The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-04-09
Vim. Halliday and John JennoTo,
of Milwaukee, Taken for For
gerry md Grand Larceny
TRY TO PASS FORCED CHECK
Boys Are Arrested AS They Are Leaving
the First National Bank and
Taken Back To Milwau-
kee For Trial

William Halliday, aged Is years and
John Jennoro, aged 10, two Milwaukee
boys, were arrested in Kenosha late
Friday afternoon ON a double charge
of forgery and grand larceny and they
were taken back to Milwaukee Friday
night to be arraigned there this morn
| ing on the charges against them. The
two were arrested by Chief Of Police
Owen O'Hare at the First National
Bank just after they had attempted
to cash check which had been Sc
cured from the Rev. M. J. Treneny Of
| Milwaukee. The check had been Sc
cured by Halliday, who until Thursday
night had worked as bundle boy for
Sisson and Sewell, big clothing firm
in Milwaukee. The boy had been sent
out to deliver suit of clothes to the
minister and had received in payment
a check for 5000. A short time after
| he made the collection he met Jennoro
and Friday morning the Italian is al
legged to have stolen 1925 from his par
ents and the two boys left Milwaukee
with the intention of going to the wild
! and woolly west. They reached Keno
sha just after noon Friday and at once
began to get ready for their trip. Well
supplied with money they started out
to buy all sorts Of clothing and other
equipments for the trip. At several
places they attempted to cash the check
which had been made payable to Sisson
and Sewell, but failing to get the money
they finally went to the bank. Young
Halliday had backed the check signing
the name of the Milwaukee firm with a
lead pencil and when the check was
presented there was no hesitancy with
the officials at the bank and convinced
| that there was something wrong the
police were called. When arrested the
Italian had hundred dollars in his
pocket and young Halliday had five
dollars and the check.
Taken to the police Office the younger
/ boy made no effort to deny his guilt,
but admitted that he had attempted to
cash the check after backing it and
that he had done so at the orders Of the
Italian. The Italian fought with the
officers and refused to make any state
ment in regard to the large sum of
money which he carried. Young Halli-
day remained at the police Office during
the entire afternoon and most of the
time he was sobbing as if his heart
would break. His parents were notified
of his arrest and his father came to
| Kenosha with the Milwaukee officers
Friday night to take the two back to
Milwaukee for trial.
| The italian is a banana peddler in
Milwaukee and it is claimed that he
has been closely watched by the police
in that city for some time. This is the
first time that the Halliday boy has ever
been arrested. He had been working
for Sisson and Sewell for the past five
months and had been considered one
of the most trustworthy boys in the
employ Of the company. The check will
at once be turned over to the owners
and the firm will lose nothing as re-
suit Of the attempted populations Of the
boy. The two boys will have a hearing
in the Municipal Court at Milwaukee
this afternoon and several Kenosha peo-
pie went to Milwaukee to testify at
the hearing.