The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-05-20
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Carl Miller and Wife and Charles Jones
After Robbing the Safe of the Sheriff
of Racine County Of a Thousand Dol
lars Are Caught at Evanston.
(From Tuesdays Daily

kenosha had its part in one OF the
most sensational Jail deliveries ever
known in Wisconsin last night and this
| morning and through the efforts of the
kenosha police department the stain of
the escape of two of the cleverest pri-
soners ever confined in a Wisconsin
Jail was removed from the escutcheon
of Racine county. The story of the
escape and the capture simply bristles
with thrills. 1t has more interest IN it
than half dozen prize moving pict-
u'es and through the whole story
stands out prominently the fact that
Kenosha police officers used their heads
and by the use Of them effected the
capture of the escaped prisoners.
Carl L. Miller, Mary Miller his wife
and Charles John, all Chicago people,
were arrested at Chicago avenue and
Main street, Evanston, just after four
O'Clock this morning when Evanston
police officers on the order of the de-
partment in Kenosha, were rubbing
their eyes and out on search. The three
people were in a taxicab belonging to
Wahlberg and Nelson Of this city
which was being driven by John Lud-
wig. Ludwig with his fares was on the
way to Chicago and Ludwig was first
called to see the fact that he was haul
ing escaped prisoners when shot from
revolver in the hands of one of the
Evanston cops brought his automobile
to stop. Miller and his wife and
Jones all had plausible story to tell
but the story was worked over so
many times that before the police of
Evanston had fallen for it Sheriff Hol-
leck of Racine, accompanied by sew
eral Racine detectives, dashed into
Evanston and identified Miller and his
wife and Jones as three people who
had broken jail at Racine just before
midnight Monday night.
The Racine sheriff in his dash
through Kenosha had stopped long
enough at the local police office to Dor
row three sets of handouts and these
were slipped over the wrists of the
woman and the men and they are ex-
pected to be back in their cells in Ra-
cine late this afternoon.
The escape and pursuit of the pri-
soners caused the biggest excitement
known in lake shore cities in months.
It was just after ten O'Clock Monday
night that the three prisoners framed
up the escape. Miller and his wife
were in Jail waiting trial on charges
of arson and Jones was held as horse
thief. 1t was admitted that Mrs. Mil
Ter was very clever woman and her
beauty had won considerable eonsidera-
tion for her from the new Racine
county sheriff and his family. She
had worked in the kitchen of the Jail
and was a rusty The disappear
ance of the three prisoners was dis.
covered just after midnight and at the
same time Sheriff Holleck found that
the safe in the county jail had been
opened and that thousand dollars of
Racine county tax money which had
been left there for safe keeping to-
gether with revolver, We're missing.
fle-- :. he'd into the jail litter dis
covering the robbery and found that
the cells which had been occupied by
Miller and his wife and Jones were
empty.
An hour later the report of the es-
cape from Racine was sent to Kenosha.
1t was found that the trio had hired
a gray taxicab and had gone south
from Racine The word was flashed
out to the various police boxes in Ke-
nosha and reports came back at once
that the gray taxicab had passed along
Milwaukee avenue a half hour before.
Chief of Police O Hare got on the job,
so did the sheriff and Desk Sergeant
Martin Christensen began sending
messages all along the lake shore urg-
ing police officers to look out for the
fleeing fugitives from justice.
Just about this time a report came
in that the Racine driver had refused
to take the people further than Keno
sha and that they had secured taxi
cab at the Wahlberg and Nelson garage
here. The trio had come to the garage
just after midnight. They told plau-
sible story. Mrs. Miller charmingly
dressed in the height of fashion, had
declared that Miller was her brother
and Jones her sweetheart and that they
were seeking to elope to Chicago to be
married. "Father and uncle,' she
said, ARE following us. The plead
ings of the young woman were too
much for the taxicab driver and as the
people appeared to have plenty of
money he agreed to take them to
Evanston. The party pulled out Of
Kenosha just after one clock and
only short time before the police re-
ceived the report of the escape. With
out stopping to notify Racine the local
department took up the chase of the
Kenosha taxicab and through these eff