The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07
JARvIE HELD As MuR0l: RER
Man Employed on Farm of Senator
Bishop Alleged to have welded Knife
Which Brought Deaths Son of Sena-
tor Also in Custody of the Police.
(From Thursdays Daily.)

Otto Langenbach, twenty-nine years
of age and d man widely known in.
Kenosha, died at the Kenosha hospital
at ten o clock this morning as re-
suit Of wounds received just before
eleven clock last night when he was
stabbed to the heart by Peter Jarvie,
eighteen years Of age, a farm hand en-
ployed on the farm of State Senator
Isaac T. Bishop, in the town of Som
ers Benjamin Bishop, a son of the
senator, who was connected with the
case, IS also in custody, but no formal
charge has been preferred against him.
The. killing Of Langenbach was one
of the most sensational crimes known
in Kenosha in many years. He was
stabbed to the heart on the sidewalk
Just in front of the Hotel Jacobs on
Market Square and the cutting was
witnessed by half dozen people. The
stabbing came as result of a quarrel
which had started in the bar-room of
the hotel, but the cause of the trouble
is not as yet divulged as a half dozen
different stories are told in regard to
it. Langenbach was conscious be-
fore his death, but he was too weak
to make any statement. He declared
that he did not know the man who stab
bed him, but that just before the knife
was raised against him the man leap
ed at him and applying vile name
he plunged the knife into his breast
This statement was made to DR.. NJ. "A.
Bernstein at the Kenosha hospital only
few minutes before Langenbach died.
Jarvie and Bishop were arrested by
members Of Inc Kenosha fire depart
ment ten minutes after the stabbing
of Langenbach. On account of the
connection of Bishop with the case iG
caused great sensation.
| Langenbach had entered the bar
room of the hotel only few minutes
! before the trouble was started. AT
! the time he entered the place Bishop
and Jarvie, the latter powerful
Lithuanian boy, were standing at the
bar. Langenbach walked up to Jar
vie and said, "Hello Pete.o The man
resented the familiarity and declared
E'I don't know you" Langenbach
laughed. and passed the matter off, but
Jarvie seemed to be troublesome and
he proceeded to start quarrel with
Langenbach. Finally the two men
shook hands and went to the bar
where they engaged in a dice game.
Later it is alleged that the fight was
renewed and after few words Lam
genbach went out of the bar-room.
A minute later the crowd in the bar
room was startled by a shrek and 60
ing to the door the men met Langen-
bach as he staggered into the bar
room. Langenbach made an effort to
reach the telephone. "Well he got
me, - said Langenbach, and at the same
time he sank down to the floor.
Blood was flowing copiously from
great wound in the breast of the in
iured man, The men in the bar-room
hurried to the sidewalk and a call was
sent for the p >lice. Captain Charles
schend, Henry Noring and George Gill
of the fire department, answered the
call in the absence Of police officer
and when they reached the hotel Cap
tain Schend grabbed Jarvie and Nor
ing got hold of Bishop. The latter
caused no trouble, but Jarvie put up
| a fight and Noring at the instructions
of his superior officer, struck Jarvie
with his fist with such violence that
he knocked him unconscious. The fire
men then took the two men to the city
lookup and turned them over to Police
! Officers Biennemann and Breidt.
BY this time great crowd had gath
Tered at the hotel bar-room. DR.. NJ. A
Bernstein was called and seeing that
the wound of Langenbach was prob
ably mortal wound he directed thai
he at once be removed to the Kenoshs
hospital Later Doctor III. A. Robin
son was called to attend the case with
Dr. Bernstein. When he reached The
hospital Langenbach was so weakened
by loss of blood that it was feared
that he could survive but few
minutes, but later in the night he gain
ed strength. Chief of Police O'Hart
and District Attorney A. L. Drury
were at the bed side of the injured
man for more than an hour during TIT
/ early hours of the morning in an at
J tempt to get statement in regard tt
the stabbing, but he did not gain suf
: fieient strength to tell the story AM
J it was not until shortly before dealt
! that he made statement to the doc
J oFs. Evidently realizing that the en-,
7as near Langenbach with o grea