The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-03
District Attorney, Coroner
and Police Make Investi-
CATION Into Peculiar
Case Today.
SILK STOCKINGS A cLEW
Pair Of Woman's Silk Stockings Found
Near the Bed of Genttof are Held
by Police-Inquest is Set for
Wednesday Afternoon.

The manner In which haSlmer Gent
tof met his death in the room in the
rear of the saloon at Neubauer Park
or Sunday morning is still a mystery.
Coroner Millager, Chief Of Police
O'Hare and District Attorney, Peter
Fisher, Jr., were all busy with investi-
cations into the case today and scores
of witnesses who had known Genttof
in his life time are being examined. 1t
is limited that there may be sensational
developments when the evidence in the
case is presented to the coroner's jury
at an inquest which has been set for
Wednesday afternoon. Some of the
officers cling to the theory that Gent
tof died suicide but it is admitted
that many peculiar facts are being dis
covered in connection with the case.
Rumors have reached the police that
Genttoff was once before under fire
from a revolver and bullet mark on the
wall Of the room in which his dead body
was found on Sunday is declared to
be mute evidence of this fact. 1t is
declared that the police have been Civ
en- facts as to who fred this bullet.
Search of the room of the dead man on
Monday resulted in the finding Of a
pair of silk stockings which had evil
IDENTIFY belonged to a woman. These
stockings now in possession of the
coroner were found in box under the
bed Of the man. The police are now
seeking to find the owner of these
stockings. They are also seeking to
find where the new revolver which
was found in the hand of
Genttof was purchased So far as
can be learned it was not bought at any
store in Kenosha.
q The case is most peculiar one,
declared District Attorney Peter Fisher
this morning. "We spent two hours
over there on Monday examining wit
nesses and we learned lot Of things
which are not for publication at this
time. The suicide theory has consider
able support and the reason for it might
be found in some of the romantic at
tachments which Genttof had with a
number of young women. These facts
are being closely investigated can It
say just what other facts have been
brought to us but some of them are of
a sensational nature.
Coroner Millager and Chief O'Hare
admitted that they had made little pro-
gress in solving the mystery. They
both declared that they inclined to the
idea of suicide but that there were a lot
of facts in connection with. the case
which were hard to reconcile to the
suicide theory. It was admitted that it
was possible that Genttof was shot and
killed by woman but there was no sug-
gestion of the possible identity of the
woman
No arrests have been made in the
case and there was no indication that
any arrests were to be made today. Tt
is possible that some facts will be
brought out at the Coroner IS inquest on
\ Wednesday which will open the way
for the police and the other officials to
continue their Investigations.
In the meantime people residing in
that section of the city are watching
every move of the officials with lot
of interest. Plans have not as yet been
made for the funeral of Genttof