The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-09-15
Raid on a House on Garden
Street Results in the Ar
rest of Six.
IMPOSE ON GIRLS
Two IS Year Old Girls Tell of
Being Given Liquor and Then
Taken to Private House.

The police of the city broke up a
perfectly lovely" party just before
half past two o'clock Thursday morn
ing when they raided house at ITO
Garden street and arrested four young
men and two girls who were charged
with disorderly conduct. One of the
young women was so under the influ-
ence of liquor that she was declared
to be near collapse. The men were,
Bernard Koehler, aged 27; Harold
Johnson, "a; John c. Force, 20; and
George Vegne, %. When they were
arraigned in the municipal court this
morning Koehler, who was said to have
been the host at the party, was fined
twenty-five dollars and costs and the
other men were fined ten dollars and
costs each. The men entered plea
of guilty to charges of being disorder
ly. There was some doubt as to just
how far the two girls were response
BILE for the night of debauchery, but
they were sentenced to pay fine of a
dollar and the costs Of the action.
All of the fines we're paid and the
sextette discharged.
Illicit Booze Causes Trouble.
The two young women, both giving
their age as eighteen. and their names
as Anna Zahn and Christine Ricthoris,
told a fearful story in the Office of
Judge Tully this morning and they de-
clared that they had been the victims
of imposition by the young men who
were chance acquaintance. Accord
ing to the story told by the young
women they had been riding with two
young men in an automobile on We'd
nesday evening and they had left the
automobile near their home in the
neighborhood of Anderson Park and
they were on their way home when
the four men came along in the auto
mobile. The girls declared that the
car stopped and one of the men asked
them if they did not want to ride. The
girls said that they declined the offer
but that the young men were insistent
and that they finally agreed to get
into the car and ride to their home
The girls said that they were ac-
quainted with one of the men.
Given Liquor Later.
Later, according to the story of the
girls, the car was driven to a place on
Milwaukee avenue where liquor was
secured and drinking bout followed
in which one of the young women be-
came so under the influence of liquor
that she feared to return to her home.
"You can't take that girl home in that
condition" one of the men was alleged
to have remarked and then the plan
was made to take the girls to the house
on Garden street which was said to be
the home of Koehler. The girls said
that they insisted even at this stage
of the game that they be taken home,
but that they were finally persuaded
to spend the night at the house. They
went into bed room. "We found two
night gowns laid out on the bed" said
enc of the girls this morning, "and we
demanded key so that we could lock
the door, but the men said that the
key had been lost. We got ready for
bed and had retired when some one
opened the door. We got up and
dressed and were preparing to leave the
place when the door was forced open
and the police officers were there"
No Indignities Offered.
The girls said that no indignities had
been offered to them other than the
fact that the door leading to the room
in which they were supposed to sleep
had been opened.
The men had little defense to offer
other than the fact that one of the girls
was under the influence of liquor.
Federal Agent John Scholey and
members Of the police department at
once began a bombardment of the men
and girls in an effort to find where
the liquor had been secured and it was
intimated that there would be other ar
rests in the case during the day.