The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-02-11
John Marshall Captured While Bur.
glarizing the Saloon OF Kohl
mann & Williams.
He TOOK TOO MANY PRECAUTIONS
Two Police Officers Had Been Watching the
Man For Half an Hour and Pounced
Upon Him When He Entered

years. young man well known ABOUT
the town, occupies cell in the county
jail charged with the crime of burglary.
He will probably have no defense to
offer to the charge as he was caught in
the act of burglarizing the saloon of
Kollmann & Williams, at the corner
Of Milwaukee avenue and Union
streets early Sunday morning.
Officers Nader, Wade and Euting
were responsible for the arrest and
they certainly deserve the credit. The
officials had been watching Marshall
for several hours and they were con-
WINGED that he was planning some
crime. He had been standing about
the saloon when it WAS closed for the
evening and as soon as he saw the
owners leave the building he went
round by the side of the saloon. He
had evidently planned to take every
possible precaution. AS soon as the
saloon was dark he picked up plank
and began knocking on the sidewalk
for the purpose of attracting the po-
lice. The police, who were watching
him from Ian ambush, paid no atten-
ton to the ruse but kept up their vigil.
But Marshall was not satisfied and
seems to have feared that he was be.
ing watched so he walked across the
street and picking up beer bottle he
deliberately went back and threw it
through the saloon window. He then
waited for the appearance of the
officers but they kept in hiding. He
went away for moment and then re-
turned to the saloon and threw an.
other bottle through the glass. This
brought no response from the officers
of the law. Again Marshall pursued
the same tactics and the hole in the
window was large..enough to admit a
man. He then took survey of the
premises and seeing no one he lightly
raised himselfsinto the window.
This was the clue for the officers and
Officer Nader rushed across the street
from the east while. Wade came run
ming from the north. Both officers
reached the window at the same time
and thrusting their revolvers through
the hole in the window they demanded
the surrender of the burglar. cutting
came running from the other direction
and was in at the finish.
Marshall had evidently been sure
that he was safe for he had gone di-
rectly to the cash drawer and was in
act of rif1ing it when the officers ap-
peared at the window. Marshall saw
the officers and looked into the muzzle
of the revolvers. "Well," he said, 81
guess you have got me right this
time" Without word he started to
walk toward the officers and as he was
nearing the window he made reach
for one of his pockets. 1t is wonder
that he was not killed on the spot, but
the officers seemed to have thought
that he was so well covered with the
reyo1vers that he could not shoot.
Marshall was not armed but he simply
drew some Of the money from his
pocket and threw it on the floor of the
saloon. He craw1ed out of the window
and was taken into custody by Officer
Nader. He went to Jail and made no
effort to excuse himself from the
plight in which he had been found.
Sunday morning Officers Millager
and Pabst got out a search warrant
and went to the home of Marshall and
found quantity of chewing gum and
z machine which had been recently
stolen from the Winter bakery on Wis
consin street. Marshall made con-
fession to Millager on Sunday after
noon in which he admitted having
taken the gum and the machine.
The man refused to admit that he
had been guilty of any of the other
crimes that had been committed in and
about Kenosha. Marshall is well
known tothe police and they have been
keeping pretty close watch on him.
Later-Marshall was arraigned be-
fore Justice Sturgis and bound over to
the Circuit court. Bonds were fixed
at 81, 500.