The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-16
ESCAPE BLOCKED BY A GUN
Man Had Made a Hole in the Rear of
the Store With View of Spring
ing the Lock When He Was
Taken by the Chief.

Chief of Police Owen O'Hare was
out late Thursday night and as re-
suit of his overtime work G. l. Kamph,
claiming TO live at IS East Chicago
avenue, Chicago, is in the countya jail
charged with attempted burglary.
Kamph was arrested by Chief o Hare
at the alley just north of the Barden
store just after midnight this morning
after he had completed the work of
saving hole in the rear door of the
John j. English hardware store with a
view of entering the place. The cap
ture of the man was as pretty piece
Of detective work as has ever been
done by an officer in Kenosha.s
Kamph claims to be a machinist and
he had been in Kenosha for the past
two days stopping at a laboringmen IS
hotel The chief first saw the fellow
on Thursday afternoon and he appear
ed to be checking up the alleys about
did not appeal to the chief and he de-
cided to keep his eyes on the follow.
Last night the chief noticed Kamph
was out again and this time he kept a
close tab on him. Like cat watching
a mouse the chief followed the fellow
and saw him plan the entrance to the
English store. The chief never let
the fellow get out of his sight and he
watched him bore noles in the door and
| then cut out portion of the door in
order to allow his hand to get in to
unlock the door. Fortunately there
was cross bar holding the door and
the expert work of the burglar was done
in vain. About the time that the
man had the hole completed he heard
some one stirring on Main street and
placing the tools in the trash furnace
behind the Robinson store he started
to get away through the alley and
Church street. AS he reached the
| Church street entrance to the alley he
was confronted by the chief who thrust
revolver into his face and marched
him off to Jail. Later the kit of burg
lar tools which was most complete and
an empty suit case which was evidently
to be used in carrying away the swag
was found by Merchant Police Officer
Millager in the alley back of the Robin
son store. Kamph was locked up in
jail and he was not inclined to be
talkative. The man worked as if he
were an expert in the burglary game
and the chief is going to have a very
careful investigation made into his
record before he is given hearing.
| Kamph claimed that he had lived in
one boarding house in Chicago for
more than fifteen years and that he
had been in Kenosha but two days. He
had watch which the police believe
was stolen in some other city and this
may aid in solving his identity.
Kamph was taken to the police Office
Friday afternoon and put under a fire
of questions by. Chief of Police o Hare
and Charles Christensen, a plain
clothes man from Racine who believes
that the man robbed the Hoernel Hard
ware Store in Racine on last Sunday
l.evening. The officers got little out
of the man. He declared that he was
willing to plead guilty to attempted
burglary in connection with the Keno
Isha job, but that he would not give out
any facts in regard to his past life.
He declared that he had been half
drunk for two weeks and that in that
time he had been in Chicago, Milwau!
kee and Kenosha. He declared that
he had never been in Racine and that
he knew nothing in regard to the Hoer-
mel robbery. It was found that the
man had gone into the English store
just before six o'clock Thursday and
had purchased one of the saws which
he had when captured.
In his pocket he had watch bear
ing the name VIM. Henning, Huntley,
ILL.,, and it is supposed that he picked
this up in some pawn shop.