matter
in any way possible. After he was
locked up in Jail he became hysterical
and spent a sleepless night. This
morning it was necessary for him to
have the services of physician. He
was broughtFbefore Justice Slater this
afternoon for a preliminary hearing.