The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-03-10
Man Wounded in KenOsha
Admits That He Was
One of Bandits.
is HELD UNDER BONDS
Brought to KenOsha Tuesday
Afternoon and Held in
Bonds of $4,000.

Fred Doughten, mystery wounded
man." is a mystery no longer He was
released from the Victory Memorial
hospital in Waukegan, where he had
been treated for his wounds on Tues
day afternoon and couple of hours
after he had been released from the
hospital he was arraigned in the mu-
nicipal court here on charge of high
way robbery. The hearing was con-
tinued to March 18th and Doughten
gave bonds of $4,000, signed by Peter
GALES and Charles Murray.
Doughten on his release from the
hospital had planned to demand ex-
tradition, but when he was taken to
the Waukegan police station, he made
confession to Chief Tyrrell Of the
Waukegan force and admitted that he
was one of two men who had attempt
ed to hold up Steve Heimer on Eliza
beth street in Kenosha on the night
of February 10Th. After making the
confession Doughten withdrew all of
his claims for extradition and declared
his willingness to come to Kenosha
for trial and the KenOsha officials were
at once summoned to Waukegan.
Doughten later repeated his confess
sion of guilt to Chief of Police O'Hare
and to the chief gave the name of the
man who had been with him when the
attempt was made to hold up Heimer
He said the man was Roy Jeffery of
Kenosha, who has since disappeared
from Kenosha.
Clever Story All Fake.
The confession of Doughten to the
officials admitted that the story which
he had previously told in regard To
his being held up and shot in the vul-
canizing shop on West Elizabeth street
was all fake. Doughten admitted
that after his attempt to become
holdup man he had returned to his
shop and had waited there for some
time before he went out to seek the
services of taXicab to take him to
his home in Zion City. He admitted
that he had framed up the story in
order to explain the wound which he
had received at the hands of Heimer
The condition of Doughten is greatly
improved and he suffers little from
the gun shot wound in his back. He
is being detained at the county Jail
pending the further hearing of the
case and it is expected that the man
who is alleged to have been with him
in the attempted holdup will be ar
rested within few hours.
duplicates Pal in Attempt.
The confession of Doughten, made
first to the chief of police of Wauke-
gan and later reduced to writing and
signed in the office of Chief of Police
O'Hare here, indicates that Doughten
had not been, entirely foreign from the
operation of the night marauder. He
as brought back from Waukegan by
Detective Charles Rock and when he
reached Kenosha, he was ready to
make a signed statement of his con-
nection with the alleged attempt TO
hold up Heimer.
Doughten said that he and Roy jeff
cry had been working on a plan to hold
up a north side place" known as the
Foreign Exchange" but that he had
refused to have any part in the rob
berry planned. He said that on the
night of February 26th, the night that
Heimer was held up, he and Jeffery
had considered the holding up of a
barber shop on Rowland avenue, a few
doors from the State Bank.
Il didn't think this was much of a
lob and l refused" said Doughten.
"The same night we planned to hold
up and rob the saloon keeper. I went
over to Jeffery's home and got my gun
from his sister after she had taken
the shells out of it, and We got into
the automobile owned by Jeffery and
drove around until we pulled off the
Job"
Visited Several Places.
Doughten admitted that he and jeff
cry had visited several places before
they went over to Elizabeth street and
lay in waiting for the coming of Hell
mer. He said that they met the sa-
loon man between Lyman avenue and
Pleasant street and that he pointed the
gunsat Heimer and told him to throw
up his hands.
"Heimer fired and I was hit" said
Doughten. ''We both ran away and
went around the block to my shop and
waited for Jeffery, but he never came
hack. l never saw him again after
that. | waited at the shop for little
while and then went over to the North
Shore station and found that the last
train had gone south, so went out
and hired taxicab to take me to Zion
City. The man charged me four dol
lars for the trip"
Wanted to Protect Wife.
Doughten in his confession declared
that he had intended to tell the truth