The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08
Chas. Hill, a kenosha Brakeman,
Arrested on Charge OF Grand
Larceny Wednesday
MORE ARRESTS PROMISED
Against Many of the Employees
of the North Western Conn
pany-Are Still in Jail

The chase for the band of railway
! employees who are alleged to have con-
| spired to rob the merchandise cars of
the North Western Railway company
! is still on IN earnest, but only one
arrest has been made since the bunch
of four men were arraigned on We'd
/ nesday afternoon. Late Wednesday
afternoon the detectives and police
officers struck closer to home when
Charles Hill, a well known Kenosha
railroader, was arrested by Detective
w. F. Riley and Chief O'Hare and
landed in Jail on charge of grand
larceny. Hill was arrested at his
home here and made strenuous decia-
(, rations as to his innocence. He will
have a hearing before Justice Edward
Donahue late this afternoon.
Hill is charged with stealing cloth
ing and underclothing to the value of
500, and it is alleged that the theft
was committed while the trains were
in the town of Pleasant Prairie in
this county. 1t is claimed that at the
time of his arrest Hill had on suit of
clothing taken from one of the looted
cars. Hill is we'll known among rail-
road men, and has been employed by
the company for several years. He is
member of one of the old families
in the city, and his arrest caused gen.
eral surprise.
| The detectives are scurrying in all
directions today to get other men
wanted in connection with the case,
| made by the men now in Jail, which
have been reduced to writing, have
involved more than dozen of the EN-
ployes of the company in the crime.
One more conductor was brought
down from Milwaukee this morning
stated by the officials that he came to
Kenosha ssimp1y to give evidence
against the men now in Jail, and that
he would not be placed under arrest.
| The mans name has not been re-
vealed, and it is said that his only
connection with the case was the fact
that he was given pair of shoes by
one OF the men directly connected
with the robbery of the cars.
The hearing of all the men will be
taken up in the two Justice Courts on
next Wednesday. All of the men ar
rested on Wednesday are in jail and
it is not thought that they will be
able to give sthe bond demanded by
the justices. None of them has as
yet employed attorneys and it is pos
sib1e that at least two will make ap-
plication to enter plea of guilty to
is in session again.
/ The men absolutely refuse to dis
cuss their arrest or the charges
against them and it is evident that
they are of the opinion that they are
up against it and that they will have
to take their medicine.
The rounding up of the gang has
caused a great sensation among the
employees OF the company on the Wis
consin and Harvard divisions and it is
admitted that several other men who
are wanted have fled to parts un-
known. Two of the detectives Of the
railway fforce are now In Milwaukee
while others have been sent as far
west as Omaha in an effort to locate
the menswanted by District Attorney
Baker. The detectives claim that
these men cannot escape and that
their capture is certain within the
next twenty-four hours.
The arrest of Ritt, who was one OF
the best known men on the road, is
the one topic of discussion among
railway menltoday and none Of them
is able to explain the downfall OF
the popular conductor.