The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-05-14
Gebhart and A. G. Palm were at once

Gebhart and A. G. Palm were at once
called to the hospital to assist in operat-
ing on Mrs Schleyer and Koehler and
after an hours work the doctors re-
moved the bullet from the right side of
the man. They probed for the other
bullet, but failed to get it. They were
also unsuccessful in locating the bullet
that had lodged in the abdomen of
Mrs. Schleyer, but as she was seeming
ly in fairly comfortable shape it was
decided not to probe further for the
bullet at that time. Two hours after
the shooting Dr. Corr made statement
in which he stated that he thought both
the man and woman had chance to
recover.
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In the meantime while the doctors
were working over the victims of
Schleyer, Sheriff Pfennig and Police
Chief Owen O'Hare had hurried to the
scene. of the shooting and had sent
posses in all directions to make an effort
to cut off the escape of Schleyer Men
were sent out in automobiles and in
buggies and many reports Of the fleeing
man were received. In an hour every
road leading from the city had been
guarded and it seemed impossible for
Schleyer to make his way through the
net work Of police officers and deputies.
It had been learned that man sup
posed to be Schleyer had gone to
boarding house on Crate street and Dor
rowed hat and coat and it was sup
posed that he had hurried to the station
of the Chicago and Milwaukee and had
possibly caught car for the south. The
men under the direction of the sheriff
and Chief O Hare hurried to Waukegan
and other cities in hopes Of heading
ISchleyer off.
Schleyer Greatly Excited
Schleyer all this time was at board
ing house within few yards Of the
scene of the crime and it is thought
that after the shooting he began to
drown his troubles in liquor. 1t was
just after six clock while the men
were still securing the city and the
country for him that Schleyer made his
way to the county jail by circuitous
route, He entered the jail to find Depu-
ty Sheriff Chaffee in charge Chaffee
was talking to two ladies when Schleyer
entered and he paid little attention to
him. Finally the deputy turned to him
and asked him what he wanted.
Schleyer seemed to be greatly excited
but he sat down in a chair near the
door and told Chaffee that he would
wait until the ladies we're through.
When the ladies left the jail Schleyer
got up out Of the chair and walked over
TO Chaffee and told him that he had shot
his wife and man and asked to be
locked up. He was in a beastly state
of drunken frenzy. Later when Attor-
ney George w. Taylor called to see him
he was unable to stand on his feet and
he seemed to be completely under the
influence of liquor. He remained in
this condition until late in the evening
when he talked with Sheriff Pfennig
and admitted his part in the shooting
declaring that he did not know why he
did it, but he suppose he was crazy.
Crime Was Premeditated
It is evident that Schleyer had care
! fully planned the crime. He had been
watching his wife for several days and
Saturday night he passed her and
Koehler on NEtih street. He was great
lily enraged over the fact that the two
were together. He is alleged to have
at once gone to the Fischer Hotel and
he sat about the hotel for several hours.
Early Sunday morning he got up and
packed up his things in the room and
placed them in a bundle near the door.
Mayor Scholey took up the investigation
of the case Sunday afternoon and took
possession of the room Of Schleyer at
the hotel and placed a deputy sheriff
in charge of it. When Schleyer left the
hotel he wore his hat and coat and he
is supposed TO have taken these off lust
before he entered the house of his wife.
Tt seems that Schleyer had been out of
work for several weeks, but notwith-
standing this fact he had some money
and seemed to be drinking heavily. On
Saturday evening he met his attorney
on the street and told him that he had
been out Of work and that for that rea-
son he could not meet a claim that the
attorney had against him and the at
torney told him that it did not matter
when he paid the bill.
Troubles Deep Rooted
The domestic troubles of the Schley-
ers had been deep rooted and they had
been more or less in the limelight for
some time. Both Mr. and Mrs. Schley-
er were natives of New York. Schleyer
is said to be the black sheep Of a promi-
nent family living near Rochester and
his brother, Henry Schleyer, is the gen
Ieral manager for one of the big eastern
insurance companies with headquarters
lat Rochester. The couple were married
in 1898 at Chicago and they came to
Kenosha two years later. Before her
marriage with Schleyer it is claimed