The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-07-13
COMPANION PROVES MYSTERY
Man Arrested as James Brennan Found
to Be Hermann Bohlke-He Demands
Conference With German Consul
Before Pleading to Charges.

Eddie Forbes, the self confessed
burglar who was shot by Police Officer
Charles Amberlang on Tuesday morn
ing, is nursing his wounded arm in the
county jail today awaiting sentence on
charges of having burglar s tools in
his possession. He pleaded, guilty to
the charges just before six O'Clock
Tuesday night and had expected sent
ence today, but Judge Randall decided
to wait bit before imposing sentence
in order to see what could be found out
in regard to the past history of the man.
Forbes was arraigned in the NUM-
cipal Court just after six CLOCK Tues
day afternoon. Shortly after he had
been returned to the county jail after
his wound had been dressed, he told
the sheriff that he wanted to go into
court and plead guilty" to the
charges against him in order that he
might be taken to some hospital where
his wound would have proper treat
ment. The sheriff told him that he
could probably be accommodated and
notified the district attorney. The in
formation to which Forbes pleaded
guilty charged him with having burg
lars tools in his possession. Before
he pleaded Forbes admitted to the po-
lice that he was a Milwaukee man and
that he had lived at GIL Reservoir
street in that city. He declared that
he had worked in the barns of Gimbel
Brothers in Milwaukee. He admitted
that he had stolen jewelry found in
his possession at Waukegan on Monday
and said that he had come to Kenosha
on Monday night. He gave no infor-
nation in regard to James Bremen
who was associated with him in the at
tempt to rob the Windesheim home.
When "Brennen" was brought be-
fore Judge Randall he sought to throw
great mystery about himself. He in
formed the court that he had given an
assumed name when arrested and as
serted that his real name was Herman
Bohlke. He said that he was a teGer-
man subject. y Bohlke waived ex-
animation on charges of having burg
lars tools in his possession and
was held for trial at the next
term of the Municipal Court and re-
turned to the city lookup
81 am not going to make any state
ment until after ] have had chance
to confer with the German consul in
Milwaukee, was the way Bohlke put
It to Judge Randall. He admitted
that he had formerly been a seaman
on the Hamburg American line steam
ers and that he had come to this
country from Canada. Bohlke was
interviewed at length but he declined
to elaborate to any great extent on his
mysterious message to the Judge.
why do you want to communicate
with the German consult" the chief
of police asked him. .fYou fellows
don't seem to understand at all, y said
Bohlke. ~ don t care anything about
this charge you have against me here
and am not going to say anything
about my connection with the German
government until hear from the con-
sular agent in Milwaukee,
Bohlke declared that he had met
Forbes three or four days ago as he
was coming to this city from Canada
where he had been for the past eigh-
teen months. He said that the two of
them had gone to Eichelman Park Just
after eight O'Clock Tuesday morning
and that when they saw DR.. Winde.
sheim drive away from his home in an
automobile Forbes said, "This looks
like a dandy way to pick up some
CHANGE He claimed that he took
the course of least resistance and went
with Forbes and helped him break in
to the house. He insisted that he had
never been at Waukegan and that he
knew nothing Of any crime which
Forbes might have committed in that
city. Bohlke is man of good educa-
tion and he was an equal for all the
third degree examination that the
police officers gave him and all the
way through he stuck to his declara.
tion that he would say nothing Of any
business he might have with the Ger.
man consular agent in Milwaukee
Emil Waliber, the German consular
agent, declared on Tuesday night that
he never heard of the man Bohlke. A
letter written with considerable care
by the prisoner was sent to the Ger
man consul on Tuesday, evening and. il