The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-04
DITCH CAR WHEN PURSUED
Police officers Arrest Nicholas Schuetz,
Joe Smith and Geo. Kimbau After
tracking Car from the Weinstock
Garage on North Lake Avenue.

Captured aS the point of a revolver
while fighting their way in stolen au-
tomobile through the snow drifts of the
north lake shore road Nicholas Schuetz
aged twenty seven, George Kimball,
aged twenty-three, and Joe Smith, aged
twenty two, were brought into the
municipal court this morning to answer
charges of burglary. They were charg-
ed with stealing a Cadillac automobile
valued at s., 800 from the garage of FL.
M. Weinstock, I'll Lake avenue. When
the trio was arraigned Mr.. Weinstock
appeared in court and made a strong
plea that they be given another chance
and the district attorney consented to
placing charge of operating an auto
mobile without the owners consent
against them. All three of the men
entered plea of "guilty" to this
charge and Judge Randall sent them
back to jail to await sentence. It is
probable that sentence will be imposed
Oh them on Thursday. Weinstock in
sisted that the young men be given an
other chance and his plea may win for
them release on fine or on parole.
The theft of the automobile, the pur-.
suit and the capture of the three men
proved one of the most interesting
chapters in the police annals of the
city. Within minute after the auto
mobile had been taken from the garage
the police were notified and loading the
patrol wagon with Police Officers Bien-
nemann, McGivern and Amberlang, the
police gave chase. The heavy snow
which had fallen earlier in the evening
made it an easy matter for the police
to follow che trail of the alleged auto
thieves and the run was made to the
Weinstock home on Lake avenue where
the trail was taken up and the police
followed it until they captured the
three men at the point of revolvers at
a point on the lake shore road two
miles north of the city.
1t was an exciting chase. Schuetz,
who was driving the car, was not an
experienced chauffeur and he was pick
ing his way rather carefully along the
road filed with snow drifts. The pow
erful automobile was brushing the
drifts aside and it was evident that
the men believed that they were get
ting away with the car until they saw
the headlight of the patrol wagon COM
ing down tie road behind them. Nc
Givern, the daring driver of the patrol
wagon, paid no attention to the condi-
ton of the road and when he caught
sight of the tail light of the stolen au-
tomobile ahead of him he pumped on
all the power the big patrol wagon
had and gave chase. The three men
evidently saw that they were destined
to be captured for just at the point
where the wagon road crosses the
North Western the big automobile
went into the ditch. The patrol wagon
was just behind it at the time and be-
fore the men had a chance to run
Police Officer Biennemann was out of
the patrol and had the men covered
with a revolver. Smith and Kimball
had hidden behind the ditched car and
tLey made no effort to resist arrest.
Whose driving this carr said
Biennemann. One of the men SILVER
ing with cold and excitement, should
back. "He's a great big fellow and
he ran over into the feld.'' Bienne-
mann and the other officers ran to the
railroad track when they met Schuetz
coming back. He was promptly placed
under arrest.
The men were brought back to the
police office after the automobile had
been pulled out of the ditch. 1t was
not seriously damaged. ''We will get
our hair cut short for this" was the
comment OF one of the men and HI
guest we are up against it right was
the comment of another. Schuetz said
nothing. It is certain that the theft
of the automobile had been carefully
planned.
All three of the men connected with
tie robbery live in the neighborhood
Of the Weinstock home. Mr.. Vein
stock had used the car on Tuesday af-
ternoon and when he put it in the gar,
age in the evening he found that the
lock was out Of order. As it was
stormy he made no effort to repair the
lock or to ascertain the trouble with it,
expecting to take care of it this morn
ing. Later it was found that the lock
had been stuffed and it is thought that
this was done to pave the way for the
theft of the car. Mr.. Weinstock was
just retiring fo- the night when he
heard the doors of the garage omen and