The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-07-03
ASKS ARREST Of SWEETHEART
William OFT, Arrested by Police Just as
He Was Leaving the City Gets Away
on Payment of Fine on Statutory
Charges-Girl Sent to Waukegan.
lContinued in MONDAYS pailvl


The lure of the white tops of the
tents of the carnival proved to
strong for Anna Lohfiak seventeen
year old Waukegan girl and she ap-
peared al the police Office this morn
ing and told Chief Hare of how she
had fled from her home to come to ke-
nosha in order to be with her sweet
heart, one of the men connected with
the carnival. The girl declared that
the man had been guilty of statu-
tory offense and asked for the arrest
of William OFT, one Of the men who
had charge of the operation of the
Ocean Wave during the carnival OFT
was arrested by Police Officers New
house and Bradley just as he was about
to leave the city on the special train
which was to have taken the CO npany
to Marinette.
The arrest of young OFT caused great
CONSERVATION among the memh rs of
the carnival crew and the manager of
the company and several of the other
men connected with it hurried to the
police Office and sought to secure the
release of OFT. These men declared
that OFT would marry the girl or do
anything else that the police demand
ed in order to get ont of the scrape.
They asserted that young OFT was one
of the most popular men connected
with the company and that he had al
ways borne the best of reputation.
The hohtink girl declared to the po-
lice that she had met OFT while the
carnival was in Waukegan week ago
and that on last Monday OFT had
brought her to Kenosha and had es-
tablished her in q room at the Jacobs
Hotel at the corner of Market Square
and Church streets. She declared that
he had been with her in the room
three nights during the past week and
that they had been registered under
the name of Mr.. and Mrs. Smith. She
declared that she had come 30 Kenosha
with OFT under promises of marriage
and that she had expected him to mar
ny her until this morning when he
planned to send her to Waukegan and
go to Marinette with the carnival
company.
OFT after he was arrested admitted
a portion of the statements made by
the girl, including the fact that they
had lived together at the Jacobs Ho-
tel. He claimed, however, that he had
not brought the girl to Kenosha, bat
that she had followed him here and
that he had agreed to permit her to
remain with him. He declared that
he had made no agreement to marry
the girl.
The Lohtink girl is a daughter of
Chris Lohfnk, who formerly resided
near the Wisconsin state line in Ke-
nosha county. The girl declared that
she had never been away from her
home until she left to cone here to
marry OFT.
The carnival train was held up for
two hours in an effort to get the mat
ter settled up, bat just before noon
the special pulled off for Marinette
leaving young Oft in the city lockup
and his foster father, j. III. Patterson,
remained in Kenosha to make an eff.
fort to get the boy out of the trouble.
OFT was arraigned before Judge
Randall just before noon on a statu-
tory charge and on a plea of guilty
he was fined fifty dollars and the costs
of the action. 1t is expected that the
fine will be paid so that he will be
able to join the carnival company at
Marinette on Tuesday. The girl viii
be sent back to her home in Waukegan.