The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-10-03
ROPE BRINGS A Confession
Mock Lynching Party in 8ristol Re
suits in Negro Confessing That he
Was Guilty of Grand Larceny
County People see Thrills Plenty.

a bHlFu u6gfee Confession, I5aL-
.ured with mock lynching and half
dozen other sensational and thrilling
climaxes, with enough melodrama to
make successful moving picture show,
was pulled off on Sunday afternoon
and evening by Sheriff Andrew f.
Stahl and as result Wiley Davie, who
claims to come from Kansas City, is
locked up in the county Jail charged
with grand larceny. The negro was
arrested by Sheriff Stahl in swamp
near the village of Bristol just befnre
su down Sunday evening and after
q chase which for exciting features has
no rival in Kenosha police annals.
Davie is charged with stealing shot
gun valued at $58 which was the prop
erty Of Fred Sharp. The owner of the
gun had been hunting out in the
county and late Sunday afternoon he
had started for home. He just missed
the train and he sat down along the
track to wait for a freight train to
come along hoping that he might find
a way back to Kenosha without walk
ing. While he was sitting along the
track an old man who works about
Bristol came along and the two were
+a 1lxinU vivian n oaoro ANNA nr+ oe +bo
brush along the track He was I'M
kempt and evidently had been long
without food. He told the two men
story of wandering and starvation and
Sharp was so moved that he reached
in his pocket and gave the negro dol
lar and told him to go to Bristol and
get something to eat. Then Sharp laid
down on the bank by the railway and
went to sleep. When he awoke few
minutes later he found that both of
his friends and his gun had disappear
ed. He went to the nearest farm
house and called Sheriff Stahl and ad
vised him that he had been robbed
With Turnkey Fonk and several other
deputies Stahl at once ~.started for
Bristol. He found the old man and he
declared that he had returned to Bris-
tol and had left the negro and Sharp
along the railroad. Then Stahl went
after the negro and burned up the
roads in Salem and Bristol seeking a
clew to him. He finally found won,
an who had seen the negro going
toward the village of Salem. The
sheriff found Davie in one of the places
at Salem station, but he was strenuous
in his denials Of the charges of lar.
ceny. He was finally persuaded to get
into the automobile and with him the
sheriff hurried back to Bristol Davie
declared that he did not take the gun
and even insisted on taking an oath
and kissing a bible. The bible was
procured and the negro went through
the formality, but this did not satisfy
the sheriff. The negro was then taken
to farm outside of Bristol whers he
had stopped to get something to eat
The woman of the household told the
sheriff that the negro had a F'violin |
case' when he was at the house earlier
in the day. This the negro strenuous
ly denied. He refused to make any
further statement in regard to the gun
and Sheriff Stahl decided that the time |
had come to take the bull by the horns |
and force confession.
''We don't like negros around here
shouted the sheriff and Da- |
vie began to tremble A crowd of PEG
pie from Salem and Bristol had col |
lected around the farm house ami
Stahl shouted to them. Get rope. /
You know what we did to Thompson |
and we will do the same thing to this |
fellow. One of the men ran to a barn |
and came back with a short rope aad |
Stahl grasping the negro by the scuff |
OF the neck started with him toward |
the timber land and swamp half mile |
away. Davie fell on his face and be. |
gan to plead, en- get de gun
I'm get de gun, he shouted ana
with the crowd with the rope follow
ing he led the way to the swamp and |
found the gun buried under pile oe
leaves.
The mock mob soon dispersed and
Stahl brought the negro to Kenosla.
In his pocket he found a receipt for a
package shipped by Wells Fargo FIX
press from Kansas City and an ef- |
fort will be made to intercept this
Sheriff Stahi will have Davie IN court |
on charges of grand larceny late this
but the negro win be held
pending an investigation at Kansas
City.
The mock lyching and the other feat
ures Of the arrest proved decided
breae n the monotony Of life for he
people OF the western part of the
county on Sunday afternoon.
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