The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-07-17
Kenosha Police Guard Roads to City at Mid
night and Catch Speeding Hudson Sedan
With Man and Woman in 1t.
FENSKE FIRES FIVE BULLETS AT IT
Warrant for Search of Car Driven by Constantine
Graffenberger of Milwaukee Secured by Police
This Morning Before Opening Cargo

after mad chase, during which
twenty-five shots were fred.
Graffenberger who gave his address
as 735 Thirty street, Milwau-
kee, was placed in the lookup for the
night, and his companion, Genevieve
Simpson, 81 Morgan street, WauXa-
tosa, was taken over to the women
quarters in the county jail. In Mil
waukee it is said that Graffenberger
has been on the carpet for traffic in
illicit liquor a number of times, but
that the police there have failed to
get the goods upon him.
Goods Are There This Time.
"The goods" were there this time,
whole car-full The smell Of liquor
was apparent to anyone who, came
near the car. But the Kenosha police
were taking no chances. After losing
one case under the supreme court de-
cision governing search of automo-
biles, because they had confscated
booze in a car without a search war
rant, they would not touch the con-
tents Of this Hudson without the
proper papers.
The Hudson was kept under the eyes
of the sergeant at the city hall parking
space, until the district attorney could
be reached this morning.
Was Mad Chase.
Meanwhile the night police will tell
you that the pursuit and capture of
that Hudson brought on one of the
streets here.
Sergeant Kramer who assigned the
men to their task after he received
word of the speeding car, Police Of
ficers Pecan, O'Hare, H. Rock, Rohde
and Chase, who made the arrest, and
in particular Officer Fenske whose fire
punctured the rear tire of the speed
ing car some blocks before it was
halted, are all entitled to credit for the
capture of the "Bootlegger King"
Get the Call from Zion.
The Kenosha department received a
call sometime after midnight, asking
them to be on the lookout for big
sedan, the make Of which and license
number was unknown The car had
/ been stopped for speeding sixty miles
an hour through Zion, but while the
motorcycle officer there was taking 1t
to the station, the car turned around
on him and beat it for the north in
the direction Of Kenosha. The motor
cycle officer turned and followed but
such was the speed of the big sedan
that it outdistanced him.
Sergeant Max Kramer was doing
desk duty at the police station. He
sent out the following officers to guard
the roads: Police Officers Pecan,
OHare, H. Rock, Chase, Rohde, Leh-
man, Vanderwahl, Callahan, Pollesch,
Fenske and Riley. Pecan, O'Hare and
H. Rock left in the Paige, Chase and
Rohde on motorcycles. The motor
cycle officers joined with the Zion
motorcycle men who soon came up in
the rear of the Hudson car and gave
merry chase.
Presently the Hudson sedan was seen
coming along Sheridan road. It was
going great guns. The Kenosha police
| ordered the driver to halt, but he was
deaf man. On south down Sheridan
road the big new sedan plunged and
the police car and motorcycles took
after. Police officer Harold Rock fired
shots in the air but 1t failed to i'm
press the driver of the car.
But the speeder was Of calibre
that does not often show his heels
so wildly to pursueing police. Madly
he tore through the streets, going oil
the time from fifty to sixty miles.
Just as madly the police tore after.
The Hudson turned east on Jack
son street, north to Albion place, back
on Sheridan road again, north to Grand
avenue and there west.
Fenske Punctures Tire.
| AT the corner Of Grand avenue and
Ridge street stood Patrolman Fenske.
He loosened his bullets on the fleeing
car, puncturing the tires with holes.
| This help on the part Of the officer Is
believed to have helped in the event
ual capture although that did mot
take place until half mile or more
| further on.
1t was beyond the Nash baseball
park at Hamilton avenue, that the
police finally succeeded in bringing
the car to a stop, when Police officers
Pecan, O'Hare, Chase and Rohde made
the arrest of Graffenberger ard Gene
! We've Simpson who was with him
Graffenberger was placed in the city
lookup and the woman in the county
jail.
! - Il $1,000 MT-T