The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-06
SCHMITT TAKES THIEF
CLIMBING IN WINDOW
Edward Kettelhut Arrested as He is Entering
the Home of Swan Petersen on Pleas
ant Street Monday Evening.
CLEVER WOMAN AIDS IN THE CAPTURE
Mrs. Petersen Finds Man About House and Hurries to
Call Police - Chief O'Hare and Schmitt An
swer Call - Look for Partner.

The cleyerness Of a woman, coupled
with the willingness Of the police de-
partment, on Monday night had the
net result Of one perfectly willing
burglar being placed under arrest,
His name is Edward Kettelhut, He is
20 years of age and lives at 571 Dayton
street and he has something of a
police record.
He reached the city lookup just af-
ter ten o'clock Monday night after he
had attempted to enter the home of
Swan Petersen, SIP Pleasant street.
The man was caught by Police Officer
William Schmitt just as he was letting
himself into window on the ground
floor Of the Petersen home. Chief of
Police O'Hare was with Schmitt when
the capture was made,
Kettelhut did not show fight and
after his arrest in the very act of
entering the house, he refused to make
any statement to the police officers.
The officers are now seeking a second
man who is declared to have been in
the Petersen house but who escaped.
Kettelhut had evidently not had any
prosperous jobs on Monday night as
when he was searched his total cash
capital was shown to be 20 cents.
Mrs. Petersen as First Aid.
Mrs. Petersen proved to be the first
aid to the police department and she
did her work so cleveyly that the po-
lice found it rather easy to land Ket-
telhut. There was little of the
"witching hour" stuff connected with
the capture of Kettelhut. Mrs. Peter
sen had spent the evening with Mrs.
Conrad Shearer and during the even
ing they had discussed recent burglar
les. The discussion had conferred
about just what Mrs. Petersen would
do if she saw burglar in the house,
The question was answered in about
seventeen minutes after the discussion
had been declared closed. Mrs. Peter
sen reached her home just after nine
o'clock and as she started to enter the
house she was convinced that she
heard someone in the house. She
turned off the night lamp which had
been burning in front of the house
and made an investigation.
Sees Man at the Window.
The Petersen house is very close to
the neighboring house and the light
from the neighbours house formed a
shadoWgram on the windows of the
Petersen home and as Mrs. Petersen
entered the house and shipped off the
light, she saw the outlines of man
on the curtains of the room which she
occupies as bedroom. She didn't
scream or anything of the kind. She
watched to make sure that she was not
mistaken and then slipped to the near
est house and called the police depart
ment. II thought it was some prowler
about the house and l didn't want to
take any chances" Mrs. Petersen de-
clared this morning. "Chief 0'Hare
and the officer came in two minutes
after I had called Them" continued
Mrs. Petersen, "and caught the fellow
and took him in. Later they told me
that the man was armed"
Just Crawling in the window.
Mrs. Petersen was waiting on the
sidewalk when the officers arrived and
Chief O'Hare with his revolver all
ready for action went one way about
the house while Schmitt with his trig-
ger finger working went the other
way. Schmitt had the luck Of the
evening. He had gone but few steps
when he saw Kettelhut in the act of
getting into the window. One arm
and one leg was over the window sill
when Schmitt came up and gave the
fellow a crack with the butt end Of
his revolver. With the aid Of the
chief Schmitt pulled the fellow out of
the window.
Later search of the house was
made and it is said that evidence was
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