The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

The family of Herman Kohls, resid-
ing Just north Of Kenosha in the town
of Somers, had all the thrills Of border
life in the West on Tuesday night just
after seven O'Clock, when Mr.. and Mrs.
Kohls and their three daughters were
the victims Of lone bandit. The fell
low pushed his way into the house and
covering the members OF the family
with revolver he forced the wife of
Kohls to go down into the family
strong box and give him twenty-five
dollars in money representing the saw
ings of the family for many months.
Kohls is a garbage collector in Keno
sha and his children are employed in
one of the Kenosha factories.
The members of the family had just
finished their support on Tuesday
night when they heard knock at the
door. The door was not locked and
second later Kohls saw the door open
and when he walked toward it he saw
the barrel Of a revolver confronting
him. CHOW just keep quiet, - the lone
bandit called to him from the outside,
"and you are not going to get into
any trouble" Then the door opened
and the man stepped in. He had his
face completely concealed by ban
dana handkerchief and he appeared to
be accustomed to his work "Just
move over along the wall there and
throw up your hands, he suggested to
she five members of the family. GIVE
can get through with this little mat
ter mighty quick. want the money
in the house and if ] don't get it I
am going to kill all of you. The
Kohls family are German and Mrs
Kohls intimated that she did not just
understand what it was all about
"Geld, get me geld, the fellow
shouted back to her. Then Mrs. Kohls
sought to argue and the man brought
the revolver into a menacing position
and threatened to shoot.
Mrs. Kohls went into an adjoining
room and the bandit worked his way
over where he could keep his eye on
Kohls and the girls as we'll as Mrs
Kohls. She returned little later with
two dollars which she laid on the
table. "Taint enough" the robber
shouted at her. The woman protested
that it was all the money she had in
the house, but the robber told her to
so look again. Then Mrs. Kohls
brought out the pay envelopes of her
daughters which contained something
over twenty dollars. She threw this
down on the table and the fellow care
fully counted it over and stuck it in
his pocket. ''Now you people Just
keep quiet about this, . was his injunc-
tion as he went out of the door, still
keeping the members of the family
covered by the revolver,
Just as soon as the members of the
family had recovered from their
fright they hurried to the home of a
neighbor Ind notified the sheriff and
the police department in Kenosha.
Sheriff Hermann at once went to the
Kohls home and got an excellent de.
scription of the bandit, but no trace
of him could be found. The snow
about the house had been tramped
down so that it was impossible to tell
in what direction the man had gone.
The members of the Kohls family de-
clare that they heard no automobile
and that they believed that the man
had gone to the house on foot, but that
ossibly some confederate was waiting
for him at the Burlington Road corner,
a quarter Of a mile from the house.
The man is described as being about
twenty EIGHT years of age. He was
well dressed and appeared to speak both
English and German The man was
wonderfully similar in description to
the lone bandit who worked on the
Lake Shore Road !. during the past year