The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-13
HIS BEARD
Dr.. Esch of Chicago Landed by
Came Warden Despite Heroic
Measures to Escape
HAD VIOLATED GAME LAWS

Minus beautiful black beard which
had been his pride for many summers
DR.. Williaml. Esch, prominent as a
physician in Chicago and the presi-
dent of the Esch Brothers & Rabe Ice
company of the same place, was ar
raigned beforegJ ustice McCarron this
morning to answer to a charge
of violatingIthe Wisconsin game laws
by using 'gill net. The little Incl
dent occurredaat Twin Lakes on Sun
day and since that time Deputy Ward
en- Kleist has been on the trail of DR..
Esch. The doctor was aware of the
fact that the game warden was after
him and this fact led to decidedly
interesting story.
DR.. Esch has been stopping at the
Botay Villa atE,Twin Lakes and with
him we're a number of friends. The
warden hadGreceived complaints that
the men had been fishing with a gill
net and on Sunday he went out to
Twin Lakessand managed to get his
eagle eye on the company but all of
the men save one escaped. This one,
]. Plump, OF Chicago, was brought to
Kenosha and fined SIS and costs.
Kleist got his eye on DR.. Esch on
Sunday and the most prominent
feature of the Chicago physician
seemed to be his magnificent black
beard. The beard made an impression
on Kleist and he was certain that he
would be able to get the Chicago man
at later day. He went out to Twin
| Lakes on Monday and spent the entire
! day looking for the man with the
splendid hirsute appendage but he
f, found absolutely no trace of him DUR
ing the day. Late in the evening
K1eist saw a bunch of guests at the
| Botay and one of them seemed to
have a striking resemblance to DR..
Esch but there was no sign Of the
black beard and the warden thought
| for a minute that the game had
slipped through his fingers. Then
he had bunch and he began to be-
lieve that the man he suspected was
the living counterpart of the doctor
save the fact that he had no beard so
he decided to take a chance. He
strolled up with the party and adj
dressing the suspect he said, s'Hello
Doc, How's fishing?" Esch made no
move and K1eist pushed his bunch
by asking him if he was not DR.. Esch
of Chicago.
Then the man turned around and
with smile that was affable and
bland demanded to know who Esch
was and intimated that he would al
the warden in looking for him.
Kleist didn't waste any further time,
but he whispered to the man, ''Now
you are dead ringer for the man I
am looking for and l am going to take
a chance and read this warrant to
you and if you are not Esch you can
prove it in Court and soak me for the
costs" Then Esch caved and waived
the reading of the warrant and hur.
ried over and put up bond of hun.
dred dollars to insure his appearance
in Court today. In the mean.
time he stormed against the warden
and the game laws and declared that
he would spend vast sums of money
in fighting the warden and the game
laws. Later, however, he cooled off a
little and asked how much it would
cost him if he pleaded guilty to the
charge. The warden told the doctor
that he would have to settle with the
Court, but that the fine was from
twenty-five to hundred dollars.
When DR.. Esch came into court he
seemed to have lost his desire to fight
the case, and he neekly pleaded
guilty before the game warden ar
rived, and was fined SIS and costs and
all was paid up.