The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-02
Frank Taylor Arrested While in
the Act of Robbing Home of
A. B. Ames Sunday
NEICHBORS SEE THE BURGLAR
Mrs. Homer Walters Notified the Police
that Taylor was at Work in the
Ames House and Officer New
house Made the Capture
(From Monday s Daily

Frank Taylor, So years of age and
claiming to be carpenter by trade,
was arrested just after eleven O'Clock
Sunday morning by Assistant Chief of
Police Newhouse and Patrolman Mel
son as he was leaving the home Of A.
B. Ames on Exchange street which he
had entered with the view of commit
ting burglary short time before. Tay-
Tor who claims to be Milwaukee man
was taken by Policeman Newhouse at
the point of revolver and placed in
the patrol wagon and taken to the
County Jail. On the way to the Jail
he made partial admission of his
crime and the police recovered from him
ten dollars which had been taken from
the Ames house A savings bank which
had been taken was found in the en-
trance to the cellar of the house occu-
pied by Homer Walters one door south
of the Ames residence.
The capture Of the man is largely
due to the work of Mrs. Walters. Mr..
and Mrs. Ames and son Kenneth had
left their home just before half past
ten to go to the morning services at
the Methodist church and it is evident
that Taylor had been Yachting for them
to leave the house. A short time after
they left Taylor went to- the back door
of the house and raped on the door.
He waited for a shcrt time and then
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that there was no one in the house.
Then he sat down on the steps at the
rear OF the house and waited for fully
ten minutes before he decided that he
was safe. Mrs. Walters had watched
the man from her window and saw him
sitting on the steps of the house. A
minute later she saw him walking in
the house and she at once notified the
police. Officers Nelson and Newhouse
hurried to the house in the patrol
wagon, but as the wagon approached
the house Taylor scented danger and
jumped out side window and started
to make a break for liberty. He ran
into the arms of the assistant chief who
was prepared to fire on the burglar if
he attempted to escape. "I guess it's
all off y said Taylor and with this he
surrendered himself to the officer and
was taken to jail. Tayor had made
an entrance to the house in most
daring manner. When he discovered
that there was no one In the house he
went to the front of the house and with
the aid of a chisel he managed to force
open the window. The fellow was TAX
ing great chances as any one passing
the house could have seen him breaking
into the window Once in the house
he started to make a thorough search
Of the rooms, but the coming Of the
police officers prevented his getting
any further than the first floor. The
ten dollar bill had been left in a purse
belonging to Mrs Ames and this with
the bank was on the table in the dining
room of the house.
The officers seem to be of the opinion
that Taylor IS an old offender, but he
strenuously asserted that this was the
first time that he had been arrested on
any charge and that he came in from
Milwaukee in the morning on a freight
train. He told the usual hard luck
story of being out Of work and being
forced to seek something to eat.
Taylor was arraigned before Justice
Donahue this afternoon on charge of
burglary in the day time and waived
examination. He was held to the Cir
cult Court in bonds of $500 and not
being able to furnish them he returned
to Jail.