The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-11
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SALOON HOLD-UP
Elmer Printz Tells Police
Story of Hold Up of
KimbalI Saloon.
ROBBED GREETINGS
Confession of Boy May Bring
About Real Clean Up of
Old Crime Mystery.

OIu OTIiiie MY SteTy.
The story of the bold holdup of some
! thirty men in the saloon of L. S. Kim
| ball, 888 Newell street, last September,
when the holdup men were supposed
to have secured large sum of money,
has been laid bare by the confession
of Elmer Printz, former Detroit man,
and who has been in the custody Of
the Kenosha police for the past two
weeks and who is expected to be ar
raigned in the Municipal Court late
this afternoon. The confession of
Printz admits his part in the robbery
of the Kimball saloon and also lays
bare facts in regard to other stick
ups" in Kenosha in recent months.
While Printz has given the names of
confederates in his confession, these
names have not been revealed and eff
forts are being made to secure the
arrest of the men. Printz claims that
the men came from other cities to
commit the crimes here and that they
reached Kenosha on the evening of
the Kimball robbery.
Waited for Pay Night.
Printz said that he formed the plan
to hold up the saloon with hanger-on
about the saloon and that they ar
ranged to pull off the stick-up on a
"pay night" Then they wrote to a
friend over in Detroit and told him to
join them here for the crime. The
men, three in all, Joined Printz on the
night of the robbery and they regis
tered at the Schlitz Hotel over on
North Main street. Printz declares
that at the time of the robbery he and
another man stood guard outside the
door while the two other men with
drawn revolvers went into the place
and robbed the customers and the cash
register. After they got the money,
they jumped into Ford automobile
which had been stolen by one of the
members of the party at Racine and
they drove to the Schlitz Hotel where
one of the men got out with the money
and the others drove the automobile
to South Sheridan road where they
abandoned it.
Got Fifteen Dollars of Loot.
Printz says that the next morning
he went to the hotel and got SIS from
the leader of the band and that three
days later he got $40 more. He was
told that it was none of his business
how much the men got, he alleged.
Later, according to the confession of
Printz, the same men held up a man
on Division street and got $50.
Burglarized Greening Store.
Printz declared that later the same
gang burglarized the Greening cloth
ing store on the west side. He said
that the men hung about the west side
for several days, planning this job and
went into the Greening store and made
small purchases to get line on the
place. He said that on the night of
the robbery the four men stood about
the store until Greening went to the
upper rooms of the building and they
entered through the back door which
had been left unlocked. After they
had gathered up the loot in the store
one of the men went to nearby drug
store and telephoned for taxicab and
with the four loaded suitcases the men
got into the cab. The stuff was taken
to the Schlitz Hotel, Printz declared,
and that two weeks later one of the
men took it to Chicago to sell to Sec
ond-hand stores in that city.
Men Now in Chicago.
Printz said that the last day of jan
uary he received letter from his pals,
enclosing $50 as his part Of the Green
ing cleanup" and that he was in
structed to send receipt to General
Delivery" Chicago. Later the men met
at the corner of Huron street and
Prairie avenue. In this robbery which
was at the point of the gun the man
claimed that the stick-up men got S15
and he got S. as his share. He said
that the other man later held up a
man near the Northwestern depot and
got s38, but that he did not have part
in the robbery or share in the loot.
Printz said that he was also known
as "Ango" and he signed his confession
ELMER Printz, alias Ango." The po-
lice are hopeful that they will get the
other men mentioned in the confession
but they feel certain that the one man
who has confessed has not revealed
the true identity of his pals.