The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-08-25
Fusillade OF Shot
Rained at Autoists
BAYFIELD, POLICE BREAK
UP NIGHT PARTY
Three Men, Heavily armed,
Who Made Fast Getaway
From Bayfield,, Caught by
Washburn Police.


Armed to the teeth with 45 Colts
Automatic and 38 Colts revolver
three men giving their names as
Oscar Goetzenberger and Irving
Green Of Ashland and Andrew Coop
er of Superior, were arrested by
Chief Of Police Ole Holm and Victor
Bergquist on Monday night at the
Irish place on the Houghton road,
upon advices received from Bayfield,.
Tuesday morning the men were
taken to the County Jail in this city
where charges were preferred
against them by the Bayfield, officers,
Goetzenberger being charged with
running his automobile at an ex-
cessive speed without lights and
Cooper was charged with pointing a
loaded revolver at the Bayfield, police
officers. At hearing before NUM-
cipal Judge Calder held Tuesday
afternoon both men plead guilty,
Cooper paying fine of $64.40 while
Goetzenberger was assessed $3.50.
The gun fight at Bayfield, occurred
at about two o'clock Tuesday morn
ing when big Six Nash touring car
coasted into Bayfield, without lights
and with the engine stopped. Night
Watchman Frank Jelenik, Jr. saw the
men enter the city and began an in
vestigation to determine what they
were up to-. 1t took him some little
time to locate the. car, which was
found parked near the Don Bell
residence. Carrying on his inves-
legations Jelenik noticed one of the
lookouts stationed in the alley at
the rear of the Jelenik tailoring es-
tablishment and he approached the
man and picked him up. He then at
tempted to locate the others and as
he did so the first man bolted and
run, and Jelenik ordered him to
halt. The man speeded up and run
into a fence stretched across the
end of one of the lots and as he fell
over this fence Jelenik fired several
shots at him, none of which hit the
man.
The three dashed from the alley
toward the waiting car and as they
did they encountered Bud McQuade,
who said they pulled gun on him
and ordered him to get out of the
way. The trio made for the waiting
car, started the engine and proceed
ed to make their way out of Bay
field. By this time Jelenik had made
his way around the block in order
to head the men off and as the car
rounded the corner he ordered them
to halt but his advice was not heed
ed and as the car drove away he fired
two more shots after them, the first
hitting the rear of the car under
the back seat, while the second shot
hit the fender of the car.
Jelenik noted that the me;i drove
out on the Washburn road and he
called up the local authorities and
Chief of Police. Ole Holm and Victor
Bergquist went out in the Berg
quist car to apprehend the men. The
Bergquist car was left standing in
the road in front of the Irish farm,
while Holm and Bergqlist hid along
side the road where they waited the
fleeing autoists. AS the car came
down the road they noticed the
Bergquist car across the road and
this caused them to slacken their
speed an das they slowed down
Bergquist anu Holm approached the
car and covered the men with their
guns and brought them to this city
where they were lodged in the coun-
| ty Jail.
Sheriff Murray went out to the
Irish farm Tuesday morning and
picked up two revolvers which the
! men had thrown into the grass when
/, the officers covered them. Ore was
! As Colts automatic and the other
was a 38 Colts, both loaded to cap
acity.
The Bayfield, officers and other
witnesses came down Tuesday morn
ing and after considerable question
ing the only charges that could be
preferred against the trio was driv-
ing an automobile without lights at
an excessive speed and pointing
loaded revolver at McQuade. To
these charges Goetzenberger and
Cooper of Superior plsad guilty and