The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-12-27
District Attorney Seeking to Find
identity of Man Who Cave
Tips on Recent Raids
H. E. ROYCE UNDER ARREST
Woman Who Kept Resort at Four
Corners States That She Was
Warned of the Coming of OFF,
GERS and Waited for Them

There was an unusual proceeding
in the court of Justice McCarron last
Saturday when District Attorney
Robert w Baker started an inquiry to
determine whether or not there was
evidence to prosecute some resident
of Kenosha for giving tip to the
disorderly houses when they were
raided on the complaint of the Civic
Federation last month. Several wit
nesses we're snbpoenaed to testify in
the inquiry. The first witness called
was Sheriff Veitch who testified as to
the arrangements for the raid and
stated that he had gone to the house
kept by Carrie VanDuesen accom-
panied by Deputy Sheriff Homer
Royce. He stated that he had not
made known his plans to any one save
his deputy.
Mrs. VanDuesen was next placed
on the stand and she made a very in
teresting witness. 1t seems that
she had no hesitancy in talking and
she told the entire story of the raid
and the tip that she had received.
She stated that some fifteen or
twenty minutes before the officers ar
rived she was called to the telephone
and that some one informed her that
the place to the south Of the city
was being raided and that she would
have to look out for herself She
stated that she had sought to learn
the identity Of the man who gave the
information but when she had asked
for his name he hung up the receiver
and she heard no more from him.
Mrs. VanDuesen stated that she got
lunch for the members of her family
and calmly sat down and awaited the
coming of the officers. She said they
arrived about fifteen minutes after
she had been warned of their coming.
Mrs. VanDuesen also stated that
later in the evening after the officers
had come and gone she received an
other warning, and that at this time
the man at the other end of the phone
had stated that he was a friend of
hers. The testimony of Mrs. Van
Duesen was decidedly interesting,
but she stated positively that she did
not get lunch for the officials, and
that her luncheon was over when
they arrived.
In the afternoon other members of
the force of deputies including Royce,
Deputy Millager and others are being
examined. District Attorney Baker
is determined to find the identity Of
the guilty parties if possible. In the
past few years every attempted raid
on disorder1y houses has been tipped
off to the keepers of these places and
the work Of the officials has been sad
ly handicapped. Attorney Baker has
declared that if the man or men is
discovered he will be shown no mercy.
Later.-Just before O'Clock Homer
e. Royce, deputy sheriff and propri-
etor of the Hotel Kenosha, was ar
rested on warrant charging him
with giving the information in regard
to the proposed arrest of the people
charged with violating the law. He
was at once taken before Justice Nc
Carron and a plea of HNot Guilty"
entered by the court. He was held in
bonds of $500 for an adjourned hear
ing of the case which is on today. He
stated to the court that he knew alb
solntely nothing in regard to the case.