The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-09-04
Thefts of Brass from Fac
tories Brings Investiga-
tons Of All Junk Places
ARREST TWO ON WEDNESDAY,

District Attorney Druryon Wednes-
day following the arrest of three boys
on charges Of burglary and three others
as accessories after the fact, in con-
nection with the theft of brass from
the plant Of the Simmons Manufact-
.uring Company and Wednesday after
noon two people connected with the
junk business were arrested. These
were Louis Rosenblum and Mrs. Edna
Eupnick, the latter the wife of junk
dealer on Fremont avenue. The hear
ing Of the Rosenblum case was con-
tinued until today, but Mrs. Zupnick
was brought into court late Wednes-
day afternoon charged with receiv-
ing stolen goods and on a plea of
guilty she was fined $75 and the costs
Of the action. Concealed under bed
at the zupnick home the police found
more than two hundred pounds Of
brass which had been stolen from the
Simmons factory.
The boys who had been arrested in
connection with the case after they
had pleaded guilty to the charges of
burglary, made clean breast of their
part and this story brought the Zup-
nick woman and Rosenblum into court.
The boys admitted that they had made
two visits to the Simmons plant and
that the booty secured on last Satur-
day night had beer sold to Mrs. Zup-
nick. The woman declared that she
had been advised that the boys had
found the brass, but she could make
no excuse for seeking to conceal it un-
der the bed at the house on Fremont
avenue. Louis Rosenblum had made
arrangements to purchase the brass
which was seized by the police when
the boys were arrested Oh Tuesday af-
teTnoon. Factories in the city are
now having inventories of their brass
stock made and it is thought that these
will show that the police have found
only a small amount of the stolen
brass which has been sold as junk.
District Attorney Drury has ordered
the police to Get out warrants if neces-
sary and make a search of every junk
shop in the neighborhood. It is de-
clared that GRASS stolen from Kenosha
plants has been sent to Racine and
other cities to be disposed Of and the
arrest of the boys may result in the
uncovering of thefts which have re-
suited in losses of hundreds Of dollars
to the factory men of the city.
The six boys held in connection with
the thefts have admitted their part.
The court has withheld sentence in
each case and it is probable that the
boys will be given a chance to make
good
After a hearing which took up the
entire morning session Of the municipal
court Louis Rosenblum was discharged
from custody on the payment of the
costs. In discharging him Judge Ran
dali declared that this disposition Of the
case was allowed only on account of the
fact that the brass had got been actual
" sold at the Rosenblum yards. The
district attorney declared that he had
no desire to connect J. J. Rosenblum
with the case and held that be had no
knowledge of the transaction.
In dismissing the complaint on pay
ment of costs the district attorney de-
clared that in the future junk dealers
would be forced to obey the state law
to the letter and that the purchase of
metals from any minors would be
promptly followed with prosecutions I'M
der the state law.