The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-27
THIEVES MAKE RICH HAUL
S. j. Hill of Salem Touched for $1e5
on His Way to Wild West Show
City oficial Also a Victim of the
Light Fingered Gentry.

Seeing the indians and the wild west
ern cowboys at the 101 Ranch proved
an expensive proposition for S. J. Hill,
well known old soldier of the town
OF Salem for while he was on the way
to the performance at the show grounds
late Wednesday afternoon his pocket
was picked and the smooth fingered
gentry got away with $115 in cash and
a certificate of deposit to the amount
of $50. Forgetting the indians and
the cowboys Hill hurried to the First
National bank and stopped payment
on the certificate of deposit and then
went to the police Office and the Jail
and reported his loss.
Hill had his money in an old fash
Toned pocket book which he had placed
in his hip pocket. When it began to
warm up Hill took off his coat and
when he got on street car to go out
to the show grounds the pocket book
sticking out Of his pocket and bulg-
ing with bills must have been an at
tractive sight to the men of the light
fingers The car was crowded and Hill
was jostled about considerably on the
way to the show grounds He took the
next car back to report his loss. The
police threw out a drag net and later
in the evening picked up four negroes,
two men, and two women who are
thought to have been connected with
this and other robberies reported at
the wild west show. The negroes
claimed that they had not been on
any street car and the police have not
as yet been able to get any evidence
against them.
Having his pocket picked in Kenosha
is not a new experience to the old
soldier from Salem. Years ago when
Kenosha dedicated the soldier s monu-
ment and opened the library Hill came
to Kenosha to take part in the festivi-
ties and at that time he was the victim
of pick pockets, having forty-fve dol
lars taken from him. On Wednesday
Hill had just received his pension
check from the government and he had
cashed it only short time before he
left for the show grounds. The bank
officials have been expecting to receive
the certificate of deposit for payment.
1t had not been endorsed by Hill, any
one cashing it will take his own
chances.
Several minor losses were reported
as a result of the crowds at the wild
west show. Mrs. A. G. Won WaId living
on Pleasant street reported the theft
Of a watch while she was at the show
grounds. 1t was declared that this
was taken by q Kenosha boy who has
a long police record and the police
are now trying to find this boy. Sew
eral reports of minor losses were made
to the police and this caused the Of
ficials to pick up all suspicious charac-
tiers. 1t is claimed that the robberies
all took place on the ground outside
the big tent and the managers of the
show declared to the police that their
own detective forces had kept close
watch for any sign of robberies.
Alderman James Filben, the senior
alderman from the Fourth ward, also
had al encounter with the light finger
ed gentry and a bursting wallet which
he had in one of his hip pockets was
deftly removed and is still unaccount-
ed for. Alderman Filben was at the
show grounds at the time and he feels
convinced that his pocket book was
lifted by negress who iostled
against him in the crowd He asserted
today that his loss was not a serious
one as the pocket book contained no
money and only a number of receipts
which were of no value to any one ex-
cept himself. The suspects arrested
are still being held and it is possible
that one Of these viii be charged with
the robbery of the alderman.