The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-28
COMPANION TELLS GOOD STORY
Man Had Gone Out on the Lake With
Frank Smith on Sunday and Smith
Walked Ashore but Hubert Never
Came Back to Ice House.

Twin Lakes seems to be the real
place for mysteries in Kenosha county
and District Attorney Baker and
Sheriff Gunter have been advised of
the disappearance Of another man
from the lake. His disappearance is
sort of a parallel to the disappear
ance Of Herman Martin there a year
ago on account of which Herman Kas-
ten was tried on a charge of murder
in the circuit court
The new story deals with the strange
disappearance of Frank Hubert, a
Chicago man, "a years of age, who
was employed by the Esch Ice Com
pany at Twin Lakes Hubert went
out in a boat on Lake Elizabeth on
last Sunday morning in company with
Frank Smith, another employee of the
company and he never returned. 1t
is generally believed that he met
death in the lake by drowning and to-
day the men at Twin Lakes began to
drag the lake for the body.
William Esch, the employer of the
two men has closely questioned Smith
and secured from him story Of the
case Smith claims that he and HUI
bert started out in the lake about nine
o CLOCK Sunday morning and rowed to
the upper lake and started back to
the place they boarded which is on
Lake Elizabeth When they had gone
a short distance of the return trip the
lake became very rough and Smith
decided to make the remainder of the
trip about the lake on foot He left
the boat in the care of Hubert after
urging him to tie the boat up on the
lake shore and walk back to the
boarding house. Smith told the story
just as soon as he reached the board
ing house Fand search was at once
made for Hubert, but the weather was
stormy and the searchers we're unable
to find any trace of him. The search
was resumed on Monday and the
empty boat and oars were found float
ing in Lake Elizabeth. There was
nothing to show that there had been
any struggle, but nothing was found
of any of the clothing of Hubert. At
the time he started out he had on a
hat which it is declared would float,
but no trace of this hat has been
found. Hoping against hope that HUI
bert had not drowned the men at the
lakes took no steps to find the body
on Monday or Tuesday, but this morn
ing they began dragging the lake.
Esch when interviewed this morning
declared that from the straight story
told by Smith on his return to the ice
house he was convinced that there was
no reason to suspect foul play in con-
nection with the disappearance of
Hubert.
1t was Esch who reported the case
to the local officials and the district
attorney and the sheriff ordered that
they be kept advised of any develop
ments in the case. 1t is thought that
if Hubert was drowned the body will
be found within the next few days
and the district attorney has notified
the justice at Twin Lakes to have him
called before the body is tempered
with. If the body should be found
to have lot of bruises on it the dis
trict attorney will make further in
vestigation into the case. The fact
that the case is 50 near a parallel to
the Hasten case has caused the district
attorney to watch it with a little more
care than is given to such cases under
usual circumstances.