The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-05-07
Henry Jansen Has Hard Fight With
Two Men Who Attempt to Assassi-
nate Him Monday.
! WAS WARNED OF DANGER.
Two Men Attack Him With Knife and
He Receives Two Bad Wounds. But Is
Not Seriously Injured.

L Law N4OdOdy jan
sen, a well-known young man of the
city, residing at the corner of Ex-
change and English Court, reported to
the police that he had been the victim
OF dastardly attempt at assassina-
ton at an early hour that morning.
The attempt was the result of the re-
gard of Jansen for young woman re-
siding in the western part of the CITY
aud refusing to give up the girl he
came near paying his life as penalty.
The attack occurred just in front of
the Meiselbach Typewriter plant at
one O'Clock Monday morning. Jansen
had just left the young woman and
two men set upon him, and drawing a
knife, stabbed the young man twice.
One of the wounds is in the breast
Just under the heart while the second
is in the left wrist Neither of the
wounds is regarded as serious.
Jansen had been keeping company,
with the young lady for several weeks,
and a week ago Sunday while he was
walking along Prairie avenue boy
stopped him and handed him a note.
The note which was anonymous, was
as follows:
Mr.. Jansen: 81 warn you to give up
the lady you are now going with and l
will give you just one week to do SO.
If not you will be in danger. I know
you to be brave man and lion when
concerned, but 1 will do you just the
same" ONE WHO KNOWS.
Jansen paid little heed to the note
and continued to go with the young
woman. On Sunday night he found
the note again and recalled the fact
that his time was up, but he boldly
took the young lady to the play, and
afterward two of his friends walked
out with him hoping to meet the writer
of the letter. Nothing was seen of the
men and Jansen concluded that the
joke was off, and his friends walked
back towards the town. He had left
the home of the lady shortly before
one O'Clock and was walking back
when the attack occurred. The two
men who were masked were seated on
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passed they jumped from the fence
and struck Jansen a heavy blow in the
face telling him to the ground. One
Of the men who is said to have heavy
beard came close to Jansen and Kissed
IN his ear, "Wi1l you give her up, jan
sen or die 7" Jansen replied that he
would die before he would give-up the
girl, and with this reply both men
made for him, and one of the men
drew knife and struck at Jansen.
This blow struck near the heart, cut
ting through the clothing and drawing
blood. The knife descended a second
time and Jansen attempting to ward
off the blow was badly cut in the wrist.
Jansen then went after his assai1ants,
and in short order fe1led one of the
men. The other started to run, and
before Jansen could strike again the
other was up and gone. In the mean
| time Jansen's friends were returning
in time to see the finish of the life and
death struggle. Efforts were made to
capture the men, but they proved fu-
| tile as the men took to the woods and
escaped. The police have been invest
igating the case, but thus far they
have found no clue to the men wanted.
Jansen has no idea Of the identity of
the men and claims that he has no en-
emies that would attempt such DECD.
He suffered considerably from loss OF
| blood from his wounds, and his hand
is crippled from one of the wounds.
The matter will be sifted to the bot
tom and every effort will be made to
locate the guilty parties.