The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-05-11
ATTEMPT TOESCAPE IS FUTILE
Sheriff and Chief of Police Have Part
in Exciting Arrest Made as Result of
Investigations Made by Husband of
Accused Woman Saturday Night.

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Holt, wealthy Pleasant Prairie farmer,
and M. F. Riley, a Racine man, were
taken into custody just before one
clock Sunday morning when Sheriff
A, F. Stahl and Chief of Police Owen
O'Hare, acting on the suggestion of
the husband Of the woman, made
visit to her apartment at 214 Wiscon-
sin street Both Mrs. Holt and Riley
eight year old daughter of Mrs. Holt
who was found in the apartment, was
taken to relatives. The case is one
of the most sensational to come to
the notice of Kenosha officials in
many a month.
Mrs. Holt had left the home of her
husband in Pleasant Prairie something
over two weeks ago following a family
disagreement and while it was stated
that she had planned to bring an &C
ton for divorce the formal papers in
the case had not been filed in either
of the courts Of the county. Riley, who
was arrested with Mrs. Holt, came to
this county from Montana over year
ago and for time was employed on
the Holt farm. Recently he had been
working in Racine. Holt evidently
had suspected that there were some re-
lations of an intimate nature between
Riley and his wife and he came to the
city on Saturday night to seek further
information. He had stationed him
self at an Office just across the street
from the building in which his wife
maintained her dressmaking parlors
and just after nine clock his search
was rewarded.
Riley, who had come to Kenosha
from Racine, was seen entering the
building in which Mrs. Holt had rooms.
Holt did not make any report to the
police until midnight. Then he re-
ported to the sheriff that he had seen
Riley enter the place and that he had
not come out again. The sheriff and
the chief Of police after taking the
matter up with the district attorney,
went to the Wisconsin street residence
of Mrs. Holt.
There was some delay in gaining en-
trance to the apartments. They were
found to be dark and it was some time
before the insistent knocking of the
officers brought a response. When
Mrs. Holt came to the door she was
entirely dressed and she demanded to
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an unseemly hour of the night The
officers entered the apartments and
Mrs. Holt at once assured them that
there was no one in the apartment but
herself and the little girl. The child
had been awakened by the coming of
the officers. Chief O'Hare made a hur-
ried search Of the rooms and then re-
called the fact that a window led from
the rear of the apartment to the ad-
joining roof. He cautiously opened
the window and made a search of the
roof. He found Riley perched on the
roof only partially clothed, but he was
busy putting on his clothes as fast as
he could. Fearing fight the chief drew
his revolver and ordered Riley to come
down off the roof. Riley came back
into the apartment, bringing his clothes
with him and at the order of the Of
fcer he completed his toilet and pre-
pared to go to JAIL Mrs. Holt was
more or less historical over the arrest
She begged the sheriff not to arrest
her. She declared that she had been
guilty of no wrong doing.
The husband showed no desire to pre-
vent the wife and Riley being taken
into custody by the officials.
Riley is not well known in the Pleas
ant Prairie neighborhood He came to
the Holt farm from Montana and
shortly after he went to work on the
farm he was taken i'll. Mrs. Holt aid
ed in nursing him through a long i'll
ness.
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