The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-11
Warrants Issued for Arrest Of Ivan
$ Ivankoff and Wife and John
AbseIIer and Wife
WOMEN TAKEN TUESDAY NIGHT
Men Who Escaped Officials Charged
With Conspiracy To Defraud
Creditors and Men Who
Banked With Them

Charging conspiracy, District At.
torney Robert Y. Baker secured the
issuance of warrants Tuesday even
ing for the arrest of Ivan Ivankoff
and John Absel1er, proprietors of
saloon at the corner of Main and
Pearl street charging them with con-
spiracy to defraud their creditors and
to defrand foreigners whoaleft their
money with them as bankers. The
men have fled the city but Mrs. Ivan
koff and Mrs. Abseller we're arrested
last night as accomplices and
they are now in thescounty:jail await
ing a hearing which will be held late
this afternoon. The two men
were last seen,on.the platform at the
Northwestern station at two O'Clock
Tuesday morning. andl it is supposed
that they boarded an .early morning
train out of the city and that they are
out of the reach of the officials.
1t is claimed Thy the.sDistrict Attor-
ney that more than sixteen hundred
dollars has been lost as result Of the
conspiracy nades'by, the men. The
two men had been ins' charge of the
saloon at the corner Of sMain and
Pearl streetssfor the spastssix months,
and Notwithstanding tthe efact that
they are alleged to have done large
business, little money was paid to
their creditors, and for:the,past month
the creditors hadsbeen anxious about
the money that'wass .due to them. In
the meantime it seems that the men
had gone into thesbanking business.
Both of the men were we'll known
among the foreigners ingthe city and
the saloon during the last few weeks
had become.a banksfor the receipt Of
the money of these people. Among the
men who made omplaints of money
lost we're John Rabich, who had de-
posted SIS; Matt gMitch, depositor
to the amount of 500, and John Dinaik
who seems to have had the large &C
count of $185. Others sare alleged to
have had smaller amounts invested in
the place and they had been assured
that their money would be ready for /
them at any time they called for it.
to the District Attorney until after the
men had disappeared and the attorney
at once secured the warrants for the
men and women andl the two women
we're arrested just after SO O'Clock
Tuesday evening by Constable Gloss.
1t is alleged that at that time the
women were planning to leave the
city and it is thought that they had
planned to ioinItheirss Husbands.
The amount due to ,theicreditors is
large, and the District Attorney states
that the total amount will be more
than $1,000 if he has ibeen correctly in
formed by the creditors and the men
who used the safe Of thei saloon as
their banking house. There is little
left behind, as the few cases of bot
tied goods in the saloon would be
valued at only few hundred dollars
at BEST
The two women made great out
cry against going ojail and stated
that they had relatives in the city
who would furnish bonds for them,
and at midnight Justice Donahue and
District Attorney Baker went out
after the relatives. They went to
the Jail and saw the weeping women,
but they absolutely refused to bail
them out. The relatives admitted
that they had plentyl.of money but
said that they did not want the job of
watching the women to prevent their
leaving the jurisdictiongof the court.
Police forces in a1liWisconsin cities
have been asked.to watch for the two
men, and it is possiblesthat they will
be captured within the next few
days.
This afternoon, Sheriff Pfennig
intercepted postal card which was
addressed to one of the women which
seemed to throw considerable light on
the matter. The card was post
marked Chicago, andicarried the mes
sage that the two mentwere unable to
get train out of Kenosha and had
walked. 1t stated that the women
would be notified of their new address
as soon as thew arrived at their desti