The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-05-01
Two Chicago Negroes Ar
rested AS Auto Thieves Use
Guns On Deputy Frazier
and Make Their Escape.
THRILLING RIDE IN KENOSHA
Negroes Put Revofvers In RIBS and
Face OF Deputy and After Disarming
Him Drive Through City On Their
Way TO zion and Freedom.

Ensign Bill' Frazier, deputy sher-
if and sKnightly Rider of the Road =
to enforce the speed laws saw service
with the aviation corps and tested all
the dangers of the air, the earth and
the sea but he had never met two
scared negro automobile thieves until
Thursday night. It can be added that
they had more terrors for Frazier than
a regiment of any kind of soldiers and
he admitted today that after this when
he starts to bring in prisoners he will
lsee to it that they are searched and
not put any confidence in the work of
any constable or anyone else.
Frazier, a little the worse for wear
was resting at his home over on the
lake front today. He was nursing a
badly disabled back, some bruised ribs
bruised by having the business end
Of revolver thrust into thema bad
bruise on his head which came from
being struck by the ether end OF the
revolver. He has held up his hand
and has solemnly sworn that In the flu
ture he will not take the word of any
other officer but will go through the
clothing of every one he arrests and
make certain that there is no conceal
ed arsenal to deal with.
But Here's the Story.
The story is one of the most inter
esting ever reported in the police and
sheriff annals Of Kenosha county. Two
negroes who gave their names as
George Williams and Albert White
both Of Chicago, were arrested out in
Bristol just after one clock Thursday
afternoon on suspicion. They were
driving a practically new Dodge car
and when Constable Brant Benson
found them looking for gasoline without
any money to pay for it and had looked
them over and decided that they were
worthy Of further examination by the
| sheriff, he held them and sent word to
the sheriff. Deputy Frazier was order
ed to go out and bring them in and out
he went on q motorcycle. Dick Condor
accompanied him, for company rather
than in an official position. When
Frazier reached Bristol he found the
two negroes waiting for him. They
appeared badly scared. Benson said
that he had searched them and that
| they were ready to be taken into town
but they were short of gasoline. Depu-
| ty Frazier furnished the gasoline for
the disabled car out of the tank of
his motorcycle and after the motor
cycle which had been used by Frazier
and Condor on the trip out, had been
parked the official and his friend and
the two negroes got into the automo-
bile and started for Kenosha.
Then Things Began to Happen
It was just after this that the things
began to happen. The story is best
told by Frazier himself He says
When we got into the automobile
| took one of the men in with me in
the front seat and the other one-he
was yellow niger crawled into the
back seat with Condor and we started
for town I didn search the two
men out there at Bristol as the con
stable told me he had searched them
and they were not armed, and / took
his word for it. / took out my book
and asked the men their names. The
black one said that he was George
Williams and that he lived at 3031
Dearborn street Chicago, the yellow
one said he was Albert White and that
he had wife and baby in Chicago and
wanted to get home to them He did
not give me his address. They claim
ed at first that they owned the car but
later they admitted to me that the car
had been stolen In Milwaukee on We'd
nesday evening and that they had run
out Of gas and had no money to buy
it. The fellows appeared entirely
agreeable to coming to Kenosha and
they showed no sign of making any
trouble.