The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-05-27
David NJ. Anderson Held
for Auto Theft Promi-
nent at Waukegan.
LIVED ON SHERIDAN RD.
Man Identified as E. M. Bishop
and Police Seek Information
of Wife Who Has Money.

That Kenosha police may have un-i
earthed the leadership Of the gang
which has been stealing automobiles
along the north shore for some months,
is believed on account Of the fact that
the man held at Fit Dodge, Iowa, under
the name Of David M Anderson has
been identified as E. M. Bishop, who
lived at handsome old home at 500
Sheridan road, Waukegan. Bishop was
arrested at FIT. Dodge week ago today
and he was supposed to have in his
possession an automobile stolen from
Jay Horner Of this city. 1t was after
ward found that the automobile be-
longed to man at Waterloo, Iowa, but
that the number on it was the number
which had been carried by the Horner
machine in Kenosha. Bishop under the
name of anderson was held for trial
at TT. Dodge on last Wednesday.
O'Hare Finds Trail of Gang.
It was Chief of Police owen O'Hare
who discovered the facts in regard to
Bishop. At the time the arrest was
made at TT. Dodge it was declared
that the wife of Anderson slipped
through the hands Of the police Of
fcers at Fl Dodge and the following
day mysterious telegram was re-
ceived in Fl Dodge bringing large
amount of money for the defense of
Bishop. Chief O'Hare traced this tele-
gram and found that it lead to the
Sheridan road home in Waukegan.
The home is in one Of the fashionable
districts Of Waukegan. O'Hare and
Detective Rock of the Kenosha force,
have been working on the case for
days and they discovered that they
money which had been sent to "Ander-
son" was sent from woman who re-
sided at the Bishop home. With repre-
sentatives of the Waukegan police
department Chief O'Hare went to the
Sheridan road home several days ago
and learned that Mrs. Bishop had cleft
the city, and that here whereabouts
we're unknown. AT the same time
it was discovered that Mr. and Mrs.
Bishop were frequently out of Wau-
kegan for short trips.
Woman Is Questioned.
Mrs. Bishop was questioned by the
Waukegan and Kenosha police officers
on Thursday afternoon and again on
Friday morning, but it was said that
she denied any knowledge Of her hus-
bands guilt in connection with the
theft of this or any other automobile
The Bishops had resided in Waukegan
for about three months and it is said
that they had been received in the best
circles of society there. The police
here declare that they believe Bishop
is at the head of gang of automo-
bile thieves and that he has hidden
his identity under such a show of re-
spectability and refinement that he has
managed to work for months without
being suspected. The Iowa officials
have held the man at TT. Dodge on
charges of grand larceny. The wife
has not as yet been arrested and it is
said that she has again mysteriously
disappeared from Waukegan. It is ad-
mitted that the only thefts of automo-
biles with which the local police have
been able to connect Bishop was the
theft of the automobile here and the
one at Waterloo, Iowa.
Says Woman Is Guiltless.
Mrs Bishop has made complete
statement to me" declared Chief Of
Police Owen O'Hare this morning,
"ands am convinced that she had
nothing to do with the theft of auto
mobiles from Kenosha. She told me
that the automobile which was stolen
from Jay Horner in Kenosha two weeks
ago, made it's appearance in her yard
at Waukegan the following morning
and that her husband had said that he
had bought it. The woman has sought
to aid her husband and to secure his
release, but do not believe that she
had any guilty knowledge Of the
thefts"
Bishop has been held under bonds
Of $1,000 at Fit. Dodge, Iowa, and if
he secures bonds he will be- promptly
arrested and held for the Kenosha Of
fcers. Meantime Chief O'Hare IS
sending the owners of automobiles
stolen from Kenosha in recent weeks
to Dubuque, independence and Water
loo, Iowa, in hopes that they can
Identify ears which were alleged to
have been stolen by Bishop and
which were traded for other automo-
biles in those cities.
Bishop Former Kenoshan.
Bishop is former Kenosha man
and at one time owned home over
on Julia street. He has police rec
ord here and the police viii bring him
fback to Kenosha for trial. Chief
0'Hare declared today that he was
hopeful that 1.-The following up of the
Bishop case would result in the UNI
raveling Of many mysteries which
had attended the stealing Of automo-
biles from Kenosha.