The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-04

this morning. The man was found
Sunday afternoon but officials had not
revealed the story for publication in
an effort to locate the persons who
had tortured the man and left him in
the bungalow to die.
Stolp was hurried to hospital in
| Waukegan where he is now in criti-
cal condition. In moments of half
consciousness he has told story OF
| how he was attacked, robbed and
| branded and then bound hand and foot
and brought hundreds of miles to be
left in the half finished brick bunga-
low.
Unconscious When Found.
Details of the story were not made
public By any Lake county officials but
~ picciEg together stories given by
sevcral who were attracted TO the
scene, the following account of the
finding of the man and of the n:ys-
terry of what had happened to him has
been gained.
At four o'clock Sunday afternoon
George Zeitler, owner of the half fin
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through the property. AS he started
to enter the front door he saw a mar
looking as if he was crouching on the
floor. Thinking that the man might
be feigning some injury in order tC
overpower him, Zeitler before entering
the house went to the highway anc
| summoned aid.
In the first car he stopped was .
| policeman named Stiles, from Chica.
! go, who was on a vacation. Deputy
! Sheriff Paul M. Jensen was also sum
moned and the three of them approach
ed the house. By this time the mar
had crawled or rolled out on the
porch of the house.
Murmers of Branding.
! The three approached the crouchina
man realizing as they reached hin
that he was bound hand and foot. His
| hands were tied together and Nullee
down between his knees, the same
| rope being used to tie the mans feet
| together. The cord was so tight thai
! it had torn it's way into the flesh.
] Deputy Sheriff Jensen cut the ropes
and the man stiffened out immediate
~, lying unconscious for several min.
utes.
sBurn me, DIN you, burn me-
were the first words he said when hi
revived consciousness. Later he muir
INJURED, "Cut my thread bat for God:
sake don't burn me again."
He was persuaded that he was nov
among friends and when convinced o.
this he told his story of what haC
happened to him and how he had beer
tortured for days.
Gone to Help Father-in-Law.
Stolp declared that he was mar
of some property and that he had beer
called to Detroit to aid his father-in
law, who was in some trouble there
He could not tell clearly just what
had happened to him there bet gave
the impression that he had been at
tackled, hit over the head and ther
robbed of $3.50, which he had on hi:
person.
He maintained that for hours anC
hours, perhaps even days and day:
he had be IN without food or water ant
that during that time he had beer
branded, revealing the places en nj!
/ chest.
Stolp as soon as he became con
scious begged for food and water. 4
small quantity of water was glve1
him and he grabbed at it like fam
ished man. Those around him pre-
vented him from drinking it 50 quick
ly that it would injure him. His con
dition is such that it bore out thu
claim that he made that he had beef
without food or water for hours an'
perhaps days.
He declared that he remembered
being put into a truck, which NJ
claimed was manned by negroes, ant
that they then rode for more than
night and day. The next thing h
knew was when he was found in tn
half finished bungalow.
Does Not Explain Figures.
The mans story has given no ex
planation for the meaning of the fig
ures which were burned into hi
flesh. They appear most to resemble
the figures s22" but no significanc
can be placed on these figures.
A thorough investigation is baini
made into his story to find if possible
whether there cOulu NC aHy
motive than robbery for the branding
The "trouble" which his father-in-lav
had may offer some explanation.
Rumors to the effect that the mai
was branded tx. K" were going tn
rounds at Winthrop Harbor. 1t wa
stated authoritatively, however, tina
the characters could not have beel
read in any way so as to make Ak
and that they resembled a inquire
more than anything else.
i It is thought possible that stolp ma!
recover within few hours to such a.
extent that he will be able to give
more complete account of his experl
ence.
Placed There on Sunday.
It has been established without an
doubt that the man was placed IN TN
house in broad daylight on Sunday az
ternoon between the hours of two ant
four o'clock. Mr.. zeitler and member
i of his family had been in the bungaloy
early Sunday afternoon and had gen
4 completely through it finding no trac
of the man. When Zeitler returne'
at four o'clock he found the man o.
the floor of the house as told above
No one has been found who say
4 ANYTHING Of a truck meeting the de
h scription given by the branded man.
net has been spread for the perpetra
tors of the crime and i is believes
possible that they may be captures