The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-08-24
ADMITS RODDING DALE STORE
Mrs. Bode With Babe in Her Arm
Clutches Burglar in Her Bedroom and
Holds Onto Him Till Husband Armed
With Wrench Comes to Her Aid.

Mrs. Matt Bode,610 Prairie avenue, is
not a police woman, but to her goes
the credit for the capture of Mike Car
rigan, self confessed burglar who has
been running wild about Kenosha for
the past ten days and who after his
capture admitted to the police depart
ment that it was he who robbed the
Dale jewelry store and the home of
William s. Smith on Prairie avenue.
The capture of Carrigan by Mrs. Bode
forms one of the most thrilling pages
to be found in the records of the police
department. At the time Mrs. Bode
closed with the burglar and held on to
him until aid came to place him under
arrest she held her little baby in her
arms and with one hand she clutched
the burglar while with the other she
held on to the baby The heroine of
the capture claimed no credit this
morning but asserted "I was so
nervous that I simply could not let
60 Of the fellow"
Mrs. Bode was still nervous from her
encounter with Carrigan this morning
and when she was asked to tell the
story Of the capture, she insisted that
she was so nervous that it was hard to
give connected account Of the case.
s We had spent the afternoon out
in the country and when Mr.. Bode and
Z and the baby came heme we got out
at the back door and Mr.. Bode took
the ear to the garage When L looked
for the key to the kitchen door I
thought that it had been moved but
the door was locked and / opened it
and went in I heard no one until i
reached the front Of the house and as
the front door was locked I decided that
the maid had not gone out and that
she was moving around in her room.
| had the baby in my arms and I went
upstairs. I stopped at the bathroom
becauce I had left some of my iewelry
hanging there and when I found it
still there I was treasured. I pushed
the door to our bedroom open and Just
as / did [ saw the burglar standing
right in front of me- He was working
at the dresser and I just leaped at him
and clutched him by the arm The fell
low started to get out of the room but
I began to scream an held on I don't
think that anything could have re-
leased my hold on the fellow. I push
ed him ahead of me into the kitchen.
He was trying to get away but / held
on with the one hand and held the baby
IN the other arm The lights from the
automobile lighted up the kitchen and
Mr.. Bode saw through the windows
that I was struggling with man and
he picked up an automobile wrench
and ran into the room. I still had nv
man and Mr.. Bode grabbed him and
held him while I telephonel. the police
Carrigan had evidently decided that
the jig was up as he made no effort to
get away after Mr. Bode had taken
possession of him. Police Officer viii
liam Biennemann was at the station
when the call came from Mrs. Bode
and he leaped into jitney buss and
hurried to the Bode home and relieved
Mr.. Bode of the task of holding the
fellow. The wagon followed Bien-
nemann and Carrigan was taken to
the police station. Mrs. Bode was all
but hysterical after her encounter with
the burglar, but she was kept busy for
an hour receiving the congratulations
of her friends and neighbors.
At the station Carrigan was slow to
talk but after he had been 53inter-
viewed" by Chief O'Hare he admit
ted that he was the man who had
robbed the Dale iewelry store a week
ago Saturday night and also admitted
that he had entered the home of Will
liam A. Smith, on Prairie avenue. He
had made entrance to the Bode house
by cutting away one of the screens on
the sun parlor He insisted at first
that another man was with him in the
Bode house, but the police took no
stock in this part of his story. CARR
rigan came here from Pittsburg some
time ago and had been employed at
one of the local factories He lived
out on Fremont avenue and when his
room was searched a number Of rings
taken from the Dale store and a num-
Der of old coins which had been stolen
from the Smith home were found.
Carrigan declared that he had pawned
a part of the loot from the Dale store
and the Smith home at Chicago pawn
shops and he offered to take the police
down to the places this morning.