The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-09-16
GETS FIVE YEARS IN PRISON
Man Had Been Released from Joliet
Last wednesday and Has Served
Three Terms in Prison for Burglary
Never in Kenosha Until Saturday.

JOHn hOllGIJ uuludu VCAOllVUJ WIZ
has spent the last fifteen years Of his
life Just drifting from state prison to
state prison and whose only plea or
excuse for his worthless life is that
he never committed any crime but
burglary, sat in cell at the city lock
up today just waiting to be sentenced
to prison for another term. 1t was
Holler who burglarized the home Of
Mrs. John G. Wilson and Ray Dolan
on Saturday night and attempted to
get into the home of Conrad Hansis.
On plea of guilty Judge Randall
sentenced him to term Of five years
at hard labor in the state prison at
Waupun.
Holler whined out his story Of a
man who never had chance as he
put it this morning. There was no.
one from Kenosha connected with him
in the burglary of the houses. In
Fact he never knew any one in Keno.
sha and was ignorant of the existence
Of The city until he dropped off a
North Western train here last Satur-
day afternoon. When he was arrested
in Chicago on Sunday night he had
planned to fight eXtradition, but when
Sheriff Stahl and Chief Feldschau
found him at the DesPlaines street sta
tion last night ne had changed his
mind. "I'l go back all right and
plead guilty and take the medicine, Y
was his statement as he signed his
name to the paper which declared that
he was coming from one state to an
other without extradition. Holler was
released from Joliet three or four
days before the Kenosha burglaries
after serving a three year term of
burglary. 1t was the third time that
me had been In Joliet prison on a burg
larry charge and in addition to this he
had been sentenced to a term of three
years at the Wisconsin state prison for
the same crime, He only served a
part of this time as before he got
well started on his term it was found
that he was wanted by the state of
Illinois as fugitive.
Holler reached Kenosha late Mon
day night and he seemed to be anxious
to have 1t all over with. II just
dropped into Kenosha to get out Of
Chicago. wanted to get some clothes
and little money for myself and then
i planned to "a on to Michigan where
1 think 1 have some re1atives. / walk
ed about Kenosha and saw these
houses with no one in them and it
looked to me to be too easy thing to
pass up, was the way Holler put it
this morning ''There is an infinite
lonesomeness to man just out Of
prison and / guess | did not care
much if I did get back
Holler declared that he never heard
Of Mrs. Wilson or Dolan and that he
selected these two houses because they
appeared to be vacant. He had brought
the chisel which was used in the burg
laries from Chicago ~ never spoke
to any one in Kenosha but the barten-
der and / hever knew any of the other
fellows picked up by the police" he
continued. cit was just taking
chance of a long term in prison to get
a few dollars worth OF stuff that
couldn't dispose Of. After / left Ke-
nosha / went to Waukegan on an cleo
trio car and slept in box car there
Saturday night and drifted into Chi
cage Sunday. / went down to sa-
loon and left my bundle Of junk with
a bartender. He thought something
was wrong and called in the detec-
tives and when they looked into the
bundle they just waited to cop me
when ] came in. knew that it was
all up then and / just decided to come
back up here and get it over with
The record of Holler shows that he
first worked under the name of John
Weldon and he was twice sentenced
under that name. He is fifty years of
age and has never been married. A
native of Bohemia he had lived in this
country most of his life and he claim
ed that he never had real home any
where-except at Joliet.
There was no sign Of begging on the
part of Holler when he got up before
Judge Randall just before noon to
plead to the charge Of burglary against
him. He stood up straight and looked
the Judge right in the eye and told him
that he had wasted his life and was
ready to take the penalty. Judge Ran
dali spent considerable time question
ing the man and then sentenced him to
a term Of five years at hard labor in the
state prison at Waupun.
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