The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-07-03
SLABS T0SAVE
WOMAN'S HONOR
Clarence Hurlbut, Zion, is
Held by Waukegan Sher-
if for Cutting Affair.
PROBE "GANG" ANGLE


One man is lying at the point of
death, and two others, a man and.
woman, are being held incommunl-
cado at the Lake county jail at Wau-
kegan, following stabbing which oc-
Cured early Sunday morning. The
victim had asked for a ride to Kenosha.
The injured man is c. B. Dix, Jr.,
26 years old, of Lake Villa, H., son of
prominent business man of that city.
He has stab wounds in the back, and
the chest, and the right lung is said
to have been punctured. A nurse and
physician are in constant attendance.
He is at the Harry Smith summer re-
sort near Channel Lake. Physicians
are afraid to move him to hospital.
Should he die, Clarence Hurlbut, 20
years old, Of Enoch avenue, Zion, will
be charged with murder Edwin Ahls-
from, sheriff of Lake county, said to-
day. Adeline Farnik, % years old, of
Elizabeth avenue, Zion, is being held
as material witness. She and Hurl-
burt were arrested in front of Hurl-
butts home late yesterday after Of
ficials of Lake and Kenosha counties
had spent the day searching for them
Protects WOman's Honor.
Neither Hurlbut nor the woman Of
fered any resistance when arrested.
Hurlbut Immediately admitted that he
did the stabbing, but declared that 1T
was in defense of his companions
honor. He charged that Dix was at
tempting to assault her, and that, as
last resort, he whipped out the knife
and began cutting him.
According to his story, he, in COM
pany with Mrs. Farnik, divorce, had
spent the evening at saloon in the
town of Trevor, in Kenosha county.
They had been drinking beer, but were
not intoxicated, he said.
A little after 900 o'clock Dix, ac-
companied by three other men, en-
tered the place and Joined the party
An hour later, just as the place was
closing up, Dix suggested that he ac-
company the pair to Kenosha. He
said he knew of place where refresh
ments could be obtained all night.
Car Blocks Road.
In compliance with the suggestion
Hurlbut started out. Dix and the
woman occupying the back seat, while
he was alone in front driving. About
mile out Dix suggested taking a
short cut. He said the road was much
better and it was shorter. H1rlbut
turned off on a narrow road, and had
driven several miles when he became
aware of the fact that another car was
following. He allowed this car to
pass. A little further on it stopped,
blocking the road.
The three men in it got out and
came back. According to Hurlbut's
story, they urged him to leave Dix and
the girl there for few minutes alone:
Hurlbut refused. While arguing with
the men about getting their machine
out of the road, he walked few
PAGES from his car.
When he returned he found Dix had
dragged the girl from the machine.
He ordered him to leave at once, but
Dix refused. Then, he said, he
threatened to "cut him up" Still Dix
refused to comply with the command,
whereupon Hurlbut whipped out a
pocket knife and began slashing. Dix
got up and staggered away. The
other three men rushed to his assist
ance and Hurlbut and the girl fed
in their car.
Go to Farm House.
Hurlbut told the sheriff that he and
the girl, fearing another attack,
stopped at farm house short dis
lance away. There he told Of the at
tack and the cutting which he had
done, and remarked to the farmer, "If
you hear of any bird dying around
here, l am the guy that did it."
Deputy sheriffs of Lake county yes
terday interviewed Mr.. Hirshmeyer, a
farmer living near the scene of the
cutting. He corroborated the major
details of Hurlbut's story in regard
to the visit.
Hurlbut stated that he then went to
the home Of brother of the girls, in
Waukegan, where they had breakfast
and spent the day. Then they drove
north to Zion where they were arrested.
Probe "Gang" Angle.
Sheriff Ahlstrom stated that he saw
Dix yesterday but that his condition
was so serious that he did not ques-
tion him to any length. Dix, he said,
produced "black book" which he said
contained the name of the ''man who
got him. The sheriff read down the
list of names until he came to Hurl-
butts. The patient nodded, indicating
that this was the man.
Officials are also investigating
rumor that the stabbing was the re-
suit of Kenosha-Illinois feud, the
battle ground of which has been Twin
Lakes. It is reported that the gangs
FLASHED there two weeks ago, and again
last Saturday night.