The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-08-25
Officers Seek Phillips Bal
Man Thought TO be in
Hiding Here.
WANTED FOR ROBBER!
Drag-Net Closes Around Over
Calvin Charged with Bur
glaries in Two Cities.

Owen Calvin, $50 Norman avenue
was near the end of the road thi
afternoon as officers of the three coun
ties were closing in on him with war
rants charging burglary at Phillips ant
Milwaukee. The man, whose mother
and brothers are we'll known in tn,
Norman avenue neighborhood, is knowr
to have been in hiding in Kenosha fol
more than three days, during which tn,
city has been carefully combed for him
or clues to his whereabouts.
The specific charge on which the mar
is sought by the Price county officers
is the robbery of a hardware store IT.
Phillips last spring. Escaping with
cash and loot valued at two hundred
dollars, he accepted position at Park
Falls and continued to work there unit.
officers heard of his hiding-place anC
started in pursuit. Informed by con.
federates, perhaps, that the Phillip
men were on his trail, he made his get
away from Park Falls before Detective
Nick Bey and his deputies could nal
him and take him back to Price county
for trial. For weeks the officers founa
no trace of him and then picked up the
clue that led to Kenosha and his moth
er's home on Norman avenue.
Brothers Refuse to Squeal.
The give-away came through a let
ter to his former employer in Park
Falls. When Bey and his aides started
for that city, Calvin left rather sud
denly He didn't even stop to claim his
pay-check for the part of the week that
he had worked or to make any arrange
ment for having it forwarded to him.
Then, after the first scare had blown
over, he wrote to his old employer at
Park Falls asking that the money be
forwarded to him at $50 Norman aven-
ne, Kenosha. 1t was this letter that
brought the upstate sleuths to Keno
sha Saturday.
Accompanied by Sheriff Rauen, they
went to Galvin's home here but found
no trace of him. He had not been
there His mother knew nothing of his
trouble at>Phillips or of his precipitate
departure from Park Falls. His broth
ers, one of whom, Austin, has a police
record, were equally ignorant but SEEM
ed to know more than they were will
ing to reveal. Accordingly they were
brought to the county jail and grilled
for several hours. Carefully evading
direct answers they shuffled kaeir Il
don't knows" and ~ can't remembers"
so successfully as to give the officers
absolutely no clue as to their brothers
whereabouts.
II haven't seen him for two weeks"
was their rubber-stamp answer to all
leadin questions put by Sheriff Rauen
or Detective Bey.
Wanted at Milwaukee Too.
Failing to get any information from
his brothers, the officers began city
wide search for the alleged burglar. Ii
led to the baseball field, where the man
was said to have been seen by police
officers who knew him but did not know
that he was wanted on new charges.
He was also seen sometime Sunday
at Pearl and West Main streets.
Late this morning the local police
department received word that the man
was wanted at Milwaukee on charges
Of burglary. This news gave new
vigor to the search for him, which was
Immediately extended to all police
beats in the city.
With railway stations and roads IN
der the constant watch Of officers it is
believed that the man cannot escape
the drag-net laid for him and that he
will be taken into custody before even
ing. 1t was even limited today that he
would possibly give up the losing race
and give himself up to stand trial on
the charges now pending against him
at Phillips and Milwaukee.
1t is not believed that Galvin's rela-
tives here are implicated in his burg
laries but it is thought likely that they
know his present whereabouts and ara
shielding him from arrest.