The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-26
r. |. Phillips and George Nelson,
Well Known in the City, are
Charged With Burglary
4. W. SCHMIDT is ROBBED
James Seymour. Saloon Man, is Ar
rested on Charge of Receiving
Goods Stolen From Store
Good Work by Police

F. L. Phillips and George Nelson,
both well-known young men of the
city, were arrested just after mid.
night Saturday morning charged with
having burglarized the grocery store
and market of H w. Schmidt at the
corner of Seleck avenue and Grover
street, James Seymour, the keeper
| Of saloon just North of Anderson
Park, was also taken into custody in
connection with the robbery and he is
charged with receiving stolen goods.
A large amount Of the stolen stuff
alleged to have been taken from the
Schmidt store was found in the Sey-
mour saloon concealed in an apart
nent which was reached through a
trap door from the floor of the build
ing. Seymour has made a statement
to the police which duplicates the two
men, and the police claim that further
than this they have the evidence
of an eyewitness who watched the
men in the act of robbing the store
Phillips and Nelson are in Jail and
they have refused to make any state
nent more than to declare their
innocence. Seymour is Ia the custody
of the police. It is probable that the
three will be given hearing late this
afternoon.
The store was broken open just
before midnight. Schmidt lives in
the immediate neighborhood and he
had the store wired with electricity so
that the minute the men broke open
the back door of the place and entered
the store he knew that the place was
being burglarized. Schmidt re-
manned at his house until his electric
wires told him that the men were pre-
watched where they went. He at once
notified the police and Officers New
house and Borden started for the
scene of the crime in the patrol
wagon. Later they were met by Chief
.O'Hare, Officers McCloskey, Euting
and Christensen and all of the officers
went to the saloon where they found
Nelson and Phillips.
1t was just after midnight when the
men were taken into custody and
when the search Of the saloon was
made. The canned goods, tobacco
and other articles taken from the
store were found under the floor Of the
saloon and Seymour stated that they
had been put there by Phillips and
Nelson. The men were taken to Jail
in the patrol wagon.
Schmidt made an invcstig of
his stock this morning and he declares
that many things were taken which
were not found by the police in the
raid on the Seymour saloon and it is
thought possible that some other
place of 'concealment was found for
them.
Phillips and Nelson were seen hang
ing about the store during the early
part of the evening, and when
Schmidt discovered that his store had
been entered he at once suspected
the two men. After he discovered
that the men were at work in the store
he got up and dressed. This morn
ing he said: 81 could have shot the
men down, but I thought would just
let them finish the job in order to
have the fun of running them down
and catching them. | knew that
could follow them. The men were in
the store for more than three-quarters
of an hour. don't know the value
of the stuff they took, but it will be
considerable.
It is said that one of the men living
IN the neighborhood of the store saw
the two men breaking the window in
the rear of the store at the time they
entered the place.
The fact that all of the men arrest
ed in the case are widely known in
the city and members of prominent
families has caused equite a SEN
sation. Phillips is buffer employed
at the Simmons factory and Nelson
worked at the Brass Mills.
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