The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-02-02
ADMITS ENTERING TWO HOUSES
Police Recover Loot Valued at More
Than Hundred Dollars and Kalis
Immediately Went Back to Prison
for a Ten Year Term.


Chief of Police Owen o Hare made q
noteworthy capture Tuesday evening
when he arrested William Kalis Ken
osha man with long police record.
Kalis is charged with burglary and he
has admitted to the police that he en-
tered the home of Charles Hansen on
Rowland avenue on Sunday night and
the rooms of Misses Bessie Kennicott
and Alice Katzenberg, at $40 Market
street on Saturday. Chief 0 Hare re-
covered loot to the value Of more than
hundred dollars and all of the pro-
perty recovered is said to have been
taken from the two places. Kalis made
admissions to the police that he had
entered these two houses but he deelar-
ed that he had not been connected with
any other crimes in Kenosha. He will
spend ten years in the state prison at
Waupun.
The accused man has long prison
record having served a term at the
Green Bay reformatory and two terms
at the State Prison at Waupun. He
was released from the latter institution
on Jan. Il of this year and had been in
Kenosha but few days when the,other
crimes were committed.
Chief o Hare was on his way home
irc of far oloIyo,, ~ Tuoedo1r ;rL4
when he passed Kalis on Prairie avenue
near the corner of Congress street. He
noticed that the man covered his face
with his cap and that h. evidently did
not care for the police officer to recog-
nize him. For this reason O'Hare who
had not recognized Kalis decided to
follow him. Kalis was not slow to dis
cover that he was being followed and
he started to lead the Chief merry
chase. He went north to Market street
and then started to double his pace
when the Chief catching up with him
up his hands. Then he recognized the
man as Kalis. He took him to the pol
ice office and when search was made
a gold watch, two gold chains, several
rings and half dozen other pieces of
jewelry were found in the stockings of
Kalis. 1t was also discovered that the
vest which he was wearing was of the
same material as coat which had been
left at the Hansen home at the time of
the robbery on last Sunday night and
confronted with these proofs Kalis adj
mitted his guilt and this morning he
went out and found a revolver which
had been stolen from the Hansen home.
The revolver had been hidden under a
pile of railroad ties just west of the
city.
The police claim that Kalis has a
mania for robbery. He is member OF
a well known family living in the west
ern part of the city and he has been,
arrested many times for petty crimes.
The police were not aware that he had
been released from the state prison I'M,
til he was picked up by the Chief on
Tuesday evening.
The Kalis case was disposed of in
record breaking time and in less than
II hours after his arrest Kalis was on
his way to the state prison to serve
long term. He was brought before
Judge Randall in the Municipal court
this morning and waived preliminary
examination and stated that he desired
to plead guilty. The Judge accepted
the plea and at once sentenced Kalis to
term of ten years. In sentencing the
man Judge Randall took into considera-
tion that this was the fourth time that
he had been sert to state penal in
stitution.