The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-03

Abe Silver, Chicago gun man, under
parole in the municipal court in Ke-
nosha, as one of the participants in
the famous Jacobson gambling house
holdup here, was identified on Friday
afternoon by Sheriff Elmer Green of
Waukegan as one of the four men held
at Plymouth, Ind, as one of a party
of four men held there on a charge of
murder. Silver, it is declared, had a
part III the murder of a member of
a posse which had tracked band Of
robbers following a recent bank rob-.
berry at Culver, Ind. He is held at
Plymouth on charge of murder and
the prosecutor Of Marshall county de-
clares that an effort will be made to
send all of the men to the electric
chair.
Much publicity was given the shoot
ing of the member of the posse sew
eral weeks ago but the fact that Silver
was connected with the gang was not
known until he was identified by Sher-
iff Green at Plymouth on Friday af-
ternoon. It is said that Silver and
the other members of the gang includ-
ing John G. Heaps, "Ferdie" Fox and
Ed Byers, all Chicago men, will be
taken to Stark county, Indiana, to be
held waiting trial This action is
deemed necessary on account of the
fact that public sentiment is running
high against the accused man in Mar
shall county where they are now held.
Comes as Surprise Here.
The Identification of Silver by Sher-
iff Green and his communication of
the facts was the first intimation Of
the fact that the paroled man was
held in connection with so serious a
crime. 1t was only little over
month ago that an appeal was made to
Judge James E. Tully of the munich
pal court here to secure the release
of Silver from parole. He had been
on parole ever since the latter part
of 1919 when he was arrested with
three other men on charges Of holding
up the Jacobson gambling house. 1t
was alleged that the men secured from
$4,000 to $1,000 in the Kenosha holdup,
but the exact facts in regard to the
case never were made public.
Held Leader of the Gang.
Abe Silver was held to be the leader
of the gang which came to Kenosha
to pull off the robbery, but later con-
siderable sympathy was developed for
him when his wife and baby came here
and they made plea for the release
Of Silver, claiming that he had been
model husband and father. Silver de-
clared when he made confession here
that he had come to Kenosha to rob
the gambling house on account of the
fact that one Of his "pals" in Chicago
had lost a large amount of money
in the place.
According to the reports coming
from Waukegan, Silver is believed to
have been confdant Of a gang which
staged big robbery at North Chicago
sometime ago and secured $4,000 from
a saloon keeper there. 1t is not de-
clared that Silver had any actual part
in this robbery.
Reported "Going Straight"
According to reports which had re-
Gently been sent to the municipal
court in Kenosha from the probation
officers in Chicago, Silver had been
"going straight" and it was declared
that since his crime in Kenosha and
the sensational revolver battle with
police officers in Zion City he had
given no cause for the Chicago police
to believe that he was connected with
any organized gang of robbers. He
was declared to be in charge of a
garage in Chicago, and a petition had
been made to the judge here to release
him from parole. The parole here was
for term Of seven years and should
he not be convicted in the Indiana