The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-10
Daniel Johnson and Lincoln
Hill Admit Stealing
Cars Here.
ROBBED WOMAN TOO
Both Tell Police They Held Up
Woman in Ford Sedan
South of State Line.


by two Zion young men, admitting
crimes committed in Kenosha county
and elsewhere beginning with the
stealing Of car and eliminating in
the hold-up and robbery of a young
woman on the highway, is in the hands
of Judge Slater today as he ponders
what shall be done with the two young
defendants, both of whom having
pleaded guilty. The young woman
who was held up at the point of gun
was the Sturtevant postmaster's
daughter.
The pair are Lincoln Hill, %, Of
2318 Elisha avenue, and Daniel john
son, 81, of 211s Emmaus avenue, both
of Zion. They were arrested by the
Zion police at the direction of Lieut..
Rock of Kenosha, who had reason to be-
lieve that they were responsible for
the theft of an automobile in Keno
sha. But even the police were unpre-
pared for the bold narration Of a
series of crimes which was unfolded
first by one youth and then by the
other.
Both Plead Guilty.
Hill and Johnson were brought be-
fore Judge Slater in the municipal
court late Wednesday afternoon and
when arraigned, each entered a plea
of guilty to the charge of automobile
theft. Their confession obtained at
Zion September 1 in the presence Of
the police officials of that city, were
laid before Judge Slater, who fixed
Friday as the day on which he would
pronounce sentence.
touch of comedy was introduced
into the confession as one of the two,
1 Lincoln Hill, confessed that he had
4 stolen an alarm clock, electric iron
and some bed sheets from the Deten-
ton Home at the corner of Sheridan
road and Market street.
But the more serious admission was
that of a hold-up on the Milwaukee
road Just south of the state line in
the month of November, 1924, when
the pair jumped on the running board
of Ford sedan driven by woman
living at Racine. The Racine police
checked up on the confession and
found that the hold-up victim was the
daughter of the postmaster at Sturte-
want. She said that two men had
jumped on the running board of her
car, showed revolver in her face,
jumped inside and took her pocket
book containing $1,000, quite as re-
lated by both Hill and Johnson in
their confessions.
Text of Confession.
The confession signed by Lincoln
Hill, and which is like the substance
to the one signed by Johnson, is given
in full as follows
Zion, ILL.,, Sept. 1, 1925.
"I, Lincoln Hill, reside at 2S1S
Elisha avenue in the city Of Zion, IL
linois. am % years OF age last
birthday.
"The following is true statement
of my part in the following deals;
"In Kenosha, Wisconsin, on or about
April, 1924, was in company with one
Daniel Johnson when we took a Chev-
rolet coupe which was standing on
Main street near the Orpheum theatre,
about one-half block south.
at was about eight o'clock in the
evening.
"The car seemed to be fairly new
car, maybe about a year old. /,
Daniel johnson and / agreed to
take this Chevrolet coupe and we got
into the car and Daniel Johnson drove
the car away.
Before we got into the Chevrolet
coupe Daniel Johnson got into jew
EFT Sport roadster. The transmission
was locked on this car and therefore
he could not drive this car away.
eve went from Kenosha to Gurnee,
Illinois; then to Elgin, Illinois,; then
to Clinton, Iowa; then to Cedar Rap
ids, Iowa; then to Chicago Heights,
Illinois; then to Crown Point, Indi-
ana; then to Huntington, Indiana,
where both Daniel Johnson and
worked a week.
From Huntington, Indiana, we came
to Chicago and left the car on the
Canal street side of the Chicago and
Northwestern depot; then we took the
Chicago and Northwestern train to
Waukegan where l got off and stayed
in Waukegan.
Altogether we had the car about
two weeks before we left it at the
Northwestern depot.
"Tlle next carr Daniel Johnson and
took was Chevrolet coupe taken
from about two blocks south of the
Simmons plant in Kenosha, and was
about February 81, 1926.
al drove this car away and we went
through to Chicago; then to Marshall
Illinois; then to st. Louis, Missouri;
then to about forty miles west Of St
Charles, Illinois; then we went back tc
St. Louis, Missouri; then back to Mar.
shall, Illinois; then to Terre Haute
Indiana; then to Greencastle, Indiana
cat Greencastle, Indiana, we stayed
over night there because my wife was
there.
From Greencastle, Indiana, we
came back to North Chicago, Illinois
and left the car in North Chicago, I'LL.
nois.
about November, 1924, Daniel John
son and l were driving on Milwaukee
road about twelve o'clock at night
Dan Johnson was driving my Nash car
A lady living at Racine, Wisconsin
came through in Ford sedan goinl
north.
Daniel Johnson drove the Nash cal
up beside this Lady. I was on the run
ming board of the Nash car and as h
drove no close to the Ford sedan
irr~,,d - he running board of the
Ford sedan.
revolver in my hands anC
opened che car door and asked he
if she had any drinks. She told ms
that she did not have any drinks bu
/ looked through her car. Then shi
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