The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-02
Two Masked and Armed Men
Hold Up and Rob James ].
Seymour Saturday Night
TALL AND SHORT IMAM gBUsY
Men Drain the Mans Pockets and His
Money Drawers, But Decline to
Drain HE Whiskey and Beer
Bottles After Raid

Another daring holdup has Oeen
added to the list of crimes of this
nature in Kenosha during the last
three weeks as James ]. Seymour, the
keeper of saloon at the corner of
Crate and Lester streets, called the
police to his place just after 80 clock
Saturday evening, declaring that he
had been held up and robbed by two
masked men who had forced him to
give up his money at the point of a
revolver
The holdup reported by Seymour is
similar to those reported from other
places in the city. Seymour was alone
in his place when he met the long and
the short man, and according to his
story they stripped him of his worldly
goods in true and approved style.
Seymour was standing behind the bar
reading paper and waiting for BUSH
ness when the door was quietly open
ed and when the saloon man looked
up from his paper he looked into the
barrels of two revo1vers and heard
the imperative command to 'sThrow
up your hands," Seymour complied
with the request of the men with all
haste and the two men walked around
behind the bar and while of them
held the revolver uncomfortably close
to Seymour's head the other one
frisked his pockets and turned them
inside out.
hn n had pnI0 lao
men attacked the money drawer of
the saloon and emptied it's contents
into their pockets. Seymour, scared
almost to death, made no effort to
make an outcry but contented himself
with stretching his muscles until the
men left the building. After they had
tapped the till one of the men sug-
gested that they take a bottle of
whisky, but the other one reflected
that the whisky in some of the out
lying saloons was not all that was to
be desired and declared that the cash
was about all there was in the saloon
that they could use. Telling Seymour
to remain with his hands upin the air
the men rushed from. theuplace and
got away. Seymour followed them to
the door and saw three men running
away from the place. He told the
police that one of the men had white
handkerchief tied about his face while
the other was masked with a blue
handkerchief. An hour after the
robbery was committed three Italians
were taken into custody atnthe Ram
bier Hotel, but Seymour could not
identify any of them and they were at
once released.
Seymour is the man who was ar
rested week ago on a charge Of hav-
ing concealed goods alleged to have
been stolen by F.. L. Phillips and
George Nelson, and it is thought pos
sible that some of the men who had
been connected with other burglaries
were taking this means to revenge
themselves on Seymour for the in
formation which he gave the police.
The police we're unable to get very
good description of the two hold up
men, but from the statements made
by Seymour it seems that the men
we're the same who have been oper-
ating at other places in the city. Sat
urday night seems to be favorite
time for the workings of these men,
and it is rather remarkable that all of
the robberies have been committed at
nearly the same hour.