The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-08
Chief 9'HARE SHOT
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OlHcerS, ran HoTtn On CnlcagO street
and the chief emptied his revolver
Once the man turned in his tracks and
r, turned the fire, but the bullet went
wild. O'Hare continued the chase
which had been taken up by the other
officers, by Sheriff William Gunter and
Turnkey Nicholas Fonk. Fonk was
within few feet of the wounded
chief when he fred the last shot from
| the revolver HYou are wounded, =
shouted Fonk. s'Never mind that, -
retorted O'Hare, "give me vcur gun,
mine is empty" BY this time Fonk
had reached the side of o Hare and
still making an effort to follow the
man, the chief fell over. Fonk took
him by his arm and assisted him to
walk back to the police Office while
! other officers took up the chase for
the fleeing prisoner. O'Hare was per,
feetly conscious when he reached the
office and hurriedly dictated to the
other members Of the force a descrip-
ton Of the man and orders for his
capture. BY this time an ambulance
had arrived and the wounded chief
was hurried to the Kenosha Hospital
Doctors George t. Kimball, George
Pugh and John Cleary were called to
dress the wound.
A great crowd gathered about the
hospital and when assured that the
wound Of the chief was not a fatal
one they hurried down town and offered
their services to the police to aid in
searching for the Would-be assassin.
Mayor Scholey hurried to the hospital
and after seeing that the chief lad
been properly cared for he took charge
of the police department and, aided
by Assistant Chief Newhcuse and
Sheriff Gunter, directed the all night
search for the much wanted man.
The chief was placed on the operating
UdUlC dU OACC Ctlld LILO WOu1lu PlOOCu'
Later he dropped off to sleep and slept
peacefully during the night. The
nurses at the hospital were kept busy
answering phone calls all night long
so great was the anxiety over the
shooting.
While the wounded chief was being
given every possible care at the hos
pital the forces were being organized
to search for the man who shot him.
The fellow after he saw the chief drop
jumped off the trestle in the Balm
yards ana ran west to Rock street and
later was seen on Grand avenue. Emil
Kreuger, a motorman on the Kenosha
Electric Railway, saw the fellow run
ming west on Grand avenue and shout
ed at him in an effort to stop him, but
the man whipped out revolver and
fired shot at the car of which Kreuger
was in charge and continued west. He
was seen my many people and later
in the evening it was announced that
he had been located at the German
Lutheran school. The school was sur
rounded, but the man was not found.
Police departments in surround cities
were notified. The construction crew
Of the Kenosha Electric Railway Com
pany, many citizens and deputy sheriffS
from the rural districts took up the
chase. scores of automobiles were
offered to the police department to aid
them, the Jeffrey company putting
every car at the plant at the disposal
of Assistant Chief Newhouse. A dead
line was made about the city, every
road being guarded by men armed with
rifles and shot guns. Farmers were
aroused in all parts of the county and
they took up the hunt for the man.
All night long the armed men patrolled
the roads of the county, but not once
did they see any suspicious characters.
The telegraph Offices in the city were
all closed at The time of the shooting
and it was impossible to get an opera
tor so that all of the work OF search
ing for the man was done by phone. The
Racine police officers arrested sus-
pect on a train which passed through
Racine at ten o'clock, but later he was
released as he failed to answer the
description of the man wanted in Ke-
nosha When daylight came other
men were sent out to take the place
of the men who had been watching
during the night and other deputies
were called from the western part of
the county to take up the search.
Early Monday morning the chief
was astir at the hospital and he had
conference with the assistant chief
and representative of the News in
which he gave out the first authentic
story of the shooting. His wife and
children came into the room later and
spent an hour with him.
He suffered considerable pain from
the wound, but was in the best of
spirits and wanted to receive many
visitors who called at the hos
pital, but the physicians ordered
that he be kept quiet and the
hospital officials were kept busy turn
ing away people who called at the nos
pital.
The first clue to the identity Of the man