The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-03-03

at the corner of Elizabeth street and
Fremont avenue, cut notch in the
handle of his revolver early Sunday
morning when he shot and severely in
jured one Of two men who had attempt
ed to hold him up. While the identity
of the man has not been definitely de-
termined by the police of Kenosha,
Fred Daughtin, 80 years of age, and
resident Of Zion, is in the McAlister
hospital in Waukegan suffering from
bullet wound in the left side of his
back, just above the kidney, and it is
believed possible that he is the man
who was winged" by the Kenosha sa-
loon man.
Daughtin was brought to the Wauke-
gan hospital at an early hour Sunday
morning and is under the care of DIR.
Billmire of Zion. At the hospital this
morning it was declared that while his
condition was serious it was not re-
garded as critical and that it was be-
lieved that he would recover.
eve have no information as to the
manner in which this man was wound
ed" the superintendent of the hospital
said. "a police officer came to see him
on Sunday afternoon, but if he made
a statement, we were not advised as to
the contents of it. The man has been
uncommunicative since he came to the
hospital and We know nothing in re-
gard to the case"
Chief O'Hare sent Detective Rock
and Secretary Meissner to Waukegan
this afternoon to examine the wound
ed man and Wankegan police have
been advised to arrest him if he at
tempts to leave the hospital. At the
hospital it was said that there was no
danger Of his leaving for some time.
Tells Story of Robbery.
AS soon as the police heard that
there was wounded man in the hos
pital at Waukegan, Detective Rock was
sent to the institution. He found a
man who gave his name as Fred
Doughtin and who said that he was in
business with F. F. Rhodes in the vul-
canizing shop at 654 Elizabeth street.
Kenosha. Doughtin was suffering great
pain from his wound but he told Rock
considerable of story.
81 was sitting in the back room of
the shop just about 1850 Saturday
night" said the wounded man, "when
two men came into the front office Of
the place. One of them said, Stick up
your mitts!' / believed that they were
kidding me and l started to walk back
into the back room shop when one of
the men shot me in the back. I fell
on the floor and I lay there until 2:30
in the morning. Then found that the
last train had gone to Zion and went
to the West Side Garage and asked to
be taken to Zion in an automobile
They wanted to charge me five dollars
but later agreed to take me for four"
Never Mentioned His Wound.
81 told the men at the garage that
was sick and that I wanted to get
home and when got to my home at
2617 Elm avenue in Zion told my
wife that was sick and she called
Dr. Billmire and he ordered me taken
at once to the hospital at Waukegan.
told him of the shooting but | did
not want to scare my wife on account
of the fact that We have little baby
in the house"
The man declared that he had work
I'd in Kenosha for many months and
that he had been employed at the Nash
and Simmons factories before he join
cd with Rhodes in the operation of the
vulcanizing shop on Elizabeth, street.
He said that he could not identify the
men who had entered his place and
who had held him up. AS the condi-
ton of the man was regarded as seri-
Gus, Detective Rock left the hospital
after he had secured his story of the
shooting. No trace of any other
wounded man was found
Was Quick on the Trigger.
The attempted holdup Of Heimer
took place on Elizabeth street between
Pleasant street and Lyman avenue
Just after midnight Sunday morning.
Heimer had closed up his place of
business and had started for his home.
He had considerable money in his
rockets and when he left the saloon
he had dropped his revolver into his
overcoat pocket.
As he was walking west along Eliza
beth street, he saw the two men stand
ing in the shadow along the street and
he put his hand into his pocket and
on the revolver AS he came alongside
the men, one of them jumped in front
Of him and shouted, Hands upl" and
las he shouted, the other one caught
hold of him and made an effort to get
his hands into his pockets. Heimer
put his hands up alright, but when
they came up, they brought a revolver
splitting bullets. The men broke away
and started to run west on Elizabeth
street
Two Shots Are Fired.
Heimer sent two shots after them
in rapid succession and one of the men
staggered and fell, His companion
picked him up and hurried away with
him Police Officers Schneeberger and
Radatz heard the shooting and hurried
to Elizabeth street and Detective Rock
and Captain Matt Wade went out from
the station in response to a call. They
were unable to get any trace of the
Two men. Heimer, naturally excited
as a result of the encounter, told the
officers that he had shot one of the
men and he aided the officers in the
search Of the district for the wounded