The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30


/ didn't" he shouted back to Wade and
this very fact led us to believe that
we were working along the right line.
We kept hammering away and taking
down his storis of burglaries and dur
ing the night he told of thirty-seven
burglaries which he had committed In
Kenosha during the past two or three
years. He told of the amounts he
had secured and said that the largest
amounts had been taken from the
Lockhart store and from the Cozy sa-
loon. We were getting just little
tired but Wade kept boring in all the
time an devery once in while he
shouted to him: you know you killed
Pacini.' The clock struck four and
we were pretty nearly ready to put
him down in the hole when tears
came into his eyes. 81 did kill Pacini"
he shouted. Then we got hold of the
Chief and the District Attorney and
Wattles and got ready to make the
statement. Lang never turned a hair
as he made the statement. In fact he
said he was ready to plead guilty and
that he would sign an affidavit TO get
the case over as soon as possible"
Police Officers Long and Hannaway
also aided materially in getting the
confession.
Get Long List of Burg1aries.
The story Of Lang told of the near
ly two scores of burglaries he had
committed since the day he robbed
the Stoebig saloon and he said that
for the most part only small amounts
of money had been secured from the
burglaries. He said that he had Sc
cured possibly from seven to eight
hundred dollars from the jobs outside
Of the robbery of the Lockhart store
and the Cozy saloon.
Lang declared that previous 10 the
shooting of Pacini he had worked at
the Simmons factory but that after
the shooting he had refrained from
work. "My wife went over to the fun
eral of Pacini and she asked me to 60
with her but 1 didn't have the heart
to go" Lang told the police some time
after the signing Of the confession.
O'Hare Happy; Praises Men.
"I knew we would get him." declared
Chief of Police O'Hare just after six
o'clock this morning while he waited
for Lang to accompany him to Chicago
to point out the place where the loot
from the Lockhart robbery had been
disposed Of II am relieved and hap
py," he continued. II am proud of the
work of my men during the night and
it reflects great credit on the whole
department. I am glad that the mys-
terry has been cleared up because it
people. They must be infinitely
relieved"
Joy reigned at the Pacini home when
it was told that the slayer of the son
and brother had been found and that
he had confessed. The long period of
waiting had told on the members of
the family and that they had hoped
against hope for an early ending of
the search for the slayer
May Claim Big Reward.
The question of the reward was dis
cussed following the confession of
Lang. It is not known just what will
be done in regard to the reward. The
reward of two thousand dollars which
had been suggested by the members of
the Pacini family had not been form
ally promulgated and anything in con-
nection with it will not be taken up
until after the return of Chief O'Hare
from Chicago.
1t is believed that the reward if
paid would go to Police Officers Wade
and Amberlang who made the arrest
of Lang last night, but Captain Wade
declared this morning that if the re-
ward was paid he believed that As
s;stant Chief Cyzak had a right to
share in it as the work of the As
| sistant chief was declared to be of
greatest value in getting the confess
sion of Lang. All of these questions
will be taken up later.
1t is possible that Lang will be ar
raigned in the municipal court on a
charge of murder in the first degree
following his return from Chicago some
time this afternoon bat it was regard
ed as more probable that the arraign-
ment will not take place until tomor-
row. District Attorney Fisher will
have the formal complaint and war
rant ready for immediate calling of the
case.