The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
Mrs. Frank Lang When Told of Husbands
Confession Sobs as She Tries to
Deny It.
SHE KNEW LITTLE OF HIS CRIMES
Wife Tells Of Unhappy Married Life but Insists that
Husband Was at Home at the Time that
Pacni Was Killed.

books from the woman next door" And
she led the reporter into the sitting
room OF the home where the books-all
OF them the "best sellers" of the past
TWO seasons were lying on the table.
Once during the last week. it has
been so bad that if it hadn't been for
the children, I would have done some
thing desperate" she said. az didn't
tell anybody because I was ashamed.
l tried to get him to go to work and
his only reply was that 4 ought to have
a hit on the jaw"
"We're down and out" she told him.
"Why don't you go to work."
Then she sobbingly admitted that
maybe after all it was better that he
was away and that the last terrible
week was all over. Mrs. Lang has
despite her husband had the respect
Of all who knew her. For years she
has worked at homes in the city to
support her children and hid the sor-
rows of her domestic life until thew
were laid bare this morning by her
husbands confession.
Il had begged him so many times
not to drink" she sobbed today as she
blamed her sorrow on his bad habits.
He gambled so much and he drank
and whatever he did was caused by
these things"
Denies LOckhart Robbery.
That Lang had also deceived his
wife regarding the Lookhart iewelrv
store robbery was also evident from
her story Of that night She said he
had set his alarm clock for three O.
clock in the morning, explaining that
he intended to go to a saloon to gam
Bile at that time.
II begged him not to CO." said the
little mother" "You see, used to
lie trembling all night when he went
out and / was so worried. I remem-
Der that he turned off the alarm and I
thought he never got up that night"
1.-THE next morning when he heard
Of the robbery" she continued, she
told me. I'm so glad I didn't go out
last night. The police might have sus-
! pected something about IT. he said"
He also added, she said, that the
boys" were not at the saloon gamb-
ling and that he was glad he stayed
at home. The police believe that Mrs.
Lang knew nothing Of the robberies or
of the shooting and that she is keeping
nothing back from them.
Came Here from England.
Mrs. Lang declared that she had had
two years of suffering and abuse while
she had been married to Lang. She
was form erly married to George Ket-
tleband, from whom she secured a di-
vorce and secured the custody Of their
two children.
II was well to do back in England. 2"
she said as she told of her early life.
"We owned a pretty 100-acre home
stead there and then left to come to
America. Two years ago I married
Frank and since then have had little
but sorrow"
She told how her sister, Miss Minnie
Frank of England, was now on her way
to Kenosha and that she would bring
with her the money that was left OF
their patrimony. Mrs. Lang admitted
that they might be better off without
her husband but insisted that during
his imprisonment she would do all she
could for him.
Mrs. Lang is the mother Of two chill
dren by former marriage and is ex-
pecting to become a mother again.
Has Sympathy of Neighborhood.
The little mother" has the sympa-
thy of all the people in her neighbor-
hood and others who know her in Ke
nosha. She declared that as soon as
Lang was brought back from Chicago.
she would probably go to the jail to
see him, although she admitted that
there had almost been times when she
wished that she would never see him
again.
Lang is American born. His parents
lived in the town of Wilmette, Illinois.
and he has relatives there now. His
father died many years ago and his
mother died only few years ago.