The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-21
MAN ESCAPES IN DARKNESS
Had Attempted to Enter the Home of
Robert Synmonds on Dayton Street
When Discovered by the Officer
Euting Terribly Beaten


Joseph Euting, one Of the oldest
members of the Kenosha force, came
near losing his life in following the
call of duty just before one o'clock
Sunday morning and as a result Of his
attempt to arrest burglar who had
attempted to enter the residence of
Robert Symmonds on Dayton street he
was terribly beaten. Twice the burg
lar shot at Euting and both of the
shots passed through the overcoat of
the officer, but did not strike the flesh.
Euting returned the fire of the man
and although it is thought that he was
wounded in the revolver duel he es-
capped in the darkness and has not as
yet been captured.
Euting managed to arouse the peo-
pie in the neighborhood and he was
found by Mr.. Symmonds bruised and
bleeding and taken to his home and
DR.. j. B. Spalding called to attend him.
One of Euting eyes was entirely clos
ed as a result of the struggle and he
had half a dozen bad cuts on his
head and face. It is evident that the
burglar had beaten him over the head
with a bludgeon of some kind The
officers revolver was missing after
the struggle and it is supposed that
the burglar made away with it.
Euting was travelling his beat along
Ashland avenue when his attention
was attracted by the sound of break
ing glass. Fearing that all was not
well he went around on Dayton street
just in time to meet a powerful man
on the automobile road leading to the
Symmonds garage. Euting called to
the fellow and asked what the break
ing glass meant. The man replied
"They just put an automobile in the
shed there. " Euting got hold of the
fellow and started back into the Sym
monds yard to make an investigation
and with this the fellow put up fight.
The man made lunge for Euting and
got the drop ON him and with power
full blow from some sort Of weapon
felled him to the ground. Euting
pulled his gun and the two men engag-
ed in fierce struggle. The burglar
was the most powerful and he forced
Euting down and hit him repeatedly
over the head The gun of the officer
was in its sheath, but he managed to
get it out and threw the sheath away
and then the man struck him again
over the head and he went down and
out. The officer was dazed from the
effect of the blows that had been rain
ed upon him but he heard the man say
."Well, II finish you now'' and with
this the man drew his revolver. Eut-
ing with an instinct of danger threw
out his hand and struck the hand of
the burglar just as he pulled the trig-
ger and the bullets, two in number,
went through the overcoat of the of
fcer With this the burglar heard
people coming from the surrounding
houses. Euting, however, had managed
to get hold of his gun and he opened
fire shooting twice. Then Euting
seems to have collapsed and it is sup
posed that the man picked up the
gun that fell from the officers hand.
BY this time John Low and Mr.. SYM
monds had come out of their homes,
They saw the burglar run west to Ash
land avenue and he ran as if he had
been wounded. They at once called
the police office and the patrol wagon
was sent to the scene of the struggle
but nothing was found of the burglar.
1t is evident that the man was no
amateur at the burglary crime. 1t is
thought that he had followed Mrs.
Symmonds from the First National
Bank earlier in the evening and had
marked the place for the crime. A
day before the burglary one of the
windows leading to the Symmonds
basement had been broken and a por-
ton of the glass was still in the win
dow. It is thought that the burglar
sought to remove this glass and that
the breaking of 1attracted the at
tention of the police officer. The
burglar was man weighing $50
pounds and Euting claims that he was
a stranger in the city. He was we'll dress
ed, wore an overcoat of fashionable
cut and make and his hat which he
lost in the scufie was of the s'Dun-
lap make. 1t was hat which had
been made for very large man. The
witnesses of the fight of the man de-
clare that he was about the same size
as the police officer
The attempted murder of the officer
caused great excitement and every
man on the force was called to take
up the chase for the man. Euting
from the operating table gave his fell
low officers a splendid description of
the man and kilograms were sent to