The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-05-14
Foreigners Hold Hands Up
While Police Officers and
Deputies Search Them.
THREE ARRESTS ARE MADE
Chief of Police O'Hare and Sheriff F.
w. B. Achen Join Forces in Organ
lied Effort to Rid City of Men Who
Garry Dangerous Weapons.

GLANDS upl" Like thrilling wild
west drama, this cry rang out in five
saloons in Kenosha on Saturday night
and five of the most unusual hold ups
ever known in the city were pulled off
under the very noses of the police Off
GERS. In fact the police officers them
selves acted as the "stick-upo artists
and the five hold ups were part of an
organized effort to rid Kenosha of gun
men and men who carry dangerous
weapons. AS a result of the raid on
five saloons in the city on Saturday
night three arrests were made. One
man had revolver and two others had
knives of vicious natures. 1t can be
stated that the result of the raid was
surprise to the officers as they had ex-
pected to find more guns and revolvers
among the customers of the places
raided.
The raids were made by an organized
force under Chief of Police O'Hare and
under Sheriff F. w. B. Achen. Chief
0 Hare contributed twelve men from
the police department and Sheriff
Achen and Undersheriff Nicholas Fonk
were in charge of force of six deputy
sheriffs It had been decided that the
first of series of raids would be
made on the five saloons which are con-
Quoted by Italians. Later on every
saloon in the city will be visited by the
police officers and deputy sheriffs and
| it is the plan of the sheriff and the
chief of police to keep things moving
until they feel certain that gun toting
in Kenosha is a thing of the past.
The raids were made on the sugges-
ton of prominent court officials and
the action was taken with view of
reducing the shooting ARRAYS in the
city. Plans for the raids were made on
Saturday evening and it was planned
to enter all of the five saloons on the
program just after ten O'Clock Three
police Office or deputies were sent to
each of these saloons The men entered
without making any noise and when
one officer had been placed on guard
at each of the doors the order "hands
up' was given and the officers began
the work of searching every man lined
up at the bar and every man behind the
bar. The searches were made without
partiality and no chance was given FOR
any of the patrons of the saloons to
get out In one or two of the places
there were hot words of criticism against
the action of the officers, but in most
of the places the men took the search
good naturally and stood with hands up
waiting their turn. Some of the places
were filed with customers when the
official parties arrived.
One arrest was made in saloon on
Main street, another in barrel house
on the west side and the third man
with weapon was picked up on the
street in front of one of the saloons.
The men arrested were all landed
in Jail.
"There have been so many shooting
and cutting ARRAYS in Kenosha in the
past few months,'' said Chief O'Hare,
after the raiding parties had returned,
that we have adopted this plan to
put an end to the carrying of guns
and dangerous knives in Kenosha
This is the first of many similar visits
to be made to the saloons of the city
and we are going to keep right at it
until we get a lot of these fellows into
the county Jail. There will be no
chance to tip off raids in the future as
no one but the sheriff and myself will
know when they are to be made and
each time we will pick out half doz
en- saloons like we did Saturday night
and force every one in them to submit
to search. No saloon in the city will
be immune from the visits. This cure
for gun toters may be a little severe
but it has been tried in other cities
and has proven most effectual in rid
ing those cities of the gun men,"
In the municipal court this morning
Paul Niagara, one of the men arrested
in the raids, paid fine of $50 and the
costs on charges of carrying revolver.
Frank Fuscho and Frank Scarloto, ar
rested for carrying the knives, plead
ed "not guilty" and the hearing of
their cases was continued.