The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-04-16
DisqraCefuI Bar Room BraWl Marks
the Close OF Easter Sunday at
the "Four Corners"
woULD-BE SLAYER CAPTURED
Al Brown Shoots Fred yanDusen and Joe
vanEst at the Resort West of the City
While Crazed with Liquor.

A disgraceful row marked the close
of Easter day at the -Four Corners"
the notorious resort just west of the
city on the Geneva road, and as re
suit of the liberal use Of a revolver in
the hands Of Al Brown, two men are
seriously if not fatally wounded, and
the territory about the place was pretty
we'll terrorized. The victims of Brown
are Fred VanDusen, brother Of the
keeper of the resort, and Joseph Van
Est, who acted as porter. The shoot
ing occurred shortly before six O'Clock,
and before seven O'Clock Brown had
been arrested by Chief of Police Rel
mold and landed in the county Jail. He
is still held pending the development
of the wounds of the injured men.
VanDusen and VanEst are still liv-
ing, but it is feared that the wounds Of
VanEst will prove fatal. VanDusen
is not seriously injured and will re-
cover. There is something of a
mystery connected with the shooting
and no cause of it is given out. The
shooting took place in the bar room Of
the resort and was witnessed by nearly
all the habitues of the place.
Brown had been at the resort the
greater part of the afternoon and had
been drinking and carousing with the
men and women in the parlor on the
second floor. Just before six O'Clock
he decided to return to the city and go
Jog into the bar room he called the
crowd into the room and stated that he
was going to buy a drink. Without
any warming he drew thirty-eight
calibre revolver from his pocket and
fired three shots. VanDusen and Van
Est dropped in their tracks. Brown
brandished the revolver and ran from
the bar room.
Just outside the building Joseph
Johnson, cab driver, was in waiting
and when Brown saw him the mania
for killing returned and calling to
Johnson to halt he began firing again.
Johnson struck his horse with the
whip and the shot fred after him went
through the top of the carriage within
IN inch of Johnson's head.
La the meantime the people in the
resort were panic stricken and the two
men we're gathered up from pools of
blood and removed to the second story
of the building and DR., George Il.
Kim ball was called to attend them.
VanDusen is thought to have been hit
twice by the bullets. He was shot
once in the left leg just below the
groin, and another bullet hole was
found in the mans back. VanEst was
shot in the stomach the bullet passing
through the body and going out near
the spine. He was in semi-uncon-
scious condition and his hurt is sup
posed to be very serious one. 1t is
impossible to tell the result of the
wounds for several days and fears are
expressed for the recovery of the vic.
Tins.
Brown evidently considered himself
a desperate of the true type, and as
he left the bar room of the resort he
ran down the road to farm house a
quarter Of a mile away and going
into the house he marched the mem.
bers out in file, always keeping them
covered with a revolver. This limo
cent passtime seemed to amuse Brown
immensely and he kept the family
walking. In the meantime Johnson
had galloped his horse to Kenosha and
had secured Chief of Police Reinold
The two hurried back to the house anC
found Brown in the act of attempting
to break into the farm house through
a transom. He seemed to pay no at
tention to the appearance of the Chie1
of Police, but the latter leaped from
the buggy, and taking chances o.
being shot, rushed on his man. Brown
attempted to resist and fierce strug
gle followed in which both the offices
and the desperate were covered with
blood. Finally the chief managed L
get a hold of the fellow and he bea
him into insensibi1ity. The man wa
bundled into a carriage and brough
to Kenosha and landed in jail. HI
absolutely refused to talk of the shoot
ing and it is claimed that he was in
toxicated at the time the shooting tool
place.
There is some claim that Brown hac
been robbed of a hundred dollars il
the resort, but the people at the resor
claim that this story is without an,
foundation whatever.
The shooting caused the widest ex
citemeut in the neighborhood and tn
resort was soon filled with people.
The development of the wounds 0
the two men is being watched with
great deal of interest.
The resort in which the shootin
took place has long been an eye-sor
to the town of Pleasant Prairie, an