The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-05-26
der Of Bandit Gang Whcih Won Parole Here
Found Guilty of Murder at War
saw Thursday Evening.
n4s ARE ALSO FOUND GUILTY
Gentleman" Bandit Who Aided in Robbery of Kenosha
Gambling Den Says ITS the End of the Road"
as Verdict of the Jury is Returned.

Abe Silver, who led the band of
3andits which robbed the Jacobson
ambling house in Kenosha and who
as later paroled in the municipal
curt, was found guilty of murder in
he first degree by jury at Warsaw,
Indiana, just after nine o'clock Thurs
ay night and his punishment was
2 yed at life imprisonment in the Indi-
na state prison at Michigan City.
Silver was convicted under the name
of cart Silbert." At the same time, his
aree companions, John Burns, Peter
OK and Joseph Byers, were found
utility on the same charge and the
unishment of each was fixed at a
life term in prison.
Silver and his companions were
tipped out of Warsaw within an hour
after the verdict of the jury was re-
turned and the prison doors closed on
them this morning. No appeal for a
new trial was made in the case, but
it was said that one might be made
later.
The four men were found guilty of
the murder Of J. Russell Saline of Gull
YER, Ind. Saline was a merchant and
he was shot down in a gun battle
which preceded the arrest of Silver
and his pals" following the robbery of
the Exchange Bank at Culver on the
morning Of December Goth, last. 1t
was declared that ten of the jurors
ravored the death sentence for Silver
and his pals but the jury finally com
promised on life Imprisonment.
It's the End Of the Road.
cts the end of the road" was the
only comment which Silver made when
he received the verdict of the jury.
1t was said, however, that Silver had
powerful friends in Chicago and that
they would promptly start an effort to
secure the release Of the gun-man from
the state prison.
Silver's wife and 20 months old
daughter we're at his side when the
verdict was read by Judge L. w. Royse.
Just as the sentence was being pro-
uounced, the child climbed into it's
fathers arms. The bandits showed
very little emotion as their fate was
announced and laughed and joked with
the deputy sheriffs as they were being
returned to the jail.
Silver is getting just what is COM
ing to him." was the comment of the
Kenosha police officers. "Wonder if he
lad the wife and baby there to- cry
for him ?" was another suggestion
made as the Kenosha police were told
of the verdict of the jury.
Kenosha men have always held that
Silver was the GRAINS" of the gang
which pulled off the sensational rob-
berry in Kenosha. The officers here saw
much of Silver as he was under sur
VIGILANCE of the Chicago detective bu-
reau for weeks after he had been pa
rolled in Kenosha.
Worked on North Shore.
Facts brought out at the trial Of
Silver and his pals showed that the
men had been connected with mum
Der of robberies before the bank at
Culver was made their victim. They
admitted the robbery of the bank and
admitted that they had worked at sew
eral places along the North Shore.
WaukegaE officers wanted to arrest
'wo> of the men for pulling off a .holdup
at North Chicago and the verdict of
guilty in the murder case prevented
the men being brought back to Wau-
kegan for trial
Silver Known as "Gun Man"
The evidence at the trial brought
out the fact that Silver was known as
gun man in Chicago for many
months before the Culver job was