The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-09-20
ENFORCE DEMAND With AGUN
Tony Smith and John Grigalunas Put
Some Real Pep Into Life of Kenosha
Early Sunday Morning Admit
They Burglarized Three Places.

Two typical Chicago "boy bandits"
Tony Smith, aged seventeen, and John
Grigalaunas, aged sixteen armed with
a revolver and having willingness to
clean up small town put little real
pep into Kenosha life early Sunday
morning. Smith and his pal had
dropped into KenOsha ON Friday morn
ing, early, and had robbed the Robin
son store on Main street. They
loafed about the city during Saturday
and after the main lights had been put
out on Saturday night they broke into
the Cudahy Meat Market near the
and five dollars in money and then they
roamed over to the saloon of Fred
Krause on Market Square. They pulled
the curtains and were busy tapping
the till for some thirty-four dollars
when Krause noticing that the front
curtains of his saloon had been closed
up entered the place. He was greeted
by the order, cup with your hands and
back out" shouted by shocky haired
youth who had a gun which he pointed
straight at the heart of Krause.
Krause backed out and hurried to the
police Office to report.
Smith and his companion did not
linger long at the saloon and once out
Of it they started to make their get
away. Fritz Rudy, deputy sheriff
and half dozen police officers, were
in the way of the getaway and by
day-break the two boys were in the city
lock up figuring up the work of the
night and forecasting futures Of long
stay over at the school for bad boys
at Green Bay. They pleaded to burg
larry this morning and each was given
term of three years. The robberies
and the chase for them made up
one of as interesting pages as
can be found anywhere in the
criminals annals of Kenosha.
Smith and Grigalunas are Chicago
newspaper "rustlers.'' They worked
last Thursday night and according to
their own story they were held up by
man in Chicago who managed to take
ten dollars away from them. Before
the argument ended, however, the two
boy bandits had turned the tables and
they got their money back and for in
terest on it they took the rather evil
looking revolver away from the
Chicago holdup man. They took the
first train for Kenosha.
The real excitement started after
the robbery at the saloon. Police Of
ficer Bruins had been sent around the
alley way to search for them about the
saloon when Rudy who was "riding
the roads" out about Twin Lakes,
showed in. Bruins told Rudy the story
of the holdup and Rudy started out to
help the police find the boys. He got
developments in short order He went
to the corner of Park and West Main
streets wnen he saw two boys hang
ing about athe fruit store there.
What way do you go to get to Mil
waukee, - one of the boys asked Rudy
and Rudy made a grab for him. The
boy protested and Rudy started search
ing him for a revolver when the second
boy with line of profanity which
would have been the pride of an old
time pira5e, whipped the revolver out
of his pocket and pointed it at Rudy
''Let that boy go or Til bore you
through" the youthful Smith shouted
Mt Rudy. The deputy did not let go,
but pushed Grigalunas in front of him
as buffeter for any bullets which
might fly ard backed away toward the
fruit store. He called for help and the
police department. was notified In the
mean time Rudy had spurned an offer
to "whack up' on the robberies of
the evening and had pushed Grigalunas
into the fruit store and was making an
effort to get Smith. When Smith saw
that he was close to capture he took
to his heels, Grigalunas was taken to
the police station where he refused
to talk and the police officers were
all ordered to get busy and hunt
the other boy.
Rudy kept right on the trail and
aided the police in every way possible
and just before daybreak he got tip
that the missing boy was sleeping I'M
der lilac bush at the home of DIR.
Helen Harbert on West Main street.
Bv this time nearly all of the police
officers were close on the trail of young
i n 1
chief and Rudy and a half dozen police
officers approached the bush where the
young bandit was hiding. There was
40 cause for fear as the arduops work
IF the evening had put the sleeping
otion into the boy and when the police
awakened him rather rudAIv he was so