The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-19
Russian Consul Cables st.
Petersburg Officials to Ar
rest Murder Suspects
GOVERNMENT MAY BEAR COST
Baron Schilling Who Represents the
Government Of Russia in Chicago
Satisfied That the Couple are Guilty
Of the Crime.

Satisfied That the Couple are Guilty
! of the Crime.
Baron Schilling, Imperial Russian
consul in Chicago on Friday evening
cabled to the authorities at st. Peters
burg asking for the arrest of John
Shelanek and the woman who was
known as his wife while they resided
in Kenosha. The two are wanted in
connection with the murder of John
/ Borkow whose body was found buried
in quick lime under house on Ere
mont avenue ten days ago. Baron
Schilling has satisfied himself as to
the connection of the man and woman
| with the crime and he has announced
that he will do everything in his power
to have the couple held in st. Peters
burg until the proper papers can be
! forwarded to Russia for the extradi-
tion of 4Shelanek and the woman.
The Russian consul did not act with
out fully investigating the case and
he based his investigation not only on
the statements Of District Attorney r.
| V. Baker, but he insisted that Russians
in Kenosha who were acquainted with
/ the facts in the case be brought to his
office in Chicago and he personally
questioned these people as to the rela
lions between Borkow and Shelanek
and his supposed wife. Several Of
the witnesses were taken before the
consul to tell the story of the killing
of Borkow and when he had heard
these witnesses he at once cabled the
officials at st. Petersburg to cause the
arrest Of the suspects
It is thought that the officials of
the Russion city will have Shelanek
and the woman under arrest before
the day is over and as soon as the
consul is advised that they have been
captured District Attorney Baker will
make a formal complaint to the state
department for the extradition Of the
prisoners. This will supplemented by
statement from Baron Schilling. AS
the extradition will be a matter of
international law the district attorney
believes that it will be up to the Unit
ed States government to pay the ex
penses of bringing the suspects to this
country and the cost upon the county
will be simply the cost of bringing the
prisoners from New York to Kenosha
Baron Schilling and the district at
| torney have carefully gone over the
extradition treaty between the two
countries and this treaty provides that
the government shall pay the cost of
the return of prisoners charged with a
capital crime. 1t may be weeks be-
fore the couple can be returned to this
country, but if they are taken by the
Russian officials it is pretty certain
| that they will not be released until
the officials here and the representa-
tive of the government in Chicago
are satisfied.
In this case as in many others Dis
| trict Attorney Baker has run up
against an old trouble in securing the
return of prisoners and that is the
lack of money to provide for their re-
turn. 1t required thirty dollars to
send the cables to the Russian police
at st. Petersburg and the district at
torney was forced to advance this
money out of his own pocket and he
will have to wait until November for
return Of the money. The county
board has repeatedly been urged to set
aside fund to be used for such pur-
! poses, but it has declined to do it
and the district attorney is often han
dicapped in his search for criminals on
account of the fact that he is prac-
tically without funds to pursue them.
! If the government pays the cost of
1 transporting these suspects from Rus
STA to the United States and they are
brought in the custody of United
States marshals the cost to this county
will be under a hundred dollars.
District Attorney Baker is satisfied
that the evidence he has uncovered
against the two people would be suf-
fcient to convict them on the charge
of murder and he will make out a
strong case before the secretary of
state is in his demand of requisition.
STATE FINANCES ARE Low