The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-07-20
.DOHLKE STILL MYSTERIOUS
Men Admit Burglarizing Two Houses al
Waukegan But Bohlke Even After
Recommendation of Shorter Sem
tence Refuses to Talk.

Eddie Forbes, who was shot by Pc.
lice Officer Charles Amberlang on
| Tuesday morning, and Herman Bohlke,
his companion in an attempted burg
larry at the home of DIR. G. Windesheim
on Durkee avenue, will take a long
ride tomorrow. Both of the men were
sentenced to terms of seven years in
the state prison at Waupun this morn
ing after they had pleaded guilty to
| having burglarous tools in their pos
! session. Forbes was weak from loss of
sleep and he's was suffering a great deal
of pain in his arm which had been
shattered by the bullet of the police
officer. He was also evidently suffer
ing from tuberculosis and when he
came up to the bench to plead he
spoke so low that he could not be
heard ten feet away. 81 have told you
the TRUTH he said. 81 don t know
anything about this other fellow.
just picked him up in Kenosha on last
Sunday night. We dropped down to
Waukegan ON Monday afternoon and
broke into the two houses there. That
is all [ know about him."
Forbes declared that he had never
been arrested on any charge and that
he had been forced to tramp about the
country on account of his condition.
His story of recent months of life
brought many contradictions. He in
! CO.
"peach" on his pal. Even after he
was told that Bohlke had preceded him
to the bar of justice and had been sent
up for seven years Forbes would only
| say "T know nothing about him"
Bohlke was the mystery of the pair.
He kept the shroud of mystery about
himself as much as he could in court
this morning. The district attorney
recommended a sentence of five years
for Bohlke If he would tell the truth
in regard to his life, but his stock ans
wer was "I have nothing more to
say He told the court that he was a
German baker, that he had been in this
country for nearly seven years and that
he had met Forbes only four days ago
"Last fall I was detained in Can
ada" Bohlke told the court. "They
took me to a concentration camp out
side of Toronto and I escaped from the
camp a month ago and managed to get
over the Michigan line in an automo-
bile truck. After that I went
to Chicago but spent only one night
in that city,
Bohlke was asked to give some de-
tail of the seven years he had lived
in this country, but his statement ae'
counted for about a month of the time.
eff this fellow has no desire to cell
| the truth ] want to withdraw my
recommendation of a five year sentence
and ask for seven years." said Dis
trict Attorney Drury. Hadn't you
better go to the office of the district
attorney and make statement to
him, )" the judge suggested "I have
nothing more to say" was the re-
Spouse of Bohlke and without further
ceremony the court gave him the
sentence of seven years.
The two men were not arraigned I'M
der charges Of burglary in the day
time on account Of the fact that the
limit penalty under this charge would
have been three year sentence. The
officials held that the condition Of the
crime warranted heavier sentence
and that the other statute was called
| info 11co IN This account
Bohlke and Forbes will not be taken
| to Waupun until Saturday and it IS
expected that officials will come up
from Chicago and make an effort to
find something more in regard to the
identity Of the two burglars. The dis
trict attorney and the judge believe
that the men have been unwilling to
tell the truth and for this reason they
want further investigation.
It was noted in court this morning
that the man Behlke bears a wonder
full resemblance to pictures of Jean
Cronin who has been sought for months
by Chicago officials on charges Of
poisoning soup served at banquet in
honor of the new archbishop of the
Roman Catholic church in Chicago.
Bohlke when questioned declared that
he had never gone under the name Of
Cronin.
Poky old Milwaukee IS in line at lasS.