The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-03-02
EMIL WANATKA
Is WANTED HERE
KenOsha Officials Armed
With Papers to Secure
Return of Man
MAN WITH GREEN CAP
SymmOnds Swears Out War
rant Charging Wanatka with
Pacini Murder.

The long expected sensation in con-.
nectiOn with the re-opening of the IN
vestigation of the murder of Charles
Pacini, formerly widely known as a
theatre manager in Kenosha and for
whose Staying Frank Lang is now serv-
ing long term in the state prison at
Waupun, has broken and Kenosha of
ticers under the direction of District
Attorney Frank S. Symmonds went to
Chicago this morning to bring Emil
Wanatka, former saloonkeeper and
alleged bootlegger, to Kenosha to ans
wer the ckSfge of murder For months
the district attorney has been at work
on the case and he has declared that
he has secured evidence which war
rants the arrest of Wanatka on the
charge of murder named in a COM
plant made by the district attorney on
Monday evening. Secretary Meissner
Of the police department and Officer
Rock, chief of the detective bureau, ac-
companied the district attorney to
Chicago.
Was Long Under Suspicion.
Wanatka, who is now formally charg-
ed with the murder of Pacini in the
complaint of the district attorney, has
been long under suspicion, but at the
request of the district attorney the
facts in regard to Investigations have
not been made public. Wanatka is
under bonds of $4,000 in Chicago in
connection with charges of connection
with the so-called "Kenosha- Chicago
automobile ring" and it was expected
that the officers would have no trou-
BILE locating him.
It is the theory of the district at
torney that Wanatka was the owner of
the knife which was found outside the
Arnold and Murdoch garage where Pa
cini was shot and killed on the night
of August ID, 1920. This knige figured
much in the history of the case and
it was declared that evidence brought
out by the district attorney had traced
the ownership of the knife to Wanatka.
The man now charged with the murder
is suspected of having connection with
a gang which was active in the sale
of liquors in Kenosha and it is limited
that the former theatre producer had
been asked for money to finance some
of these operations.
Say "Man With Green Cap"
1t is the contention of the state that
the arrest of Wanatka will bring to
Kenosha the famous man with the
green cap" It is declared that Wanat-
ka at the time of the Staying of Pa
cini wore tight fitting suit often de-
scribed in stories of people who saw
the man running away from the scene
of the shooting and that he wore the
"green cap" made famous in the con-
sideration of the case. 1t is asserted
by people who claim to have informa-
ton in regard to the movements of
Wanatka that the latter was in the Of
fee of Pacini on the night of the shoot
ing and that a quarrel occurred be-
tween the two men. The facts in re-
gard to the investigation have >been
kept closely guarded and the district
attorney has kept his own council. 1t
is said that the district attorney is
himself convinced that Wanatka was
the slayer of Pacini.
Widely Known in Kenosha.
Wanatka has been closely connected
with the shady life of Kenosha for a
number of years. He was one of the
men named in the warrants in connec-
ton with the Automobile ring" and is
now awaiting trial in the federal court
in Chicago. He at one time was in
charge of some bakeries in Kenosha
and at other times was in the saloon
business. He has been named in con-
nection with a number of liquer deals
but he was not under indictment here
or in Chicago for the violation of any
of the liquor laws.
At the time of the murder Wanatka
was not questioned by the police Of
fcers or the district attorney and it
was not until long after the trial of
Frank Lang and his conviction on a