The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-04-03
Dusky Bat Does Not Oper-
ate Long Before Arrest
ed Monday Evening.
VICTIM IDENTIFIES HER
Joe SkowrOnski, Who Was Rob-
bed March 81, Says May
Smith Is the Thief.

Through the assistance of an intelli-
gent and conscientious citizen, un-
named, Chief Logan on Monday even
ing succeeded in placing under arr
rest a negress of low character, who 10
believed responsible for robbery
that took place on the night of March
81, when Joe Skowronsk was frisked
of SOC. The woman is now in the coun-
ty Jail and will be brought into court
sometime today charged with larceny
from the person.
1t was just a little after eight
o'clock Monday evening when the play
began. Julius Klous came up to the
city hall to inquire of the police, why
on earth and the heavens above the
police had raided "his" place at 541
Grand avenue. He saw Chief Logan in
front of the city hall and stopped to
parley with him. While they were
talking, a third man came up, a
stranger to the police chief, and in
formed the latter that he had just
been accosted with malign intent by a
colored woman. He told the circum-
stances of the attempted "hold-up"
and informed the chief that it had
taken place on Market street, between
Sheridan road and Chicago street.
"Tell your troubles to the judge
when you get into court" the chief
Of police said to Klous, "but in the
meantime walk down the street with
!Jsc."
Follows the DussNy Lass.
From the tip given by the good citi-
zen, the chief located the woman UNI
der suspicion and followed her, ac-
companied by Klous whom he intend
ed to use as a witness if necessary.
The woman was seen to accost another
man, and after they conversed the
two separated The woman went on
ahead through the snowlit street, fol-
lowed by the man she had accosted,
and following him in turn, were the
chief and Klous. The suspicious ac-
tions of the pair led to an immediate
arrest by the chief ",
The woman gave her name as may
Smith, and her address as Racine. Sho
was a negress, heavily powdered. Her
condition suggested the last degrees
of degradation. She denied any misbe-
havior when questioned at the police
Office. and the man arrested with her
himself of the suspicion that was at
tached to him. 20
Believe She Held-Up sAnothH6,
The police are convinced that May
Smith is the negress who held up zoe
Skowronski, 1913 South Edward street,
on the night of March 81. No report
of the hold-up had been given out, be-
cause the police believed that the
colored woman responsible for that
robbery would still operate about Ken
nosha, and might be caught sooner or'
later Skowronski had reported to. the
police that he was accos'ed by ne-t
gress at the corner Of Pearl and Newell
street on March 81, End while she
stood parleying with him, rifled his
pockets of 500. n
Following the arrest of the woman
Monday night, he Skowronski came
to the county jail and positively iden-
tilted May Smith whose physical ugli-
ness would make her conspicuous any
where, as the woman who had victim
lied him.
The Chocolate Baby" arrested by
Chief Logan Monday night was full
of innocent indignation this morning
when she was brought into the muni-e
cipal court charged with larceny.
81 suttanly was nevah in this heah
town on that night, deah," she said to
the officer in court. 81 didn't get heai-
till last Saturday night, and / amt
done nothing out Of the way tall"
A plea Of not guilty was entered
for her by Judge S>~,ef and contin-
uance taken until next Tuesday morn
ing. In default Of bail she was COM
mitted to JAIL