The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-05-13
MAN USES GUN WITH EFFECT
Forces Customers to Stand Awe Struck
While He Calmly Removes Portion
of the Money From Cash Register
Police Fail to Arrest Any Suspects.

Memories of the days of the "Old
Wild West when masked men with
black rags tied about their faces, lin
ed up the inmates of public places and
forced them to disgorge their valuables
were recalled in Kenosha just after
ten clock when a crime as spectacular
as any from the plains was reported to
the police by Michael Motckeletski,
who is the proprietor of saloon at
the corner of Ashland and Grand
avenues. Breathless he rushed up to
police officer and informed him that
a masked man had entered the saloon
and covered two customers and the
proprietor with revolver and had
taken twenty two dollars in cash. There
was big force of police officers at the
Coliseum and they were rushed to the
scene of the holdup, but although a
search was made for the better part of
the night no suspicious characters were
found. Tt is possible that the bold
bandit had come up with some of the
fight "critics' and that he managed to
catch the same train back to Chicago
Motcheletski, who is better known
as Mountain House Mike" was
greatly excited over the matter. His
story was confirmed by the two other
men VINO were in the saloon at the
time of the robbery. The man who
PLAYED the part Of the bandit is al
legged to have teen no less than six
feet tall. He entered the side door Of
the house and the first thing that the
three people in the saloon Jaw was his
face completely covered the black
mask. Your money and keep still, -
with an accompaniment of classic
oathes was the only thing that the
man said. Motcheleteski rushed from
behind the bar and out the front door,
but the masked man did not fire but
paid attention to the other men in the
saloon. He kept these two men COW
cred with the revolver while he walked
quickly to the cash register which had
been left open when the proprietor
fed. He held the revolver over his
shoulder and kept one eve on the two
men while he went through the cash
drawer. When Moteheletski returned
he found that $4,000 had been taken
out of the cash register, but the bandit
had evidently shown some consfdera-
ton as there was some FIVE dollars in
change left The bandit had also pass
ed up an excellent revolver which was
in the cash drawer. After he went
through the cash register the man
calmly walked to the side door still
keeping the men covered with the re-
volver. "Now keep still" and more
oaths was his parting injunction as he
faded out of the saloon in the darkness.
The man had no more than got out of
the place when, Motcheletski returned
bringing with him the chief Of police
Chief 0 Hare heard the story and got
the other officers on the chase for the
man, but they found nothing during
the night. The men in the saloon de-
clared that it was difficult to give a
description of the man on account Of
the fact that his face was completely
hidden by the mask
The chief of police went carefully
into the story of the alleged holdup
with the men in the saloon and their
story was the same as that told by the
proprietor of the place. It is thought
possible that some of the saloon rob-
bers who have been busy in Chicago
managed to get to Kenosha with the
fight crowd and seeing a golden oppor-
tunity to pull off the robbery could not
resist the temptation. The police are
still hard at work on the story.