The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-14
{. Waldo, Charged With Robt !
Station is Said to Have Been
Relieved Of His Booty
DECLARES CHARGES FALSE
Waldo Declares That He Was Robbed
and Beaten, but That He Did Not
Enter the Station at
Twin Lakes

was given bad jar out inthe western
part of the county Sunday night and
Monday morning when it was alleged
that Edward Waldo, man fifty years
of age, who had been charged with
robbing the station of the Chicago &
Northwestern road at Twin Lakes,
was later held up by highwaynaen ard
relieved of his booty ard several
other little things of value which he
had on his person. Waldo, who is now
ia the county Jail on commitment
from Justice H. T. Homer at New
Munster, admits that he was held az
and robbed but he declares that the
accusation Of his burglarizing the
station is a rank libel on his char
acter.
The stories as told by the author
tiles of the western end of the county
is that Waldo, who had formerly beer
employed by the Jefferson Ice com
pany, boldly kicked in the windows OF
the station at Twin Lakes sometime
after midnight and managed to get
away with revolver, razor ano
quite sum Of cash.
1t is alleged that the building was
pretty well wrecked before the burg
lar got through with it. It is also adj
mitted that Waldo had none of the
booty with him when he was taken
into custody, as it is claimed after the
robbery at the station Waldo himself
fell among thieves who stripped him
to the soul and left him nothing with
which to employ lawyer to fight the
charges against him. Not having
any money Hofner sent Waldo to jail
to wait for hearing on the charges
against him. The men who are al
legged to have held up Waldo have not
as yet been captured, but it is sup
posed that they are among the men
employed in one of the ice camps at
Twin Lakes.
Waldo tells dramatic story of the
occurrence, but he leaves out all ref
erence to the robbery of the station.
He stated that he had quit work on
Saturday morning and had secured
his pay, four dollars in all. Most of
this four seems to have gone over the
bar at certain saloon near Twin
Lakes, and Waldo admits that you can
buy a good deal of beer with four dol
lars. He insists that along towards IL
O'Clock in the evening he had lost all
interest in mundane affairs, but that
he was still able to violate the law by
playing slot machine, and that out
of this machine he reaped generous
harvest. He was just planning to
start all over again, when two men
came IN and invited him to go down to
their cabin to spend the night. The
men led him to one of the deserted
cabins along the lake, and after
| Waldo had entered the place he al
/ Ieges that one of them poked big re-
volver into his face, and while he was
trying to show them just why he did
not like to have the muzzle of the gun
so near his nose, the other man went
| through his pockets and took his
money and his gold spectacles.
A little bit later the friends of Waldo
he alleges, deserted him and he was
picked up by a deputy sheriff and
charged with the robbery of the sta
ton. The two men who had aided
Waldo in getting away with what
ever money and valuables he had,
seem to have escaped in the night.
The officers claim to have long line
of evidence to show that Waldo is the
man wanted for the robbery at the
station, but nothing to show the work
of the highwaymen.
Waldo says that he is not able to
furnish any bond and that he is salts
fed to remain at the county jail until
the case is decided.