The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-27
THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1915
A Compliment Sent G. o. D.

Pretty nearly every one likes to be
appreciated and to have the labor of
his head and hands appreciated. A few
people shrink from the public acknowl-
edgment of their worth and seek to
hide their light under a bushel and not
allow their left hand to know what the
right hand is doing, but most common
mortals like to have someone say once
in a while at least, "Well done, good
and faithful servant" What is true
of individuals is true of institutions.
The men in charge of administration
justice in Kenosha are glad to have
/ people say every once in awhile that
they have a good court. Just now the
Northwestern Railway company is
showing an appreciation of good court
in Kenosha So much Of an apprecia-
tion that the detectives of the company
prefer to try men for car robberies in
Kenosha county, Wisconsin, rather than
in Lake or Cook county, Illinois The
compliment is sort of collect on de-
livery compliment and the collections
are made by the railway company and
by the state Of Illinois The local court
officials are inclined to believe that the
courts here are maintained for the pun
ishment of criminals Of Wisconsin and
not to reduce the time and labor bills
of the detectives Of the Northwestern
road. Detectives of the Northwestern
Do Cta q
first station of the road in Wisconsin.
They are active there in the arrest of
the train robbers on account of the fact
that it is easier to convict these fell
lows in Kenosha county than it would
be in Chicago or Waukegan. Kenosha
is glad that it has a. court which dis
poses of cases but at that it costs time
and money to handle the cases and
there is no reason why the Northwest
ern Railway company should not try
ats box car thieves over in Illinois.
These car thieves start out from Chica-
go under the watchful eye of the rail
way detective. They may rob at lib
erty so long as they remain on the train
until after the Wisconsin line is passed
and then they are pinched and locked
i'm the box car and the sheriff of Keno
sha county telephoned to come and get
them. Usually this call comes just
about the time the sheriff is taking his
beauty sleep-and you know he needs
lit. In most of these cases the actual
crime of breaking into the cars is COM
mitted far south of the Wisconsin state
hine but the detectives reel out more
lime sand let the car robber run until
he gets into Wisconsin away from the
delays of the grand jury Investigations
and into the pleasant fields of muni-
cipal court which has record for dis
posing of cases on pleas of "guilty. -
lit IS a great system for the railway COM
pany and for Illinois and all of the
costs of the trials of these men are
transferred over into Kenosha county.
lit looks to us as if Kenosha has to
expend enough to try its own criminals
without importing some from llflpo1s.
Local officials have been the Good
Fellow in these cases and have usually
seen to it that the car robbers were
committed and fined or sent to prison.
Now they rightfully insist that the
time has come to call halt and let the
Northwestern railway officials take care
of it's petty thieving criminal class in
Illinois The dollars Of Kenosha county
and the time of Kenosha officials must
be weighed in the same scale as those
of the Illinois men and for this reason
the system should be abolished.