The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-04-30
Joseph Yurawic Robbed Of $500
by Slick SwindIer Who Of.
fered Dream of Fortune
MAN TAKEN IN CHICAGO
Will Be Brought to Kenosha For Trial
at Once-Daring Swindler Works
New Game Which Proves
Very Profitable

Michael Golobosly, a Hungarian who
is claimed to have been the slickest
swindler who has worked in this section
of the state in many years will be in
the Kenosha county Jail tonight charged
with having swindled Joseph Yurawic
a n. Congress street saloon-keeper out of
coin of the realm to the amount Of
$1,000. The slick worker was arrested
in Chicago several days ago and yes
terday at the demand of Detective Cap
tain O'Brien Of the Chicago force the
Kenosha saloon-keeper went to Chicago
and identified Golobosly as the man who
swindled him and while the Kenosha
saloon man will not be able to recover
any of his money, he will have the salts
faction of forcing the man accused to
stand trial and possibly go to the state
prison for a long term.
The swindling of Yurawic took place
some three months ago, but the man
was a good loser and he did not make
any complaint to the police and the first
that the local officers heard of the case
was when they received the telegram
from Captain O'Brien asking that the
Kenosha man be sent to Chicago to
identify the man arrested. An exami-
nation Of the evidence Of Yurawic show
ed that the Kenosha case against the
swindler was much stronger than any
the Chicago officers had been able to
secure and this morning Chief O'Hare
got warrant charging Golobosly with
grand larceny. It is understood that
the man will come to Kenosha without
requisition papers and the chief went
to Chicago this afternoon to get him.
The swindle of Yurawic was one Of
the boldest ever worked in Kenosha.
Golobosly who is alleged to have had a
confederate came to Kenosha several
months ago and rented room on the
outskirts of the city which was to be
the headquarters of the swindlers.
They had planned evidently to make a
living by getting small sums out of
, foreigners in business in Kenosha The
men were crude workers and it is re-
markable that they got out of Kenosha
without having the police on their track.
/ Yurawic was evidently the first victim
but it is not known how many other
, victims were found before the men left
the city. Early in January the two
4 men went into Yurawic IS saloon on
Congress street and in highly conf
| Dental manner showed him a scheme
which they had for the manufacture of
money They had two boxes with them
from which they drew seemingly good
green backs in great profusion and they
told the saloon keeper that he could
make all kinds Of money by small in
/ vestment. Yurawic had been hard
worker for years and he had managed
to save up some $1,000 which he had hid
den in the saloon and the scheme of the
swindlers seemed so plausible to him
that he decided to invest. He brought
out his money, ten dollars at time, and
| the men placed it into the cabinet and
rolled out two for one in each case. but
/ it was noticeable fact that the money
J good and bad went into the box which
the men held. Yurawic was fascinated
, and he finally decided to dump the
whole $1,000 into the "press' and dou-
| BILE his money at one time. The men
took the money and placed it in the box.
/ Then the pressing operation began and
/ it ended with the men having an equal
ly pressing engagement. They left the
! box, however, with Yurawic with the
order that he should not open it for
six days. 1t was carefully sealed up in
his presence and the men declared that
this time would be required for the
money to print. Yurawic took the box
and placed it in his safe and at the
! close of the six days he called in his
friends and planned a celebration.
When TIE box was opened with great
, ceremony it was found to contain moth
ing but old waste paper.
The men with the good money in the
companion box had by this time fled the
city and nothing was heard of them
again until they started to work the
same game il Chicago. There they
were captured by the detectives of Cap
tain O'Brien, but the evidence against
then was not all that could be desired.
Yurawic went to Chicago yesterday
and identified Golobosly as the man who
had swindled him.
1t is not known how many other ig-
norant saloon men were caught by the
same game in Chicago but it is thought
by the police that when the man is
brought here several other men will be
coming up to take look at him.