The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-01
GAVE OFFICIALS MERRY CHASE
Warrant for His Arrest Was Issued
More Than Five Years Ago by Late
Justice St,irges Denies His Identity
When Arrested by Officers.

SAdSo VI HloIe budu i've years was
brought to a close just after eleven
0 clock Friday night when Police Of
flcers Maher and Clausen arrested
Fred Lichtenteller, long sought by the
kenosha officials, on charges of horse
stealing. 1t was five years ago the
22nd OF last October that horse dis
appeared from the barns of August
A. Passch in the town of Bristol and
at the time it was alleged that Lich-
tenteller had held the natter strap
when the horse left the barn. A war
rant for the arrest of the accused man
was issued by the late Benjamin O.
Sturges, formerly justice of the peace
in Kenosha and ever since the issue
OF the warrant the police have been
searching for Lichtenteller.
Chief O'Hare has spent month of
his time in the five years following
Lichtenteller clews, but the police
claim that the prisoner is such a
smooth one that they were never able
to land him. Time and again Lichten-
teller had slipped out from under the
hands of the officials. At one time he
was in a house in Pleasant Prairie
when the police officials came to ar
rest him. He made his way into the
attic and climbed through hole in
the. roof and slipped to the ground
and escaped. He declared to the of
ficers who arrested him that at one
time he was in the very house from
which telephone message was sent
to the police tipping off the fact that
he was in Kenosha, but that he man
aged to get away before the officers
arrived.
Three weeks ago Lichtenteller slip
ped into Kenosha and worked for two
days at the tannery under an assum-
ed name and at that time his presence
was discovered aud Chief O'Hare
found where he had been living but
notwithstanding the fact that he ling
cred about the boarding house for
more than seven hours the chief could
not get sight of him. Lichtenteller
had become bold on account of the
fact that he had given the officers the
slip several times and when he came
to Kenosha on Tuesday he began to
mingle with some of his old associates.
Last night it was tipped off to the
police again that Lichtenteller was in
town and every officer was told to get
after him.. Maher and Clausen met
him with a party of friends at the
corner of Division and Milwaukee
avenue and when they arrested him
Lichtenteller declared that his name
was "Miller'' and that the officers
were making bad mistake.
When he reached the city lookup he
declared that he had been advised that
the warrant on which the police were
seeking to hold him was of no value
on account of the fact that it had out
lawed. Lichtenteller is credited by
the police with being a clever crook.
He has served time at Green Bay and
has been connected with many in
designations Of the police. His clever
ness in getting away from the officers
has caused him to be respected by the
police as an antagonist. The horse
which he is alleged to have stolen was
sold at Waukegan on the day after it
was taken from the Passch barn and
later it was recovered by the officials
of the city and county.
Lichtenteller refused to admit or de-.
ny his connection with the theft of
the horse and declared that he would
make no statement. 1t is probable
that he VIII be arraigned in the MUM
cipal court before Judge Taylor late
this afternoon.