The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-03-10
GET EIGHT CASES
AT KOLPIN STORE
Burglars Enter Grand Ave-
nue. Drug Store in Early
Morning Hours.
ASKS FOR FEDERAL AID
Liquor Alleged to Have Been
Loaded into Auto which
Was Seen Going South.

Hootch hounds again worked sue
cessfully in Kenosha at an early hour
this morning when they entered the
drug store Of E. A. Kolpin at the cor
ner of Grand avenue and Ridge street
and got away with eight cases of whis-
| key and other loot to total value OF
close to a thousand dollars. The re-
port of the burglary was made to the
! police just after the store was opened
for business this morning and it is
announced that the case is being re-
| ported to the federal officials with a
view Of having them make an effort
to locate the whiskey.
1t is declared that the big load Of
! whiskey was taken away in a closed
automobile which is believed to have
been Buick car and the thieves are
alleged to have driven the car south
along Ridge street at very rapid rate
of speed. The burglary occurred at
| five o'clock this morning, according to
the report made to the police depart
ment Police officers on the beat along
Ridge street declared that they had
not seen any automobile answering the
| description during the night or in the
early morning and officers were near
the Kolpin drug store just about the
time of the reported robbery
Enter Through Rear Window.
The burglars made their way into
the building by breaking open one Of
the rear windows of the building. The
whiskey, made up of up Sunnybrook
and Pebbleford, was stored in the
basement Of the building and trail
of burned matches found in the base
ment of the building indicated that the
| thieves had spent some time searching
for the best of the stock in the drug
store. Other articles in the basement
were not disturbed. Evidently after
the burglars worked in the basement
of the building they went to the main
store room and they tapped the till
| for cash to the amount of 500. The
report said that the burglars secured
in addition to the liquor 20 cartons of
Lucky Strike cigarettes and some ci-
CARS. A check on the stock was being
made this morning to discover wheth-
er or not there were other articles
missing.
| Heard Men in the Building.
1t was reported to the police that
people living in the building heard
someone moving about in the store at
just about five o'clock this morning
and that a short time later they saw
an automobile being driven rapidly
south on Ridge street. It was not pos
sible for the people to recognize any
one in the automobile
1t is declared that druggists in Ke-
nosha. fearing an epidemic of whiskey
and other liquor thefts, are now guard
ing stocks every night and that in
some cases armed men have been
placed to watch these stocks.
"We haven't the slightest clew in
these LIQUOR theft cases." declared
Chief O'Hare this morning "The Ii
quor is gone and the men left no traces
behind them. We want the aid of the
federal officials in the case and they
may be able to locate 500 of the
stolen liquor and aid in solving the
mystery surrounding these thefts"
This is the second big liquor rob-
berry in Kenosha in week as few
nights ago the store of the Mayer
Pharmacy on Rowland avenue was en-
tered and 48 bottles of liquor taken
At the Mayer store, nothing was taken
except the liquor.
Kraft Had Gun Ready.
Mrs. H. j. Kraft. who lives in the
apartm lent above the Kolpin store, in
her story Of the robbery, declared that
she and her husband had heard the
men at work in the place. She said
that she went to the front window and
saw the automobile standing on Grand
avenue, but that it later was moved
about to the side of the building. Her
husband got up and got his revolver
but later on the sounds below the fiat
ceased and they did not go down to
make an investigation. Kraft said
that he, thought the automobile was
larger than Buick automobile. It
had formerly been reported to the po-
lice that it was thought that the liquor
was hauled away in this kind of car
1t was found that the burglars had
at first entered the basement which
belongs to the upper apartment by
breaking open he door.
Tha the search of the place was
thorough, was shown by the fact that
the thieves took partly emptied bot
tie which had contained "Old Taylor
whskey and which had been left on
the shelf at the prescription case.