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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
Signs Confession Early This Morning that He
Shot Pacini after Planning to
Rob Him.
ADMITS MANY BURGLARIES TOO
KenOsha Man Well Known to Police Signs Statement
Telling of Murder of Former Theatre Manager
and Is Taken to Chicago to Get Loot.


king" longer the cloak Of
in
English telling
of
doubt
theory followed declared in his confession
shooting Pan that he had planned to rob him
he
robbery
something $500
of the robbery
Police officers Get Priced Statement
The signed the of lot Of the
of
questioning Captain Amberang
English after o'clock Monday night The
the
Chief Police Owen OHare
chief found that he had in hands the who
had eagerly members Of the department
Are In al he Signing.
police officers just Lang had
the
after the statement had been
Chicago Chief Police OHare
the show window robbery the
Of wife and number of step
sometime
his mental condition
In received something like $oo and the money was paid
Stoebig.
of confession completely
the mystery surrounding of Pacn and suggestion of
guilt have been connected with the
he was not personally acquainted that he did believe
shooting
The had been the theatre night
the shooting Paini had lot of with him.
have planned before but it looked mighty
TO
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
cold Roman" Does
Not Mince Words
COmiskey Sends kilograms to Indicted
Players Putting Them Under
Indefinite Suspension.
(By Associated pressl


Chicago-Alfred S. Austrian, attor-
ney for the Chicago American League
club, sent the following telegram to
Risberg, McMullin, Jackson, Felsch,
Weaver, Williams and Cicottee, just
after the announcement of their in
dictment by the grand jury: ''You and
each of you are hereby notified of your
indefinite suspension as members of
the Chicago American League baseball
club. The suspension has been brought
about by information which has Just
come to me directly involving you and
each of you in the baseball gambling
scandals now being Investigated by the
Cook county grand jury. If you are
innocent each of you will be reinstat-
ed; if you are guilty you will be retir-
ed from organized baseball for the
remainder of your lives if | can bring
it about. 1t is due to the public that
this action be taken even if it costs
the Chicago club the pennant." The
telegram was signed Charles A..
Comiskey." eve will play out the
schedule if we have to get Cinnamon
to replace these players on the team"
announced Harry Grabner, the secre-
tary of the White Sox today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
Saved This Girl
to Real Life

The world is not all bad to a slender
Russian girl of twenty in an eastern
Wisconsin county who last week faced
sentence for larceny after admitting
the theft of articles, mostly baby
clothes, to the value of fifty dollars.
At sixteen she came to New York
City and married man of a low type.
After three years residence in New
York and year in Chicago, the couple
came to Wisconsin with their three
year-old child. A month later, led to
steal through the shiftlessness of her
worthless husband of whom she was
afraid, she took the things from the
lady with whom she lived. Her hus-
band would at once have nothing more
to do with her but she shielded him
from imprecation in the offense.
The county judge who was mem
Der of the local Salvation Army adj
visory board, staid sentence and wrote
the army. Captain George Wilson Of
the home service office talked with the
judge and made arrangements for the
Salvation Army to take care of the
girl and send her back to her mother
in New York at once for fresh start.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
CRAZY? NO, SAYS FISHER.

District Attorney Peter Fisher
who talked with Frank Lang this
morning after he had signed his
confession secuted the suggestion
that Lang was crazy.
"He certainly seemed to be in his
right mind this morning." said the
district attorney. "He appeared to
be greatly relieved after he had
signed the confession and with me
he went into details. 4 was stand
ing at the corner of Park and Ex-
change streets, waiting for Pacini,'
he said, and when Russo came
along and put his car in the garage
l thought at first it was Pacini, but
saw my mistake. Then Pacini
came, and after he had put the
car in place l went over. Throw
up your handsl" shouted to Pacini
as he came out of the garage. Then
Pacini reached for his gun but l
fired first. He was falling as he
was shooting at me. I thought he
only fired A shots but one of them
came mighty close to my head. I
ran right down along Exchange
street till came to English court
and went home"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
HOW CHAS. PACINI
MET HIS DEATH
Here is the signed confession Of
Frank Lang which lifts the veil of
mystery which had covered the
story of the murder of Chas. Pacini
popular theatre man of Kenosha.

State OF Wisconsin. County of KenOsha-ss.
|, Frank Lang, being first duly sworn OATH de-
pose and say that live at ITS English Court, in the
City OF kenOsha Wisconsin, and am f0rty-ve years OF
age; that the 14th day of August 1920 at said city
Of kenOsha Wisconsin, shot Charles Pacini went to
hold up Charlie Pacini and then I shot him and ran
nome. had the gun in Pacns show that night and
waited until the show was closed up and then sat
the curb OF Exchange and Park streets waiting for him
and when ne coming out of the door told him to
hold up his hands, and when told him that he imme
dlatey reached in his pocket to get his revolver and
then shot him; had thirtyeight revolver. bought
the gun on Halsted street. in Chicago think it
lver-JOhnsOn gun. I then threw the gun away and
threw it in the weeds when shot him and ran down
Exchange street. My idea was to hold him up as
thought he carried the money with him. was sitting
Exchange street when he drove away from the thea
ire. was all a0ne bought the gun in Chicago about
five weeks before that wanted to have it for the house
paid $780, can show where the gun was purchased on
Halsted street. Van Buren, street, never said any
thing to anyone that shot him. went home and stay
ed home until Sunday afternoon, and Monday morning
| went to work usual. knew Charlie died Sunday
night. was anxious to find out how Charlie was get
ting along The first that in the garage there
that night was young man by the of Russo; and
then ran in back of the garage never tried to hold
him up before. don't think Pacini knew me- he was
coming out OF the light and i'm the dark he didn't
speak to me- he just reached for his gun and shot him.
shot once is all remember; might have pulled
again shot first and then he fell down and then he
got up and started to fire and boiler for help.
make this statement of my own free will and with
mo promise of immunity.
FRANK LANG.
Subscribed and sworn to before this 18th day of
September A. d., 1920.
JOHN L. WATTLES,
Clerk of Municipal Court
Signed in the presence of:
OWEN O'HARE
PETER FISHER, JR
JOHN A. CYZAK,
MATH. F. WADE,
CHARLES ANIBERLANG
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BULLETIN.

Just after noon today in a Sec
ond interview with News report
er, Mrs. Lang reiterated her claim
that Lang was at home at the time
Charles Pacini was shot. She was
shown the confession which her
husband had made to the police
and shown where it differed from
her story.
"He has lied" was her comment.
God knows he was at home that
night. He was crazy-I know in
Chicago on Monday he told a man
that he owned saloon in Kenosha.
I've told you the truth and can't
tell you any more"
Mrs. Lang admitted, however,
that she had wondered where he
had got all the money, but that his
explanation that "they were play
ing for high stakes" had satisfied
her. Mrs. Lang told how they had
all gone to Chicago on Monday and
that from some place or other
Lang had produced money to buy
clothing. Her son, George Kettle
band, 10 years old, told the same
story as his mother with the ex-
ceptiOn that he said that Daddy
had once said he stole the money
from the State Bank" but later
said he won it from the boys.
After reading the signed confess
sion, Mrs. Lang insisted that on
the night of the murder of Pacini,
they had not been to show as
Lang had said in his confession.
HE has just lied, that's ALL" she
said. eff they find that he really
did this, / hope they'll hang him,
but God knows he was at home
that night"
Mrs. Lang declared that her hus-
band had been drinking in Chicago
on Monday. She and the little boy
told how he had secured some IL
quor from a friend in Chicago
during the afternoon and they told
how he had been so much under
its influence that he was unable to
stand up after returning to meet
them,
AS proof of the fact that he had
E'lied" to the police, Mrs. Lang told
how on last evening he had told
them that money was hidden I'M
der the mattress of his bed and
how the police had come to the
home and found that this was I'M
true.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
WARD BLOSS
DIES AT SALEM
Pioneer Resident of Coun-
ty Died at His Home
After a Long Illness.
ACTIVE IN POLITICS

Ward Bloss, aged 72 years and one
of the best known of the early pioneer
residents of Kenosha county, died at
his home in the village of Salem at
noon on Sunday, following a long Ill
ness. The funeral will be held from
the home at one o'clock Tuesday after
noon and interment will be at the fam
lily plot at the Bristol cemetery.
Ward Bloss was one Of the Oldest
and one of the best known of the pio-
neer residents of Kenosha county. He
was a son of the late Eli Bloss. who
came to this county in 1866. Mr.. Bloss
was born on July 4, 1848, in Columbia
county, New York. He was educated
in the schools of Kenosha county and
early in his life he served as teacher
in the schools for a period of five
years.
Was Active in Politics.
Mr.. Bloss took an active interest in
the political activities of Kenosha
county and for many years he was
prominent as a member of the Repub-
lican county committee. He was a
close follower of Senator Robert NJ.
LaFollette and for a number of years
was the leader of the LaFollette fac
tion of the Republican party in Keno
sha county. He held many public Off
ces in the town Of Salem, serving for
years as treasurer of the school dis
trict and for some time as chairman
of the town board of that town. Dur
ing the period that he was on the
county board he was member of the
committee which built the present
court house and Jail.
Mr.. Bloss is survived by his widow
and one son, Arthur Bloss of the town
of Salem.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
Poles Ready to
Meet Lithuania
(By Associated Press)

Warsaw--The Lithuanian govern
ment was notified Sunday night bv
Foreign Minister Sapieha that Polish
delegates would be at Suwalki, Wed
nesday night to await conference
with Lithuanian representatives there
in an effort to reach peaceful settle
ment of the boundary dispute between
the two nations. The Polish foreign
minister made this proposition in ans
wering the Lithuanian note which
asked the Poles to withdraw from the
territory east of the line of December
8, 1919. Prince Sapieha said proof
that the Bolsheviki were occupying
such territory could be seen in the
fact that the Poles and Bolsheviki
were engaged in fighting there.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
he BURGLARIZED THESE
PLACES.

Here are the high spots in the
work of Frank Lang as burglar:
He admitted to the police that he
had robbed 81 places, including the
store of Thomas S. Lockhart, where
he got goods to the value Of thou
sand dollars; the Cozy saloon,
where he got Sab in cash; the
Stoebig saloon; Conroy's place, on
Prairie avenue; the saloon of
Charles Erler; saloon Of John Ma
dory; the Cohn shoe store on Mar
ket street; Ernst's book store; and
lot of little stores in the outskirts
of the city kept by foreigners. He
said that at many Of the places he
got only a little change for his
trouble in breaking in. The police
have full list of the places the
man said he entered and the list
is being checked up. It is found
that most of the burglaries had
been reported.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
Prisoners Stage
Daring Escape
(By Associated Pressl

Oshkosh-By making an unexpected
and vicious attack on Jailer Robert
Peterson, two prisoners, Stanley Gum
Their and Frank Paulos, both held on
burglary charges made their escape
from the Winnebago County Jail to-
day. They maulled Peterson knock
ing him to the floor of the cell room
and infiicting injuries which may prove
serious.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
TAXI PASSENGER
ASKS DAMAGES
Mrs. jeanette Faust of Mil
waukee Ask Nelson Co.
for $1,000 Damages.
HURT IN KENOSHA

Mrs. Jeanette Faust of Milwaukee,
known to many Kenosha women as the
agent of the Eastern Viava company,
through her attorneys, Coppernoll and
Coppernoll, has filed suit in the cir
cult court of Kenosha naming Frank
Nelson and Sons as defendants in an
action for damages to the amount of
900. The amount is claimed for
personal injuries and for the loss of
time as result of injuries received
while riding in a taxi-cab of the de-
PENDANT company in Kenosha on May
10Th of this year. Mrs. Faust in her
complaint claims that she was perma-
nently injured and that she has lost
large sums on account of the fact that
she has been unable to attend to her
work and on account of her physical
injuries.
Claims Hearing is Impaired.
According to the allegations of the
complaint which was filed in the cir
cult court this morning Mrs. Faust was
a passenger in a taxi-cab owned by
the defendant company and she was
riding along Lemon street on the north
side of the city when sudden lurch
of the car threw her violently from
the seat to the top of the car and back
again to the floor Of the automobile.
She declared that in her fall her head
and left ear were injured and that
her feet and ankles were bruised. The
complaint declares that as result of
the injuries sustained Mrs. Faust's
hearing has been impaired and that
for many months she has been unable
to take care of her regular work for
the company which employed her. In
her bill for damages she claims COM
pensation for loss of time and also
case is noticed for trial at the coming
damages for her personal injuries. The
October term of the circuit court.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30

Lang never left Kenosha after the
shooting. He said that before he shot
Pacini he had seen young Italian by
the name of Russo at the garage but
Nhat he had run away and that he did
Aot believe that Russo saw him. Lang
admitted that he had thrown the re.
volver away in the weeds near the ga
rage Immediately after the shooting.
He said that he never left Kenosha but
that he had been anxious as to the fate
Of Pacini and that he had slipped out
Of the house several times to get some
information as to the nature of the
wound of Pacini 81 was deeply sorry
when | learned that Pacini was dead"
he said.
Lang said that after the shooting he
ran south on Exchange street and as
soon as possible he got to his home
and then he. remained in the house I'M
til Monday morning when he returned
to his work He was employed as a
laborer in one of the Kenosha fac
tories.
Members Of Lang's family are not
believed to have known of his conuec-
ton with the case and it was declared
that his wife suffered nervous prostra-
ton when she heard of the fact that
he had confessed to the murder this
morning.
Can't Explain Pacini Words.
Chief OHare and his men were at a
loss today to explain the statement of
Pacini in the light of the confession
made by Lang. After Pacini had been
shot and as he was no the way to the
hospital he was alleged to have said,
Never mind who shot me. know
him and l will attend to that later"
This statement of Pacini had thrown
the police off the scent. They had
turned away from the normal idea that
Pacini was the victim of holdup man
on account of his own statement and
they had sought to find theory Of
the crime in connection with some of
the love affairs of the late theatre
manager. 1t was repeatedly suggested
that he had been the victim of ven
delta or some black hand plot. The
statement of Lang that he did not be-
leve that Pacini knew him when he
saw him removed the possibility OF
Pacinis knowledge of the murderer.
Lang Faces Life Term.
Lang intimated to the police that he
would be ready to go into court at
once and plead to the charges against
him and he declared that he was ready
to make any further statement that
the police might demand. When he
saw the brick which had been thrown
through the Lockhart window lying on
Me table in the police Office he prompt
" admitted that he had used the brick
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
Declare Woman
Was Drowned
az Associated presa. J

Port Washington The body of
Mrs. Anna Mitchell Jones, wife of
Jack Jones, the president of the Dill
Pickle Club of Chicago, was shipped
to Webster, Massachusetts, today
where burial will be made under the
direction of relatives. Physicians who
made post norton examination de-
clared that death was due to drown
ing bearing out the story told by the
husband when he was found floating
on raft near Racine several weeks
ago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
Polish Cavalry
Win New Victory

Warsaw-Polish cavalry operating
in the hear Of retreating Bolshevik
forces in the region of Grodno have
reached a point north of Ida, says an
official statement issued here early to-
day. During yesterdays fighting the
Poles captured 1900 prisoners, includ-
ing a Molsheviki commissar, and also
took eight cannon. Lithuanian artil-
lery has shelled Polish positions in the
Suwalki sector, the statement declares.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30

ale never killed Charles Pacini!
Oh, l know he never killed him!"
sobbed out Mrs. Frank Lang just after
eight o'clock this morning in the
kitchen of their home at IT'S English
court, when she was first informed that
her husband had confessed that while
attempting to rob the former theatre
owner, he had killed him.
A representative of the Kenosha
Evening News was the first to tell her
of her husbands crimes. She had just
sent the children off to school, when
the reporter reached the door of her
home and found that she knew only
that her husband had been arrested
and that he was suspected of compli-
city in the robbery Of the Lockhart
jewelry store in Kenosha.
Insists 1t Cannot Be True.
The reporter told first of the rob
berries which Lang had confessed to
committing and then told of the con-
fession of murder.
ooh, he could not have had anything
to do with the murder of Charles Pa
cini," sobbed out Mrs. Lang. 81 can't
believe it. He didn't even have a gun
of any kind and I know it isn't true"
II remember well the night that
Charles Pacini was killed." she said.
eve had all gone downtown early in
the evening. He stayed down after I
and the little girl came home. He kept
the boy with him and I became worried
for he had been drinking SO much that
week. I went back downtown and fol-
lowed him. l saw him go into a saloon
at the corner Of Main and Park streets
but he came right out again and I
know that he did not have time to buy
anything. Then he went home"
Never Awakened Him.
~ went home right away" she con-
tinued. Gle came in just a little later.
remember we'll that he sat right
there in the corner of the kitchen,
waiting until had finished giving the
children their baths He said he meant
to take a bath after we had all gone
to bed, but while he waited, he got
sleepy and went to bed himself. 1
never heard him get up and wake 50
easily that I am sure he would have
awakened me. The next day he was
at home up until the afternoon as
remember"
When told of his confession again,
she insisted that she could not see how
it had happened and that he had never
even mentioned the Pacini murder to
her. She was told that he had admit
ted purchasing the gun in Chicago and
that he had thrown it away after the
shooting, and she admitted that this
would clear up her ignorance of his
the revolver She sobbed
and sobbed as she tried to look into
the failure, but she could only doubt
all that had been told her.
Might Have Deceived Her.
eyes, he might have deceived me-"
she said. "He has been so abusive
lately, but I cannot believe that this
is true. All this last week he has been
at home reading-he borrowed the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30

and had robbed the Lockhart store and
he offered at once to take the police
to the place where the stuff taken from
the Lockhart store had been disposed
of.
Calls Of Search in Chicago.
Within a few minutes after the
signed confession of Lang had been
secured, Chief O'Hare had notified the
detectives in Chicago that there was
no reason to continue the search for
the man with the green cap" eve
have the confession of the man who
killed Charley Pacini," the chief shout
ed through the phone to the bureau in
Chicago. "He is Kenosha man."
The officials in Chicago were ordered
to make haste and announce the fact
of the capture and confession of the
man to Mrs. Herbert Detwiler, who
had recently received letters written
in blood" The confession of Lang
makes it clear that Mrs. Detwiler has
been the victim of enemies in Chicago
who sought to frighten her on account
of her distant connection with the
business interests of Pacini.
Cyzak Tells of Confession.
Assistant Chief of Police Cyzak told
of the confession of Lang this morning.
With him at the time was Captain
Wade, who had forced the admission
from Lang just after four o'clock this
morning. The two officers declared
that Lang had fought hard against
making a statement "When we
brought him in" declared Wade, che
protested ignorance of what we want
ed with him. Amberlang and l got
him at his house just after eleven o.
clock last night" said Wade. "When
we reused him out of bed he demanded
to know what we wanted with him. We
told him to come along to the station
and we started in on him just as soon
as we got to the station"
Kicks in at 1880 This Morning.
ave talked burglaries most of the
night" declazed the assistant chief.
Several times as the man was ed
mjtting burglaries Wade shouted to
him You killed Charley Pacini' At
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
SIGN BOARD FALLS WITH CRASH.

The big sign-board on Market square
just west of the Dale building fell with
a crash just after two o'clock this af-
ternoon. Mrs. Alma Schviet and her
daughter, Hedwig, child of seven,
were walking along the walk as the
sign fell. BY the narrowest of margins
Mrs. Schviet saved the child from be-
ing struck. In her efforts the moth
er's glasses were broken and she re-
ported to the police, demanding that
the glasses be paid for by the owner
Of the sign.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
FRENCH AVIATOR WINNER.
by Associated Press.

Etrampes, France-Sadi Leeronte,
the famous French aviator, won the
aviation race here today
and became the new holder of the
James Gordon Bennett trophy. He
covered the course of 1868 miles in
one hour, six minutes, seventeen and
one-ffth seconds.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30

A step-brother of Frank Lang
came to the police today and de-
clared that the mans real name is
Dan C. Miller and that he formerly
lived at Wilmette, Ill. The step
brother said that he had taken the
name of Frank Lang after his moth
or had made a second marriage with
a man by that name. 1t was said
that both the father and mother OF
Miller are dead. The man had been
known as Frank Lang since he re-
sided in Kenosha and it was under
this name that he was arrested.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
Overland Company
Makes Price Cut
(By United Press

New York City. The Willys-O Over
land Co. has announced a cut in the
price of their cars that ranges from
one hundred to two hundred dollars
per model. This is the second com
pany to follow the suit Of Henry Ford,
whose price cut was announced few
days ago.