The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-09-14
Fred sorensen and Charles
Petersen Assault George
Tully Wednesday Night
SISTER HAD BEEN DAOLYBEATEE
Two Brothers Deliberately Lure Tully
to Lake Front and Proceed to Ham
mer Him-Pohce Seek Long, Think
ing Assault Holdup.

One of the most sensational assaults
ever reported to the police in the city
| occurred just after nine O'Clock when
George Tully, well known as baseball
player, was assaulted and terribly beat
en- by Charles Petersen and Fred Sor-
ensen. The assault took place on North
Durkee avenue just east of the Donley
fats and Tully was deliberately taken
to the spot by the Petersen boy with a
view of settling an insult which Tully
was alleged to have offered sister of
the young man. The young woman In
question was Mrs. Anna Osby, who is
employed at the home of Frank H.
Truax, as a housekeeper.
Mrs. Osby is confined to her bed as
a result of injuries she received on
Tuesday night when she is alleged to
have been assaulted by Tully. 1t is
claimed that on the night in question
Tully went to the Truax home and lay
in wait until the young woman with
whom he had been keeping company for
some time returned from Chicogo. Tul-
Ny is said to have been jealous and al
leging that the young woman had shar-
ed her affections with others he follow
ed her into the house and assaulted her.
Mrs. Osby is suffering from terribly
bruised face and throat and is in a
highly nervous condition. After the as.
sault of Tuesday evening she was tax
en- to a neighboring house and doctor
called to attend her.
Petersen, the brother of The young
woman and Sorensen, her half brother,
heard of the assault on Wednesday
morning and at once declared their in
tention of avenging it. just before nine
O. CLOCK Wednesday evening Petersen
met Tully on Main street and demanded
satisfaction. Tully did not walk into
the thing without warning, but the pair
started down to Eichelman Park to set
| tie their difficulties. When they reach
ed the north end of the park they met
Sorensen and to use his own language,
III did not wait for any preliminaries
i'll regard to the fight but started inH'
Tully was severely beaten and his cries
for help aroused the people in the
Ineighporhood and report that hold
up had occurred was sent TO the police
and every officer on the force was sent
to the Durkee avenue neighborhood
One of the men living in the neighbor
hood fred shot at the two men as
they left the scene Of the encounter.
Tully hurried to doctor s office and
had his wounds dressed and left the
city on a late train last night. For
more than two hours the police searched
for the men before they discovered just
who had been connected with the affair.
Then they wentsto the home Of Peter
sen and Sorensen and found them calm
ly awaiting arrest. The two were TAX
en- to the police Office just before one
CLOCK and they admitted without any
doubt all the facts in the case and
claimed the "unwritten law" to de-
Ifend the members of their family as
justification. The two boys were not
locked up, but released ON their own
recognizance and ordered to report this
morning. When they came up this
morning Tully was out of the city and
his relatives had no desire to bring any
charges against the two boys and they
were discharged from custody
The young men declared that their
intention was to punish Tully for his
attack on their sister and that they had
no other grievance against him. 1t is
not known where Tully went as he did
not even give any address to his rela-
tives. It is understood that the mem
bers of Mrs. Osby'c family are entirely
satisfied with conditions as they stand
and that no effort will be made to have
TulIy arrested at this time