The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-03-23
SLIPPERY CROOK
FAILS In GAME
Burton Schleisinger of Co.
lumbus, Poses as Cor
pOration Official.
POLICE MAKE ARREST
Rock, Meissner and Schmitt
Arrest Man Who Tried Con-
fidence Game on Whittier.

One of the shrewdest crooks and
booze brokers that the local police
have ever met was arrested Sunday,
the police believe, when Martin Sch
leisinger of Columbus, Ohio, was nab
bed at the Northwestern station, just
as he was trying to shake off the dust
of Kenosha on his way north. The
arrest was made as the result of coop
Grafton between Martin Whittier and
the police department.
Placed $4,000 Order.
1t was the attempt on the part of
Schleisinger to borrow $50 of Martin
Whittier after placing an order with
the WHITTIER Motor Truck Company
of more than $4,000, which lead to
the suspicious of the latter, and re-
suited in the arrest of the young man
on Sunday afternoon. He was arraign-
ed this morning and pleaded not gull
ty to the charge of obtaining money
under false pretenses, his case fixed
for a hearing on March 20 at 9 a. m.
Bonds fixed at $1,000. Unable to
furnish bonds, Schleisinger went to
the county jail to await trial. Tele-
grams from other cities kept arriving
at the police department this morning,
informing Chief Logan that the man
was wanted in other places on similar
charges.
Large Order a Hoax.
It was learned today that Schleising-
err arrived in Kenosha and stopped at
one of the local hotels, there he gave
his name as "Hirsch" and asked for
the name of the head salesman of the
Nash motor company. Instead of ap-
preaching the Nash officials, however,
he tried his game Saturday, it is said,
on the Whittier Truck company.
Schleisinger made the appearance of
bona fide business man. He repre-
sented himself as Mr.. Hirsch, vice
president of the Medical Mercantile
company Of New York, and put in an
order for front tires, tire pump, four
pig tail hooks, electric lighting and
other motor truck equipment. The
entire order amounted to $25,801.5O.
He entered check of the Corn Elk
change Bank of New York on de-
posit, the amount of the check being
for S801.5O. The would-be agent did
not seek to collect on The check, but
Sunday when he sought to borrow $50
of Martin Whittier, the latter became
suspicious that the large order just
left with him was hoax.
He communicated his suspicious to
the police and Schleisinger was nab
bed by Sergeant Rock, Secretary Meiss-
ner and Officer Schmitt Of the police
department just as he was leaving
town on the 4:10 train Sunday after
noon. bound for the north.
Wanted at Columbus.
In response to a telegram sent Co.
lumbus, Ohio, A. H. French the Column
bus chief of police, wired Chief Logan
this morning that Burton Schleisinger
had been bound over by the grand jury
there on the charge of issuing worth
less checks on January 25, last, and
that he was under $500 bonds, and al
so that he was wanted in other cities
on a similar charge. A later telegram
stated that the young man was wanted
for jumping his bonds in Columbus.
The police also wired the Corn Elk
change bank for information about the
check left with Mr.. Whittier.
Among the mans effects was found
an inventory of liquor with the nota-
ton that the brands could be had in
quarts or pints. The police are in
vestigating to find whether he operat-
ed as an agent for liquor men or
whether he used the list in an attempt
to raise money easily without filling
the order. The list read as follows:
"Old Jordan, Old Taylor, Sherwood,
Waterfill and Frazie Bond and Lii
lard, Sunnybrook, Pebbleford, Cas-
cade, Mt. Vernon Rye, Gordon Gin
(London) Black and White, Pinch
Bottle Haig and Haig Give Starr
Canadian Club and Three Star HEM
essy".
Clippings he carried from Columbus
newspapers showed that his father,
Moses Schleisinger, was a well-to- do
person at Columbus and shat the latter
had been president of the Democratic
glee club there for 27 years.
NEW POSTMASTER FOR DETROIT
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