The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-10-16

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cover Of IT and the other two men gave
! up to Sfried and Becker. The two men.
who had managed to get over the fence
disappeared in the darkness. Zion Off
GERS continued to follow the trail but
/ they failed to locate them again
Kenosla Chief at Zion.
i Chief of Police O'Hare and other
members of the kenosha force arrived
at Zion City just after the arrests had
sbeen made and they with the Zion Of
/ Ulcers brought the men back to Keno
] sha. reaching here just after nine
10 'clock Sunday morning. Later Sheriff
Green of Lake county picked up the
bag of money near the spot where the
men were arrested.
The battered automobile which had
been used BY the bandits proved a big
drawing card, as it was parked in front
Of the city hall and thousands of peo
pie came to see the bullet holes in
tit and in the car which had been
driven for the Zion chief
/ Shortly after the two men were
brought to Kenosha one Of them
was identified by men who had been
in the jacobsen place when thelrail
took place.
Think Loot was Planted.
The police believe that the money
and iewelry taken from the place was
planted possibly at Winthrop Har,
Dor. 1T is claimed that the fifth mem
Der Of the party left the automobile
somewhere between Kenosha and Zion
City and it is thought that he took the
most of the loot with him.
Joel Jacobsen, who was at the police
office directing operations in the chase
for the bandits, declined to give figures
as to the amount secured by the bandits.
His comment was that it was enough I
Inmates Tell of Robbery
Some Of the men who lived through
/ the crowded half-houg were willing to
talk about it this morning but they
were very hard to f.nd.
! 81 stayed to watch the game OK
llained one of the men this morning.
Ia,E, didn't have chance. I've been
up AGAINST o stick nr once Def IRE but
nothing like this After ten minutes
my hands 90 so tired that couldn t
hold them up any longer. ! started to
let them down but the leader caught
ME. teGet those hands up there he
said, and / did,
!, He declared that when the bandit
collecting the money got to him he
lr;fled his pockets and found only thir-
! tv-five cents. That's too small 70
us, said the bandit, according to the
story as he dropped the change on the
floor This man declared thai after
the bandits left the room the men were
exhausted from the strain which they
had been under and for few minutes
not a person moved until they were sure
that the bandits who had covered them
were out of reach.
4 GGVCIdl EUU1 IodAO4US.
Another man who was among those
present claimed to have kept dia-
mond ring from the bandit who strip
ped the fingers of the 40 Kenoshans.
He declared that he and several others
while resting their hands had turned
the sets Of the rings around and that
the bandits beca.-e Of their masks
Were unable to see them and passed
/ them by when they were carrying on
the last few minutes of the hold-up
4 work. Another declared that he had 4
/ roll of several hundred dollars in his
sock which escaped the bandits. All
4 admitted that the robbers had all the
men SO frightened that not single
| move vas made to oppose them although
I several men from sheer exhaustion were
forced to drop their hands during the
time Of the holdup.
-Four Dollars Too Little.
Zone man who had been playing
4 Klondike E explained another one of
the victims of the hold-up men, and
had some money in silver half dollars
and quarters held UP in the palm Of
his hands with his thumbs. "Put that
Gown on the table ordered the bandit
md the inmate obeyed, "That ali You
gets'' asked the stiek-up man. The
henoshan nodded. Let him have it
then, he ordered to the little fellow
who was collecting the money.
Just then, continued the person
! telling the story, the leader Of the
bandits noticed diamond ring on the
kenoshan s finger as he started to pick
! up the silver. You he pretty slick,
/ aren t yous' he said as he came back
/ to collect the sparkler
Arrives Just in Time.
1 While the hold-up men were at work,
according to one Of the men. who was
near the door Of the room, the buzzer
rang, The bandit at the door quietly
n opened the dior 3 y4.J lot tfn q sfouiSh al