The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-27

II shall order the Chief of the Fire
Department and the Chief of Police to
withdraw the protection of the city
from boxing shows in Kenosha until
the last vestige Of this report of graft
ing on the part of officials in Kenosha
has been cleared up and the officials
indicated or discharged" declared
Mayor John G. Joachim in response
to the report that officials working un-
der "stars" had secured money from
people who attempted to crowd into the
Coliseum last Friday night.
"When they start to move the ghet-
to from Chicago to Kenosha and then
cast aspersions on our local officials"
continued the Mayor "it is time for us
to tell these fellows to bring ghetto
officers along with them to protect
them. The officers here will see that
the state laws are enforced but we are
going TO wash our hands of protecting
the crowds or the commission in the
collection of their fees. Of course we
shall investigate to the limit any form
al charge made against any one Off
cially connected with the city govern
ment but we must be shown by some
thing better than the statement of
some of Mat gang which came here
from Chicago"
Schwartz Vigorous in Action.
Chief of the Fire Department John
Schwartz had already started an m
vestigation of the charges made. II
had six men at the coliseum at the
time of the show but only one of them
had anything to do with the taking of
tickets This man has told me that
he did not get one cent of money and
he declared that there was a repre-
sentative of the commission at the
door every minute that he was there
and that this man must know if any
money passed over. He was on the
west door where most of the trouble
took place. Other men of my de-
partment were not any where near
the doors but were working to take
care of the crowd inside the building.
/ will discharge from the force at
once any man who has been shown
to have taken cent of money" said
the Fire Chief.
Ordered Doors Closed.
81 went to the Coliseum myself and
when the building was filled l ord
cred the doors closed and no more
tickets sold. Then | went to the west
door where the people had stormed
the place and had broken the door
and l stood there and forced the peo-
Pile out. l saw men with bills of
large denominations in their hands
seeking to get into the place but
refused to admit any one of them.
Certainly no one took cent of the
money offered while l was there. The
building was over crowded, men stood
in the aisles and | also know it to be
fact that some of the people who
purchased tickets did not get into the
place. l know that the commission
had lot of men at work and if they
did not get their share of the money
it was not the fault of city officers"
Meissner Tells of Police.
Secretary Meissner of the Police De-
partment declared that there was
probably fifteen members of the police
department at the Coliseum at some
time during the show "Our men for
the most part worked outside and
tried to take care of the crowd. There
was but one police officer who worked
at the ticket boxes and he was work
in@ with representative of the box
ing commission. l do not believe that
any member of this department re-
ceived cent from these people.
should like to find the man who made
the charges that they may be brought
in and given an order TO show just
what they know about the whole mat
ter"
Bill Tate Is Elusive
A man who gives his name as "Bill
Tate" and who is said to have been
rather active in sporting circles has
signed one Of the complaints made tc
the commission. 1t is not known whe.
Their Tate is a resident of Chicago OIL
Kenosha but it is expected that the
commission will find him and sum.
mon him to appear at the hearing in
Milwaukee on next Monday. 1t is ex.
pected that Mayor Joachim will go tc
Milwaukee for the hearing or demand
from the commission complete trans.
cript of the facts brought out at the
herring.
1t was declared today that the State
Athletic Commission would send some