The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-11-06
PICK LOCKS TO
GET GAMBLERS
Police Raid Basement at
921 Elizabeth and Get
Men at Poker.
ONE IN WRONG PEW
Louis Miller Sent to Jail for
Driving While Drunk Was
There Playing Also.

Louis Miller, OS4 0OutH LuWdAu
street, supposed to be doing time in
the county Jail for driving an auto
mobile while intoxicated, came into
court this, morning charged with
gambling on Saturday night.
"Why weren't you in jail? How did
you get out? Where's the sheriff =
were questions that Judge~Slater fired
one after another at the defendant.
1t was explained that Miller had
been, under the sentence to hard la
Dor, put out to work under the Huber
law provision.
81 don't like this idea," the judge
went on, "ofS sending men to jail and
then while they are supposed to be
doing time there, of their gambling. !"
Just Reported Once a Week.
Sheriff Pabst did not like it either,
and explained that it would never
happen again. Always after this when
a man is sentenced to hard labor IN
jail for driving while intoxicated, he
will stay in jail, the sheriff said. An
inquiry elected the information that
the following, all sentenced for driving
while drunk, are out working: Leslie
Widenhoff, Chris Nelson, Joseph Be-
rowski, William Isermann, Leo Rogan
and Wilfred Beaudry. Three of the
men, Nelson, Rogan and Beaudry were
put to work on the county farm. The
others were sent to factories or other
business and required to report once
a week to the sheriff's office.
Miller paid fine of ten dollars and
q
ran to the judge again.
'Do I have to take that thirty-day
sentence in jail?" he asked of the
Judge, with tremor in his voice, for
the Judge had said in the midst of
his flow of language, "The sheriff will
keep you right in jail"
"That was the sentence / imposed, :
said Judge Slater. "The sheriff did
have the right to put you out at work.
but it was not expected that. you would
spend that time in gambling r5on1."
Miller went to the Jail, and the
sheriff's orders this morning follow
ing the incident We're that he would
remain there.
Make Raid Saturday Night.
Lieutenant Charles Rock was in
charge of the raiding squad Saturday
night which called at 921 Elizabeth
street. With him were Detective
Breidt and officers McGivern and
Chase.
Steve Monas upstairs, the proprietor
of these premises, did not have the
key for the basement quarters; he
said he didn't.
The police made their way down
stairs and unable to unlock the door
they picked the lock. There were two
doors shutting off the little place be-
low the stairs, and two locks. The
police picked both locks, without the
merry party within being aware of the
fact, for they were making so much
noise at the game that they did not
hear the police coming.
In walked the officers right upon the
sill game" There was such a grab
bling and scurrying as you never saw,
except on raiding parties. Still the
police managed to get four decks of
cards, and some money too. The Jig
was up and all the fellows recognized
that fact. They came in and pleaded
guilty in municipal court this morning
and were each fined $40 and costs.
Steve Monas, charged with running a
gambling place pleaded not guilty and
was released on bonds Of 5000 for trial
later.
Those who pleaded guilty to the
gambling charge and were fined were
the following: Louis Miller, 594
South Edward street; Albert Schlos-
ser, GIG Grover street; Edwin john
son, 500 Newell street; Carl Jacobs,
700 Lyman avenue; Fred Jahnke, 569
South Charles street; Plus Halfman,
656 Prairie avenue; D. R. Sellers, sos
West street; Henry Meyers, 973 South
Lyman avenue; Harry Jacobs, Jones
hotel, Racine.