The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11
TOOK JEFFERY CAR IN CHICAGO
Sheriff Stahl Bumps Into Couple After
Car Goes Into the Ditch West of the
City.-Locey Admits That Car Had
Been Taken from Rayfeld Garage.

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Miss Lydia Monkey, two Chicago
youngsters, did not end just as they
had dreamed it would. Three weeks
ago yesterday Fred and Lydia eloped
from their home in Chicago and went
to Grown Point, Ind, where they were
married. Last night the whole thing
came to an end when both occupied
cells in the Kenosha county jail. They
were booked as auto thieves and were
charged with stealing an automobile
belonging to the Thomas B. Jeffrey
Company of this city which had been
taken from the Rayfeld Carburetor
Garage in Chicago on last Saturday
night. Fate brought the honeymooners
right to the town where the car was
owned and fate came in the guise of a
broken part which resulted in the auto
mobile going into ditch about four
miles west of Kenosha.
Early Tuesday Sheriff Andrew Stahl
had a call out into the town of Paris
to serve some papers. AS he drove
They we're crying over spilled milk
The automobile in which they were
making their honeymoon trip had gone
into the ditch and Locey was not suf-
fcient of mechanic to repair it. The
sheriff showed a kindly interest in them
but he did not show them his badge
of authority. Just wait until L run
over here and serve some papers and
I'll take you into town. the sheriff
told Locey and when he came back the
bride and Groom were waiting. The
bride went to farm house to remain
near the automobile and Locey came to
Nelson garage and made arrangements
to have the car brought In and repair
ed The car was brought in Tuesday
afternoon. The officials had little
suspicion that all was not right and the
police got into the case too and called
Chicago and found that the car in
question belonged to the Jeffrey com
pany and that it had been missing
since Saturday.
By this time Locey and his bride had
taken one of the tires off the car and
had pawned it at a place on Main
street for two dollars and they were
getting ready to leave Kenosha. They
just naturally strolled out of town and
went south on Ashland avenue. By
this time lot of the police and the
sheriff s forces were after them
Chief 0 Hare had followed them in an
automobile way down Ashland avenue
and his automobile stuck in the mud
and the pair slipped away. They were
arrested by Sheriff Stahl at the station
of the Chicago and Milwaukee Electric
as they were waiting for car.
Locey declared after he had been ar
| rested that he was planning to take the
automobile back to Chicago. He as
serted that he had taken the car on
Saturday and that his child bride-she
is nineteen years old-had been fully
aware of the conditions under which
| the automobile was taken. Young
Locey, who appeared to be well edu
Gated, declared that he did not know
why he had taken the automobile
further than that he and his wife
wanted to take motor trip. The
Chicago officials were notified of the
arrest of the pair and the local officials
were ordered to hold them.
The car is being held at the Wahlbere
and Nelson garage, but it will probably
be turned over to the Jeffrey company
Locey declared that he supposed that
the car was the property Of the Ray
field company and that he had no idea
that it was owned by the Kenosha fac
tory. Little Mrs. Locey cried consid
cradle after she had been placed in 9
cell in the woman's department, but
at that she insisted that it would al
come out right and that they would BIZ
able to make explanations which would
bring about their release.