The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-12-22
KNIPFER GRABS
T0MMV'G TP ATIFD
Under Sheriff Nabs DE
tective" Who Threatens
In Restaurant.
FINDS HIM DEFECTIVE
Perry Sweet Says He Was On
Trail of O'COnnor and Serv-
ed Time at Waupun.

1t was not Tommy O'Connor, the
two-gun man who escaped from the
Cook county Jail, but it was the man
who was on the trail of Tommy O'Con-
nor whom Undersheriff Joseph Knipfer
took into custody Monday evening and
put behind lock and key in the county
jail. What's more, the detective, as he
called himself, is there yet and will
stay until Knipfer can get him shipped
to some more safe place, being con-
WINGED that the man instead of being
detective, is nothing short of de-
fective.
Tried to Arrest Bristol Banker.
A. C. Hartel, cashier of the Bristol
bank, with J. L. Stewart of Bristol, was
having his supper at the Kappus rest
aurant about 1880 last night when a
man, stranger to both of the Bristol
men, walked into the restaurant, sur
veyed their table in a singular manner
and then came over and demanded
Hartels name abruptly. Hartel re-
fused to give his name, whereupon the
odd stranger muttered in the deep
menacing tones of stage villain, "Ah,
ha! I'm a detective and I'll get you
yeti"
Hartel and his companion found at
this point that coffee and dessert had
lost their SAVIOUR and hardly giving
themselves time to scratch match and
light their cigars, they hurried over to
the sheriff's Office. Undersherif Joseph
Knipfer was in charge at the desk, and
he no sooner heard the story of the
Bristol visitors when he fastened out
into Market square to see what he
could see and find what he could find.
Luck is With Nibs as Usual
Lucky Tommy" O'Connor has moth
ing on Lucky Nibs" Knipfer; he has
only to go forth and swoop and open
his mouth, and the crook or criminal
he is looking for drops in. Running
true to form, the undersheriff returned
to the Office presently with the man
who had assumed a threatening atti-
tude towards the Bristol banker. The
individual gave his name as Perry R.
Sweet and he said he had just arrived
in Kenosha and that he really was on
the trail or looking for the trail of
Tommy O'Connor.
How the undersheriff had happened
to find Sweet just illustrates his gem
eral luck. Knipfer started up Market
square, after Hartel told his story, and
in front of the Majestic theatre saw a
Racine taxicab. The undersheriff
stopped to talk to the driver. and asked
if he had detective" anywhere about.
"Why, yes," replied the taxi driver.
"That was my trade that drive down
from Racine. I'm waiting for him now
to take him back"
Knipfer annexed the taxi driver, who
gave his name as Clement Fay and who
was nothing loath to assist in the
search for his queer ''trade" and to-
gether the two went down Main street,
where soon the detective poser was
found.
whats the idea?" the undersheriff
asked the stranger.
''I'm on the trail of Tommy O'Con-
nor" the latter replied.
When Sweet was searched at the
county Jail, it was found that he car
ried no change on his person, not even
a nickel, and that all he had in the
way Of extras was letter addressed
to himself at the state prison at
Waupun. Sweet admitted that he had
served year at Green Bay and two
years at Waupun. To some Of the
prisoners he said later that he had
spent four years at Waupun. He said
there were so many crooks nowadays
and that he wanted to help the gov
eminent find them, so he thought he'd
start by finding O'Connor.
Meanwhile the Bristol men, who had
learned that there is many a slip 'twixt
cup and lip returned to the restaurant
to finish their evening meal in peace.
Sweets antecedents are being looked
up today as it is believed he may have
escaped from the asylum for the Grim.
inal insane.