The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31
IS LAST OF nine HUNDRED
Term of Sheriff Achen Has Been Feat.
ured by Short Term Prisoners at the
County Jail-C. Frank, Record Star
Boarder Not Charged With Crime

Sheriff F. W. B. Aehen is closing out
his term at the county Jail with a
record. When the dinner bell sounded
today there was just one prisoner re-
sponded to the call and that was
Luigi Al6zz who is held at the iail
pending trial for murder. Alozz has
the big cell room all to himself now
and he is able to use it just like real
house. He has a comfortable sleeping
room, reading room and a reception
room where he receives his callers.
Up to yesterday there were other pri-
soners to share the Jail comforts with
the Italian charged with murder, but
the last of them was released on Tues
day evening and for the first time in
many months the Jail has just one man.
This one man is the last of more than
500 prisoners who have been confined
in the Jail since Sheriff Achen took
charge on the first Monday of January
in 1913.
The two years have been busy ones
at the Jail and the number of prison
ers during the last twelve months has
set new record for the county. Dur
ing the twelve months the sheriff has
welcomed to the Jail total OF 473 pri-
soners. These added to the 434 who
were incareerated in 1913, brought the
grand total for the two years up to
907. Most of the prisoners have been
short time behind the bars. There are
feature Of jail life Ia henosha that a
majority of the prisoners spend but a
short ime behind the bars. There are
lot Of prisoners committed to serve
terms, but it is an open secret that
nosha can find some one to pay his
fine after he has been committed to Jail
Featured in the report Of the sheriff
is the fact that the number of women
prisons in the Jail has been largely in.
creased during the two years term.
Prison bars detained seventy women in
Kenosha county during the past two
years but not one of them served a
long term. Nearly all of the women
brought into the Jail were charged
with statutory 0ffenses.
The two years has brought very
large increase in the number of insane
people committed to the state institu-
tons from Kenosha county and in the
term seventy people were taken to
these institutions by Sheriff Achen and
his aids. This is nearly double the
number adjudicated insane in the previ-
GUS two years The star boarder at the
jail during the term of Sheriff Achen
was "Charley Frank" the Italian
who served total Of six months and
seventeen days. At that there was no
formal charge against the "star
boarder" as he was held as witness
against the man who shot him.
During the two years Sheriff Achen
and his assistants made total of 43
visits to the state prison at Waupun
and they took some one with them on
each occasion. In 1913 the sheriff took
18 men and women to the state prison
and this year the total number was %.
In addition to this eight other men
and women were sentenced to terms in
Ch0 oGoC0 Pi-oohj DuG ChSI IeIhS were
made inactive on account of paroles is
sued by the judge of the court
Sheriff Achen will drop out of the
sleriff's office with few regrets. His
term of sheriff has been one worthy of
highest praise. During the two years
many changes have been made at the
Jail and it has been declared to be
one of the best kept jails in Wisconsin.
The sheriff in the two years has
the most friendly relations
with the officials of the various courts
and his work has been pleasant on ac-
count Of this continued cooperation.