The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-11
From Thursdays Daily

Frank S. Komp, formerly President
of the Kenosha State bank and the
Kenosha Trust company was arrested
in his office in Chicago this morning
on a charge of receiving deposits as
president of the Kenosha Trust COM
r 1y after he knew that the company
was inso1vent. He now occupies cell
in the Kenosha county jail and will
probably have hearing late this af-
ternoon or tomorrow morning.
The arrest of Komp came as the
close of one of the hardest fought bat
ties ever taken up by District Attorney
A. E. Buckmaster. At half past nine
O'Clock this morning Komp, ignorant
of the fact that he was being bounded
by the officials, came to his office in
the Journal building in Chicago. The
district attorney accompanied by Ser
geant Shields, of the Chicago Avenue
police station, was at the office
awaiting the coming and as Komp
stepped into the office the attorney
stepped forward and introduced him
to the Sergeant. It was only min
ute before the latter had taken the
well known man and banker into
custody.
Komp seemed stunned by the action
of the officials and began to fight like
a tiger for time. The sergeant, how
ever, was armed with extradition pa
pers issued by governor Yates on
Wednesday, and he told Komp there
was no reason for delay. 1t is alleged
that Komp had feared arrest and had
arranged to demand Habeas Corpus,
even having gone so far as to have
the papers ready to serve on the Wis
consin officials, but there was no
chance to serve them for Sergeant
Shields had been ordered to convey
his man to the state line as rapidly as
possible.
Komp WINGED when he was forced
to submit his wrists for the handouts
but Shields was insistent and Komp
yielded. The little party boarded an
electric car and were hurried to the
North Western Railway station where
Sheriff Timne was in waiting. The
sheriff at once took charge of his
prisoner and the trip to Kenosha was
made without incident.
All the fight seemed to be out of
Komp and he accompanied the officer
without murmur never even asking
for a conference with his attorneys.
Mrs. Komp Is Notified.
A message was hurried1y sent to
Mrs. Komp notifying her of the arrest
of her husband and it is expected that
she will come to Kenosha at once to
be with him. During all the troubles
of Komp both as banker and as a
loan agent in Chicago Mrs. Korup has
stuck by him and it is limited that
funds raised by her were brought into
use to get Komp out of the troubles
arising from the closing of the Keno
sha State bank.
Takes Upper Floor Cell.
When Komp got off the train at the
Kenosha station few of the crowd OF
people standing about recognize
that he was the former president of
Kenosha bank, and he passed
through the crowd without once being
noticed by a former acquaintance.
AT his request the handouts had
been removed from his wrists, and he
was allowed to walk along by the
side of the sheriff. The pair took a
back street to the jail, Komp seeming
to desire to shun any appearance in
public. When the ordeal ended at the
Jail Komp heaved a sigh of relief,
and he asked that he be shown to his
cell at once. He went into the Jail
and selected one of the cells on the
second floor. He at once sought per-
mission to communicate with his at
torneys in Chicago, and this priv
1ege was accorded to him. Komp
was death1y pale when he was placed
in the jail, and for few moments it
looked as if he would break down en-
tire1y.
Strong Complaint Made.
The complaint on which Komp was
arrested was made by Chief of Police
Reino1d on behalf of number of the
former depositors of the Kenosha
Trust company, who lost funds by
placing them on deposit with it.
The specific charges made in the
complaint al1ege that Komp received
the following deposits after he knew
that the company was insolvent.
Many People Lose.
The complaint recites that Mrs.
Kate Kavanaugh deposited with Komp
the sum Of 81, 900; Mrs. Helen Sorren-
son, $1,000; Clara Runke1, $500; Sofia
Runke1 $50, and Jacob Kroncke,
500. All Of these deposits were re-
ceived after Komp must have known
that the company of which he was
president was inso1vent. None of
them, however, we're received after
the closing of the Kenosha State
Bank by the state bank examiners.
The complaint was made fully
three weeks ago, and on Tuesday
Governor LaFol1ette made request