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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-15
Kenosha Mans Body Found in Chicago Shows that He had
Met with Foul Play before His Body had
Been Placed in the Lake.
GREAT WOUNDS TELL STORY OF CRIME
into the Hide Evidence Money
Just Before Bis Death-Coroner Jury Censured
by the Brothers Investigations

Their that he had made a careful inyes-
tigation of the facts in the case and
that he could bring proof to show that
at ten O'Clock on the evening before
Werner's body was found tethered ip
the lake the man had large sum of
money IN his pockets. When the body
was found not penny was in the
pockets and the only thing by which it
could be identified was a receipt for
the payment of dues in a fraternal or
ganizati
On the night before his sudden death
Werner had left his home in the best
of spirits and only short time before
it is alleged that he was seen sitting
along the lake. The man was in a small
bar room near the scene of the finding
of the body and here he was seen to
have large sum of money.
There were no witnesses at the in
quest save the man who alleged that
he found the body floating in the lake
and tied it to a pile with a tow line.
Werner claims that the body had never
been free from this tow line, but that
it had been tied to the pile to prevent
it from getting too far from the shore.
Mr.. Werner is of the opinion that the
crime was committed by a gang and
that the tracks were neatly covered.
Another vital point in the argument
to show that the man was murdered is
found in the fact that the man who.
found the body of Werner and had it
taken to the Ryan undertaking shop,
claimed that the man had his hat on
when he jumped into the water and
that he that was still on his head when
the remains were pulled out. The
wounds in the mans head would have
made this impossible as the hat would
not have gone over the swe1led parts
of the head.
Mr.. Werner claims that the farce in
quest was so conducted that the jury
did not in any way see the wounds on
the head and that the head had been
tied together with a cloth.
Thomas Hansen, the undertaken who.
| cared for the remains in this city was,
seen and in speaking of the matter he
said that there was every reason to be-
lieve that the man had met with some
foul play, but he could not say that the
wounds on the head caused his death.
The brothers of the dead man will
employ detectives at once and will
make an effort to have the guilty
parties who are responsible for the
death of Werner tracked TO earth and
made to pay the penalty of their crime.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-15
Frank Constantine, an Italian, Com
mits a MurderOus Assault on
George M. Bronson Monday.
FIGHT CAUSED GREAT EXCITEMENT
Guilty Man Finally Arrested afGer Long
Chase and Landed in Jai1.-Drolson is
Not Seriously Injured.

George M. Bronson, the foreman OF
the tailor shop of the High Art Tail
oring company, was murderously as
sau1ted shortly after ten O'Clock Mon
day night by an Italian named Frank
Consta ntina who until last Saturday
evening had been IN the employ of
the High Art company. The assault
was an unprovoked one and the Italian
had evidently laid in wait for his man
for several hours before the assault oc-
Cured.
Bronson left the tailor shop shortly
after nine o'clock in the evening and
after a short walk about town he
started for his home on Park street
near the Barr & Brister building. He
was walking 1eisure1y along by the
building when a man jumped from be-
hind a tree and without a word of
warning struck Bronson terrific blow
in the face with a pair of steel
knuckles. Bronson staggered but
quickly regained his position and
started to defend himself against a
further assault. With this the un-
known man took to his heels and ran
down Church street into the Italian
quarter.
The assault was at once reported to
the police and several of the officers
started in pursuit of Constantine. But
the man had good start and the
officers hunted until late in the night.
Shortly after midnight Officer O'Hare
locat ted Constantine at a house on
Rock street and placed him under ar
rest.
The assault was deliberately planned
and it is evident that the Italian had
planned to do bad things 10 his former
employer. A short time before the
assault occurred printer employed in
one of the city offices walked by the
place where Constantine had concealed
himself and the Italian made 1unge
for him, but discovered his mistake in
time to save the printer from injury.
Constantine seems to be 1aboring
under the delusion that Bronson was
to blame for his losing his position at
the tailor shop and this is supposed to
have been the cause Of the assault.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-15

Most sensational discoveries have
been made in regard to the death of
John L. Werner, whose lifeless body
was taken from Lake Michigan near
the foot of Thirty-first street in Chi
cago last Sunday morning, and these
discoveries show that the dead man
was not the victim Of suicide during d
fit of dependency, or of an accident,
but the victim of foul play; and his
relatives in this city declare that he
was brutality murdered by a crowd of
South Chicago thugs, VINO robbed him
of his money and then threw the body
into the lake to cover their heinous
crime.
The inquest over the remains was
held in Chicago Monday afternoon, but
the inquest was little more than a
form, and no effort was made to ex-
anime the body. The remains we're
brought to this city Monday evening,
and before they were inferred in the
st. Georges cemetery this morning
the brothers of the dead man insisted
on investigating. The investigation
revealed the fact that he had undoubt-
eddy died from injuries received by
being struck on the head with either a
club or a dagger.
When the head was examined it was
found that two great gashes had been
cut almost the entire length of the top
of the head. In preparing the re-
mains for burial the undertaken had
attempted to close up the wounds, but
when the remains were turned over
to Thomas Hansen in this city, the
wounds were again gaping and telling
the story of the foul play which had
resulted in Werner's death.
The stories that are told of the man
Jumping into the lake during fit of
dependency are found to be the most
veritab1e rot, and the belief of the
brothers of the dead man in this city
is that the man was robbed of his
money, then killed, and the body
thrown into the lake to hide the crime.
AS soon as the wounds in the head
had been discovered the brothers be-
gan to make some Investigations on
their own account. The action of the
coroner's jury in bringing a verdict of
suicide did not hinder the Kenosha
boys and their Investigations show
that some foul play is connected with
the drowning of the man. N. J. Wer-
ner was seer this afternoon and in
speaking of the matter he said that he
was certain that his brother had been
robbed and murdered. He stated fur
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-15
CHICAGO FRANKLINs SUNDAY.
Kenosha Athletics will Cross Bats With
Racine's Vtctors.

The Kenosha Athletics will cross
bats with the strong Chicago Frank
Inns next Sunday. This team defeated
the Racines this season in a well
fought game. But the management
is confident that they can't do the
trick 10 the locals. Next Sunday the
fans will have an opportunity of judg-
ing whether the Racine aggreg alton
who are afraid to accept our challenge
to a series of games.
Jake Brown, three league twirler,
will be in the box for the locals.
Brown pitched for the Simmons team
last season and was a good one. If
the locals succeed in defeating the
Frank1ins, and there is every season
to believe that they will, we do not see
how Racine can ignor the challenge.
The management has been assured
by Ed. r. Litzinger, president of the
base ball association of Chicago. that
hereafter all teams sent to Kenosha
will be as represented. Ladies ad-
mitted free as usual.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-15
Kenosha Crib Company Starts the
Erection of Two New Buildings
For That Plant.
WlLt. INCREASE THEIR CAPACITY.
Company to Use Most of It's Plant in the
Manufacture of Tables and the Force
OF Men will lie Increased.

Following the general progress of
the manufacturing interest of Keno
sha the Kenosha Crib company have
tons to their plant. For some time
the bu2incss Of the firm has been in
creasing very rapidly and while larger
factory buildings had been planned n
immediate addition was demanded in
order to allow the firm to fill the orders
on their books.
The two new buildings will be of
brick, one 9Ox22 feet and the other
5Ox36 feet. They will be fire proof
and of the most modern design. Man
ager Hannahs, who is in charge of the
building, says that they will be COM
p1eted by the middle of September a nd
that they will be utilized at once.
A short time ago the output of the
factory consisted mostly of cribs, but
at the present time the main output of
the factory is tables. The Kenosha
ia bles have gained a world wide repu-
tation and the present output of two
| hundred ard fifty a day is about half
the number needed to fill the orders.
With the completion of the new build
ings the company will have capacity
of over five hundred tables day and
it WI also have, more room for the
manufacture of other furniture which
has lately been added to the catalogue.
With increase in capacity the Crib
company will have a demand for n in
crease0in their force of 1aborers, and it
is probable that the number of EN-
p1oyees will be nearly doubled before
another year.
In the meantime other factories in
the city are not idle. The Brass
works has new building started, and
the Rockford Hosiery works has still
another building on the way to com
pletion, and it is possible that this
plant will erect another building the
present year.
Almost every factory is increasing
the force of workmen, so that there is
no reason why man should be with
out employment III the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-15

Pour Young Toughs Assault Former Po-
liceman in a North Side Park.

A most dastard1y assault was COM
mitted last Saturday at one of the
parks on the north side in which ex-
Police Officer Frank Kraft was seri-
ously in iured and his little daughter,
who was with him, was also roughly
treated. Four young men of the city.
whose names are not known, went to
the park during the evening, having
previously filled up with beer and
whisky. They we're out looking for
trouble and one of them walked up to
a seat on which the former policeman
was sitting with his daughter and
stepped on the little girls foot. Kraft
protested against such rudeness and
before he could raise from the seat to
defend himself one of the young men
struck him terrible blow under the
jaw knocking him down. While he
was in this PROSTATE condition the re-
mainiug members of the gang jumped
upon him and kicked him in the face,
making a wound which required four
stitches to close. Not satisfied with
this the four men continued to pound
and mistreat Kraft and to heap 1nd1g-
mites on his daughter.
About this time Constable Truesdell
came along and attempted to arrest
the men but they turned and assaulted
him and escaped. The matter was re-
ported to the police this morning and
an effort is being made to locate the
men guilty of so brutal an assault.
The men suspected of the crime
have often been connected with SINH
lar crimes in Kenosha and if they are
captured it is probable that the oMcers
will make an effort to have them
placed where they will cease to trouble
lava biding citizens.
AS a result of the encounter Mr..
Kraft is confined to his home and his
injury is considered quite serious.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-15
REUNION OF THE 22D.
Kenosha Soldiers Are Urged to Join the
Festivities at BeIoit on Sept. 8.


Festivities at BeIoit on Sept. 8.
The following invitation has been
issued for the annual reunion of the
22nd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers.
Dear Sir and Comrade:-It has been
decided by the Board of Directors of
the 22nd Regiment Wisconsin Volun-
teers Infantry Association to hold a
reunion at Be1oit, Wis.,, Tuesday, Sept.
3rd, 1901.
1t is very much desired that you
make it your special and particular
order of business to present yourself
at this reunion to join in the renewal
of old comradeship. We have only a
few remaining years at best for this
sort of thing, and it is the earnest
wish of the Regimenta1 Association
that you help by your presence to
make this years reunion a rousing
good affair.
The Western Passenger Association
will arrange in case of an attendance
of 100 or more at the reunion, to grant
a one and third fare for the round
trip. You pay regular fare to Beloit,
and on the return trip you will receive
concession of one-way fare, max
ing the round trip one and one-third
fare.
Note-Under the rules of the West
ern Passenger Association, reduced
rates granted for occasions of this
character, are confined to points in the
state in which the meeting is held.
Do not forget the day and date
Tuesday, September 8, at Beloit, Wis.
Yours fraterna1ty,
r. T. PUGH, Secretary.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-15
CATHOLIC ORDER PROSPEROUS
Report of Grand High Treasurer callen,
of Catholic Foresters.

An interesting official report will be
presented to the international bien-
NAL convention of the grand high
court of the Catholic Order of Forest
ers at Detroit next week by 7. ]. Cal
len, of Milwaukee, grand high treas
urer of the prosperous order. The
work of auditing the accounts of the
treasurer was completed today by the
auditing committee consisting of DIR.
J. E. Meany, of ManitowoC, I. M. Nc
Hale, of Chicago, and F. x. Bi1odeau,
of Montreal. The report will show
the following business done by the
grand high treasurer for the last two
and one-ha1f years, his report covering
the period from January l, 1898, to
July l, 1901.
The total receipts during the period
specified amounted to 81, 912, 4S0.A5, of
which 81, 725, $500 were received for
the endowment or life insurance fund
of the order, the balance, $187, 127.75,
being received for the general fund,
covering ali other departments. In
addition to this sum received, there
of SIP, 1868, making a grand.total in
receipts reported by the grand high
treasurer of s., O25, 237.08.
The total disbursements IN the same
period were: On death certificates, in
about 1900 cases, 81 ,554 200, and from
the general fund SIG, SASS; total
amount invested in bonds, S168, 512.27,
making a total in disbursements of
81 ,928, 49, 80, leaving on hand July l.,
1901, 800, 477.28.
The present membership of the or
der in the United States and Canada is
95,C0O and the death of about 1000 dur
ing two and one-ha1f years is an ex-
ceeding1y small percentage.
A good sized delegation Of members
of the order from this State will at
tend the convention in Detroit next
week, at which the reelection of T. ].
Ca11en to the position of treasurer is
believed to be foregone conclusion.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-15
THREE CARS DUMPED.
Allen Spur Track Has Another Accident
on Saturday Evening.

The new spur track being built by
the Northwestern Railway company to
connect the Allen tannery with the
yards of the company was the scene
of another accident,last Saturday even
ing, when an extra push dumped three
box cars down the embankment It the
end of the track. This made five cars
which had been thrown down the en-
bankment and the wreck train was
called out to clear up the debris. After
working most of Sunday the cars were
cleaned up and hauled away. The loss
to the company on account of the two
accidents will be very small.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-15

in the one act comedy entitled, ''Peace
at Any Price"
The concert numbers will be given
by Mrs. Tanner, Mr.. Martindele and
others, and piano selections by Miss
Una Clayson.
The tickets are SO cents down stairs
and first row in the balcony, the rest
of the house Is cents. Tickets can be
exchanged at Tanners drug store,
Saturday morning, August II, for re-,
served seats.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-15
A. E. GILLErT DEAD.

GILLETT-A. E. Gi1lett, Aug. g
aged 40 years. Funeral Monday, Aug.
II, p. M, from his late residence, 49,
VanBuren street, by carriages to For
est Home. He was member of Home
Council No. 400, Royal Arcanum. Ra-
cine and Kenosha papers please copy,
Chicago Tribune (Sunday).
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-15
BENEFIT FOR SISTERS.
Program for the Benefit Concert to Be
Given at the Rhode opera House.

The benefit for the Dominican Sis
ters will be given at the Rhode Opera
House, Wednesday, August 81. Those
having charge of the affair find that
the stage is not large enough at ST..
James Hall to give the two comedies
with proper effect which are to be pro-
duced upon this occasion. Mr.. Owen,
Mr.. Mcconnell and Miss Reynolds
will appear in that dainty one act play
entitled, ga Cup of Tea"
The English actors, Mr.. and Mrs.
Kende11, have made the play popular
in this country. Miss Marie Heating
and Mr.. John Hegeman will appear
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-15
MINISTERS ATTENTION.

By the recent law ministers are re-
quired not only to file their certificate
OF ordination, but they are also re-
quired to state in every marriage GER
tifcate returned for record the county
in which the certificate of ordination
is recorded.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-15
MRS. ELIzABETH GROVE DEAD
Well Known Lady of Town of Pleasan
Prairie Passed to the Great Beyond.


Mrs. Elizabeth Grove, wife of Jo-
seph Grove, and one of the best known
ladies of the town of Pleasant Prairie
die1 at her home Sunday morning
after a four months illness. Death
resulted from an enlargement of the
spleen. Mrs. Grove had been i'll for
some time, but she was taken worse
some weeks ago and never rallied.
Mrs. Grove was one of the best
known ladies of Kenosha county. She
was born in England, being a daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Dabbs, now
deceased. When Mrs. Grove was a
little girl her parents moved to this
county and she has made her home
here ever since. A husband and a
number of children survive.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-15

The September term of the Circuit
court opens on the second Monday in
next month. From present indications
the term will be a very short one.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-15

Fred c. Mi11igan, formerly the man
ager of the Wisconsin Telephone COM
pany, has accepted position with the
Chicago Telephone company in Chi
cago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-15

Miss Bessie Rogers has been en-
gagged to teach school III the Tigh dis
trict for the coming year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-15
Redskin Players Take Two Games OF
Base Ball From the KenOshas
Saturday and Sunday.
OLD COLONEL BOGEY WINS OUT,
Xenosha Golfers Go Down Before the Pow
ers of the Imaginary Cha ppion.-But
One Player Finishes Even.

The Nebraska Indians left Kenosha
last night to seek another hunting
grounds, but they took with them the
sca1ps of the Kenosha base ball team
as the red skins, with comparative
ease, won both the games played in
this city. They are certainly great
lot of base ball players and their class
is one better than the Kenosha team.
The game on Saturday afternoon
was a fine coaXer. The Indians had a
bad day and the Kenosha players had
a good one and it took the Indians
twelve innings to defeat the locals.
At the close of the game the score was
seven to six in favor of the Aborigines.
This whetted the appetite of the base
ball fans and when the game was
called Sunday afternoon there was
hardly vacant place in the grand
stand or on the b1eachers. With the
opening of the game it looked like an
other hard struggle but the anxiety
was short lived, for in the second in
ming the Kenosha boys seemed to have
forgotten how the game was played
and the Indians proceeded to take ad-
vantage of couple of bad errors and
made three runs. They were never
headed during the game. The Keno
sha boys did manage to bat in one run
in the third and this alone save them
from a shut out. Bu1man and Fret
tag were both in the box for the Ke-
noshas but the Indians took as kindly
to one as the other and pounded the
ball ali over the field.
Green, the pitcher for the Indians,
was very steady and the Kenosha boys
were forced to take hits when they
were useless so far as the run getting
was concerned. The one bright spot
in the game so far as the Kenosha
PLAYERS were concerned was the brill
liant work of Jack Connery in the left
Breen and Hanks. Eaton made one
catch in the center field which was one
of the finest plays ever seen on the
field.
The playing of the Indians showed
what they could do if forced to exert
errors every inning of the game it was
made interesting by "their brilliant
plays.
The score of the game follows:
R H E
Nebraska Indians. % 0 1 c IA 10
Kenosha Athletics. O. 1 600 0O0-1
Batteries-For Indians, Green and Roberts;
for KenOsha, Bulman, Freitag and Breen.
Bases on baI}s-Of Bulman, 2; off Freitag, 8;
off Green, 1. Struck Out-By Green 2 Two
base hits-Fre1tag, Oirggen, Bartholomew
Augusta, Reid, Davis. Hit by pitched ball
Green ~. Umpires-- Cantwell, of Kenosha,
and Glefke, of the Indians. Attendance, 1890
Bogey Wins Out.
The second match of the season be-
tween Col. Bogey and the Kenosha
golfers was played Saturday afternoon
with a high wind sweeping over the
links, which made accurate playing
impossible. w. H. Yu1e fnished'even
with the Colonel, this being the best
score. The scores of the match fol-
lows
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-15
The score of the game follows:
Nebraska Indians o 3OO146OC- 10
KenOSha Athletics. o / 0 0 Q Q o I

Batteries-For Indians, Green and Roberts;
for Kenosha, Bulman, Freitag and Breen.
Bases on baIs-Off Bulman, q off Freitag, 8;
off Green, /. Struck out-By Green 2. Two
base hits-Freitag, Oirggen, Bartholomew
Augusta, Reid, Davis. Hit by pitched ball
Green ~. Umpires--Cantwell, of Kenosha,
and Glefke, of the Indians. Attendance, 1890
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-04-06
ELKTON PUBLIC SCuOoI.

Jean McElmoyle 99.1, Mary Terrell 90,
Carrie Morgan, 9S.S. Sallir Mcdaniel 9s ).
Emma Rambo 9S.2. Carrie Stanley 9S 2 Ella
Jones 9S, Eva King IS, Mary Lynch 97S.
Alice Wttworth 81 /, Mamie Brown 81, Bculu
Campbell 81, Amy Taylor &c. Anna McGoId.
rick &c. Delaney Scott 9G. Harriet VAIN
SIey 95 G, Edna Atwood IS 6, Dau Bratton
95.2 jerome Smith &c, Rufus Bowiaud %.
Fifth grade--EaIph Dunbar 100 Eta Nc
kaiSht 9S.l. Bessie Morgan %, Elsie DeYul-
niger 9G.4, Molie Denney 96.A, Mary Bratton
9G2, blanche Rambo, 95.G. Bell Smith % =.
Fourth grade Elizabeth McGready. 9S ,.
Allan George 97.5. Willie Brattpu 81 /. Ruth
Taylor 81, Ada Denney 90 T. Esther Witworth
96 :. Matte Marcus 9G.3, Reuben Clark % 7,
Walter Rrinheimer %. 6, NOrwn GOD Atkinson
9j.3 Helen Hemphil % 3, Grace Biddit % /.
Mary King 9j.1. Bertha Cleaves %.
Third grade Laura Holtcu 100, B"ss e
Clement 9S, Edna Clcav"s and Elizabeth WI
sou u, Thoma- Garrett 96.s. Mary GardulIo,
961. Clara Marcus %. Rosr Parker o. Anna
BowInnd %