The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-06-01
YOUNG BANDITS
TAKE MEDICINE
Three Sent to Ref0rmatory
and Fourth Paroled to
His Brother.
JUDGE IS LENIENT
Judge Slater Considers Youth
of Four Auto Bandits and
Gives Short Sentences.

Learning the DlbLer leSSoH WnAcn
banditry invariably teaches, the four
Kenosha young men who were arrested
Wednesday in Chicago on charges of
stealing automobiles and who were
brought to Kenosha later that same
day to confess the robbery Of two au-
tomobiles and the burglarizing of a
store here, were arraigned in muni-
cipal court before Judge Slater Fri
day afternoon to take their medicine.
Three of them-Bruno and Walter
XVI and Carl Miller-left Kenosha this
morning for Green Bay to serve short
terms in the state reformatory for
their misdoings; the fourth member
of the gang, Kenneth Hagberg, was
paroled for year to his brother to
report regularly to the court and in
event of a breach of conduct to be
sentenced to the same Institution.
This came as the end to the career
of banditry started by the young men
stole an automobile here, speeded away
to GAINESVILLE and Madison, and later
returning by GAINESVILLE abandoned one
car to steal another. Upon their re
turn here they burglarized, meat
market here, hurrying out of Kenosha
In their stolen car on Wednesday
morning to be captured in Chicago.
Judge Advises the Boys.
Judge Slater took keen interest in
the four youthful bandits, explaining
to them that punishment must be
meted out to save them from career
of crime, which would lead to long
prison terms or worse. He urged
them to make the best of their pre-
dicament, take the turn to the right
upon completing their sentences.
Kenneth Hagberg, a sixteen year
old lad was the frst to be arraigned.
He is the son of Eric Hagberg, the
man who met death by electrocution
last year in an accident at the Nash
plant He pleaded guilty and quest
tioning drew from him the statements
which showed that it was his first of
tense. Attorney Calvin Stewart ap-
peared for him and pleaded that lack
Of proper care had led him into bad
company and caused his trouble. E
Brother Appears for Him.
"If ever there was a case that re-
quired the court to put into execution
the statute relating to the probation
of minors, this is such a case" in
sisted Calvin Stewart. s.This boy is
sixteen years of age. Look into the
boys face to see il you can find any
crimfnality there! / admit that he is
in bad and that he has done wrong,
but he has the makings of a good
man. His brother is here ready to
take charge Of him."
Hagberg's brother begged the court
to turn the youth over to him on pro-
baton, saying that he would be able
to handle him and that if he had trou-
bgle he would turn the boy over to
the court. When asked by the dis
trict attorney why he had not assum-
ed paternal care over the youth, the
brother said that Kenneth had had an
idea that he did not have to mind a
person who, was not his guardian, but
that their relations in the future
would be different.
Willing for Clemency.
The district attorney said that he
would rather err, if at all, on the side
of the boy, but that it was not simply
matter of the boys welfare but of
the public good. He pointed out that
Kenneth was involved in three differ
ent crimes. In the midst of the argu
ment Judge Slater left his bench.
Come with me- he said sterniy to
Kenneth and the youth followed him
into the judges private Office
Upon emerging Judge Slater an
nounced that he would parole the lad
to his brother, explaining that his
extreme youth and the fact that he
had some one to watch over him war
ranted this step.
Short Terms for Others.
The two XVI brothers were older.
investigation appeared to show that
If paroled there would be no one to
watch over them and keep them from