The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-08
FOLLOW MANY CLUES
Police Get More Clues to Present
Whereabouts of Man Who
Shot Chief O'Hare
MAN 0PENSFIRE ON BRAKEMAN
Man Supposed to be Fairfield Fired
Two Shots at Brakeman on Last
Sunday Night Shortly After
the Shooting in Kenosha
(From Wednesdays Daily.)

them worthless Assistant Chlef OF
Police Newhouse ana Sheriff Gunter
kept up the search for FRANK Fair
field, wanted for attempting to murder
chief of Police O'Hare, today and
while the excitement of the shooting
has subsidized the police and the sheriff
have taken up logged hunt for the
would-be murderer which is to be con-
tinued until the fellow is landed be-
hind the bars and given the full pen
atty for his crime. More than a half
a dozen clues are being followed.
Late Tuesday afternoon the chief of
police received word that an unknown
man answering the description of Fair
field had opened fire on brakeman on
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
road two miles west of Kenosha last
Sunday night and had forced the brake
man at the point of his revolver to per-
NIT him to remain on the freight train
until it reached the limits of Chicago.
This story came from Sheriff Derricks
of Racine who was advised Of the facts
by some of the employees of the rail
way company. 1t is claimed that the
man boarded the freight train directly
west of Kenosha late Sunday night
and the brakeman discovered his pres
nd
Without a word the man drew a revol-
yer from his pocket and fired two shots
in rapid succession. The brakeman
and other members of the train crew
fled in terror and the lone desperate
calmly sat on the top Of a car until
the train reached chicago when he
leaped off the car and made his escape.
Another clue leads the officers to Evans
ton as it is declared that man ans
wering the description of Fairfield in
every particular jumped from an cleo
trio car at Evanston just before mid
night Sunday night. The man was
seen by County Surveyor Williams and
he had on a gray suit and wore no
coat. This fact has been communicat-
ed to the officials atEvanston and they
are keeping in close touch with the
Kenosha police force. It is thought
that the man Fairfield will return to
Evanston as his home is there and he
is alleged to have property there.
Last night the police were notified
that a man answering the description
of the man wanted had been seen in
the neighborhood of Breen s ball park
and detachment Of officers was sent
out to search in the weeds in this
neighborhood. They found absolutely
nothing to warrant the continution of
the search. Early today it was alleged
that a man answering the description
of Fairfield was seen on bridge on the
Burlington road west of the city and
Sheriff Gunter at once made an auto
mobile trip to that part Of the county.
He returned several hours later empty
handed and had not been able to get
any trace of the suspect.
That Chief of Police O'Hare la de-
cidedly popular with the officers in
other cities is shown by the fact thes
many officers all along the north shore
are offering their assistance to the
present head of the force. Captain
0 'Brien of the Chicago detective force
has the best men in his department at
work on the case in Chicago and it is
pretty certain that Fairfield will be To-
Gated if he gets into Chicago The
Chicago detectives have closely follow
ed the action of the man in storing a
bag of harness at the Hubbard storage
warehouse and this may furnish some
clue to his identity if not to his present
whereabouts.
The woman who is alleged to have
left Evanston with Fairfield has not
returned to that city, but absolutely
no trace of her can be found. 1t is
just possible that she is in hiding in
Kenosha and waiting for the present
trouble to blow over in order that she
may communicate with Fairfield The
offer of a reward of 5000 by the city
has stimulated the search for the man
and officials are taking a greater in
terest in it.
The condition of Chief O'Hare who
is still at the Kenosha hospital con
tinues to show Improvement and while
the chief is decidedly sore he was able
to sit up little today and he is tax
ing an active interest in the work of
his department DR.. Kimball, the physi-
clan, when seen this morning said,
s'There is no danger now that the
wound of the chief will prove dang
erous one and he will be able to be out