The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-07-26
Officials Making an Effort to Find
Some Evidence on the Xiii
ing Of William Dreyer
GET A CLUE AT WAUKECAN
Captain w. NJ. Lewis and the Members
of His Party Come Down From
Racine to Aid in the Inves-
tigation of the Case
(Fron1 Wednesdays Dailyl

ot. Charles, ILL.,, north OF KenOSha on
Tuesday morning, has been renewed
with new yigor this morning and the
police are making every possible
effort to secure some clue to the iden-
tity Of the guilty parties.
Late this afternoon District Attor-
ney Baker started new investigation
into the matter and the star witness
before the investigation is expected TO
be Captain William M. Lewis, Of
Racine. Capt. Lewis was brought to
Kenosha on Tuesday afternoon and
fined $50 and costs on a charge of
violating the auto speed Claws, and
after he had settled with the court he
was notified that he would sbe ex-
pected to come into court today and
tell what he knew in regard to his
trip to Kenosha Monday night. While
a warrant against "John Doe" had
been issued charging mans1augh liter,
this warrant was not formally served
on Captain Lewis, but he was aware
of the issue of the warrant and I'M
derstood the full purport of the notice
served on him by the chief Of police.
There is no denying the fact that
Captain Lewis and a party Of three
friends made trip to Racine from
kenosha at very early hour Tuesday
morning, but the captain as well as
the other men in the car declare that
they saw no one on the honeward
trip. The examination Of the car
failed to show any traces Of an acct
dent of any kind.
Captain Lewis when placed under
arrest on the minor charge made no
objections to accompanying the Off
GERS to Kenosha.
The summoning Of Captain Lewis
in the case caused sensation'in both
Racine and Kenosha and the friends
Of the captain in the two cities are
awaiting developments with a great
deal Of interest.
The fact that Captain Lewis has
been called to give his evidence has in
40 way stopped the search that has
been going on, as the officials realize
the fact that it IS very possible that
Lewis was not the man who held the
wheel Of the car which struck Dreyer.
Yesterday afternoon the district
attorney received a. telegram from
Lake Forest offering a clue to the
auto slayers, but nothing further was
heard from the party. The list of
automobiles in Kenosha Monday night
and early Tuesday morning was a
long one, and the police have learned
that many machines went north
through the city during the evening.
In the meantime nothing has been
heard from any of the relatives of the
victim of the tragedy and the remains
are still being held at the morgue
awaiting the coming of some friend
or relative to claim them. Nothing
can be found in regard to the move
ments Of the man before his re-
mains we're found in the road,
save the fact that he was in Ke-
nosha on Monday night ard had gone
out toward the scene Of the accident
on the last car leaving the city,
Ali auto owners IN Kenosha are
aroused over the story and they are
insisting that the officers take every
possible step to catch the guilty par
ties and thus remove any possible
blame from Kenosha drivers.
This morning the officials received
a new clue ii regard 70 the killing Of
Dreyer, which resulted ia officers be
ing hurriedly sent to Waukegan to
look into the matter The story from
Waukegan stated that two automobile
lists had gone to hotel IN that city at
4 O'Clock Tuesday morning ard stated
that their machine was broken down.
They stated further that the machine
had been left at a garage. The men
had two grips with them and these
are still at the hotel. The men dis
at an early hour Tuesday
and they have not been seen
since. The clerk. at the hotel stated
that the men seemed to be terribly
agitated and that they walked the
floor after they had reached their
room.
Chief of Police O'Hare sent an
officer to Waukegan to look up the
clue there ard he found chat TIC men
had given their names at the Wash
burn hotel as Jones and McRone, of
North Chicago. The men leftfth
grips at the hotel and went; away
without paying their board bill. They
claimed that the automobile in which
they had been touring had been dis
abled, but they did not say where it
had been left. The chief will person
ally take up this clue this evening and
Ia the meantime the Waukegan Off
Gals are working on it.
Sidney J. King, the good roads en-
thusiast, has also entered in the chase
and he spent the entire night running
down clue which he found la the
Of Burlington. ,King
the officials on. Tuesday
but they have not heard
from him since.
This morning the names of the men
who we're with Captain Lewis were