The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-08-30
MADISON Man
ADMITS Staying
Mystery Surrounding Brut-
) al Killing Cleared by
Confession.
TWO UNDER ARREST
Alvin 4. Jensen and Jack Gall
oway Alleged to Have Club
bed Recluse to Death.
(From Last Thursdays Issue.)
(By Associated Press Leased Wire)

Baraboo, Wis.-Alvin L. Jensen, 81
years old, and Jack Galloway, "a years
old, both of Madison, are in the county
Jail here charged with the murder of
Robert Jaeger, Cougar old hermit,
who was killed at his lonely shack
on the night of August 2.
Early this morning, after hours of
questioning by Sheriff w. H. Ode Of
Sank county and j. H. Bohn, district
attorney, Jensen confessed to having
been at the Jaeger shack the night of
the killing and named Galloway as
the man who struck Jaeger down.
Jensen was arrested in Madison late
yesterday and brought here. For five
hours and half he stubbornly denied
any knowledge of the killing, but early
this morning his nerve began to fad
him and his questioners broke through
his defense.
Confesses in Early Morn.
In his confession he denied that he
had actually done the killing, declar-
ing that Galloway struck the aged
hermit down as he came to the door of
his shack in response to their knock.
AS Jaeger opened the door of his
home, Galloway, Jensen told the au-
thorities, struck him over the head
with a club. He fell to the ground
striking his head against an axe which
was laying near the door.
The two men dragged him into the
shack and Galloway struck him over
the head repeatedly with the butt of
I'll .o1l Il
he came to the door. The gun was
broken by the force Of the blows, Jen-
sen said. AS he stood near the body,
Galloway ransacked they house and
went through Jaeger's pockets for his
money.
Both Men Painters,
Both men under arrest are painters
and were employed by Fred Kline, a
Madison master painter. On the after
noon of the murder, the men planned
the attack on Jaeger. Jensen at one
time had been employed on Jaeger's
farm and had heard that the hermit
had large sums of money about the
shack due to his distrust of banks.
After finishing their work the two
.rented5an automobile sand drove about
the vicinity of Madison, and later in
the night, drove to the Jaeger farm
Took Money from Shack.
Jensen declared that he did not get
any of the money taken from Jaeger,
and didn't know how much Galloway
got.
The arrest of the two men came as
the result of investigation which be
gan when it was noted that the imprint
left by the tires of the machine which
drove up to Jaeger's Aome were made
by castings of comparatively new make.
Checking the machine which carried
this tire, lead to the garage where the
machine had been rented, and the
identity of the men who rented it
the night of the murder.
This morning authorities had begun
trying to connect the men under ar
rest with the Balzer murder which
occurred more than a year ago. Three
members of the Balzer family, Will
liam, Julius and Mary, were killed
by being beaten over the head with
a hammer.
The similarity between the killing
of Jaeger and the three Balzers led
the authorities to believe that either
one or both of the men connected with
the Jaeger killing may know something
of the hammer murders.
Finger prints Of both men haveabeen
taken to be compared with those found
on the hammer used in the Balzer
killing.
Plaster Casts Prove Clue.
Jensen was born at Waupaca, and,
after<'he married, he moved to Ne
braska where he said his wife divorced
him after falling in love with his
hired man. "That," he said, ruined
my life Later he went to Spring
Green where he married Flora Hoxie,
the daughter of farmer. His wife
is living in Madison now with the two
children.
The authorities, shortly after the
death of Jaeger, made plaster of
paris cast of the footprints found in
the vicinity of his shack. When Jen-
sen was arrested, the shoes he was
wearing fitted the casts exactly, au-
thorities said, even to one having
rubber heel and the other being com
posed of leather.
The day following the renting of
the automobile, the tires of which
led to the arrest of the two men, Jen-
sen went to the garage owner and ask
ed him not TO allow anyone to see the
contract he signed for the rental, &C
cording to William Flaherty, garage
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