The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-18
Judge BeIden Disposes Of Seven
Criminal Cases in Circuit
Court Monday Afternoon
BLOOM GOES TO GREEN BAY
Stanley Bloom Must Give Two and a
Half Years of Hard Labor to the
State for His Daring
Criminal Work

Kenosha penal colonies at the state
prison at Waupun and the Wisconsin
state reformatory at Green Bay, will
have two new members each before the
end OF the week as at the closing ses-
sion Of the Circuit Court on Monday
afternoon Judge Belden disposed of
seven of the criminal cases pending on
the calendar and four of the defendants
were sentenced to serve time.
The first Of the quartette to be SEN
fenced was Fred Borkenhagen, who was
charged with grand larceny. It was
alleged that Borkenhagen had stolen
"a lot of personal property from Gus
Voltz in the town Of Salem. He was
sent to Waupun for a term of two
years. Joseph Miller, transient who
had stolen a horse from Herbert
Coqueelette at Twin Lakes, was the
next to face the court and when he
declined to make any statement as to
| why he should not be sentenced the
court gave him similar sentence to
the state prison.
Stanley Bloom, the seventeen year-old
/ boy criminal who kept the police on
the jump for several months while he
was breaking into stores about the city,
was the next member of the quartette
to take his medicine. Bloom lost none
of his nerve when it came to the final
chapter of the story Of his crime and
he stood upright before the judge and
made no complaint when he was sent
to the state reformatory at Green Bay
for term Of two and half years.
Bloom seemed to like the idea Of going
to Green Bay and he had feared a
/ harder sentence. The last to be SEN
fenced to the state institutions was
Andrew Collins, who had been charged
with burglary. He entered the home
of Alvin Marsh in the town Of Bristol.
Collins got two years at Green Bay and
he was as we'll satisfied as Bloom
After this quartette of petty thieves
had been disposed Of the court took up
i the case of the State VS.. Charles
Becker, who was charged with assault
with intent to do great bodily harm
Becker S arrest was the result of a
joke. For long time the men en-
ployed at the tannery where Becker
was foreman had been troubled by
some one turning off the water. Becker
decided to catch the man and to this
end arranged a bucket of tar on the
4C Of bo
trap with the wrench used for turning
the water on and off. A man by the
name of Krah got the tar and he at
once caused the arrest Of Becker. The
defendant pleaded guilty to charge Of
assault and battery and the court gave
him a fine Of fifty dollars and the costs
of the action. The fine and costs were
paid in open court and Becker was dis
charged from custody.
After the Becker case the court took
up the case of the State against Victor
Petl1us, who had been arrested on a
charge Of assaulting Miss Mamie Stein
bach, well known young woman Of
the north side. The original charge
against Petkus. carried a heavy penalty
but as the evidence against him was
not of the strongest character the dis
trict attorney decided to change the
charge to one Of assault and battery
and to this charge Petkus pleaded
guilty. and was fined $50 and the
costs Of the action. The fine was paid.
The last man to come before the
court on a criminal charge was John
Malekovich, who was charged with as
sault with intent to do great bodily
harm. He entered plea Of guilty =
and considering the fact that he had
been in jail for many weeks the court
punished him with a fine Of 800 and
the costs Of the action or six months
in the county Jail. Malekovich return
ed to jail last night, but he expects to
be able to raise the amount necessary
to pay his fine within few days.
/ Y. NJ. G. A. GYM. NOTES